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  • Why Politics Divides People

    Why Politics Divides People0

    Why is politics so negative compared to marketing — its analog in the private sector — even though virtually every candidate echoes the desire to “just get along”? The explanation revolves around two important ways political competition differs from market competition: higher payoffs to negative attacks, and rationally ignorant “customers.” Selling your product in the private

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  • Why Politicians Win (and Workers Lose) Under Socialism

    Why Politicians Win (and Workers Lose) Under Socialism2

    Socialism leads to the politicization of society. Hardly anything can be worse for the production of wealth. Socialism, at least its Marxist version, says its goal is complete equality. The Marxists observe that once you allow private property in the means of production, you allow differences. If I own resource A, then you do not

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  • Why Political Debate Today is Incoherent

    Why Political Debate Today is Incoherent0

    Among political philosophers, the most common critique of “liberalism” (not to be confused with modern “liberalism”) is not its concern for liberty, fairness, tolerance, and related values, but its public promotion of such values without recourse to any underlying, philosophical view of reality. We’re supposed to simply see the kind of open, secular, republican polity

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  • Why Poetry Should Join Your Literary Diet

    Why Poetry Should Join Your Literary Diet0

    In the summer of 2023, I fell in love with poetry. I was living overseas, struggling to navigate a job teaching English and a new life in a third-world country. Amidst the external and internal chaos, Saturdays were a reprieve. I’d mount my moped, drive to a nearby coffeehouse, and spend several hours reading and

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  • Why Plato Readers Aren’t Surprised by the Collapse of Thought on Campuses

    Why Plato Readers Aren’t Surprised by the Collapse of Thought on Campuses0

    Over the weekend, the New York Times ran an article on the continuing fiasco at Evergreen College. For those unfamiliar with the situation, the unrest on that campus began when students of color suggested that their white counterparts leave for a day. Liberal-leaning, Bernie Sanders-supporting professor Bret Weinstein politely declined, and chaos ensued. As the

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  • Why Planned Parenthood Should be Defunded

    Why Planned Parenthood Should be Defunded0

    Planned Parenthood has 56 independent local affiliates that operate more than 600 centers across the country. According to Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report, 41 percent ($555 million) of the organization’s revenue comes from government reimbursements and grants. Planned Parenthood is also the nation’s largest abortion provider, performing more than 320,000 abortions a year — more than 30

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