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@ekklesiagora

Universal Basic Income funded by Land Value Tax, Social Democracy, Left-Libertarianism, Civic Republicanism, Atheism, Evolution, Ethics, Direct Democracy, etc

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@ekklesiagora Oct 1, 2019, 11:45 PM UTC

My Final Post on Steemit

In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been posting on Steemit. I kind of got bored with this platform. Plus, my ideas have changed significantly since I started posting here. If you are interested i…

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@ekklesiagora Mar 2, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

Progress & Conservation: A Radical Centrist Manifesto

The Essence of Conservatism & of Progressivism The essence of conservatism is its recognition of the importance of stability, security, and social order. It views revolution and insurrection as b…

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@ekklesiagora Feb 17, 2019, 10:37 PM UTC

"Constructive Conservatism" & "Property-owning Democracy"

This is an excellent work. A series of 4 short articles written by Noel Skelton in 1923/1924. This shows a living conservatism that evolved with the times, making improvements upon standard tradition…

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@ekklesiagora Feb 16, 2019, 5:34 AM UTC

Towards A Comprehensive Business Cycle Theory

This post is by no means going to be comprehensive. I am certainly not up to the task of developing a comprehensive theory of the business cycle. That task must be left up to someone else. I just wan…

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@ekklesiagora Jan 5, 2019, 3:41 AM UTC

Neoliberalisms: From 1938 to the 21st Century

The Changing Face of Liberalism - With the 20th century, a new liberalism was becoming prominent. Classical liberals had held that the proper role of government is to protect individual liberty, but…

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@ekklesiagora Jan 4, 2019, 8:31 AM UTC

Social Democracy & Liberal Democracy

The New Democrats - We are starting to see social democrats grow in popularity. Individuals like Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourke, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar have become extremely popular.…

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@ekklesiagora Dec 23, 2018, 3:31 AM UTC

Thomas Paine's Political & Economic Vision

Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, in my estimation, are the most interesting of the American Founding Fathers. In a previous post, I discussed Thomas Jefferson's Political and Economic Vision. Now I…

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@ekklesiagora Dec 5, 2018, 2:19 AM UTC

Thomas Jefferson's Political and Economic Vision

Thomas Jefferson’s Ward Republic Model - Thomas Jefferson did not see the American system as the best possible system. In his original draft of The Declaration of Independence, Jefferson had blamed t…

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@ekklesiagora Dec 1, 2018, 7:51 AM UTC

Libertarian Social Democracy & Geo-Distributism

What if neoliberalism and socialism are both flawed ideologies? The neoliberal critique of marxism is pretty solid. Hayek and Mises did a good job of demonstrating that central planning is problemati…

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@ekklesiagora Nov 23, 2018, 1:59 PM UTC

Atlas Shirked Social Responsibility

>>>Ayn Rand sucked at life. Her books were garbage and no one loved her, not even Rothbard. Also, "If there's one thing that will not be tolerated here, it's imprecision of language." Harvey…

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