A critique of bureaucratic statism, political dependency and the urgent need to recover merit, technology and citizen sovereignty. THE SWAMP OF GOOD INTENTIONSThe socialist hypocrisy: equally enslaved by “social justice”By Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano In an age in which language is used not to illuminate truth, but to dissolve it, few phrases are as […]
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From Ibn Khaldun to Belloc, an essay on how small extremist minorities can reshape the historical perception of an entire civilization. In 1377, the sociologist and historian Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) wrote Al-Muqaddimah, or Introduction to Universal History.The book covers a wide range of subjects, including war.Chapter XXXVII of Book III refers to war as “the
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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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From France to the Triple Frontier, ideological, criminal, and terrorist networks reveal a continuity the West often sees too late. Studies conducted by the French institute IFOP, a local polling firm founded in 1938, published in April 2026, reveal that 46% of Muslims living in France, including those born in the country, believe that Islamic
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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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Uruguay’s recognition of the Armenian genocide remains a disturbing reminder of moral courage before diplomatic calculation. Uruguay’s recognition of the Armenian genocide remains an uncomfortable reminder of moral courage before diplomatic calculation.Slug: uruguay-armenia-realpolitikMeta title: Uruguay, Armenia and RealpolitikMeta description: Uruguay’s early recognition of the Armenian genocide still challenges the silence of great powers.Axes of AnalysisUruguay
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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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