The Philosophy Discussion Forum

Women's suffrage has been slapped about by the religious and right-wing elements in American society after the Roe v Wade decision. The 'freedom' these same people usually boast as an American right has been brought into question yet again. It seems that what is meant by 'Freedom' in America is an a...

. Thirdly . The thing you Lefties are most ignorant of is yourselves . You think that having more stuff somehow insulates you from pain, from misery: from being miserable ... You think that going to a better school or university will somehow make you better; that living in a better neighbourhood wi...

Mick, Rich, Hobbes, Apparently, the way I define socialism isn't in keeping with how any of you do, so, can you each define it? I suggest that all the above explanations of Socialism have managed to define the concept quite well. A short definition just does not work. The complex world of the Socia...

This debate seems to go round in circles. I'm not going to waste time going through recent posts as they are based on ideas written back in the 1800s. Times have changed, the Philosophy, as Marx predicted has changed. Socialists today are of many different colours but I repeat the are NOT Communists...

The capitalist system has brought many advantages ....to the few. Marx believed the capitalist system would end up eating itself and I see the current dealings with Communist China as part of the process. The Chinese do not have to wage war they just need to buy the key parts of the other nations ec...

There's a whole whack of folks critical of capitalism (and it's foundation, the unrestrained market) who don't know jack shit about what they're lambasting. There's a whole whack of folks critical of anything that undermines their ingrained beliefs and who will assert a lack of knowledge on the par...

The Fundamental problem with Socialism is that few people who condemn it actually know what it is. Many of the posts here show a distinct lack of understanding of the wide range of ideologies that come under the banner of "Socialism". Some concepts common to all versions of Socialism is th...

I was i the mining districts when thatcher went to war with them. I experienced the police paid vast amounts in wages become thugs and behave like their compatriots in Pinochets Chile. (He was a very close friend of thatcher although a murdering thug himself.) I remember the miner who said "The...

I'm sorry, but I can't comment on something so ridiculous it's hard to believe anybody could take it seriously. http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/11/15/census-u-s-poverty-rate-spikes-nearly-50-million-americans-affected/ ??????? Oh, I'm sorry, maybe North Korea or China can help us out. I think t...

bobevenson wrote:I'm sorry, but I can't comment on something so ridiculous it's hard to believe anybody could take it seriously.

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In response to Bob's BOLD outburst. Could anyone please reconcile these two view points. As I am only a EUROPEAN I cannot do so myself. . Dawn , your fourth sentence: Any examples of both extremes working in unison will also be helpful. and I think what your are contemplating is already working fabu...

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For me at least that gif said so much more of what I was thinking than I could have said in a paragraph. Brilliant!

. Well, the original poster left this thread long ago. Matter of fact, I think she has left the forum. . Well the original poster has not left but is standing to one side watching the "philosophers" bitch and scratch and lose the plot (as well as the thread). I had just come to the conclu...

Thank you for that critique. You may be correct in that high profile Philosophers, due to the nature of their profession, are more prepared to ignore the benefits offered by society as a reward for that status. However, the "establishment" i.e. the institutions that employ them may not be...

My problem with the high profile philosopher in the example is that the status they have achieved can affect their freedom of thought. i.e. Someone who has reached the dizzy heights in their profession is going to find difficulty in proposing ideas wildly at odds with "common sense" but n...