For a nation that has long prided itself on being the personification of freedom in an otherwise unfree world, we’ve been sending some pretty mixed messages lately. If one is to believe our so-called mainstream and conservative media outlets, we are essentially being offered a choice of aligning ourselves with the lying socialists or the racist … [Read more...]
The Latch-Key Generation & Independents, Part 3: Generations & Independent Philosophy
February 4, 2010 by 2 Comments
This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Generations Independents are the latch-key generation grown up. Raised by themselves, with input from peers, they are skeptical of parents’ (conservative) overtures of care after years of emotional distance. They are unmoved by parents’ (liberal) emotional insecurity … [Read more...]
The Latch-Key Generation & Independents, Part 2: Management 3.0
February 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 2 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here It may seem oxymoronic to say that pragmatic Independents have ideals, but they are actually as driven as conservatives and liberals. Independents want government, markets and society to work, and to work well. They don’t believe in utopia, but they do think that … [Read more...]
The Latch-Key Generation & Independents, Part 1
February 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 1 of a 3-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here The rise of Independents isn’t an accident. It is the natural result of both major parties emphasizing politics over principle and ideology over pragmatism. A third reason for the rise of Independents is the widespread loss of blind faith in man-made institutions (like … [Read more...]
Freedom Leadership: America’s Opportunity
January 27, 2010 by 4 Comments
Futurist John Naisbitt wrote in Mindset that success in the 21st Century will go to the opportunity leaders, not the problem solvers. America hasn’t yet figured this out. The focus of our leaders — political, corporate, media — seems mostly on problems. As Fareed Zakaria argues, the current debate in the United States is totally out of touch … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberals & Conservatives, Part 3: The New Majority
January 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here But the biggest shift of all may be that postmodernists and independents have a new faith: “We must save ourselves, at least as far as this world is concerned.” On one extreme, this means becoming truly self-made, like an Ayn Rand hero, building yourself and your family … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberals & Conservatives, Part 2, The Current Debate
January 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 2 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Most recently, Ralph Nader has argued that the only solution to our current problems is for the super-rich to use their influence and power to reduce corporate power in the world and let governments save us. Government offers the most hope to mankind, this view argues, … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberal & Conservative: Independents, Postmodernism, & How To Really Understand the Issues, Part 1
January 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 1 of a 3-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here If you want to understand and profit from the political, economic and cultural forces at play in today’s world, you must understand two things: The evolution of pre-modernism, modernism and post-modernism. How independents view and are shaping the world. Armed … [Read more...]
America’s Seven-Party System, Part V: Independents & Independence
November 28, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here Read Part III Here Read Part IV Here The 7th Faction: Independents and Independence Who are these people that vacillate between the parties? Are they wishy-washy, never-satisfied uber-idealist pessimists? Are they the weakest among us? Why don’t they just pick a party … [Read more...]
America’s Seven-Party System, Part IV: Democratic Leftists, Leaders, & Special Interests
November 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is part 4 of 5-part article. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here Read Part III Here Read Part V Here Democrats: Leftists, Leaders and Special Interests Having covered the Republican Party, the discussion of the Democratic Party will be more simple. The three major factions are similar: those seeking power, those wanting to promote … [Read more...]
