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From healing to harm
The primary challenge is not merely the acquisition of new knowledge or technological advancement, but the preservation of the wisdom necessary to apply these capabilities judiciously.
by Joseph Varon - 30/06/2026 - 1 comment
Trump and the aestheticization of fear
Rather than enabling genuine democratic participation, fascist movements transform politics into a spectacle.
by Sam Ben-Meir - 23/06/2026 - 4 comments
Interpreting the Holocaust from a range of historiographical perspectives: a brief overview
The Holocaust has become more than a history of Nazi Germany. It is an inquiry into modern civilisation itself.
by John Ebel - 19/06/2026 - 4 comments
Recognition before rescue: a Fichtean case for harm reduction
Safe injection sites do not reward addiction. They refuse to make survival conditional on virtue.
by Sam Ben-Meir - 16/06/2026
Let voting be voluntary
Compulsory voting empowers the disengaged and lets safe-seat politicians take supporters for granted.
by David Leyonhjelm - 15/06/2026 - 10 comments
Australia imagined
Australians get one day of political power every three years. What if voters had a voice in between?
by Ian Bowrey - 4/06/2026 - 9 comments
One Nation and coalitions
Many people on the anti-Labor side of politics believe the only way to remove Labor from government is for the Liberal Party and Nationals to work with One Nation.
by David Leyonhjelm - 2/06/2026 - 13 comments
Why the Communist idea still matters
What if the real triumph of capitalism is convincing us no alternative is imaginable?
by Sam Ben-Meir - 18/05/2026 - 3 comments
How to transform Australian foreign, economic and defence policies from mindlessness to mindfulness?
Has Australia become trapped in inherited alliances, elite thinking and failed orthodoxies?
by Ordan Andreevski - 14/05/2026 - 1 comment
No boss required: why Modern Times is more dangerous now than in 1936
From factory discipline to self-exploitation: the machine has moved within.
by Sam Ben-Meir - 8/05/2026
Can money be removed from politics?
No donations, strict caps, taxpayer-funded campaigns: South Australia is running a world-first experiment in democracy. Will it restore trust or entrench incumbents?
by David Leyonhjelm - 15/04/2026 - 1 comment
The moral myth of the first strike
Pre-emptive war does not defend peace. It destroys the moral ground on which peace depends.
by Yuri Koszarycz - 13/04/2026 - 11 comments

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