Tag: United States
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The Philosophy of Evil: A Case Study
In this article, I claim that “evil” is a useful category of moral philosophy, and we encounter its radical forms at the intersection of psychopathology, ideology, and power. These movements have architects, bureaucrats, implementers, followers, and beneficiaries. Ordinary people are able to commit extraordinary harm. In the second part, I will then use this framework to examine Trump’s MAGA movement.
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The Politics of Letting People Die: Republican Administrative Violence
This article frames the 2025 US Government shutdown not as a political dispute but a moral crisis, arguing the Republican budget uses deep cuts to healthcare and foreign aid to produce lethal outcomes for the vulnerable. This is necropolitics—governance through administrative violence. When policy systematically eliminates vulnerable populations through bureaucratic means, we are witnessing the core mechanics of fascism.