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The Empire of Liberty

September 5th, 2007 by Edward Miller

Is the US an Empire? Should it be? Long before the US could even fathom being the sole world superpower, Thomas Jefferson coined the term “Empire of Liberty” to describe his vision for the United States. I have attempted to understand Jefferson’s motivations for this. Considering the way power functions in human civilization, it seems [...]

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Deschooling Society

September 4th, 2007 by Edward Miller

Public schooling is necessary for society to ameliorate inequalities, and, more relevantly to this website, overcome the tyranny of superficial divisions such as race, religion, gender, class, and so forth. In the US, before public schooling, if people went to school at all, it was most likely with only those in the same social strata. [...]

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