Of Ideas, and Material Force and self-change.

In Dialectical Materialism, the spiritual world is not separated from the material world and thus, ideas and matter are always in the same plane. Matters can only be tackled by a material force but an idea can be a material force if it captured the allegiance of the masses.

Now with this, I am supposing that in terms of Dialectical Materialism an idea even if it captured an individual cannot be counted as a material force, if 1.) It cannot bring change in a certain phenomenon 2.) It cannot cause an impact to society.

An idea must capture a wide united audience, and unite in a way that the effort that will given by the mass for the idea is collective in nature and not individualistic.

So is the concept of "ako mismo." be counted as a material force, if it gives a freeway for individualistic paths to be constructed? Can real change in terms of dialectical materialism be reached with this concept?

On Privatization

According to Adam Smith, man's natural unending needs and wants are directed by an invisible hand, the rules governing the market, especially the law of supply and demand.

He proposed a let alone policy, on which the government only role in the economy is to provide security and stability and maintain the rules of the trade.

With this minimal government involvement in the market, privatization comes to play. Privatization, is the process of transferring a public service given by the public sector in the hands of the private sector of society. Privatization, being a concept of free market, aims to achieve the goals of a competitive market involving efficiency in terms of profit and usage. With this, is privatization good or bad?

Why did the old Hegel supported monarchies

In his early years, Hegel was a liberal who carries French revolutionary ideas. He supported the overthrow of all monarchies. Why is it that when he got old, he changed his views and became a conservative?

Dalisay Lecture

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COMMUNIST MANIFESTO

Which chapter of the Communist Manifesto do you think holds the bulk of the manifesto?

Chapter 1-Bourgeois and Proletarians, Chapter 2- Proletarians and Communists, Chapter 3-Socialist and Communist Literature, Chapter 4- position of the communists in relation to the various existing opposition parties.