Tag: torture
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Dystopia: People don’t do things because of morality
Well-read people are fully aware that people do things because of resources (in today’s society: money, stocks, cars, and so on) and not morality. Of course, we have complex submissive-dominant relationships, which may be based on morality (for example, paramedics), and people promote which relationships should exist (for example, the police, firefighters), but people don’t…
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Fighting for prison reform
Prisons exist to punish, deter, and rehabilitate. This balance shapes justice systems worldwide, yet many prisons fail in their purpose, focusing more on vengeance than on reform. Some conditions resemble medieval dungeons rather than modern correctional facilities. Societies demand justice, but cruelty in prisons does not reduce crime. Reform must address excessive punishment, introduce effective…
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Czech media propaganda and Russo-Ukrainian war
They say propaganda was a product of the previous communist regime. Dead wrong! As a person who refuses autocracy, and therefore supports the current efforts to defeat Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war, I cannot see the obvious propaganda and enormously biased journalism. Czech media propaganda works to its fullest. Since the Western banks rule the…
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Israelis and Palestinians’ common enemy: critical thinking
Either you are pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinains on X. So these two sides label each other as the worst scum. And if you are objective, maintain the absence of cognitive biases, fallacies, informal fallacies and uphold moral values, well, you are scum too. I have made an observation – Israelis and Palestinians have a common enemy…
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Criminal government. What government isn’t criminal?
The Czech Republic has the privilege to have a dissident who, having suffered under communism, has turned his back. Nevertheless, Petr Cibulka started to claim that the only possible way out of the decay the Czech Republic was and is experiencing is the Swiss model of direct democracy that, in my opinion, doesn’t work even…
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Drug money laundering more profitable than the legal market
Every educated person knows the War on Drugs is an utter failure. It is widely criticized for its failure and harmful consequences. It hasn’t reduced drug production, distribution, or use. The global drug trade thrives despite the massive efforts. So is drug money laundering more profitable than legalization? The costs are immense. Mass incarcerations disproportionately…
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Destroyed by extraterrestrials: the reasons for it
If we set aside conspiracy theories suggesting that extraterrestrials are already here, controlling everything, we should ask ourselves: what would truly different beings do with us? I must agree with the late Stephen Hawking – our immaturity would likely lead to our destruction by extraterrestrials. Why their alleged presence are just mere conspiracy theories We…
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The true criminals wear suits and ties
I tried to explain how stupid nature is to divide the good and bad guys in terms of Britannica’s childish views. People possess a moral system adapted to the African savannah, not for a mega complex world full of capital flows and intertwined super complex moral decisions of who will be born (out of luck,…
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How are the US and Russia similar?
The heading cannot be more counterintuitive. No freedom of speech, arbitrary arrests, unbelievable corruption, authoritarian regime. But still – how are the US and Russia similar? In my article, you will find similarities, yet please note this: They may not be proportionally the same, even though they can be found on a huge level in…
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Helping will kill you. WW2 recollections and how to be better
Imagine German women, men malnourished, extremely thirsty, wounded, crawling on the soil. What would you do now? Call emergency services immediately and provide immediate CPR if needed. Giving them food, and water. Not at the end of WW2 in the former Czechoslovakia territory. Helping will kill you. Well, it is 2024. I hate nationalism, it…