Democracy – Page 4 – Atticus Fox

Lockdowns: Freedom or Safety, You Decide

Lockdowns have made me realise there are 2 types of people: advocates for freedom and advocates for safety. I have been a lockdown sceptic since about May 2020. At one point last year I posted on Social Media Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote about freedom: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a littleContinue reading “Lockdowns: Freedom or Safety, You Decide”

Corporations are Undermining Democracy

Governments working hand-in-hand with Corporations is never a good idea. Both of these structures have a lot of power. In a well-functioning capitalist economy, each structure would be antagonistic to the other. Problems arise if the objectives of these functions start aligning with each other. Such alignment is not going to be healthy for democracy.Continue reading “Corporations are Undermining Democracy”

The Differences Between The Left and The Right

My children are reaching the age when they need to gain a deeper understanding of the world in which they live. They certainly need to know about politics. An understanding of politics leads to a better understanding of the self since knowing how you stand on political issues will highlight those issues that are importantContinue reading “The Differences Between The Left and The Right”

Articles I Love

Some articles are so good, they cannot be quoted. Rather, they must be read in their entirety. Herein are such articles…. 1) How the Left lost all purpose – UnHerd: https://unherd.com/2019/10/how-the-left-lost-all-purpose/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups%5B0%5D=18743&tl_period_type=3 2) Great article here by Roger Scruton, written way back in 2000 would you believe: https://www.city-journal.org/html/bring-back-stigma-11807.html 3) This one is a great summary ofContinue reading “Articles I Love”

Welcome to the Matriarchy

Many women in the West believe – or pretend to believe – they are being oppressed by a system of Patriarchy Such women believe that the world would be a better place if the patriarchy were destroyed. However, what does ‘destroying Patriarchy’ mean? We’ll come to that later In the meantime, it is hard toContinue reading “Welcome to the Matriarchy”

Wokeness as Religion

Wokeness is the new sensation that’s sweeping the nation. Its adherents are young and earnest. They have captured the moral high ground from where they sermonise the rest of us (or throw stones at us). Wokeness has many parallels with religion in these Godless times. It’s probably not a coincidence that the weakening hold ofContinue reading “Wokeness as Religion”

A Robust Defence of Western Culture

Immigration is the battleground for Western Culture. Leftists say there’s no such thing as white culture. Therefore, there’s nothing to protect from mass immigration. They feel we need to import culture. I can’t decide whether such Leftists are ignorant or lying to further their own warped ideology. A lot of both, probably. However, to counterContinue reading “A Robust Defence of Western Culture”

Political Consensus Helps No One

The referendum result shocked politicians because the views of the electorate on the EU had not been tested for so long. Politicians assumed that the electorate shared the same view as them (or could be cajoled into the same view by unleashing ‘Project Fear’). What became apparent is that politicians cannot adopt a cross-party consensus,Continue reading “Political Consensus Helps No One”