socialism Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/socialism/ Possibly Correct Media Network Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:08:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/possiblycorrect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-PC_LOGO.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 socialism Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/socialism/ 32 32 194854143 EP #54 | Socialism: Scientific or Religious? https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-54-socialism-scientific-or-religious/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:26:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1508 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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]]> 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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]]> 1508 EP #36 | Democratic Socialism for Beginners https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-36-democratic-socialism-for-beginners/ Mon, 11 May 2020 01:45:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1587 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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]]> 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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]]> 1587 EP #34 | Eight Socialists Define Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-34-eight-socialists-define-socialism/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 05:34:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1592 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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]]> 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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]]> 1592 EP #33 | Young People’s Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-33-young-peoples-socialism/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:46:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1598 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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]]> 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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]]> 1598 #29 War on Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/29-war-on-socialism/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:38:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1619 William James was a leading American philosopher who lived at the turn of the 20th century. In his essay the Moral Equivalent of War, James describes himself as a socialist and pacifist and is very disgusted with the human history of war and is looking for a solution. This essay, while thoughtful and well argued is to my mind, highly objectionable. Here is why.

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]]> William James was a leading American philosopher who lived at the turn of the 20th century. In his essay the Moral Equivalent of War, James describes himself as a socialist and pacifist and is very disgusted with the human history of war and is looking for a solution. This essay, while thoughtful and well argued is to my mind, highly objectionable. Here is why.

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]]> 1619 EP #17 | C. S. Lewis Christian Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-17-c-s-lewis-christian-socialism/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:34:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1682 Should Christians be socialist and was C.S. Lewis a socialist? What are the basic themes and commitments that are common to all forms of christianity?

Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles and The Problem of Pain.

Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks expands on many of the views, philosophy and influence of C.S. Lewis in this episodes of The Open College podcast.

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]]> Should Christians be socialist and was C.S. Lewis a socialist? What are the basic themes and commitments that are common to all forms of christianity? Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles and The Problem of Pain. Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks expands on many of the views, philosophy and influence of C.S. Lewis in this episodes of The Open College podcast.

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]]> 1682 EP 13 | Postmodernism’s Moral Low Ground https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-13-postmodernisms-moral-low-ground/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:13:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1710 Intellectual battles are the cognitive lifeblood of a healthy society. Life is complicated and the stakes are high, so thoughtful and passionate people have lots of arguments. Only by argument can we sort out the facts about complicated matters, however postmodernists seem not to fight by the same rules as the rest of society.

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]]> Intellectual battles are the cognitive lifeblood of a healthy society. Life is complicated and the stakes are high, so thoughtful and passionate people have lots of arguments. Only by argument can we sort out the facts about complicated matters, however postmodernists seem not to fight by the same rules as the rest of society.

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]]> 1710 EP #2 | Violent Politics: Lesson of Marxist Philosophy https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-2-violent-politics-lesson-of-marxist-philosophy/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:07:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1791 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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]]> 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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