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False Realism and Utopianism
Conservatism is a defense of the existing order or past existing orders as "natural". Any potential alternative to the existing order or to the romantisized past order is immediately brushed aside as "unnatural" and "utopian"...
Posted Wed, Jun 25 2008 by Brainpolice | 7 comment(s)
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On Human Nature
It is common for humans to be presented as being separate from and even antagonistic with nature. In particular, some radical environmentalists portray human beings as inherently waging war on mother nature, that our existance is intrinsically destructive...
Posted Wed, Jan 2 2008 by Brainpolice | 11 comment(s)
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The Rational and Individualist Case Against Racism
I'd like to state upfront that I am not an egalitarian, which is to say that I am fully aware of the fact that people are inherently unequal with respect to their mental and physical capabilities as individuals, and I despise the politically correct...
Posted Sat, Dec 1 2007 by Brainpolice | 8 comment(s)
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