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277. Democracy – Comment on a Proposal

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Thor

This short post adds to a recent dis­cus­sion in The World Post: Berggruen, Nicholas and Nathan Gardels (8 April 2014) “Post-Party Democ­racy Can Restore the Rule of the Many Over Money”. The World Post, online @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/post-party-democracy_b_5108263.html?utm_hp_ref=world Kudos to the writ­ers … Con­tinue read­ing →

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276. The Mental God Bot

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Thor

Almost every kind of god seems to be somebody’s favourite. Most of them make an easy tar­get for satire. Explana­tory evi­dence for a gent on a thun­der­cloud seems to be thin in the air after all. Yet a per­fectly rea­son­able … Con­tinue read­ing →

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275. Live and Let Live

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Thor

They may not be your kind of peo­ple. They may not even be my kind of peo­ple. Come to think of it, I’m prob­a­bly not your kind of per­son. What­ever. They, you, me – we’ve all been here since the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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274. Come the Revolution

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Thor

You talk too much about what you’ve seen and what you think. While the mafia are still in charge of the asy­lum they will find a law to bury you alive (McMil­lan-Scott, Edward MEP (n.d.) “Liu Xiaobo: biog­ra­phy”. Char­ter 08 … Con­tinue read­ing →

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273. What Is Going On Here?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Thor

Because they are mega-every­thing, states like China and the USA become test par­a­digms for what can go right and wrong in man­ag­ing humans. Con­sider these:  1) The US has the world’s largest and most sophis­ti­cated assem­bly of spy­ing orga­ni­za­tions. They col­lect … Con­tinue read­ing →

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272. God, defined

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Thor

God : def­i­n­i­tion: A form of socially shared delu­sion imply­ing a sen­tient, omni­scient, omnipo­tent, non-human force which is nev­er­the­less con­cerned with human actions. Often used sub­con­sciously by indi­vid­u­als to avoid ego respon­si­bil­ity for cer­tain thoughts and actions. Used socially by … Con­tinue read­ing →

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271. Security & the Neo-feudalists – One Dimensional Chess

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Thor

A few cen­turies ago Europe was dot­ted with castle fortresses, sur­rounded by sup­pos­edly impreg­nable stone walls and moats of water. Bar­ri­caded in these castles were lords and ladies, suck­ing the life out of the peas­ant farms around them, and blow­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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