I feel Winston Churchill was correct when he implied, during a 1947 speech in the House of Commons, that of all political systems, democracy is… Read More »From Democracy to Idiocracy: How the Uninformed Voter Threatens Politics
In February 2024, The Guardian published an article stating, “Criticising Israel doesn’t mean we’re anti-Semitic.” While I agree with this sentiment, it is hard to… Read More »Label Fetishism: Tribal Ideologies and the Politics of Double Standards
The right with climate change denial, which can be seen across the board among hard right, traditionalist conservative pundits and political parties. Then, evolution which… Read More »Anti-Science on the Left and Right: How Post-Truth Prevails
Genuine neo-Nazis and fascists in America exist paradoxically within the free world. Some of the most prominent groups include: All of these groups will invoke… Read More »The Irony of Fascism: Exploiting Liberty to Destroy It
I had the pleasure of attending Richard Dawkins’ Oxford lecture on his Genetic Book of the Dead tour on 21 October 2024. Dawkins describes this… Read More »The Problem with Jordan Peterson
Boomerism or Neo-Boomer are terms I shall use to represent right-wingers and conservatives in the 21st century who, despite not necessarily being baby boomers themselves,… Read More »Boomerism and the Neo-Boomer: Nostalgia for the Past
This is a collection of quick musings, and many will likely be expanded on or included in a current or future book project. Musings can… Read More »Musings and Brief Reflections: Part I
Mores and folkways shape cultural expectations, regardless of their position on the hypothetical moral spectrum. But what exactly are they? People consider a norm to… Read More »The Dark Side of Social Standards
The ego is characterised by its fragility; it can be easily broken by insult or simple disagreement. Withdrawing from the status quo indirectly threatens the… Read More »To Be Insecure, Means to Be Egocentric
It is not the individual who expresses a positive fact about themselves that exhibits egotistical tendencies. Rather, it is the person who unjustifiably feels threatened… Read More »Deflective Egotism as a Form of Projection
