Tag: Democracy
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Limits of American Political Imagination: Bronze Age Pervert on Republics
The classical republics and democracies would be called “Nazi” by Americans in our day, especially with the loose manner people employ the terms against their political opponents of being Nazi and Fascist — a demonstrably failed tactic. This tactic has proven to be a failure for anti-right forces, statistically and observably. I am not sure…
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Paradise Lost: Why Americans have trouble with their idea of Authority?
Cultural and philosophical shifts in thinking between the 40s and 60s in the United States were reactions one after the other partly as a result of social engineering and enforcement of social rules (or pressures). This history demonstrates the illusion of free choice and individualism in the U.S., particularly in our present time. The very…
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Memorial Service and Prayer Vigil for Charlie Kirk turn into Political Attacks and War Calls
The Memorial Service and Prayer Vigil held for Conservative Charlie Kirk at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. is a sad imagery of a national political party at Death’s doors. It is too late for this Scrooge. The speeches, e.g., from Kari Lake are moronically vitriolic and an attack against American college education and professors…
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The Creation of New Culture
I think of these ideas presented here as what will come to synthesize the combined ideal and mission of THEOSOPHY, Johann Adam Weishaupt’s PERFECTIBILISM and REPUBLICANISM. MINVRA celebrates the path of human struggle to wisdom in life. It encourages you to adopt a balance: a sincere martial attitude towards life to sustain strong spiritual and…
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Martin Luther King Jr: ‘America, Be True to What You Said on Paper’
ON THIS DAY April 4th, 1968–Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. CST at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King delivered this final speech popularly known as “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee. Rebellious cause for liberation is inherent to REPUBLICANISM…
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The Abnormality of American Violence and Conditioning — Shahid Bolsen
“The American mind resets every morning, and that is the perfect condition for those in Power.” On the conditioning of White people in the U.S.: “…if people really understood history, then they would recognize that nothing about the American system is accidental. Everything from its racial hierarchy to its economic disparities, to its unjust foreign…
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Slavery and the Limits of Democracy in the Early Republic, Leslie Alexander
Leslie Alexander examines slavery, the persistence of Racism, and how this challenged the American Revolution’s core ideals (July 2021)
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Four Points about the Revolutionary Character of Republicanism
There are four things to understand about Republicanism: What are some more key points or detail within these points you can add. Lets reflect on that, and make our comment.
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Discussion on Ignorance of Republicanism in our Political Degeneration
THE TERM REPUBLICANISM IS NEVER USED BY OUR MODERN POLITICIANS. Rachel Hammersley demonstrates its importance in her work, also taking from ancient republicanism the words of several lawmakers, such as the Spartan — Lycurgus. No politician today embodies the American politics in this form — its arguably highest form. Amy Klobucher for example repeatedly used…
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Where Authority Lies: Republicanism, Liberalism, and Progressive Morality
WHERE AUTHORITY LIES “. . .And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness (zohar) of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” (Dan. xii, 3) What is called the “new morality” (a term dating to the 1920s) today guided by progressive social movements seems…
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Testimony of Communist and Civil Rights Activist Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities
“In the first place, wherever I’ve been in the world, the first to die in the struggle against Fascism were the Communists (…) I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist (…) You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of…
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Étienne de La Boétie on Liberty and Tyranny
Étienne de La Boétie on facing corrupt rulers. “Be resolute to serve no more, and you are at once free. I do not ask you to push him, to topple him over, but only to cease sustaining, and you will see him, as a great colossus whose pedestal we’ve shattered, fall of his own weight…
The American Minervan 