Political, Geopolitical and Economical aspects of society
by Bender Rize There are ideas that, like old wounds, never stop aching, no matter how much time passes. One of them is the attempt to reconcile freedom and equality — two values that eternally pull society in opposite directions. Nikolai Berdyaev, a philosopher gifted with the ability to see beyond his time, challenged this […]
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By Ron Raskin Israel is a small country, but anyone who visits it will notice how colorful its society is. You’ll see Arabs in both traditional and modern clothing, Druze, Bedouins, religious Jews dressed in 18th-century-style clothing, and secular Jews in shorts and T-shirts. Just like their different clothing styles, each group has its own
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By Bender Rize What to Do? How to Go Beyond Simplified Models Recently, I started wondering: can we divide the world into two camps—say, individualism with its freedom and low taxes versus socialism with its bureaucracy and control? At first glance, the idea is tempting: here we have libertarians with their “live and let live,”
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By Bender Rize We humans are a peculiar species. We crave freedom like air, yet without others, we feel unmoored. History shouts this truth at every turn—from the glow of ancient campfires to the towering skylines of today, we’ve always reached for one another. This pull isn’t just habit; it’s rooted deep within us, like
Freedom from the Heart: Staying United Without Losing Ourselves Read More »
By Ron Raskin Today’s economy favors high productivity and high income per person. The environment is very competitive, and the time and energy required for success make it hard to support large families. Social norms also don’t encourage having more children. This leads to a decline in the influence of Western democracies in the global
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