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Prior to WWI, the nations of Europe, expecting war, had begun to accumulate arms. The militarization continued unabated until the deadly conflict finally erupted,sparked by a simple assassination, unleashing all the power thus far accumulated. I found this on the internet today: (1991...

How would you define 'common sense'? According to Gramsci (Antonio Gramsci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), it's but a reflection of cultural hegemony by the dominant ideology. Some have also criticized common sense as being sometimes and impediment to abstract or even logical thinking...

Antonio Gramsci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What are your thoughts on this?

For those who don't know what a natural monopoly is: Natural monopoly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Personally, generally speaking (always exceptions), I'd go for transforming them into co-ops. This way they still benefit from the efficiencies of monopoly, without the burden that crown...

I'd be curious to know what your views on foreign policy look like when expressed in symbols only without mentioning nations. That's the first and perhaps only rule in this thread. The main objective is to see how our foreign policy views pan out when applied on the principle that what applies...

When I was studying catechism in Catholic school as a kid, one the the points taught in class that had always confounded me was the question of the ascention of Jesus. It was always taught as a literal ascention, and explicitely so when I'd questioned the teacher about it. Generally speaking...

I was reading up on Ignatieff in Wikipedia: Michael Ignatieff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As it turns out, he supported the Iraq War too, but has sinse distanced himself from it. Here's the quote from Wikipedia: [edit] International affairs Ignatieff has written extensively on...

If you want to know more about non-partisna democracy, you can read more about it here: Non-partisan democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mapleleafweb.com | Would you support non-partisan democracy in your province? - Political Forums

I was researching the Ontario Ministry of Edcucation's second-language teaching policy, and heres' waht I got: http://edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/fsl18curr.pdf http://edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/fsl910curr.pdf...

OK, I'll start. Who is the only proclaimed vegan and vegetarian MP in Parliament?

Go ahead. And please judge it on its own merits and not on the source of the idea.

I'll leave the title open to interpretation.

I'd like to introduce another idea to Canadian economic politics, and would just be curious to read your thoughts on it. It's what I'll refer to here as political economic structuralism. In Canada, most of us are familiar with the capitalist-socialist spectrum. First, I'll analyse them here...

I'm tired of the same old issues being brought up again in elections and politics. Let's look at NAFTA in the 1980s, nothing more than a revival of the Reciprocity debate that started in the 1880s, and that itself going back to older debates about mercantilism! Or what about Official...

We talk about prejudice alot. gender prejudice, racial prejudice, religious prejudice, etc. But what about political prejudice (the whole right vs. left debate for example) or national prejudice (Americans are like this, Canadians like that, Chinese think this way, Iranians are like this, etc.)...

With all the discussions going on in these forums lately about 'mainstream' and 'fringe' ideas, I was wondering what 'fringe' ideas might be lurking in our minds. I'd like to read about some of your 'fringe' political ideas and why you think they could be considered 'fringe'. First I'll go...

Here's a game for you. Identify a Canadian 'right-wing' politcian and a Candian 'left-wing' politician who you think could probably come up with some good policies on a particular issue if they put their heads together. And identify the issue too please.

I've found instances in some threads where a person's ideas are rejected not on the basis of the ideas themselves, but rather on who the speaker is. This to me just seems ridiculous. After all, I've found a few quotes from Hitler that I can agree with, even though I'd disagree with the vast...

A friend of mine sent me an e-mail recently inviting me again to visit North Korea this summer. This is not the first time I'd been invited to go there. A few years ago, another friend had invited me to go on a first trip, but I'd refused since this was right after North Korea had announced that...