"Maybe I’m naive about the present state of the left, and of course it has always had way too much infighting, damaging the cause for everyone. Freud named this fight the narcissism of small differences, and it’s a good name, because to get so caught up in your own particular ideology that even your own allies are denounced is indeed narcissistic. ( Read more... )

Capitalism is a noisome philosophy.

Is it a philosophy, or a tool like science is a tool? A tool which turns, or magnifies, someone into a tool?

Capitalism is the worst kind of prostitution. Subverting sex.

Capitalism celebrates, and rewards, extroversion.

Extroversion is a caricature of us as eusocial primates.

Endless self-promotion than reflection.

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Hacker and Pierson quote FDR, "[T]rue individual freedom cannot exist without economic security."My interpretation of the quote in a modern context is getting people wrapped up in social justice causes costs the elite absolutely nothing. Citizens get distracted by Bruce Jenner, rather than focusing on the harder economic realities eroding America's ( Read more... )

If the majority of money is in the hands of the rich, then any hiccups in the economy should be attributed to them rather than the poor ( Read more... )

Let me put it in an information age context ( Read more... )

A recent article making the internet rounds covers the psychological, and sociological, differences between dogs and wolves ( Read more... )

One bit of advice I gleaned from browsing reddit during my unemployment is the rich do not give advice that works regarding success. Why help the competition ( Read more... )