A liberal reading of Olavo de Carvalho, cognitive parallax and the political temptation to manage human freedom. The Garden of Afflictions and the rebellion against utopiasA liberal reading of Olavo de Carvalho, cognitive parallax, and the danger of political projects that promise to redeem man by abolishing his freedom.By Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano The […]
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A reflection on the surrender of individual judgment, republican simulation and the hollowing out of the State’s essential functions. The Triumph of the Collective ImbecileThe Erosion of Institutions and the Renunciation of JudgmentBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Olavo de Carvalho was a Brazilian philosopher, journalist and essayist whose influence transformed Brazil’s political and intellectual
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A frontal critique of Uruguay’s Parliament, legislative inflation, institutional simulation, and the risk of lawmaking without thought in the age of artificial intelligence. DEAD LAWS AND THE INANITY OF THE PALACEChronicle of an Institutional HoaxBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Parliament has become a hornet’s nest that does not even disturb, with its litany, a
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The real cost of monopolies, bureaucracy and public-sector privileges is not always visible in taxes, but it weighs heavily on everyday life. The Money We Should Have in Our PocketsWho controls the tax collector?By Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Beyond the cost of the aristocratic whims of palatially refounding what should merely be the temporary
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Fiscal rules may discipline public debt, but they are not enough if observed public spending continues to weaken legality, efficiency, and civic trust. THE HIDDEN COST OF VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONInstitutional Inefficiency:The trap of being unable to stop always doing the same thingBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Uruguay faces a challenge that goes beyond
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A reflection on political short-termism, the decline of economic freedom, and the risk of importing exhausted models before creating the wealth needed to sustain them. SHORT-TERMISM — EUROPE TRAPPED AND WITHOUT A WAY OUTA mirror in which its former colonies may look at themselvesBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Europe’s decline is due to multiple
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How ideological frameworks turn poverty into political capital while eroding the middle class The drama of our time is not the lack of resources, but the sophisticated architecture of lies that enables the plundering of public wealth under the disguise of social justice. We have allowed a caste of so-called “enlightened” figures to hijack common
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A structural critique of incentives that weaken society’s ability to adapt in the midst of global technological transition BETWEEN IDLERS AND MILITANTSContradiction between the dictatorship of the proletariat and subsidizing idlenessBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano The most famous son-in-law of Karl Marx was Paul Lafargue, who married his second daughter, Laura.Lafargue was a constant
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From Paul Lafargue to Ludwig von Mises, a critical view of leisure, work, and the role of the State The concept of the “ideology of laziness” or the “praise of idleness” has been approached from multiple angles throughout history, moving between social critique, resistance to the economic system, and the philosophy of individual freedom.“The Right
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How speculative capital drives radical agendas that erode the middle class and concentrate political power Freedom of expression under the siege of speculative capitalFor Mill, the worst tyranny is the one that “penetrates much more deeply into the details of life and enslaves the soul itself.” Here, it is the billionaire’s money that forges those
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