The recommendation for airplanes to avoid Venezuelan airspace, coupled with the rumors of an ultimatum, are indications that the masters of the world already have a plan to tackle the Venezuelan issue and that they intend to act on it. What can be realistically expected to happen? So far, military deployments include a sizeable number of ships and planes but relatively limited personnel. Also, it'... » Continue Reading
To understand the depth of reality, it is often necessary to look at things in unusual ways. For example, we are well accustomed to our own ability to give things meaning and to create things that serve a purpose, but, if we assume that we live in a world which exists for no reason whatsoever, we can then ask ourselves how a creature that is capable of assigning things meaning and purpose could de... » Continue Reading
More than two thousand years ago, the ancients believed that the greatest gifts a person could enjoy were not material goods, but the "spiritual" possessions of character such as virtue, happiness etc., for material things can be snatched from us or be quickly destroyed in an unfortunate occasion, but what is of the spirit presents a far greater resilience in face of adversity, especially among th... » Continue Reading
Yes, communism is GOOD! Why? Because it's the only attempt to rationalize the chaos of economic and historical processes (rising above their inherent chaos) ever practiced by humanity in the entirety of its existence that was even slightly successful. This fact itself is the primus inter pares of communism; it gives it the status - and the merit - of being the only political ideology whose praxis... » Continue Reading
Someone wrote a blog post here recently in which it was claimed that God chose to create a universe which is imperfect, or words to that effect. Such an idea is patently untrue and, in fact, it's quite easy to demonstrate so. First, it's a given that perfection exists. We can conceive a perfect circle, even if in reality there is no such a thing. Therefore, perfection exists (even if, perhaps, jus... » Continue Reading
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