Ideas and the Transformation of Liberalism

A reflection on the political culture that consolidated Uruguay’s economic and social stagnation. – Political culture and the construction of stagnation – The subsidy economy and the reproduction of dependency – Equality in scarcity and the fear of responsible freedom Uruguay is a country profoundly dysfunctional when it comes to economic and social growth. It […]

Tax expenditures, rising fiscal pressure and the changing relationship between the State and those who produce, invest and work. – The structural imbalance of public spending and tax pressure – The real impact of fiscal exemptions across the region – The shift toward political adjustment instead of taxpayer burden Society is an organization of individuals

From the Critique of Political Economy to the Construction of New State Ideologies: A Strategic Analysis of Marxism and Its Contemporary Derivations The False Promise of Marx Marx claimed that social science truly begins only when we tear away the veil of ideology. For him, everything related to human society was ideological. While he applied

A philosophical reflection on the concept of God in Judeo-Christian tradition and its possible reading as an expression of Universal Laws What if one of the most influential words in human history has not been mistranslated, but incompletely understood? Elohim. With this word, Genesis begins. With it, civilizations were shaped, institutions justified, moral systems constructed,

The demolisher of ideologies and father of the most perverse one Marx: Critique of Ideology and False Consciousness To understand why Marx was so critical of “ideology,” we must first strip the word of its modern connotation. Today, we use “ideology” as a synonym for a “system of ideas.” For Marx, however, ideology was something

The Latin American experience as a case study within a broader global pattern of crony capitalism and kleptocracy Ideology often functions as a disguise for organized systems of appropriation. Ideology has been defined as a structured set of ideas reflecting a rigid worldview, codified into a doctrinal body designed to establish channels of influence and

A critical examination of contemporary presidents and governments in Europe and Latin America during the first quarter of the 21st century The legacy of the useless doesn’t disappear, it simply blends in. In this new era they ignore, they are doubly dangerous: useless and contagious. A marketing lie elevated Mujica to the status of leader

Why weak executives are failing in a world shaped by technology and geopolitical competition The end of ineffective presidents In this new global era, societies can no longer afford ineffective leadership. Review. The anatomy of inaction Contemporary politics is experiencing a silent crisis. Not through dramatic institutional collapses, but through a persistent aesthetic of failure.

How executive power, party discipline, and judicial dependence are turning representative democracies into elective autocracies The constitutional system of checks and balances is a utopian fallacy of democratic mechanics in which executive, legislative, and judicial powers are supposed to limit one another to prevent abuses arising from power concentration. The very definition provokes irony in

Approaching the hollowing out of effort and intelligence The Exile of Intelligence: When Democracy Becomes Confiscatory In our countries, where we supposedly enjoy popular sovereignty, we suffer from the prisoner’s syndrome: when someone is locked up and does nothing. Because nothing is done, submission deepens, and the desire to rebel against an unjust situation fades.