List: On Politics | Curated by Douglas Giles, PhD

Nov 17, 2024
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On PoliticsPolitics should be an open discussion about how to better our communities. I write about political issues, including what's wrong with politics and how we can insert philosophy into political discourse to improve our lives.
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Original Philosophy
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Orientation Worlds in PoliticsText of my presentation at the conference of the Foundation For Philosophical Orientation
Oct 25
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Oct 25
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If You Want to Defeat Republicans, Stop Trying to Defeat RepublicansFighting angry nonsense with angry nonsense doesn’t work
Sep 25
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Sep 25
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JD Vance Channels Plato and the “Noble Lie”Have I mentioned there’s nothing new in the tactics of right-wingers Trump and Vance? Why, yes, yes I have.
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deterritorialization
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The Importance of Trump’s Comments that Immigrants Are Eating DogsIt matters what Trump said.
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Counter Arts
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What Is White Privilege?Don’t pretend it’s not real
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Aug 28
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Stalker Vance and the Real Meaning of “Childless Cat Ladies”When people show you who they are, believe them
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Aug 12
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Inserting Philosophy
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Harris, Walz, and 60-20-20 AmericaPlain talk about plain truths
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Aug 7
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Momentum
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Trump’s Racial Identity PoliticsThe same old culture war is now directed at Kamala Harris
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Trump as Fetish ObjectCashing in on ressentiment
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Jul 30
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Everything’s Fine Until the Anarchists Show UpIt’s as if they want the tyrants to win
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Jul 25
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Why Trump?Why Some People Support Him — How the Rest of Us Can Respond
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Trump May Be Found Guilty, but Don’t Expect His Followers to CareAs with all of politics, it’s about power
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May 30
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Did God Block Trump’s Rally or Did Satan?Blame and demand: a neglected dimension of political power
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Apr 21
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The Fundamental Contradictions in Anarchism and LibertarianismA look at two ideologies that are shaping political discourse
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May 8
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Original Philosophy
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What’s Right and Wrong About the Columbia ProtestsAnd what’s right and wrong about political action
Apr 24
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Apr 24
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Original Philosophy
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Struggles for Justice Are Struggles for AuthorityAll political movements include the struggle for the authority and power to claim recognition
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Jan 18
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Why Trump WinsIt’s a fundamental rule of politics
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Feb 6
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Socialized Medicine, Part 2Five weeks without hassle or out-of-pocket expense
Dec 30, 2023
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Dec 30, 2023
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The Early History of ConservatismThe modern right-wing has its roots in a particular historical event
Nov 29, 2023
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Nov 29, 2023
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If Anyone Tells You “Socialized” Medicine Is Crap …… here’s what you tell them
Nov 28, 2023
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Nov 28, 2023
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