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What’s Wrong with Capitalism? A Lot. A Hell of a Lot

Are we moving the furniture around on a sinking ship?

The ship is capitalism. There are alternatives to capitalism/socialism/communism – the predominant ideologies of the past centuries.

The new economics (reconomics) generates ethics, values, co-operation, local community, sustainability and international co-operation.

These take priority in political decision making. …

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Imagine. You are a Jew and you find yourselves expelled from your homeland

Empathy between human beings stands as a powerful force for mutual understanding.

Empathy is the ability to feel what it is like to be in the shoes of another. …

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70 Years this week. A Country for Israelis. A Catastrophe for Palestinians. The Key is Reconciliation

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Should Buddhists send loving kindness to Donald Trump?

Practising Buddhists regard themselves as non-violent, tolerant, mindful and meditative. Their spiritual teachers will probably encourage them to direct their loving kindness to everybody. …

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Aung San Suu Kyi, Politics and Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

Newspaper columns, television and radio news in the West have given much space and time to the long-standing silence or virtual silence of Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi on Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as an estimate 400,000 Muslims flee her country into poverty stricken Bangladesh. …

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