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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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Restricting individual wealth
The Gracchi brothers brothers, Gaius and Tiberius, were tribunes, the equivalent of our deputies, and they wanted to tackle the problems of the time. The rich were few in number but owned almost all the land. As they produced all the cereals, they agreed among themselves to set a high price and brought in foreigners…
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Popular Initiative
Translate with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Comment lancer une initiative populaire fédérale en Suisse?: https://www.ch.ch/fr/democratie/droits-politiques/initiative-populaire/comment-lancer-une-initiative-populaire-federale/ Qu’est-ce qu’une initiative populaire fédérale ?: https://www.ch.ch/fr/democratie/droits-politiques/initiative-populaire/quest-ce-quune-initiative-populaire-federale/
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What kind of democracy do we want?
Comme si on ne voulait pas de la démocratie – L’édito culture de Christine Angot – France Inter: https://youtu.be/H6JljhRRm-I?si=FuUUETyqqT6I95jt Réformer en France : le pouvoir par l’individu ? – France culture: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/l-invite-e-des-matins/reformer-en-france-le-pouvoir-par-l-individu-1245495
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Pointes de Monuments l Monument peaks
Visions à la pointe de leur temps, artistiquement, techniquement et en acceptant la nature. l Visions at the peak of their time, artistically, technically and accepting nature. Jet d’eau Fountain – Geneva: http://www.geneva.info/jet-d-eau-fountain La Sagrada Familia – Lonely Planet: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/barcelona/attractions/la-sagrada-familia/a/poi-sig/374867/360761 Eiffel Tower: http://visiteiffeltower.com/construction SagradaFamilia – Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia … Tour Eiffel – Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Eiffel
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Do help Mrs Dalloway!
Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf – eBook: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/woolf/virginia/w91md Mrs Dalloway’s 1997 film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119723/?ref_=nv_sr_1 What Singapore, Norway and Switzerland have in common ? According to OECD (http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/mental-health/data-and-statistics), they are the 3 most advanced countries in the world. They also share the same approach to justice and mental health by providing their citizens with a system common to all.…
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Rich
It was a beautiful day and the scenery was spectacular. Everybody had their camera in hand trying to catch the beauty of the moment. Obviously, nobody was a professional photographer and, to top it all, the sun was facing them which made the phone screens very dark. Anyway, they randomly took pictures. Even if…
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The Gold Flush
Switzerland is so rich that it’s flushing gold and silver down the toilets: http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAtiPuV?ocid=se Geneva toilets flush with cash as 500-euro bank notes cause blockages: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-19/geneva-toilets-flush-with-cash/8958908 Charlie Chaplin – Montreux – Vevey: https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/charlie-chaplin-montreux.html