Athena

I started this morning with the thread about Afghanistan and the Taliban and marveling over the success of the United States and the very high level o...

Sorry. when it comes to covid I will rely on science. When the government decides we all have to wear blue uniforms I will worry about the political p...

Huh? Germany was the world Military-Industrial Complex power, and it lost that twice in world wars, but the US adopted everything necessary to manifes...

Yes. All industrial economies depend on oil, and it has been the purpose of the US Military-Industrial Complex to keep control of oil. When OPEC embar...

Why bother to challenge god? We do not directly experience god, so science can not define god. It is what is written about God that demands our scruti...

Chardin, a Catholic priest said, God, is asleep in rocks and minerals, waking in plants and animals, to know self in man.

Yes. Youth is a time for exploring and risk-taking. It would be a shame to only ponder life instead of blindly leap out there and gain experiences tha...

I am the person who argues that US is the military-industrial complex we defended our democracy against. If anyone wants to discuss war, start a threa...

I assume you mean you can isolate yourself and that may be a fine choice for people who can do that, but it is not a choice medical personnel, firemen...

Wow, I love your comment! Absolutely love it! :heart: It is awesome how one word "awareness" can explain so much. People with no self-awareness drive ...

I believe there is an individual risk of a harmful reaction to the covid vaccination, as in war the individual or group of individuals can be killed. ...

There most certainly is a difference between the east and west. I value both but have favored the west. I can not participate in many of the threads b...

I want to address the standards for being a casual non-professional philosopher. I keep referring to Daniel Kahneman's explanation of fast and slow th...

Okay, I will accommodate that request. If you care about democracy you might care that it is based on Greek and Roman philosophy and being literate in...

We have too many agreements. :lol: But your parting statement hit a nerve. Not because I disagree but because I think the is true for the US and the M...

Socrates said something like that and he wanted us to be aware of each other. In the US textbooks prepare the young for life, not to be products for i...

I have not read Kant in a while and it is time for me to refresh what I know of his ideas. Last night I listened to an interview with the Christian wo...

"If we reflect upon the various ideals of education that are prevalent in the different countries, we see that what they all aim at is to organize cap...

We must avoid perfect agreement at all costs. What would we talk about if we agreed? And if we didn't argue with each other, our minds would not expan...

I hope someday you get the perfect job for your thinking mind. Perhaps you can become a professor of philosophy. I think your statement, that it is no...

Exactly! When everyone agrees on God's truth, I may agree with them. Yeap, that comes with being human. It also comes with being a political animal an...

Our division of philosophy and religion may be a false one considering they begin with debates. I know people want to believe their particular religio...

Well, your post was a pleasant surprise. That is the most supportive statement I have had in several years. Normally people attack what I am saying. I...

You have piqued my interest. I am deeply interested in the environmental conditions that lead to matriarchy or patriarchy. The God of Abraham religion...

Me too.

:rofl: I love starting my day with a good laugh and "being unopinionated does widen the field somewhat" is a hilarious comment when I think of myself....

But that does not mean enjoying an ice cream or other superficial pleasures. When Thomas Jefferson wrote of the pursuit of happiness he was working wi...

Nicely said. Truth is a founding principle of democracy but I don't think that is well understood today. George Washington did not brag about how grea...

Oh my, that last sentence seems like a good left jab that I was not expecting and my head is spinning. :lol: I was thinking yes I agree with what you ...

Michael, I see two ways to go with your post. I told a friend I got into an argument with my sister over some social issue and she looked at me with h...

Oh my, maybe you rather have a robot that can be programmed, for your child, rather than a human one that might disappoint you. Perhaps a robot for a ...

It depends on the quality of the therapist. The quality of the therapist depends on personality and training. There are several methods that can be us...

Your smart-ass answers are the last straw. We are done.

Great, what is it about the bureaucracy I do not like? How was the bureaucracy different before adopting the German model?

This is off topic but you do understand what oil has to do with all industrial economies and what military might has to do with controlling oil, right...

How about listening to women? A matriarchy is very different from a patriarchy. Since women have held seats of power, a whole lot more has been done f...

Here is what you are saying, This thread is about social order, and especially about relying on the government for our needs or our families. I have s...

Big money is not the cause. Without it, we would be much worse off for several reasons. One reason is fiat money. There is nothing funny about our mil...

I am agreeable with everything you said and have nothing to argue or add to what you said, until your last paragraph. Yes, I agree with Jesus that we ...

You said you understand what I have said, but I see no indication that you do. From you I see a completely different explanation of why things are as ...

When was the change made and why?

Please refer me to where you have paraphrased what I said about everything being controlled by policy instead of by individuals and I will pick up fro...

Prove it.

Thanks to the change in education, not many people know what a virtue is, nor that we once thought a virtue is synonymous with strength. Like Darwinis...

This is where I am going to stop because I see no reason to think you understand the difference between the bureaucratic order we had, that made the i...

You said that well and I am so glad you easily grasped why I associate him with the Nazis. And it is the same today with modern Nazis. I really don't ...

How about Cicero and the notion of right reason? It is a democratic value to know the truth because right reason is essential to things going well, an...

I think you have made a very important point and the efforts by Native Americans and people of color support that point. Native Americans are doing a ...

That is well said, and this thread is about our liberty and power being crushed by loyalty to the state, and what family order has to do with having l...

I think your belief is limiting your ability to understand the change in organizational power that comes with adopting the German model of bureaucracy...