Ideas, opinions, politics, humanities
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Encyclopedia Britannica childish view of the world – the good and bad guys
I have had an opportunity to browse via Encyclopedia Britannica and not only it stunned me with poor quality (I would say on the Wikipedia level, maybe even worse) but it also made me laugh because of the childish understanding of the world it has had. Their biography section had some divisions: the good guys…
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People of color cannot govern their nations. What about Ukraine?
People often say the colored people cannot govern their nations because of their inferior genetics. And while there may be some statistics providing the facts that their level of governance is inferior we should also note the culture plays a major role. Look at Ukraine. This country is not only not ready for democracy but…
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The 300 million France, the 150 million Britain. 200 million Russia. Maybe
First of all, I must admit this article is rather speculative than something serious. So please be careful with your conclusions. When having been exposed to what then formal-education system called history lessons I have had never understood why Napoleon could have had waged wars with nearly everybody. And because history lessons should be about…
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Were hunter-gathering groups more equal than nowadays capitalism?
Some right-winger gladly points out the inequality was greater in the Middle Ages. Not only it is not the truth but we live in ages with unprecedented inequality (arguably with 19th-century capitalism). Yes, there is scientific and technological progress that has helped billions of people out of poverty and heightened their life expectancy. The Westerners…
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Unbelievable and preposterous Joe Biden rates Polish intelligence. How dare you!
“Well, look what’s happened. Look what started to seep in, beginning and probably even with candidates during our administration. We stopped showing up at the Polish American club. We stopped showing up, and we all went to you, the really smart people. We had a new kind of coalition we were putting together. College-educated women…
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Cardinal Richelieu and the Big Bang in the USA
Cardinal Richelieu is considered as one of the most skilled politician of all times. They gave him little power, he suddenly commenced to rule all of them. And with severely messy American politics, they would need somebody like Cardinal Richelieu who would teach a lesson to the super-rich interest groups. The US needs to settle…
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Yes, but the Chinese Communist Party does everything it can
In China, a problem emerges. And the typical reaction of the state official is to acknowledge at least part of the problem. But they just want to make you sure the Communist Party does its best to resolve the problem. The Chinese professors have party cards and there are no academic freedoms. And since there…
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Corporate corruption is here without anybody measuring it
Everybody knows the Transparency International corruption index and how badly are the particular countries placed. The methods of measuring are quite objective and meaningful. And gross corruption poses a huge problem to countries’ development. But how come they do measure only gross corruption while there is enormously strong corporate corruption. Because corporate corruption is everywhere.…
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FDA criticism by prominent psychiatrist Allen Frances
1. Vast majority of the budget funded by the Big Pharma2. Personnel either come from Big Pharma or leave for it3. Majority of studies are conducted by the Big Pharma4. FDA approves nearly everything