Jacob Zineman in 1923: “As a convinced Marxist and enthusiastic socialist during the period of my youth, I wanted to forget the harsh, insulting expressions on Jews and Judaism which Marx had penned in his well-known article of 1844 ‘On the Jewish Question’. I searched for all kinds of reasons to justify and excuse Marx’s […]
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Academic article of the week, summarized: “I smell bad. Capitalism wants to fix my body odor. Oppression!” https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/ethicsenviro.24.1.02
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When tallying the costs of lockdowns, increased suicidalism is a major one. Comparing two numbers. All of Australia from 2020 and 2021, increased number of deaths from Covid: 966. The Australian state of New South Wales only, year 2021, increased suicide-ideation number: 32,819 so far. Responsible public policy making tallies benefits and costs of possible
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Gallup poll data: So: What happened in 2013? Note that 2013 is three years before Donald Trump became president. Note that 2013 is four years before Jordan Peterson became famous. Questions: Does it coincide with editorial-board changes at major media outlets, e.g., The New York Times and The Washington Post, etc.? Does it coincide with
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The second part of my seminar on Nietzsche and Rand. (First part of the presentation is here. In English, after the introduction in Spanish by María Marty.) Hosted by the Ayn Rand Center Latin America.
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I used to say that Illinois had the worst governors in the nation, when four of the last eight had gone to prison for corruption and scandal. (See Illinois Governors in Jail.) Now New York has had three governors in a row forced out due to corruption: Elliot Spitzer (2008 resignation), David Patterson (2010 resignation),
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I did this pair of seminars comparing two controversial giants of moral philosophy, followed by a Q&A. My presentation is in English, after the introduction in Spanish by María Marty. Hosted by the Ayn Rand Center Latin America.
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Thanks to Mark V. Kormes for the link to ContraPoint’s vlog on envy. It’s an excellent diagnosis of this pathology — including apt insights from Aristotle, Nietzsche, Paglia, and other important names. And she’s even read Schoeck’s masterwork Envy. Contrapoints’s video is well worth your time for its coverage of envy’s many manifestations. Towards the
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