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Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) Which genre is the most useful: Radio or television?: 1 of 26
If you think that current television programming is only good for poking fun at it, you've seen nothing yet. Television is obviously more useful than radio due to ability to transmit more visual information about the state of the world. However that is becoming irrelevant since demographic trends and profit driven industry is... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) Will a third-party candidate ever become president in the US?: 1 of 18
Maybe it is time to stop focusing so much on political reformers in Iran and honor the ones right here in America. Nothing shows the triumph of American oligarchy (when it comes to exploitation of an archaic political structure) better than the lack of media exposure to Ralph Nader's platform in 2008 election. Mr. Nader got t... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?: 4 of 61
Lack of focus on aiding fellow citizens instead of foreigners has hurt the richest and the poorest countries of the world. Let's say somebody forced you to give 500 dollars away but gave you the option to choose who to give it to. Let's say they also gave you the option of giving same amount in the form of a gift or labor. W... More..
Health & Fitness > Depression Causes of depression: 3 of 28
American Style Economic System Causes Mental Depression So it appears that the anti-depressant use in United States has risen from 6% of the population in 1996 to over 10% by 2005. It is hardly surprising that a 10 billion dollar "depression" fighting industry (that is bigger than video games) doubled the amount of regular u... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Congress is broken: They can't agree on anything or get anything done: 1 of 9
Legislative gerontocracy guarantees social and economic stagnation.Many congressmen today were born before television was a commonplace household item. These entrenched dinosaurs are making decisions on topics ranging from net neutrality to regulation of the financial sector. We have the spectacle of people like the corrupt 8... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Is a Single World Government the way forward?: 2 of 17
Recently, the global international situation changed from one of feudalism (with each feudal lord constantly trying to slaughter the other with full use of the vassal states and being polite and collegial in peacetime), to one of libertarianism. The former vassal states/serfs are now "free" to work for former masters who now ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Should the US continue to be the leader in world politics?: 8 of 57
English influence in Europe, and by extension the world, has done enough harm already and it's time for America to let Europe and the world economy breathe free.As much as it seem beneficial for Europe to have a common lingua franca (so it could finally unite politically and start creating a grand supra cultural entity) one m... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq The Pentagon reports rising violence throughout Iraq: Who's to blame?: 5 of 28
The Primary Influence on Iraq Violence Since 2005 is Changes in the Price of OilFluctuations in the oil price and Iraqi people's reaction to it seems to better explain decrease in violence during the "surge" as well as recent rise in bombings.We had it drilled into our heads that correlation is not causation so why does every... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) The Golden Compass: Is religious criticism warranted?: 4 of 22
To systematically attack religion is to honor and empower it.Even in late 18th century, many self respecting people who valued knowledge would not be caught dead admitting belief in a very particular form of ghost worship. Anything short of deism/atheism was seen just as absurd as ghost worship of conquered Native Americans o... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Does the Federal Reserve control the US economy?: 3 of 14
The sheer control and parasitic nature of the federal reserve is striking when you look at how its functioning affects the economy of the whole planet. During the time of the renaissance in Europe, people often thought of society in a holistic organic way. The head was the king. Money was the blood made from eating natural re... More..