What is the True Nature of Communists Parties in Kerala?
Leftist thinking and communism are fundamentally different. Communists are historically considered leftist because they for a significant part of political history were in opposition. Leftists are a heterogeneous group that includes feminists, environmentalists, free-speech activists and so on and so forth. A communist needn’t be any of the above. But people consider communist as leftist […]
What is Totalitarianism?
A totalitarian regime is one that control every aspect of its subjects life. If the prescribed code of the ‘state’ is not followed he or she is put to death or near-death incarceration (We have seen this in Nazi Germany, Soviet Communism and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq) Let me illustrate by an example. Suppose a crusader […]
WHAT ARE ENLIGHTENMENT VALUES?
Enlightenment values are a set of values that have their origin in the ideas developed by European thinkers from the Age of Enlightenment. These ideas primarily involve a break from the Church-dominated Middle Ages in European history. Enlightenment values are the cornerstone of successful social models in the Western world, especially in Western and Northern […]
What is Postmodernism and what is Modernity?
Postmodernism is a heterogeneous movement in literary theory, sociology, architecture and philosophy that emerged in the second half of the 20th century as a radical departure from the sensibilities of what was considered “modernity and modernism”. Modernity loosely emerged from a set of 17th century European ideas that came to be known as The Enlightenment, […]
What is right and what is wrong?
Context: jokingly referred to me in a social media site. But it happened to my favorite topic! Right or wrong, good or bad is all related to what is called social contract. In the wild there is no right or wrong, good or bad, but there is unlimited freedom. With social contract, people limit […]
How did Europe make it big? What is Europe’s Cultural Relationship with Christianity?
Assertion: “Religion has nothing to do with culture. Culture has nothing to with corruption. In India, it is bad because we have few bad men at the helm” Legend: It is an unchallenged belief among many in North India that European and Western culture is primarily Christian. Therefore, when confronted with the underbelly of Hindu […]
What is the principle of falsifiability?
The principle of falsifiability was advanced by the 20th century Austrian-English philosopher, Karl Popper, to demarcate statements of science from statements of pseudoscience.The Falsification Principle states that all scientific hypotheses leave a possibility of an experimental outcome that could falsify it. If for instance, a hypothesis states that all metals expand upon the increase of […]
Is America an oligarchy of the rich?
Ans: One word answer. Yes it is. Shades of the approach that defines this attitude can be seen in the following links: http://en.granma.cu/mundo/2018-04-04/the-united-states-is-anoligarchy-not-a-democracy https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patients-a-sustainable-business-model.html But there is a contrarian viewpoint on this. A significant population ( significant enough to swing elections) of Americans think it is morally correct. And they have justification for this, which in […]
Are all Leftists, Communists and Atheists Identical? How are they related to each other?
Atheism and leftist ideology are not one, just as communism and leftist thinking are not the same even if they do share some common ground. Atheism is just a stepping stone for a wider skeptical view of the world. It’s just an initial baby step. Leftists have a liberal disposition, therefore they tend to pass […]
What is a Deep State?
Deep state is state within a state. These are entities with deep-rooted and far-fetched interests in the way governments operate. These elements sabotage democratic instruments of the state to advance its interests. An illustrative example is the military in Pakistan. The military is so powerful and the civil governments so weak in Pakistan that civil […]