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Book Review: The Great Illusion
Normal Angell’s The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage, published in 1910, is the author’s attempt to…
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On The Franklin Effect
The Franklin Effect is a concept in pop psychology which asserts that, if Alice does a favor for Bob, then Alice will be more inclined to do more things…
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Power Is Not Conserved
If I become more powerful, it has to be at someone else’s expense. After all, power just means the ability to determine what happens, and if I become…
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Movements Without Strategists, And The Dissolution Of The British Empire
In The Anglo-American Establishment, Carroll Quigley presents a case study on the Milner Group, an association of British politicians and intellectuals…
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The Four-Year Locusts
Every four years, locusts descend on America. They tear through civic society, devouring any organization or community they can reach. Ideological…
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What To Do If Nuclear War Seems Imminent
This post describes precautions to take in a scenario like the Cuban Missile Crisis, where nuclear war seems plausibly imminent within the next days or…
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Good Citizenship Is Out Of Date
Norms of good citizenship have been declining. These norms are a crucial piece of social technology vital to the health of local communities and…
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