communism

EP #54 | Socialism: Scientific or Religious?

September 28, 2021 admin Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks Comments Off on EP #54 | Socialism: Scientific or Religious?

While communist/socialist/social democratic have always had a scientific-pseudoscientific verneer about it, time has worn away much of this verneer, exposing much of the ideology as hyper-idealistic/proto-religiousist in many regards. Despite this verneer being largely washed away, many if not the vast majority of communists/socialists refuse or cannot see their views as anything except entirely rational. In this podcast, Professor Stephen Hicks delves deep into this phenomenon.

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EP #124 | National Security Threat: Canada

January 7, 2021 admin Comments Off on EP #124 | National Security Threat: Canada

If Prime Minister Trudeau remains in power, Canada may find itself increasingly isolated from its largest neighbour and trading partner, as well as other Western countries. With Canada undertaking training mission to teach winter warfare to the Chinese Army, Canada should expect that suspicions about the suitability of Canada as an ally will increase.

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EP #36 | Democratic Socialism for Beginners

May 11, 2020 admin Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks Comments Off on EP #36 | Democratic Socialism for Beginners

In contemporary times, most socialists have shifted away from overtly dictatorial socialism. Among the younger, there is some level of awareness of its terrible history but they still think of it as an ideal to be striven for despite obvious concerns. What are the aims of democratic socialist, what do they wish to achieve and how will they achieve their goals? Should socialism be Monarchical, Aristocratic, or Democratic? Who should have power over you: one person? An elite group? The majority?

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EP #34 | Eight Socialists Define Socialism

March 10, 2020 admin Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks Comments Off on EP #34 | Eight Socialists Define Socialism

Who are the most important socialist intellectuals and politicians in history? We here offer quotations from eight prominent socialists, representing a wide geographical and temporal range. The quotations illustrate the author’s motivation for advocating socialism, the actions necessary to bring about socialism, and/or the expected results of socialism. What common characteristics best define socialism?

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EP #33 | Young People’s Socialism

February 11, 2020 admin Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks Comments Off on EP #33 | Young People’s Socialism

Where are young socialists in their thinking? What expressions of socialism are meeting their mark rhetorically? What does socialism mean to them and what values do they think socialism is advocating?

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EP #23 – Is Postmodernism Neo-Marxist? Yes, No & Sort Of.

July 30, 2019 admin Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks Comments Off on EP #23 – Is Postmodernism Neo-Marxist? Yes, No & Sort Of.

Professor Jordan B. Peterson is perhaps most famous for the neo-Marxist label “Postmodern Neo-Marxism.” Although Dr. Peterson recommends Explaining Postmodernism by Dr. Hicks, their analysis on this issue differs in some important ways.

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EP #11 | Is Envy Worse in a Free Society?

January 23, 2019 admin Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks Comments Off on EP #11 | Is Envy Worse in a Free Society?

The argument claims, Socialism is motivated by anti-rich, anti-success envy, and that’s simply an illegitimate motivation. The envy-charge against socialism is that it institutionalizes envy. How does this compare with liberal capitalist countries? Is there more or less potential for envy to flourish in a liberal capitalist society?

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EP #2 | Violent Politics: Lesson of Marxist Philosophy

October 23, 2018 admin Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks Comments Off on EP #2 | Violent Politics: Lesson of Marxist Philosophy

Our topic is the long history of violent far-left, especially Marxist, activism. Is it a coincidental that so much brutality emerged from Marx-inspired activists? Or is it accidental by-product of well-intentioned theory? Or is it a necessary and intended consequence of its principles? Leon Trotsky on Joseph Stalin in 1940: “Under all conditions well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.” Not just what the Marxist theoreticians and politicians said, what they did. A large number of intellectuals in the West, are aware of the atrocities but accept on them. Why?

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