Erik

Thank you for the nice remarks. That post was too long but I appreciate you taking the time to read it. I'll be honest and admit that it gives me some...

I have some random thoughts on this old and interesting topic. I'll admit I like the idea of appropriating the insights and skills of philosophers and...

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/opinion/rich-getting-richer-taxes.html?referer I thought this was an interesting short article. Seems like Mitt ...

Great OP. Hit the nail right on the head IMO. Not sure what that inspiring new narrative could be, but it's something I think about all the time. Eage...

I think a shift in perspective regarding the ultimate aim of life, like that outlined by Baden, is a necessary component of any compelling critique of...

Nicely put. (Y)

He briefly touches upon economics but the work is overwhelmingly concerned with the issue of rights. He quotes Douglas as using his home of Illinois a...

That would be a great topic IMO. I don't have a definite position on the matter, but I'm reading Harry Jaffa's A New Birth of Freedom right now and I ...

Sure it can, especially if the wealthy infiltrate the political system and affect policy. Embarking on expensive and adventurous wars under the guise ...

But I'll admit that I don't approach this topic under the assumption that things like economic growth and continued technological development should b...

What would the 1% do if the bottom 99% didn't work for them, purchase their products or services, pay their portion of taxes to help perpetuate the sy...

I've always found the topic concerning whether a particular mass murderer was mentally ill or not to be intriguing. To my simplistic mind it would see...

Doubt this adds much to the topic but I'd wager that Nietzsche and Heidegger, in somewhat different but complementary ways, could be considered (antic...

(Y) I think I will fairly soon. Would love to get feedback and advice from the members here.

On a related note, I've been thinking quite a bit about points of possible convergence between Left and Right on this particular issue. I find it an e...

I actually agree with you here for the most part. Ideally, we could appropriate the many benefits of technology while also ameliorating its potentiall...

I think you're probably right about this, unfortunately, and that there's little hope for the type of genuine change I'm referring to. Seems an obviou...

Most significantly, I found him to be extremely magnanimous in his ability to not take disagreements so personally, and to not let testy exchanges tha...

I'll admit it, I developed a soft spot for Sand after initially loathing the guy. I think we developed a camaraderie of sorts in the 'Post Truth' thre...

Ah I didn't realize that about TGW. Totally understandable that he got banned if he refused to follow simple forum guidelines. Strange that he would b...

I think the primary issue contributing to the the demise of the US - and possibly the West and the entire world more generally - is the system of valu...

I'm not around TPF much, but based upon my limited experience here I'd say the moderators have done an outstanding job overall. I specifically haven't...

I find the idea of government or business relations being (necessarily) a sort of zero sum game to be extremely questionable. But that antagonistic pe...

@"Agustino" If you get rid of government then you'll likely have anarchy (by definition obviously). That may not be good for anyone, rich or poor. I'm...

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your position. Think about it from a different angle: if "the people" are not represented by the current government (one ...

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/opinion/rich-getting-richer-taxes.html?referer Read this today. Shocked about Mitt Romney's father being so high...

(Y) I think the one positive thing he managed to do was to make oft-maligned working class white Republican voters aware of the fact that the 'establi...

Perhaps others have a different opinion, but for me hyperbole tends to significantly lessen an argument's overall effect. Maybe among the general popu...

I'll check it out. Thanks for the heads up.

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>:O

There's actually three now-- check out @"John Harris" X-) IMO the forum needs a villainous character like him. I've begun enjoying his unadorned style...

Yeah no argument from me here since that's the exact position I've taken from the start.

I'd go with the likes of Heraclitus, Socrates, Nietzsche and Wittgenstein. Dedication to truth regardless of the social consequences, basically, and w...

It seems perfectly reasonably to list these things within the context of this discussion on whether or not we're in a post-truth age. The topic was no...

Couldn't we also point to the Dems failure to do anything of significance to prevent the dangerous concentration of wealth and power that emerging mon...

I'd suggest those who feel we've only recently moved into a post-truth world check out James Madison's famous Federalist No. 10, written in 1787, in w...

I think you're right in many ways, but I have no problem referring to someone as a terrorist when the negative association attached to that term is wa...

Let's say he's the Continetal version of Gassendi, as the latter was an obvious partisan of Analytic Philosophy and dismissive of any who didn't share...

I'm not going to speak ill of the dead, but I think he's every bit as knowledgeable as Gassendi.

Apologies for that. I was crafting a tactful response and didn't see this warning.

Like I said, I think I tried to judge him according to normal standards when in fact his personality is a bit idiosyncratic. He reminds me a bit of Ga...

I interpreted Wayfarer's remark to Thantos to be a bit condescending. I say that as someone who likes Wayfarer as a generally thoughtful and kind post...

The following is a series of short conversations between a Soviet military adviser and an Egyptian general which took place during the Yom Kippur War ...

That'll work. 8-)

Well, are you familiar with Heidegger's notion of truth as alethia? Huh? Being is historical, and therefore Truth (as unconcealment) is historical. Th...

But you may have much better insight into this particular issue than I do, Thanatos. I'm not nearly as familiar with the theological dimension of Heid...

Yeah I think that's true. So I should probably not use the term "eschatological" here to avoid confusion, or I should at least qualify it in the way y...

Well, I think Heidegger would actually agree with you to a certain extent, while Hegel obviously wouldn't. The former didn't think that trajectory rep...

They're probably two of the greatest innovators IMO, and precisely because they were keenly aware of the (often) subtle ways in which historical force...