Fred Guerin
The Racist, Neoliberal Roots of Garrett Hardin's 'Tragedy of the Commons'
Back in the early 80's as a young philosophy student, I read an article by the ecologist/ biologist Garrett Hardin entitledThe Tragedy of...
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Fred Guerin
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
China as Existential Threat...Again
“The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil…” George Orwell 1984 When space debris from a Chinese rocket is predicted to...
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Fred Guerin
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Colombia: Mass Protest and Police Violence
Yet another US-backed neoliberal fascist regime is in chaos. In the midst of a pandemic when Colombians are dying at a rate of 500 per...
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Fred Guerin
- May 5, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19 Big Pharma & TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property)
Whoever is left on the planet that thinks Bill Gates is a great philanthropist concerned with human health and well-being through his...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 29, 2021
- 4 min
Globalism, Nationalism and Neoliberal Capitalism
“You know, they have a word, it sort of became old-fashioned. It’s called a nationalist, And I say, ‘Really? We’re not supposed to use...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 29, 2021
- 4 min
The Loveable Saul Goodman
Bob Odenkirk’s Saul Goodman (Better Call Saul) is the exemplar of the shyster lawyer—a knavish pettifogger and con man who is happiest...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 24, 2021
- 2 min
We Are What we Make of Ourselves
I know that many socialists and Marxists take it on faith that human beings are inherently benevolent and compassionate, and that...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
On Dogma and Thinking Freedom as a Critical Practice
The moment that wise or edifying teachings arrived at through the crucible of individual thinking experience are set down into doctrine,...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
Some Post-Verdict Thoughts on Defunding Police Forces
It was a good day...a day of righteous vindication, relief after a tense three-week trial, and a moment of much needed closure. Police...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
Why Blow the Whistle?
Back in 1972 Ralph Nader defined whistleblowing as “an act of a man or a woman who, believing in the public interest overrides the...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
Weapons of Mass Destruction
No, I’m not talking about nukes or ballistic missiles. What I’m talking about is yet another American mass shooting, another outcry of...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
The NDP and Genuine EcoSocialism
The April 2021 federal NDP convention has come and gone. There were a number of progressive resolutions put forward and passed—reflecting...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Site C Dam: Government Doublethink in Action
“He presented himself with propositions—’the Party says the earth is flat’, ‘the party says that ice is heavier than water’—and trained...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 7 min
Commodification and COVID Capitalism
To commodify something, say a work of art or the environment, is to turn it into that which can be bought or sold. The end goal of...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
On the Plague of Neoliberal Capitalism
In war the enemy is the ‘other’ who poses a threat to my life or bodily integrity. The more proximate, the greater the threat. Distance...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 6 min
On the Multiplication of Gender Identities
We typically distinguish sex as a function of biology and gender as a social construction. This has the virtue of giving the assignment...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 5 min
On Prejudice and Understanding
What is it about so many people that prevents them from acknowledging a shared humanity with others—that disables their capacity for...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
On Masks Anti-Maskers and Narcissism
I am rather used to wearing a mask for short periods of time. I have allergies to dust and mites so I have used an n95 mask when I vacuum...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Neither Absolute Proof nor Relativism
Recently, I read a magazine article that featured a debate between a person who believed in intelligent design and a ‘new atheist’...
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Fred Guerin
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
International Rules and Values Brought to You by Exceptionalist America
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN: "China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to...
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