Tag: capitalism

• Socialism? Seriously? I take my cue from my years in Vietnam.

  I’m sorry, but I can’t take socialism seriously. Blame it on my ten years living in Vietnam when I received a first-hand lesson of what socialism really is and what it really does. And what it doesn’t do. The political left in America is giddy with idealistic hope that the dawn of the Democratic Socialist…

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  August 22, 2018

  History & Culture, politics

  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, capitalism, democratic socialism, economics, socialism, Vietnam

• The Future of Discrimination: White Male

  I’ve been waiting for this article. Perhaps there have been others espousing similar points of view, but leave it to some brilliant graduate student of philosophy, of all things, to express what I’ve been guessing at all along: the blame the white narrative is getting much more pointed. Here’s the article if you want to…

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  April 19, 2017

  Philosophy, politics, social critique, Uncategorized

  capitalism, discrimination, race relations, society critique, voters rights, wealth redistribution, white male, white privilege

• A Rebuke of Capitalism and a Counterargument

  Capitalism has taken its hits in recent years and not without cause. A while back I read Harry Braverman’s thought-provoking and thorough work about labor and capitalism. As I mention in the essay below, it should be required reading for all capitalist. Though his analysis of labor cannot really be argued with, I found myself…

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  April 21, 2014

  History & Culture

  Braverman, capitalism, critique of capitalism, division of labor, Labor and Monopoly Capital

• Fast Food, Globalization, and Culture (Part III)

  Here’s part III (the final segment) in this series. The most interesting part (in my opinion) of this post is the fascinating way that fast food has helped change and mold certain parts of modern China.  Read Part I HERE! Read Part II HERE! The new fast food culture that has been introduced into many countries over…

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  January 10, 2014

  History & Culture

  capitalism, capitalism and globalization, China, culture, fast food, fast food impact on world, Fast Food Nation, globalization, modern china, modern Confucianism

• A Reminder of How Fast the World Can Change

  I grew up in the Cold War. I missed the height of hysteria of the 1950s and the many bomb drills and shelters which were common. I wasn’t around for the Cuba Missile Crisis, but I remember clearly the feeling that the United States was constantly staring down “the evil” Soviet empire. I remember the…

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  December 5, 2013

  Current Events, History & Culture

  Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, capitalism, cold war, Communism, Reagan, The Day After, USSR

• A Presidential, Federal, Capitalistic, Representative Democracy

  What type of government is the United States of America? A presidential, federal, capitalistic, representative democracy! A mouthful, for sure. Can’t we just say republic?  Nope! Can’t we just say democracy? Serious lacking! Can’t we just say federal? Think again. All four of those descriptions are needed to truly understand how our government works because…

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  August 16, 2013

  History & Culture, USA

  capitalism, democracy, federal government, forms of government, parliamentary government, republic vs. democracy, republicanism, type of government, US Government

• Poor Edward Bellamy

  Edward Bellamy was a writer who wrote the Utopian novel 2000-1887: Looking Backward,where Julian West wakes up in a Utopian society in the year 2000 where everyone is equal and everyone is wealthy. A while back I did an essay on the Robber Barons, the ruthless capitalists who ruled America during the Gilded Age of the 1900,…

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  January 8, 2013

  History & Culture, USA

  capitalism, edward bellamy, looking backward, socialism