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Category Archives: Progressive Politics
The Multiple Religions Problem
This comment is in response to someone who asked me if western society needed to be worried about Islam. The problem with Islam is not just about them. It’s about religion as a whole when you look at it from … Continue reading
CNN Article – Prescription for Cheating
This comment refers to a CNN article about students cheating on medical exams. ( Prescription for Cheating ) I agree, this was a case of very narrow minded naïve reporting. The case presented is just the tip of a very … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Medicine, Progressive Politics, Social Justice
Tagged Complexity, Medical Education
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Pluralistic ( Constructive ) Democracy
Occupy Wall Street! Occupy Oakland! Occupy Portland! Occupy Boston! Occupy LA! Please read this. Please try to understand it. Please try to implement it. One of the highest VALUES paraded in every protest we see is the word DEMOCRACY. And … Continue reading
Are things really better today? Why can’t we go back?
In a post to Waiting for the Storm .com I discussed how representative government made sense in 1776 when mail was delivered by horse and most citizens couldn’t read, but the need no longer applies. @lookingforthemeaning replied “is the communication … Continue reading
Burden of a Two Party System
The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. On Oct. 12, occupythegreenparty posted the following point: “I think people shouldn’t be afraid of several parties. The goal of the party is to run a candidate … Continue reading
A Crisis of Responsibility
The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from flavian: Why fight me ? Because I want freedom ? Real freedom ? The kind we never had before ? … Continue reading
Changing Government Needs to be for the Long Haul
The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from occupythegreenparty: FEMINISM AND GENDER EQUITY We have inherited a social system based on male domination of politics and economics. We … Continue reading
Psychology of Fear Drives Society
The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from Dmanic: This [the OWS demand list] is a great list and encompasses pretty much all of the current practices that … Continue reading
A New Declaration of Independence
The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from fivefingers: “Demands” is the wrong word. (It makes OWS sound unjustified and is a word associated with other words like … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Occupy Wall Street, Progressive Politics, Social Justice
Tagged Authoritarianism, Complexity, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, democracy, Emotions, Freedom, government, Law, Legislation, Occupy Wall Street, Proportional Voting, Psychology, Responsibility, Simplify the Law
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A Totally New Approach To Voting
The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. While the comment providing details of an “Equal Access Amendment” presents some good approaches to addressing some known issues, I think a much different view needs discussion. … Continue reading