Imagine that you suddenly discover a horse that can talk. If you wanted to know what horses think, would you ask that horse, or would you ask some horse "expert"? Well, "history" records that Gulliver chose to talk to the horses. Truth, however, is stranger than fiction. Most of us seem strangely reluctant to get... Continue Reading →
EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY — PART 2
EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY — PART 1 addresses this subject: The Difference Between Equity and Equality. Here we will consider why Socialism does not work. Socialism Is Destructive Of Productivity In our society, we own some things individually, and some things we own as a people. Some people have almost nothing. Others own extravagant amounts of wealth.... Continue Reading →
OF TWISTED WORDS => LANGUAGE TO DIVIDE AND TO CONQUER
Unlike the previous posts in this series, here we will consider a technique instead of the abuse of a particular word. Here we will consider how loaded words divide us. We will begin by defining the expression, "loaded words". Then we will discuss some examples of how loaded words are being used. Finally, we will... Continue Reading →
SO YOU LIKED MY POST, MY ABOUT PAGE, MY COMMENT…..?
In a previous post, SO YOU LIKED MY POST?, I expressed considerable ambivalence about the like function. There is no restriction on its use by spammers and trolls and various other troublemakers. Thus, the fact that spammers now like everything they can get at does not surprise me much. Nevertheless, I am still somewhat puzzled by... Continue Reading →
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