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The Dangers of: Collectivism

This is part 4 of the series “The Dangers of:” and in this piece we are going to talk about the rise of collectivism and diminishing individual freedom. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Collectivism is “any of several types of social organization in which the individual is seen as being subordinate to a social collectivity such as a state, a nation, a race, or a social … Continue reading The Dangers of: Collectivism

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History

How Progressivism Prolonged the Great Depression

The Great Depression was the most devastating hit to the US Economy (until possibly COVID-19) that we have ever had.  Unemployment reached all time highs and the GDP retracted  30% between 1929 and 1932.  The Great depression began in 1929 and ended in 1939.  Conventional wisdom says that the enormous government spending that Franklin D. Roosevelt, FDR, implemented in the “New Deal” was the saving … Continue reading How Progressivism Prolonged the Great Depression

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