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The Follies File

Where hubris builds its empires, and I bring a magnifying glass. This is the place for dismantling illusions, exposing cracks, and calling out absurdities. A space where critique sharpens its edges and satire finds its stride—because sometimes, folly deserves nothing less.

On the Real Authors of Western Decline

– and why the storm should linger a little longer. t is often said that globalisation failed America. It did not. America failed itself. Globalisation did what it was always going to do: connect markets, lower trade barriers, and speed the movement of goods, capital, and ideas. Predictably, it enabled the

Does a Foreign Language Make Us More Rational, or Just Less Capable of Moral Thought?

For years, research has suggested that the language we use shapes the way we make moral decisions. The foreign-language effect, one of the most studied phenomena in this area, seems to show that when people face ethical dilemmas in a second language, they are more likely to choose utilitarian solutions,

The Politics and Ethics of Reproduction:

The debate on reproductive rights is often framed through rigid ideological lenses, reducing a profoundly intricate ethical issue to political slogans and legal technicalities. At its core, however, reproduction is not merely a legal or political question – it is an ethical one. Only by addressing the underlying moral dimensions can

The Roman Salute and the Shifting Face of Authoritarianism:

Classic fascism emerged as a reaction to instability: economic collapse, national humiliation, and fear of social change. It sought absolute state control, glorified war, and aimed to dissolve the individual into a unified national body. Mussolini’s fascism was rooted in statism and militarism, with the corporate state controlling the