Just a short one today, I’ll be back with my usual-length posts on Sunday. Also note that I know virtually nothing about the NFL. For those of you who don’t know, Kaepernick is an American football player, who has recently caused controversy by kneeling when the national anthem is played at football games. Trump has …
Wagner’s Law is the simple idea that as an economy develops, state spending as a proportion of that economy rises. This is due to the electorate demanding a standard of social services the market cannot provide. With a society’s increasing wealth, widespread destitution, inadequate pensions, a lack of good schools and a backward military become …
Contrary to the insinuations of the American Right, most US liberals are not anti-patriotic, or even unpatriotic. The vast majority are proud Americans. Where most sensible people draw the line is between American patriotism- a simple affinity with the American state and its people- and American Exceptionalism, or the belief that America is uniquely important …
Apologies for posting this late, I’ve been very busy all day. This will be the last of the Best of the Week series for the time being. It has been really enjoyable and interesting responding to various news articles, whether briefly to a selection of articles, or analysing one or two in more detail. But …
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Yet another of my Modern Philosophy posts, this one inspired by my recent travels to Sweden. I’m going to continue with this series for the time being. Hope you enjoy! In 2016, Bernie Sanders ran a passionate and determined campaign for the Democratic nomination. He did so with very few endorsements from Democratic figures and …
