In a situation, where you are divided you will loose, but in a situation, where you are united, nothing can beat you. That is the maxim of the philosopher Democritus, ‘chosen by the people’ as his name reads. Finding unity however is not easy, it requires a deep understanding of what is up and down […]

It is pretty strange, after Hillary lost the last election, it seems to me, that we have had a phase of going all the way back to a 70’ties understanding of liberal politics. We have had the squad, ms. Pelosi has been a bit pickled with the situation, and things have seemed a bit out […]

We have to be realistic about the next four years of power, if we ever get to rule in the Liberal party. No, talking about climate change will not be enough to run on, in terms of a full fledged political manifest. We need to cover other areas as well. Among them job creation, business, […]

The reason why we are discussing borders and all this, is because we have to. It is not something we like to do in the liberal camp. We prefer to reach for that shining hill, not diminish the possibility of people. That is the American dream, to be able to reach not only a materially […]

It seems to me, that economical Trierism is finally truly taking hold in the Western world. The focus on getting production back to the West has finally begun in earnest. Let us recapitulate the ideas and the theory. It is, essentially, a Smithsonian principle. As Adam Smith, the philosopher who invented free market theory, thought. […]

Well, there is one thing we need to do in the West, to get on with our lives. We have to look our fears in our eyes. According to John Steinbeck, the acclaimed and honestly amazing American writer. There is one way to get rid of our fears, we have to look them in the […]

Well, congratulations Joe. I just knew it. When I started supporting the next election, you were always the one that I personally supported. I do it because I believe, that in you we have a midleaning, good person, that will have the ability to lead not only the US, but the whole world. Don’t get […]

To understand the conflict with China, we need to see this in a historical light, to my mind. Where is there a parallel in history, that we can learn from? Well, there is a pretty obvious one in the so-called Punic wars. In these wars, in the classical times, the Roman Empire grew, and the […]

Utopia means somewhere that is not there, according to sir Thomas More, who coined the phrase. It is not there, so we can dream about a place with no poverty, where every man is so selfmoralizing, that nothing can really touch that place of imaginations. The sixties was in many way a time of dreaming […]

To understand the basic political implications for the different republics in this overall discussions of politics, one needs to UNDERSTAND the ideas behind the republics. As I have discussed in the previous post, there is a balance between Sparta and Athens built into the system. But there is a problem within the system itself, that […]

The Corona virus at the one hand, is a devastating virus, that tears apart the economy, kills people and in many ways is a scourge. But so far, we have only started to scratch the surface of the deeper POLITICAL discussion. Because what does it have of consequences for the world? Well, it seems pretty […]

These are incredibly trying times for all of us. Not least me, I feel like stretched out between the duty I feel for the countries, that are in a way a bit dependent on the Platonic perspective for advise. Anyway, one of the things, that I would sincerely advise for Great Britain right now, is […]

In these truly difficult times, it is well and important to understand how we get through this crisis. As her majesty the Queen addresses the commonwealth and the nation this evening, there is one thing that may be important for the inhabitants of the English isles and beyond. As we are told in old books […]