Basic income, at least basic income the way I propose it, is Capitalism, through and through. Capitalism is about private property, private enterprise, private profits, and, not least of all, private decision making. Socialism, on the other hand, is about public enterprise, public profits, and, ostensibly, public decision making. To me, that’s the attractive part. …
In this podcast, I have a conversation with my friend Evan Maeda. We also belong to the same book club and begin our conversation by discussing our introductory takes on Alchemical Psychology by Thom F. Cavalli. We go on to discuss God, consciousness, Covid 19, power, basic income, the election, accountability for public officials, and …
Nancy MacLean’s book Democracy In Chains exposes the philosophical lineage of the radical libertarian ideas that have infiltrated modern American political discourse. Her work credits many of these ideas to James M. Buchanan, who is referred to frequently throughout this article. Engaging with these ideas raises questions such as “What does liberty mean?”, “Who has …
I like the idea of ‘Humans, humans everywhere.’ That’s my articulated moral north star. Many billions of us are acting this solution into society every day, even if we, from our own perspective, are just “going with the flow.” If you disagree with that premise, you can stop reading. If you think ‘Humans, humans everywhere.’ …
The more financial freedom that is actually possessed by each member of the American common class, the better our society will be. It is my belief that basic income is the next, best practical step we can take to secure that freedom for our generation and generations to come. How will we pay for it? …
Anu Partanen’s book The Nordic Theory of Everything chronicles her philosophical evolution as she gained a deeper understanding of the discrepancy between American imagination and American reality after moving to New York from Finland, where she was born and raised. This article is not a stylistic breakdown or a deep analytical review. These are just …
Gender A person’s chromosomal composition can be measured as distinct from their physical appearance, i.e. genotype does not equal phenotype. Usually, the former acts as the dominant indicator for the latter but that’s not always true and we can articulate an attitude that positively includes the common and the corner cases. Physical appearance can in …
What did the American slaves earn with their involuntary servitude? An attaboy and a pat on the back? Unfortunately, they earned even less than that. They earned nothing in terms of profit during that four century exploitation and they received nothing at the moment of emancipation. What about the price we paid in American lives …
TLDR (Too Long, Didn’t Read): Universal basic income (UBI) will probably help America. UBI will not make people lazy. Automation will probably increase the number of jobs in America instead of decreasing them. Meaningful work is very different than meaningless wage labor. The suggestion that people should find identity and meaning through wage labor is …
Why We Should End Slavery. We should end slavery in America because slavery is wrong. I’m confident that most Americans will agree with that premise without desiring further explication. For those that do want a more articulate argument on that point, I’ll try to make it in this essay. Some Americans might respond to …