Essydo Essentials
The Political Party: Democracy’s Biggest Enemy
It is one of the core features of contemporary democracies: the political party. They are organisations centred around a main theme, which their members believe is the best approach to politics altogether. As the core democratic idea proposes, a population has many different interests that intersect at a common point, the general will. Coined by...
The Belt and Road Initiative
One of the very core developments in today’s economic and geopolitical reality is the continuously growing influence and expansion of the People’s Republic of China, on several critical markets, resources and infrastructure, which constitutes its most essential pillar in international power relations. Power is here to be defined according to Max Weber’s assumption to proceed...
The Death of Consumption
How much more can we buy? How much more content can we consume? How many more concerts and events can we visit? How many more vacations can we go on? Even though the quality and variety of products and services declined, with the deepening of globalisation and capitalism, global consumption is at an all-time high....
Disruption: Economic Factors on Political Structures
The text discusses the nature of change and disruption within societal, economic and political structures. It emphasises adaptability as key to effectively navigate disruptions, driven mainly by technological advancements. The analysis concludes that genuine knowledge production is crucial for societies to remain resilient and innovate, ensuring effective responses to ongoing disruptions.
Fundamental Rules of Political Thinking
Thinking politically is not fundamentally different than entertaining productive thoughts in other realms of life. The main difference is that politics is the arena where the methods and results of all aspects flow into consideration with the aim to produce societally beneficial outcomes in the sense of genuine knowledge production. Further, the downside risk of...
Knowledge and Race
Why does the media use language to side with Israel in the currently re-intensifying conflict with Palestine? Why was the media so invested in the Ukraine conflict and completely ignored the Russian side of the story in its narrative? Why is the white world quick to label acts of violence of non-white people as terrorist...
