Category: Articles
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Why some conversations are not worth having
Freethinkers International or my X profile are flooded with discussion. That sounds great, yet the people discussing there are not. Of course, we have different IQs, talent, specific mental strategies, personality traits, and have gone through different experiences, or our opinions are unfortunately formed differently. But I am not going to debate whether water can…
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Cartels without gangsters: Power, coordination, and legality
Where are cartels, and why is it almost impossible to break them? People imagine cartels as gangsters. Guns. Drugs. Violence. That image feels comfortable. It pushes the problem far away. However, modern cartels do not wear masks. They wear suits, they file reports, they hire lawyers. They operate legally. Therefore, the first mistake lies in…
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The world is safe: We have a stable leader
We can be proud we have a stable, mature, self-less leader of the world. The praise sounds reassuring. It sounds calming. It sounds like adult supervision has finally arrived. In an age of overlapping wars, collapsing norms, and nuclear escalation, many people want to believe that someone sane sits at the top. Someone restrained, someone…
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Who actually existed? Evidence, myth, and historical reality
History does not reward belief.It rewards traces. When a human being acts in the world, reality pushes back. Institutions react. Enemies respond. Bureaucracies record. Money moves. Violence leaves scars. Those interactions generate documents, inscriptions, coins, ruins, correspondence, and contradictions. Historians work with these leftovers. Because of this, historical method relies on several stable criteria. Contemporary…
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Russia not fighting against West alone
Russia repeatedly claims that it now fights alone against the West. This claim appears persuasive at first glance, especially when framed as a civilizational struggle. However, once history enters the discussion, the narrative starts to unravel. Again and again, Russia survived major conflicts not through isolation, but through alliances, indirect support, or favorable global conditions.…
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Snowden did everything. We did nothing
Edward Snowden did not leak gossip.He did not leak interpretation.He leaked systems. More precisely, Edward Snowden delivered hard proof that modern societies operate under permanent, industrial-scale surveillance (and AI eliminates the need to search for a needle in a haystack). Until then, many suspected it. Afterward, nobody could deny it. At the same time, the…
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Jesus didn’t exist, unlike Caesar and Muhammad
Religious belief fulfills emotional, moral, and social needs, yet historical inquiry follows a different logic. History does not ask what feels meaningful or comforting. It asks what can be supported by evidence, chronology, and independent confirmation. For this reason, the present article does not assess Jesus as a moral teacher or spiritual symbol. It examines…
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How they decide in New York how we live in Jičín
It sounds exaggerated at first, it sounds provincial. It sounds paranoid. Yet it is sillier to believe the opposite. It is silly to think that international lobbyists, global banks, and rich corporations have nothing to do with the financial balance of the Czech Republic. Borders exist on maps. Capital ignores them. Therefore, when people talk…
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Sorrry, the future for LGBTQII+ isn’t bright
At first, the global picture appears optimistic. Pride events expand. Courts issue rulings. Governments speak the language of inclusion. However, this surface stability collapses the moment one looks beyond a few countries. In reality, progress distributes unevenly. Moreover, it reverses easily. Therefore, the central problem is not ignorance. Instead, it is fragmentation. Some LGBTQII+ people…
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When the West’s conscience loses: Let them die
The U.S. decision to drop plans to deport Guan Heng, a Chinese dissident who exposed rights abuses against Uyghurs, did not happen in isolation. Rather, it represents a broader pattern of deportation actions and reversals under different administrations. By systematically adding the responsible administration to each case, we can see how immigration policy and legal…