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Practical Logos in Aristotle’s Ethics, Rhetoric and Politics
In Aristotle’s Rhetoric , logos is given a very specific, though central role as one of three key constituents in the art of persuasion...
Fred Guerin
Feb 2135 min read
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How Canadian Politicians and Citizens Can Respond to Trump
Is there an achievable, imaginative, and tactful way to deal with US animosity? I think there is, and I’m certain that there are many...
Fred Guerin
Feb 133 min read
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Dangerously Empowered Liars: Trump, Musk, Poilievre, Bannon and Netanyahu
Most information, video clips and data on the internet is junk, fiction, delusion and lies—that is the legacy of modern techno-capitalism...
Fred Guerin
Jan 123 min read
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Decolonizing Neoliberal Capitalism’s Notion of Freedom
We have heard many times from the MAGA crowd that a Trump presidency will be a return to 'freedom of the individual'. Ironically what...
Fred Guerin
Jan 92 min read
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Neoliberal Enshittification and Canada Post
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, ordered workers back to work after it was determined that Canada Post and CUPW were unlikely to reach a...
Fred Guerin
Dec 22, 20244 min read
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An Essay on the Social Contract
Let me begin by giving a bit of a historical and philosophical background.  The idea of social contract goes as far back as Plato’s,...
Fred Guerin
Nov 15, 202411 min read
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The Myth of ADHD and the Medicalization of Childhood
The diagnostic criteria within the mental health bible, or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM...
Fred Guerin
Nov 15, 20246 min read
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The New Opium of the Masses: Social Media
In A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right  Marx said the following : “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed...
Fred Guerin
Oct 28, 20242 min read
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Hillary Clinton and Russiagate: The Biggest Fraud in American History
Hillary Clinton and her official mainstream news propagandist Rachel Maddow continue to irrationally claim, without any evidence...
Fred Guerin
Sep 26, 20243 min read
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Climate Action and the Power of the Powerless
Over the last few years, I’ve heard many people argue that climate change is not a driving force in the present day or even in elections...
Fred Guerin
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Environmental Ethics Part II: On The Politics and Economics of Environment and Climate
In Part One I argued that individual lifestyle changes, climate change advocacy and systemic change grounded in justice considerations...
Fred Guerin
Aug 31, 20247 min read
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Environmental Ethics: Part I Changing Our Lifestyle Means Changing the System…and Vice Versa!
It is often said by climate change denialists, and even by those who fully support radical systemic social and economic change, that...
Fred Guerin
Aug 31, 20244 min read
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On the Powerlessness of the Governing Class
It's becoming more and more apparent that President Biden's diminished condition has been known and largely covered up by the White House...
Fred Guerin
Jul 6, 20242 min read
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The Insanity of NATO and the Ukraine-Russian War
Before the present war, Ukraine was known as the most corrupt and impoverished nation in all of Europe. Bribery, political corruption,...
Fred Guerin
Aug 8, 20233 min read
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In a World of Lies and Propaganda the Truth Appears One-Sided
Dimitri Lascaris and a host of others, Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Scott Ritter, John Helmer, Yves Engler, Ben Norton, Radhika Desai and...
Fred Guerin
Apr 18, 20235 min read
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On Taiwan, China and American Unipolar Hegemony
There is no doubt that mainstream western propaganda media distorts and outright lies when it comes to China. There is also no doubt that...
Fred Guerin
Feb 11, 20233 min read
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On America, Russia and Pre-Emptive War
At the end of the day, we should understand that it was the US who provided the quasi-legal justification for Russia's present military...
Fred Guerin
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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Anti-Vaxxers, Anti-Maskers and the Trucker 'Freedom' Convoy
Yesterday, I wrote on Facebook about anti-vaxx and free speech. Today I want to say something about the anti-vaxx movement and the recent...
Fred Guerin
Feb 1, 20225 min read
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On the Principle of Reciprocity in Foreign Relations
At least one measure of how propagandized we have all become in North America is our incapacity to imagine the world from the perspective...
Fred Guerin
Jan 5, 20226 min read
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On Old-Growth Logging, Deforestation and Habitat Destruction
The National Observer has an article today about political leaders at the COP26 in Glasgow "promising" to halt the ‘chainsaw massacre’ of...
Fred Guerin
Nov 3, 20214 min read
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