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I love political philosophy and art, and believe that any attempt at a clear vision of the present can change the future.

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A good politician is one who unites us both internally (because we are people of the same land, history and traditions, not on the basis of opposing other peoples and fomenting mutual rejection and hatred) and externally, reminding us that we are one big human family.

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Despite popular rhetoric, the people are not the subject of power, but the object of propaganda.

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able to fulfil its obligations to its citizens and implement major investment and social projects, and on the other hand, it would leave a lot of freedom of action on the market for the citizens themselves, encouraging free competition and not pressuring them with high taxes.

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Capitalism assumes that everything is privately owned.
Socialism assumes that everything is collectively owned, that is, owned by the state.
What if we put all property into private hands? It turns out that if the state owns nothing, and it has to fulfil its social functions 👇

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taxes are small, but society is backward.

Conclusion.
Probably the most successful form of social structure will be a mixture of capitalism and socialism, when a part of enterprises simply cannot be bought out of the state into private ownership (this includes all natural 👇

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resources, including hydrocarbons, everything related to electricity and other strategically important resources for the existence and functioning of the state, each country will probably have its own list). Such ownership would make the state less economically dependent, 👇

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- AI will become a part of life, the best interlocutor and the best source of information.

Happy New Year 2025, good luck to everyone!

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Prediction for 2025 (just to check myself later))) -
- Russia-Ukraine war: there will be a lot of talk about peace, but the war is likely to continue, simply because it is profitable, the war in Europe is very profitable in general, and first of all for the USA, it is a unique

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- the world from the world of lies will increasingly turn into the world of big illusions, the virtual world will become more attractive and easier than real life, so we will step by step lose people there.

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cement anything in concrete, especially social systems. Otherwise, there will always be someone who wants to take advantage of the system's weaknesses.

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It's easier to win votes with populism, shouting and emotional pressure than with deep reasoning. That's the problem with universal suffrage. And no, I don't think people should be discriminated against on the basis of gender, age, race or nationality, in other words,

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Otherwise, election campaigns will be forced to become increasingly stupid and emotional. We've already seen this trend. Democracy is not a sacred cow, but a system that has to develop and needs to change - a tree either grows or dies, there is no in-between, and we can't