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Posted by zeuser
Marx wasn't really political, he was a philosopher first. The people who decided his theories were a good basis for societal organization weren't all wrong, either, but were perverted by those who chose to use them to consolidate political power and ...
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Apr 29Apr 29

Posted by zeuser
My favorite economist. His theories say that countervailing institutions - government primarily, but labor unions too - as a balancing agents against the nasty power of corporations. And he despised mindless consumerist greed. A Canadian, so my ...
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Progressives, Socialists, and Black/Palestinian Lives Matter
Apr 26Apr 26

Posted by William_Mary
All The Worst Evils Are Happening Right Out In The Open You don’t need to come up with any elaborate conspiracy theories to see it. It’s right there, completely unhidden. {The narrative spin is greatly aided by ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 6, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
ORTHODOXY - Noun…authorised or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice “monetarist orthodoxy “. Synonyms; doctrine, conviction, belief, creed: the quality of conforming to orthodox theories, doctrines, or practices “writings ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Oct 14, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by Marionville
PAVLOVIAN. - Adjective…acting on or expressing a conditioned or predictable reaction; referring to the work and theories of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov and the learning process of conditioning that he studied, a type of learning that occurs...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Oct 3, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by pedigojr
Two with the same meaning, stot and pronking: stott stotted; stotting intransitive verb : to bound with a stiff-legged gait From one of my favorite authors, Mary Roach in her latest book: “Fuzz – when nature breaks the law.” ”To spend a ...
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