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Isolation
Serious studies on isolation show that it affects all age groups. It is not just an issue for older adults, as often caricatured in the media. Seeing others only rarely leads to superficial relationships. When people see each other regularly, they can talk things out, set boundaries, and offer advice. This is much better for…
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In dependence – Independence
With basic income, people can chose the kind of relationships they want and the kind of works they want. Thus, individuals gain greater autonomy in choosing their relationships and career paths, fostering more fulfilling lives. You can count on your partner, your family, your friends or your boss because they are trustworthy not because you…
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Our lives depend on the upcoming midterms
Aggression serves no purpose. Insults, lack of restraint, denigration, wanting to punish others, and violence have serious consequences. intransigence has serious consequences on both the left and the right; it is the best way to loose elections. It creates enemies. Improving the world does not mean accusing others. We need more tolerance on both the…
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Siblings in humanity
It is true that the quality of life in France is better than in most countries around the world. Some people therefore wonder: why do they complain? Why are the French such grumblers? It is precisely because they are not fooled, because they defend themselves and because they show solidarity that they have a better…
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Societies that choose solidarity are those where people want to go
“One for all – all for one” Self-interest at the expense of the general interest doesn’t pay off. Societies in which each individual acts in his or her own interest rather than in the general interest live less well than those that choose the interests of the group. Paradoxically, those who think of their personal…
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Slakers
The French are supposedly welfare recipients who don’t work, who wait for everything to come from the state, who have privileges and receive public money or free services (such as school lunches) without giving anything in return or showing any gratitude. They would only work 35 hours a week, when they have a job. Having…
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Losing sight of the “big picture” while fixated on a detail
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A united Europe to protect our standards!
Europe is the world’s largest market. It’s the market that offers the greatest safety for its citizens. There are standards for testing food, medicines, products, vehicles and so on. Deregulation is on Trump’s agenda at the request of billionaires like Elon Musk, the Sackler family and Peter Thiel. They are calling for a return to…
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Ayn Rand is popular today; but her ideas lead to destruction, what are the solutions?
Ayn Rand’s ideas have grown since the early 2010s. Between 2012 and 2020, her book Atlas Shrugged was the second biggest seller in the USA after the Bible, thirty years after her death. Friday essay: We all live in the world of Ayn Rand, egomaniac godmother of libertarianism. Can fiction help us navigate it? –…
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Working class racism
The working class has existed since the mid-18th century, with the Industrial Revolution in the UK. It consisted of a population of peasant origin uprooted geographically to the centers of production, with no control over the use of their time. The wages of this working class only enabled them to survive and reproduce. This class…