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Julian Assange’s Core Philosophy: Exhausting Dissent, Not Hiding Truth
Julian Assange’s core philosophy on censorship posits that its primary objective is not simply to conceal the truth, but rather to exhaust dissent…
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Eric Voegelin’s Theory of Political Religion
Modern Activism as a Gnostic Crusade Against Civilization
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George F. Kennan’s Realism: An Antidote to Moral Vanity in Foreign Policy
George F.
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Theodore Dalrymple’s Sentimental Brutalism: Public Virtue and Private Cruelty
Theodore Dalrymple’s diagnosis of “sentimental brutalism” critically examines the interplay between public virtue and private cruelty in contemporary…
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Richard Hofstadter’s ‘Paranoid Style’ Thesis
A Sane Response to Insane Elites
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Niccolò Machiavelli’s Forgotten Realism
State Deception as a Permanent Feature of Power
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Timeless Warning on How Ideology Makes the Dehumanization of One’s Neighbors Seem Virtuous
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, a renowned Russian writer and dissident, is celebrated for his profound exploration of the relationship between ideology and the…
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Yukio Mishima’s Chilling Prophecy of a Society That Chooses Beautiful Surfaces Over a Difficult Soul
Yukio Mishima, born Kimitake Hiraoka on January 14, 1925, is a significant and controversial figure in 20th-century Japanese literature, known for his…
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Why Complex Solutions Are Doomed to Fail?
John Gall’s Forgotten Law:
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Lionel Trilling’s Prophecy: Authenticity, Anxiety, and the Modern Self
Lionel Trilling’s exploration of authenticity addresses a profound and contemporary cultural obsession with the notion of being “true to oneself.” In…
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Unpacking Douglas Rushkoff’s Present Shock: Living in an Endless Now
Douglas Rushkoff’s theory of Present Shock reveals why we are trapped in an endless, meaningless now.
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The Gerontocracy’s Grip and How the Old World Is Devouring Its Future
We live in an age where the wisdom of elders is venerated, yet the very structures they uphold are leading Western civilization to a precipice.
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