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Americans too can become fascist, and Americans already have an anti-intellectual fascist as president. Of course I disagree as I see Donald Trump as a very great man who will save the productive class upon who a free democracy depends, and, which is to say the same thing, defend the culture of the...

it seems today in western culture What makes you think Western culture today is any different from one-hundred, one-thousand, or even ten-thousand years ago? My hypothesis throughout this discussion has been that the core values of cultures are extraordinarily stable. The elements reinforce one ano...

My hypothesis throughout this discussion has been that the core values of cultures are extraordinarily stable (...) It is well supported by social sciences, anthropology and history. Living things are integrated and holistic. Just as elements cannot easily be added or subtracted from a peoples cult...

I ♥ Huckabees (2004) is about philosophical counseling.

Speaking for myself, I wouldn't be ashamed one way or the other, but i would find it inconvenient if I had to go back down six floors so I'd myself probably leave the bag downstairs. One counseling way of solving this is to ask yourself what feelings you are having and what needs those feelings indi...

Seleucus wrote: My hypothesis throughout this discussion has been that the core values of cultures are extraordinarily stable. So that is your basic hypothesis! Yes. It is well supported by social sciences, anthropology and history. Living things are integrated and holistic. Just as elements cannot...

it seems today in western culture What makes you think Western culture today is any different from one-hundred, one-thousand, or even ten-thousand years ago? My hypothesis throughout this discussion has been that the core values of cultures are extraordinarily stable. The elements reinforce one ano...

I'm not sure I totally get what this discussion is actually asking? There are no phonetically written natural languages, despite what some might say, because there are dialects and also ideolects which mean there is actually no true correct pronunciation or spelling possible of any word, instead the...

And yet we still find Celts in the South and the Anglo-Saxon genetic compliment not more than 40%? If you read all three articles you will have to by now have realized your error and that the Anglo-Saxons did not displace a Celtic people as you had believed but instead a pre-Roman migration of Germ...

The following quote from Cicero "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whisp...

Also, whites make up 16% of the world's population, blacks make up 15%. If there as many blacks as whites, why is Africa so technologically behind? What do you mean by "technologically behind"? Maybe she means something like how there's no sewage systems, or how the electricity goes off a...

Tell me, is this woman Black? Got a colour picture? "black adjective (PEOPLE) ​ A2 also Black relating or belonging to people with black or dark brown skin, especially people who live in Africa or whose family originally came from Africa: black culture Black Americans" Like what? You are ...

I believe I was the first to discover the below, a few years back: http://ambrosiasociety.org/images/p030_0_00_1.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrai ... efvert.jpg If you look at most Roman Mythraic icons left, depicting the sacrifice of the bull, Mithras cape always I'm inclined to think t...

... [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people who share the same language, history, characteristics, etc.: The British are an island race. Right! So colour and feature whilst useful in recognition is not a necessary feature of a 'race' per se. I suppose you had a little peak at the Lewontin’s Paradox...

... Apologies. I found the problem, the New Scientist link I gave has only a snippet of the argument, the link I should have gave for the whole piece is this one, http://decadence-europa.over-blog.com/article-5602330.html The Celts were long gone by the time the Anglo-Saxons arrived. When they did ...