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They say things come to you in the shower. That doesn’t usually happen with me. More often, during the act of climbing into bed. Then I have to get up and write the idea down, for experience has taught me if I don’t write it down, no matter how Earth-shattering the thought, it will be gone...
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FutbolGuru
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Fri, Feb 6 2009
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Filed under: Bail out, Bailout, socialism, economy, Communism, capitalism, government, retirement, feudalism, greed, mutual fund, FICA, taxes, Social Security, stock market, swindle, 401K, swindler
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Mikhail Bakunin was the Russian father of the strain of anarchism known as collectivist anarchism. He was initially loosely associated with both Karl Marx and Pierre Joseph Proudhon, and eventually he developed anarcho-collectivism using both of them as influences while deviating from them both at the...
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Brainpolice
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Sat, Jan 31 2009
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Filed under: Anarchism, Collectivism, Propaganda, Religion, Socialism, Philosophy, Free Association, History, Marxism, Communism, Proudhon, Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin
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Benjamin Tucker was arguably the leading figure of individualist anarchism in America in the 19th century. He was the editor and chief of the classic anarchist periodical "Liberty", which involved many key figures in early individualist anarchism such as Lysander Spooner, Stephen Pearl Andrews...
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Brainpolice
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Thu, Jan 29 2009
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Filed under: Anarchism, Coercive Monopoly, Natural Rights, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics, Labor, Free Trade, History, Anarcho-Capitalism, Mutualism, Murray Rothbard, Egoism, Max Stirner, Proudhon, Benjamin Tucker, Natural Law
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Many contemporary libertarians may be mystified at Proudhon being considered a libertarian, but Proudhon was undoubtably the first genuinely libertarian socialist. Proudhon's political philosophy represents a synthesis of sorts between classical liberalism and socialism, without yielding any ground...
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Brainpolice
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Tue, Jan 27 2009
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Filed under: Anarchism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Philosophy, History, Mutualism, Communism, Proudhon, Kropotkin, Bakunin
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An opinion piece at TPM Cafe by liberal economist Robert Reich - the Harvard (now Berkeley) econ. prof. who is a member of Pres. Barack Obama 's economic advisory team and was Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton - has caught my eye. In it, Reich correctly, on behalf of the American taxpayer, expresses...
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From the ruins (or at least in the near future) I am trying to write something that captures what I am living and at the same time reflects what I am thinking, but none of the experiences I am about to live in this year will compare to what I have lived so far. The Venezuelan government and the citizens...
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It has become unfashionable in some circles to speak out against the rich. Of course it is a hobby on the left, and it is not at all uncommon for a wealthy congressman or actor to rail against excess, such as former South Carolina Senator Ernest Hollings’, famous statement that, “There’s...
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FutbolGuru
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Thu, Jan 1 2009
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Filed under: Bail out, Bailout, fraud, socialism, theft, corruption, Communism, toxic loans, mortage crisis, capitalism, fascism, government
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I work in the defense industry. As many may know this industry is funded by the government, which means the money comes from tax-payer dollars. Many towns and cities across this nation survive and in some cases thrive off of these tax dollars. Some people get really, really rich and our military is second...
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many socialists i know point out that when america was capitalist during the early to mid 19th century and that during those times the workers were created like guano. Now workers were treated horribly during those times but capitalism is not to blame, many politicians and government officials admit...
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Jamescart
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Wed, Oct 29 2008
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Filed under: Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, specie, panic of 1837, panic of 1839, ressesion., history capitalism, depression, socialism, economics
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I reject the natural/synthetic dichotomy. The natural/synthetic dichotomy is manifested in two fundamental ways: (1) the assumption that humans and/or human constructs are separate from nature and (2) the assumption that certain human constructs are "natural" while others are not. The problem...
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Brainpolice
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Sat, Oct 11 2008
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Filed under: Anarchism, Racism, Social Evolution, Social Contract, Religion, Socialism, Philosophy, Human Nature, conservatism, Environmentalism, History, Primitivism
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As Mises demonstrated in his brilliant essay " Die Wirtshaftsrechnung im sozialistischen Gemeimwesen " ( Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth ), the crucial failing of socialism is the absence of any pricing mechanism with regard to producer goods (which are owned by the state...
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http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/10/newly-created-position-ofs-office-of.html
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Joe Biden says paying higher taxes is patriotic, here . Anyone who can explain to me how a presidential or vice-presidential candidate can think this, and get away with it wins nothing more than respect. In addition to that, the justification offered was the profound thought that wealthier Americans...
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I go to a relatively open school, in the sense that I hear many different and contrasting ideas every day, and there is no fear of being outcasted because you have a different idea. While I love this fact, and respect what it lends to our University community, I am frequently bothered by the amount of...
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It's always interesting to watch how a society's vernacular changes, to see new words added and old words subtracted. Additions bring the most fuss (see: text messaging). Subtractions often slip by the way side. The most striking example, today, is the word 'SOCIALISM'. As in, while the...