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Eric Yanes
Eric Yanes
Jul 18, 202311 min read
The Myth of The Inquisition
We must rank the Inquisition... as among the darkest blots on the record of mankind, revealing a ferocity unknown in any beast. -Will...
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Eric Yanes
Jul 11, 20237 min read
How To Think About Capitalism Part 5: The Thinkers of The Capitalist Tradition
“The bourgeoisie… has been the first to show what man’s activity can bring about. It has accomplished wonders far surpassing the Egyptian...
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Eric Yanes
Jul 4, 202310 min read
How To Think About Capitalism Part Four: Lockeing Down Leviathan
Dear reader, Happy 4th of July! Over the last several weeks we have been exploring a very brief introduction in the intellectual history...
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Eric Yanes
Jun 22, 20237 min read
How To Think About Capitalism Part 3: The Virtuous Society and Commerce
Trade, without doubt, is in its nature a pernicious thing; it brings in that wealth which introduces luxury; it gives rise to fraud and...
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Eric Yanes
Jun 12, 202310 min read
How To Think About Capitalism Part Two: Christianity and Capitalism
Those who accumulate possessions without end and without measure, those who are constantly adding new fields and new houses to their...
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Eric Yanes
Jun 6, 20237 min read
How To Think About Capitalism Part One: Conversations About Capitalism
Hello Reader, Let’s talk about capitalism. If you live in America — and despite what your VPN says, I know you do — then you are...
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Eric Yanes
May 31, 20239 min read
Monarchy and Democracy
Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.” John...
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Eric Yanes
May 23, 20238 min read
Whence Evil?
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good? -Boethius Hello reader, Today, I'd like to...
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Eric Yanes
May 16, 20237 min read
The Allegory of the Cave and The Meaning of Education
Dear readers, Today, I would like to share with you a simple post about the meaning of a not-so-simple word — education. I found the...
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Eric Yanes
May 8, 20238 min read
A Republic Without A Religion?
What importance should religion have in our lives today? For those of us practicing an organized religion, no doubt we would say it is...
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Eric Yanes
May 3, 20235 min read
Even MORE Justice For George Floyd
A Socratic Question and Polemarchic Answer What is Justice? This is the question at the heart of so much of the Western canon. Since the...
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Eric Yanes
May 2, 20234 min read
Is The Dollar Dead?
“The Dollar is dead. The Dollar remains dead. And we have killed it.” -Friedrich Nietzsche PhD, Federal Reserve Economist, 2023 Is the...
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Eric Yanes
May 2, 20235 min read
Why Tucker Carlson Was Fired... From Black Rock
It was the biggest story of last week — Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News. I am not going to report that story in all its detail, as...
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Eric Yanes
May 1, 20234 min read
Epstein Scandal Resurfaces For Obama
Over the weekend, a Wall Street Journal article reported that new documents have surfaced detailing some hitherto unknown contacts of...
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Eric Yanes
Apr 25, 202310 min read
Fascism vs. Socialism
“Fascist!” “Socialist!” I don’t know if there exists two more emotionally-charged, historically significant, and utterly vacuous words in...
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Eric Yanes
Apr 18, 20238 min read
You Are A Machiavellian (Probably)
We have been trained to think of Machiavelli as the apologist for power politics. In fact, his passion for the ideal of liberty was so...
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Eric Yanes
Apr 13, 20233 min read
Happy Birthday To The Best Man I've Ever Known
Dear readers, Today's post is a little self-indulgent, and for that I am sorry. Still, I hope you will stick with me for just a minute,...
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Eric Yanes
Apr 11, 20239 min read
The Most Unpopular President In History
As I've mentioned in various other articles — Lincoln was very unpopular. Not just in the South, but very, very, unpopular in the North...
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Eric Yanes
Apr 7, 20231 min read
Everything You Need to Know About The Trump Indictment
If you'd like to literally know everything you need to about the Trump indictment, click here. If you'd just like to have the basic facts...
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Eric Yanes
Apr 7, 20235 min read
What is Truth? (A Brief Case For The Philosophical)
Came from the Trump Indictment article and are a bit confused? Click here. "'What is truth?' retorted Pilate. With this he went out again...
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