Democracy

... makes the widespread rejection of evolution in our modern age something of a puzzle (but that's a subject for another essay). In a modern liberal democracy, of course, one is perfectly free to reject that conclusion, but one is not legitimately able to claim that such a rejection is a reasonable ...

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... needed, subject to negative selection pressure and begins to regress. 30-50 thousand years happy hypothetical "world empire" (or "Democracy") becomes a world of "ants" in the minds narrowly stereotypical type of mind, where a return to the creative phase is almost ...

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... to the negative pressure of the selection and proceeds with regress. Through 30-50 thousand years hypothetical lucky Amicable agreement Empire (or Democracy ) becomes the world ant with narrow boilerplate storehouse of the wits, where return to creative stage already nearly impossible. But after ...

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... into them, but to make the sorts of changes that are really needed, maybe it requires more of a totalitarian approach that we, as an enlightened democracy, just can't take. I dunno, I'm just riffing here, but without actually taking drastic steps to alter certain cultural mores, a "successful" ...

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... of the service of our disabled veterans who, having survived the ordeal of war, made enormous personal sacrifices defending the principles of our democracy. The coin will be minted and available for sale through the U.S. Mint in early 2010. Revenue from the surcharge on the coin will help fund ...

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