If I become a dictator, I will pay a lot of attention to culture. Symphonic music, art exhibitions, poetry. I will introduce many cultural festivals in my country. I will give preferences to true art lovers. I will create named subscriptions for them and involve as many people as possible Continue Reading
Politics
articles on social and political topics
The cart is before the horse.
Look at how the social character is changing. According to theory, laws are written norms of law that, in turn, have emerged from customs. Laws that lack a foundation in customs are worthless, and their sole purpose is always the same—exploitation and enslavement. They are enforced only because the monopolistic Continue Reading
Rationalization of faith
What if the people who believe in God understand, on a rational level, that they are talking about imaginary friends? And they suppress this realization. With aggression towards those around them, aggression towards non-believers, aggression towards people of other faiths. After all, a believer is under significant pressure, one could Continue Reading
Where is the justice?
Emotionally indiscriminate people often perceive feelings of envy as a sense of injustice. For them, it seems “fair” to commit wrongful acts simply because someone else got away with it at some point. For example, one might feel justified in stealing because “If others can do it, why can’t I?” Continue Reading
The recipe for a state
Do you want a recipe for a thoroughly corrupt state?Here you go. To begin with, let’s understand what the essence is. punishments The essence of punishment for a crime lies in making the harm to the criminal from the committed offense unacceptably disadvantageous compared to the benefits gained from committing Continue Reading
What is spirituality?
We are all discussing the phenomenon of spirituality here, trying to make jokes about the “screws,” but in reality, Russian spirituality has a rather formal description that sounds like: “the emotional content of a transaction.” It has long been known that the human brain only remembers events that have emotional Continue Reading
True believers
How can we tell if a person is acting according to their conscience or just because they are being watched? Will they behave well if there are no consequences for wrongdoing? How many of you steal when no one is watching? Almost none. In other words, to identify the true Continue Reading
“I am not talking to you.”
If all countries were governed by women, there would be no wars in the world. There would simply be many countries that don’t talk to each other. (Famous joke) Wars have always been and remain a tool for the bandits in power to increase their tribute collection. This can be Continue Reading
On Mandatory Insurance
It all comes down to something called adverse selection. This phenomenon exists in many areas of economics and finance, but in insurance, it essentially defines the rules of the game. The essence of anti-selection is that the insured knows._several_More about risk than the insurance company. For example, the insurance company Continue Reading
How to salt food?
Anarchism: Everyone takes a salt shaker for themselves and adds as much salt as they want. Democracy: Everyone votes for the right amount of salt, and they all season it in the same unpleasant way for everyone. European consensus: Everyone takes a long time to negotiate how much salt each Continue Reading