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Opinions vs facts

Inspiration and its source dimensions

My writing is based on my inspiration. The source of that inspiration is (an) unknown to me. In my view, its source dimension(s) might be related to (my) individual, collective or universal consciousness, which is also known as panpsychism (eg, Britannica, IEP, Stanford, Wiki). My diagram below is my interpretation of the link(s) between inspiration and its source...

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Rethinking the world without the US

Quite possibly, the opinion in Le Monde (see below) by French economist Thomas Piketty is wishful thinking. Nevertheless, I agree with its title: Rethinking the world without the US. In my view, Thomas Piketty uses (his) facts to promote his ideology in writing. In my view, the 2025 situation in USA has accelerated a trend that was visible decades ago: America is no...

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An American brain drain

A recent Politico article stated: “Europe seeks to capitalize on America’s Trump-driven brain drain [ ] The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.” Actually, it's tempting to ridicule the possibility of an American brain drain to Europe. Also given this March 5 Dutch article:...

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An American boycott

The citizens of several American allies are (allegedly) boycotting tourism towards USA, and also some American goods, especially Tesla’s. I sympathise and agree but would not call my plans a boycott. But what’s in a name? I used to love North America and made many vacation visits. Nowadays, I prefer taking my Japanese full-hybrid car and visit European countries....

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Back to the middle?

There’s an interesting Dutch political trend following the course of Trump-2025 in the Russian-Ukraine war. Dutch voters, including me, are turning away from parties (ie, PVV, NSC, BBB) that seem to abandon Ukraine, like Trump does. I’m not a fan of Ukraine but I do not trust Russia - at all. Abandoning Ukraine implies a carte blanche for further Russian invasions...

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Blinde ideologen als Merkel zijn fataal voor de samenhang in een land (Trouw)

Intro LO: Deze opinie van Sylvain Ephimenco in dagblad Trouw is lezenswaardig. Langzamerhand verandert de mening over de voormalige Duitse Bondskanselier Angela Merkel. Haar recente boek kent echter weinig zelfreflectie. Haar 2015 motto ‘Wir schaffen das’ is ongetwijfeld haar grootste blunder, welke nog altijd (diepe) wonden slaat in de Duitse samenleving (o.a....

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