The cartoon is politically correct. Benito Mussolini on his political roots: “It was inevitable that I should become a Socialist ultra, a Blanquist, indeed a communist. I carried about a medallion with Marx’s head on it in my pocket.” (Source: 1932 interview with biographer Emil Ludwig.) And then Mussolini’s predictions for the future: “it may
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Coming soon: A long-form discussion between me, James Lindsay (@ConceptualJames), and Michael O’Fallon (@SovMichael) on the roots of the intellectual mess behind our cultural messes.
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¿Por Qué Los Posmodernos Entrenan—No Educan—Activistas? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. He aquí por qué adoctrinar a los niños tiene mucho sentido para los posmodernistas. Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. [PDF] Para más artículos en español sobre Educación y Filosofía: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/ English, original article: “Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists,” James G. Martin Center
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The three collectivisms are mutually reinforcing: “There comes a time when it will be obvious that socialism can only be carried out accompanied by nationalism and antisemitism.” (Adolf Hitler, “Why Are We Anti-Semites?” August 13, 1920 speech at the Hofbräuhaus, Munich).
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Lucky guess, or prescient? H.L. Mencken writing in 1938: Fascism is not likely to be identical with the kinds on tap in Germany, Italy and Russia; indeed it is very apt to come in under the name of anti-Fascism. Source: H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Sun, November 6, 1983, p. 8. Quoted in L. K. Samuels’s
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Episode 51 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series. Many say: “I’m going to die, so what’s the point of anything?” Many say: “I’m going to die, so seize the day!” Why the opposite reactions to the same fact? All audio versions of the podcast are available free at my website, YouTube,
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My lists are here: 1. Favorites in seven categories. https://www.stephenhicks.org/2019/08/11/great-books-recommended-reading/. 2. Best history of philosophy: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2021/03/01/best-history-of-philosophy-my-recommendation/. 3. Four books on postmodernism: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2014/09/16/four-recommended-books-on-postmodernism/. 4. My formative years: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2018/04/28/books-that-influenced-me-most-1973-1982/.
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In this unit of our course on Objectivity we feature Ayn Rand’s Objectivist Ethics. Rand was world-famous as the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged when a collection of essays entitled The Virtue of Selfishness was published in 1964. In the opening essay, Rand presents a sustained argument for her ethic of rational self-interest. The full course on Objectivity: https://www.atlassociety.org/course/objectivity.
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