Tag: will of the people
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Civilized War Perceptions
The information on foreign war casualties and perspectives I provided contrasts the influence of personal experience versus news media. The tragedy of war understandably makes us skeptical about its necessity. However, media punditry can change civilized war perceptions can to overcome this skepticism. At the time of World War I people got their news from
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Foreign Wars Casualties and Perceptions
This response to the current bombing of Iran interrupts the miniseries on democracy with a perspective on foreign wars. My faith in being human over being civilized derives from research I started in 2005 in response to threats of war with Iran. Because I believe in humanity I believe that when properly informed citizens can
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The Political Continuum
The first posts formed a miniseries about wisdom. This introduces a new miniseries on the concept of democracy. We begin with a political continuum based on Enlightenment conceptions of the social contract. I covered these in my election year journal, Pandering and Punditry, Entries #9-10. The ruling principle of authoritarian government can be summarized as
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