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Minotaur

Minotaur

Man has a desire to create relationships in his mind.  Stimulus to reward and flattery is acceptable to the human.  … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on January 22, 2022July 12, 2022Categories Psychology, StatismTags capitalism, economics, education, fascism, logic, psychology, socialism, Statism

Mental Coercion

Mental Coercion

The line between mental coercion and voluntary consent is blurred.  The stealthy mental coercion turns man into a meek … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on January 20, 2022July 3, 2023Categories Statism, PsychologyTags coercion, education, logic, mental, psychology, Statism3 Comments on Mental Coercion

Monstrous Lies

Monstrous Lies

The statist philosophical system is riddled with flaws and intentional flaws.  Even intelligent individuals don’t escape these.  These are then … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on January 16, 2022June 28, 2023Categories Statism, PsychologyTags capitalism, economics, education, fascism, lie, logic, psychology, socialism, Statism, truth5 Comments on Monstrous Lies

Force and Ideas

Force and Ideas

Society emerges from human cooperation.  Humans cooperate based on ideas.  Ideas are not an achievement by isolated individuals, such as … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on January 6, 2022October 1, 2022Categories Economics, Ideology, Logic, Psychology, StatismTags capitalism, economics, education, fascism, ideas, logic, psychology, socialism, Statism4 Comments on Force and Ideas

Muddleheaded Babbler

Muddleheaded Babbler

We live in a strange falsification of life.

Oh, how people support superficial measures.

The crowd looks at books as … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on January 4, 2022June 14, 2023Categories Statism, Poetic, PsychologyTags capitalism, democracy, economics, education, fascism, idol, logic, psychology, socialism, Statism5 Comments on Muddleheaded Babbler

Opportunity Cost

Opportunity Cost

A firm will spend to produce.  This is the firm’s cost.  They must spend money, but money costs are different … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on January 1, 2022June 10, 2023Categories Economics, Psychology, StatismTags capitalism, cost, economics, education, fascism, logic, socialism, Statism

The Noble Savage?

The Noble Savage?

Capitalism is criticized by the idea of the noble savage.  Many think it’s a biological phenomenon that humans cooperate or … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on December 26, 2021June 4, 2023Categories Economics, Psychology, StatismTags capitalism, economics, education, fascism, logic, nobel savage, psychology, socialism, Statism2 Comments on The Noble Savage?

Witch Cult

Witch Cult

Brain function is disturbed by stress.  Political conditioning rests on deliberately induced fear and anger.  Pavlov figured out—with an … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on December 12, 2021May 25, 2023Categories Statism, New Idol, PsychologyTags capitalism, economics, education, fascism, logic, psychology, socialism, Statism5 Comments on Witch Cult

Social Envy

Social Envy

You’re either thinking or feeling.  Feeling consumes reasoning.  Feelings are a gigantic portion of political action, but the most effective … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on December 6, 2021October 5, 2022Categories Psychology, StatismTags capitalism, economics, education, envy, fascism, logic, psychology, socialism, Statism5 Comments on Social Envy

What Causes the Business Cycle?

What Causes the Business Cycle?

The business cycle is caused by artificial credit expansion by the central bank and commercial banks too—if the reserve requirement … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on November 30, 2021September 29, 2022Categories Business Cycle, Economics, Money, PsychologyTags business cycle, capitalism, economics, education, fascism, inflation, logic, psychology, socialism, Statism3 Comments on What Causes the Business Cycle?

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