“[Jeffersonianism] spares no pains in promoting the belief that it does not exist, but the success of its disappearing act depends on equally strenuous efforts on the part of an American public anxious to believe in egalitarian fictions and unwilling… Read More ›
Month: January 2022
Conservative Socialism: Searching for Like-Minded Communities
“Democracy never turns bedfellows into complete strangers.” Outside of The Fourth Estate, I must admit that while my own politics can be very complex and nuanced, it will always be summarized as Conservative Socialism. To build the Socialist future and… Read More ›
Update (7 January 2022)
Overall, I am taking a break from the Blog for today and will try to present something for the Blog tomorrow. I still need to take care of issues related to my own personal health. It is a shame that… Read More ›
Who Puts Artificial Sweeteners in Medication?
Today, I am proud to announce that I have traced the source of my health problems throughout much of 2021. It took a while for me to figure this one out, so I am confident in my assertions that I… Read More ›
Update (6 January 2022)
Due to personal health reasons, I will be taking a break from the Blog both today and tomorrow until further notice. I cannot continue working on the Blog until I take care of an upcoming appointment today. In the meantime,… Read More ›
Cameralism: Precursor to Socialism?
“The cameralists of the books, as distinguished from the cameralists of the bureaus, although the former class was usually recruited from the latter, were the men who worked out for publication, and especially for pedagogical purposes, the system of procedure… Read More ›
Origins of Pre-Marxist Socialism
Today, I am beginning my readings of a textbook-length tome by the famed American sociologist Albion Woodbury Small, entitled, The Cameralists. It is understandable for readers of The Fourth Estate to not know who Small was the founder of the… Read More ›
Update (4 January 2022)
My plans at the moment is to complete another Blog post for The Fourth Estate. So far, I have yet to figure out what sort of Post I should be writing for today. Assuming the Internet connection does not give… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: The Industrialization of the South (1865-1965)
Does Socialism arise naturally within the Totality of a nation-state? A compelling thesis which I continue to profess on The Fourth Estate is the argument that certain Totalities are more inclined toward Socialism than others. One compelling theory states that… Read More ›
Update (3 January 2021)
Okay, I have decided to take a break from the Blog for today because there is a major storm in my area. It has been raining ices and intense winds since this morning, with snowfall expected in the evening. My… Read More ›
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