Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

I've been doing a lot of reading of material written late in the Depression as part of my research on bureaucracy (partially explored over on my substack). A late entry in that effort was Joseph Schumpeter's work of the same title as this post. I picked this up...

Nietzsche – Critiquing the critique

Nietzsche – Critiquing the critique

The fifth in a sporadic series.  Previously one, two, three and four. The Genealogy of Morality is Nietzsche's fully developed analysis (and attack) on the basis of modern Western morality. He posits there are two sources of morality: from the aristocratic, warrior...

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." --Winston Churchill

Corrector Novus Occidentis – 1

A series, partially inspired by The Spark, and partially ripped from the headlines and a few obscure sources, as well as the corrector totius orientis himself, Septimius Odaenathus.