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Fishing (La pêche)
The fuel required for large, petrol-powered boats is subsidized. These subsidies are funded through taxes and ultimately enrich oil companies. Banks only lend money to fishermen who use industrial fishing methods. All industrial fishermen around the world catch the same fishes in the same locations, under the same conditions and are dependent on oil. The…
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The Dulling Effect of Excessive Machine use
Humans are gregarious animals. They need interaction with other people. More and more people are isolating themselves and spending excessive time with machines: scrolling on their phones, watching TV shows, relying on artificial intelligence for trivial tasks, and so on. This behavior has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies have shown that this diminishes…
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The circus school
From the age of 10 to 15, I attended circus school on Wednesdays during the school year. We could choose which activity we wanted to do. The choice depended on which teachers were there. I started with balancing acts and walking on the globe and practicing rolla-bolla or diabolo or spinning plastic plates. I particularly…
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Political violence by partisans
The victimhood strategy consists of considering one’s group as a victim to justify further violence. It is important that the police and the justice system enact justice to victims of violence. More resources must be given to these officials, who are currently unable to carry out their duties. Prosecutors must be independent to prevent impunity…
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Le piège des soldes
Tu crois que tu as fait une affaire Tu crois que tu as économisé de l’argent parce que tu as payé moins que le prix affiché initial mais en vérité, tu as dépensé de l’argent pour des choses dont tu n’as pas besoin The sales trap You think you got a bargain You think you…
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Victims and aggressors
During the Cold War, the United States and Russia were presented as opposites, like Yin and Yang. However, most people in the United States and Russia have this in common: they believe they are victims of the rest of the world, which justifies the use of force and therefore aggression. This aggression allows for colonial…
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Ironing
When I was 17, after burning a triangle of skin on my forearm with an iron during my first attempt at ironing, my grandmother told me that she never ironed. To my great surprise, I had never noticed anything; my grandmother was always elegant. So, I said to myself, there is no way I’m going…
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La mine urbaine: les métaux dans les poubelles
Plus besoin de creuser profondément dans les mines, recycler les métaux devient plus avantageux que d’extraire des sols. Cela consomme moins de CO2 et pollue moins. There is no longer a need to dig deep into mines, as recycling metals is becoming more advantageous than extracting them from the ground. It consumes less CO2 and…
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The big change
Karl Marx demonstrated that capitalism would experience numerous crises due to its inherently unstable functioning, which penalizes the majority of the population. Companies cannot differentiate themselves from one another solely through their machinery, because their competitors also have machinery that they can push to its limits. Human labor can always be pushed to do more…
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The power of speech – The seductive power of language
Democracy means power to the people. But the people are influenced by rhetoric. Someone who is a good speaker can convince the people to go in one direction or another, for the common good or not, with accurate information or not. The people are easily manipulated. In fact, a demonstration made by speaking loudly, confidently,…