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Secularism and abolishing Section 377A
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in...
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The politics of nostalgia
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste: Then can I drown an eye,...
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A cure for Capitalism…?
What would be a straightforward way of looking for alternatives to Capitalism and not get too caught up with the ideological baggage that both it and Socialism have? Below is a video/link that gives...
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The colour of prejudice
There is the curious trend developing of a social amnesia which reflects Singapore as being anything than a cosmopolitan country. Paradoxically, this comes into sharp relief with the phrase “True …...
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What is meritocratic individualism?
In many instances, there is still confusion as to what meritocracy is and what it entails. The passage below helps place this idea in the capitalist context to which it … Continue reading →
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Never spread untruths, but always speak-up
The minister is right to say that we should not indulge in any form of distortions, rumours, untruths, misinformation and smears. Much has been said, and understandably so, about the … Continue reading →
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The drive towards a moral economy
The highest good is like water. Water gives life to everything without any effort. It flows in places people avoid, so it is like the Tao… When you meditate, go … Continue reading →
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A high-rise sign of Anarchy in Singapore
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority, and that it should … Continue reading →
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Taking notes 37: Meritocracy, repression and Piketty’s apocalyptic asymptote
Originally posted on Philosophers for Change:This unabashed aspiration to study good and evil, about which every citizen is an expert, may make some readers smile…Everyone is political in his or her...
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The library affair
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as...
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