📌 The common confusionIn everyday language, the word individualism is often associated with selfishness, isolation, or refusal to collaborate. This confusion distorts how we understand the relationship between the individual…
What is wrong with the people in Sweden? Natives or immigrants for decades, it seems they all have adopted the same strategy of silence. Something absurd happens? They stay silent.Are…
China is a dictatorship. But at least it is assumed. Its role, however harsh it may seem, is to protect the country from other types of dictatorships — corporate-Western, economic,…
The Latin phrase “homo homini lupus” — man is a wolf to man — has become emblematic of a pessimistic view of human nature and a justification for state authority.…
🔎 Or why today's "homeowners" live in apartments built by the inefficient state of yesterday We’re told that freedom comes with the market, efficiency with competition, and ownership with capitalism.…
We live in a world that constantly urges us to go "faster" 🏃♂️💨, to get "further" 🌍🚴, to never "waste time" ⏰❌. We are caught in an endless cycle of…
I’ve seen honest people mocked for writing “that” instead of “whom.”For a missing apostrophe. For using “than” the wrong way, in a rush. But what they were saying… was correct.Maybe…
The human critical mass needed to trigger social, political, or cultural change is that threshold where a sufficient number of people adopt an idea, behavior, or action—and from that point…
Someone once said that most elected officials are impostors. I believe it’s not most. It’s all of them. Anyone who wants to make decisions for others — and, to that…
The West obsessively repeats that China lacks political pluralism, as if it were a crime against humanity.But let’s be honest: what does this “pluralism” really mean? In practice, it’s not…
Lately, I’ve started noticing something that’s hard to unsee once you spot it: most people don’t really say anything when they speak. They just make noise. Repetitive, empty noise. Especially…
Why now is the moment to fight for a free AI – and how just $1 from each of us could stop the rise of digital dictatorship There was a…
In many so-called democracies, governments have the power to issue emergency decrees (or similar legal instruments) that bypass the usual legislative process. These decrees often become law automatically if the…
There’s always someone who takes a quick glance at an idea and immediately feels ready to issue a verdict. But the very fact that you're ready to judge after a…
Some people can’t understand why groups that seem to share similar ideologies often end up being more hostile toward each other than toward those with opposing views. It’s actually quite…
Published by Dorin, originally written 2014, revised 2025 Putting aside the idea of “democracy” — which is still far from reality — what we often face today isn’t even a…
Freedom no longer moves us.It doesn’t light up hearts,nor fill the streets with voices,nor inspire new dreams. Because very few have ever truly known it.They never had the chance —not…