Global Order and Geopolitics

From classical philosophy to artificial intelligence, a reflection on the transition from unconscious evolution to humanity’s conscious responsibility for its own development. When Evolution Becomes Conscious: An Interpretation of the Human Process I begin from the conviction that there is a law of evolution that manifests itself inexorably in nature, in life, and in human […]

Debt limits divert attention while the state absorbs citizens’ savings and labour It takes a prodigious imagination to call what this system does a “fiscal rule”. It is, in fact, a mechanism of mass distraction.A debt limit was invented so that no one would notice that the problem is not borrowing, but the insatiable size

When retirement savings become personal property instead of financing permanent government spending. Individual Retirement Savings: A Social Policy That Empowers CitizensWhen retirement savings become personal wealth instead of financing permanent government spending. The State is not an engine. It is an anchor.For decades we have been told that the State is the engine of economic

States were born through armed conflict, enshrined their victors, and still decide which violence becomes heroism and which becomes crime Civilisation is often presented as the overcoming of violence.Yet societies did not eliminate violence.They organised it, regulated it and established who could legitimately exercise it.Many countries were born from wars, conquests, revolutions or struggles for

The politicisation of public education turned Uruguay’s classrooms into ideological territory and left the defence of secular neutrality unresolved. The application of Gramscianism across the different spheres of society, and particularly in public education, began to yield electoral dividends in Uruguay.First it was the department of Montevideo that fell into the hands of the left.

The new withholding regime turns retirees and pensioners into advance financiers of the State. THE TRAP OF THE STATE’S HAND IN SOMEONE ELSE’S POCKETWhen Those in Power Assume Your Money Belongs to ThemBy Dr Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano There is an old truth in this country, one that we sometimes insist on forgetting but that

The strategy of cultural hegemony shifted political struggle towards education, the media and institutions. In previous articles, we examined the process by which Marxism co-opted education in Uruguay.A task accomplished in the best Gramscian fashion, which can be described as successful—regrettably successful.The Italian Antonio Gramsci argued that a ruling stratum did not remain in power

A centralized education system, rigid curricula and resistance to change are leaving new generations unprepared for the technological revolution. THE GREAT HANDBRAKE ON SOCIAL MOBILITYState-Centered Education Is Condemning Us to the PastBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Look, my friends, let’s speak plainly, because the country can no longer afford solemn speeches or endless applause

A closer look at how a government spending nearly one-third of national output allocates surprisingly little to its most vulnerable children. The Multiplication of Deprived ChildhoodThe Arithmetic of Stagnation: 23 Billion Reasons for SkepticismBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano The persistence of national self-deceptionWe are witnessing in Uruguay a phenomenon of astonishing regularity: the domestication

Can an ever-expanding State reduce poverty, or does it undermine the very conditions needed to create prosperity? A Minimal State or a Leviathan?23 Billion Reasons for SkepticismBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Uruguay was once, at the end of the nineteenth century, a country with a minimal State and a level of income per capita