Tag Archives: Communism

Over Here Or Over There

Posted on February 24, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the great follies of the Left is the idea that they could play as an intelligent designer with society and mould or even outright reconstruct it in line with their utopian vision. This is not the most hubristic … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Academic Discrimination & The Law: Discrimination Not Prohibited On A Technicality; Anti-DEI Claimed To Be Unconstitutional; Anti-Semitism

Posted on February 20, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: A lot of court cases requiring discriminating judicial tastes      First, a … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Guess Who Is A Person: A Mountain; A River; An Elephant

Posted on February 6, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Inorganic Lives Matter!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on…      A … Continue reading →

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How Woke Works

Posted on January 28, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Wokeness isn’t just some social affectation of evil or even just something unnatural or objectionable. Beyond the superficial level that most people recognize is the underlying falsity of foundation that underlies how it works, and how it end up manifesting … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Goings On In Academia: Discriminatory Neutrality; Health Equity Center; Anti-Racist Workshop For White Educators

Posted on January 23, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: When all ya got is an anti-racist hammer, everything is a … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Intellectual’s Responsibilities in an Age of Totalitarian

Posted on January 10, 2025 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      Creators being censored and even punished by totalitarian regimes (or merely repressive institutions) is anything but a new … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Eco-Overlords: Rights Of Nature Tribunal; Eco-Marxist Education; Reshaping Your Diet

Posted on January 9, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: The Acolytes of Gaia shall ensure your Green compliance… or else! … Continue reading →

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Breaking Free from Political Polarization?

Posted on January 8, 2025 by The Political Hat

     There have been many alternatives to the classic “political compass”. Bruce Pardy from the American Institute for Economic Research discusses just such an alternate view to the more familiar political compass, or simple Left/Right graph.

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Defining Woke

Posted on January 7, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Many on the Right are so hell bent to “fight like the Left” that they’ve adopted the Left’s way of thinking. Some have termed them the “Woke Right”; others object to that term because they don’t share the same utopian … Continue reading →

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The Marxist Right

Posted on December 9, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Your humble author has noted for some time that many on the purported Right have adopted Leftist thinking. Indeed, much of that thinking can be expressed favorably in Marxist terms, abet with a “trad” or “Christian” sheen upon it. James … Continue reading →

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