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ekklesiagora (62)in #done • 5 years ago
My Final Post on Steemit
In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been posting on Steemit. I kind of got bored with this platform. Plus, my ideas have changed significantly since I started posting here.…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #progressivism • 6 years ago
Progress & Conservation: A Radical Centrist Manifesto
The Essence of Conservatism & of Progressivism The essence of conservatism is its recognition of the importance of stability, security, and social order. It views revolution…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #conservatism • 6 years ago
"Constructive Conservatism" & "Property-owning Democracy"
This is an excellent work. A series of 4 short articles written by Noel Skelton in 1923/1924. This shows a living conservatism that evolved with the times, making improvements…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #economics • 6 years ago
Towards A Comprehensive Business Cycle Theory
This post is by no means going to be comprehensive. I am certainly not up to the task of developing a comprehensive theory of the business cycle. That task must be left up to…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #politics • 6 years ago
Neoliberalisms: From 1938 to the 21st Century
The Changing Face of Liberalism With the 20th century, a new liberalism was becoming prominent. Classical liberals had held that the proper role of government is to protect…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #politics • 6 years ago
Social Democracy & Liberal Democracy
The New Democrats We are starting to see social democrats grow in popularity. Individuals like Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourke, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar have…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #politics • 6 years ago
Thomas Paine's Political & Economic Vision
Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, in my estimation, are the most interesting of the American Founding Fathers. In a previous post, I discussed Thomas Jefferson's Political…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #politics • 6 years ago
Thomas Jefferson's Political and Economic Vision
Thomas Jefferson’s Ward Republic Model Thomas Jefferson did not see the American system as the best possible system. In his original draft of The Declaration of…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #politics • 6 years ago
Libertarian Social Democracy & Geo-Distributism
What if neoliberalism and socialism are both flawed ideologies? The neoliberal critique of marxism is pretty solid. Hayek and Mises did a good job of demonstrating that central…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #fiction • 6 years ago
Atlas Shirked Social Responsibility
Ayn Rand sucked at life. Her books were garbage and no one loved her, not even Rothbard. Also, "If there's one thing that will not be tolerated here, it's imprecision of…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #politics • 6 years ago
The Modern American Right
"...Plato's political programme, far from being morally superior to totalitarianism, is fundamentally identical with it."—Karl Popper ( The Open Society & Its Enemies )…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #justice • 6 years ago
On the Reformation of Law and Law-Enforcement
On Law Libertarian social democracy, as I conceive it, is neo-republican. Republicanism defines liberty as the absence of domination. This differs from the definition used by…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #politics • 6 years ago
LGBT Rights Are Human Rights!
Trans rights are human rights! Immigrant rights are human rights! Gay rights are human rights! Women’s rights are human rights! Black lives are human lives! This latest…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #liberty • 6 years ago
The Geo-Distributist & Neo-Republican Nature of Libertarian Social Democracy
What distinguishes my model of libertarian social democracy from conventional social democracy is that it is neither capitalist nor socialist but geo-distributist. It uses land…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #prison • 6 years ago
The Intersection of Prison Abolition, Social Democracy, and Libertarianism
If you are libertarian, you have to be a prison abolitionist. The prison system is modern day slavery, the antithesis of liberty. 1 out of every 110 adults in America is…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #ethics • 6 years ago
Utilitarian Natural Law Theory: Consequentialist Deontological Virtue Ethics
Utilitarianism seems self-evidently true. You can disagree with the particulars, but the essence is correct—happiness and pleasure are good, while suffering and pain are bad. The…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #conservatism • 6 years ago
Conservatism vs. Progressivism: Towards A Synthesis
[note: In this essay, I use the term “progressive” in a broad sense, indicating political ideologies that are oriented towards rapid social change and that believe social…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #abortion • 6 years ago
Against Anti-Abortionism
The Historical Basis of Anti-Abortionist Sentiment If we put aside all metaphysical and religious dogma and rely only on facts, or objective truths, then it is impossible to…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #conservatism • 6 years ago
Nostalgia For Traditional Conservatism
I despise American “conservatism” today, because it is not really conservatism . It is merely nationalist rightism. Historically, conservatism meant something—it stood for…
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ekklesiagora (62)in #capitalism • 6 years ago
Is Social Democracy Socialism?
Socialism proper refers to the advocacy of some sort of collective, social, or public ownership of industry/enterprise and, usually, of land as well. We find many different…
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