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There is good reason to celebrate the season!

Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, and Fall Equinox should be celebrated by all of us as our basic holidays, across geographical, cultural, national, philosophical, religious, and other divisions. These four days are naturally meaningful...
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How are you going to celebrate the next Full Moon?

Twelve to thirteen times per year we have the opportunity to marvel at the otherworldly beauty of our closest celestial neighbor in its full glory. And while the Moon is visible to us almost every night, its complete illumination is nevertheless...
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In our modern times, as our societies adjust to the acceptance of non-simplistic, non-binary genders—i.e. genders other than female women and male men—gender-based organization of toilet and bathroom access has become a common topic of vigorous public debate. Specifically, public toilet and bathroom...
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Recipe for a multicultural society

1) We must recognize that different cultures are more or less suitable to different people based on their psychological dispositions. For example, some people prefer a family oriented culture while others prefer a culture of sexual promiscuity, and they are equally...
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Proposal for a more intimate and more meaningful way to celebrate “Mother’s Day” and “Father’s Day”.

Currently, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are commonly celebrated publicly on arbitrary days that are meaningless to any person and family. The unintended consequence of this arrangement...
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The typical work-week should be 30 hours

It is impossible to have an enlightened and thriving society when the vast majority of people are merely laboring drones. Currently, most people work 40 or more hours per week, which gives us barely enough money to survive, and it leaves inadequate time to...
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Gender theory: addendum

in response to 12 principles of womenhood
https://egora-ilp.org/ideas/1404


i categorically object, based on the terms of modern humanism. people can be good; IE, have moral standards without a god or deity.

i object to the term "raise godly children" IF the expectation...
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People of Color Solidarity Guidelines
Introduction

White Supremacy is a system of power that is as active today as any time in this culture’s history. As white activists, we have been socialized into a culture of domination and often carry, practice, and reproduce racism in our own work. Racism...
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Mealtime Prayer

There is great value to certain prayers performed at certain times, which help the mind focus on what is important. However, to many people prayers are completely associated with only belief-based religions, and as such they seem not suitable to people who practice rational religion...
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The Olympic Games should be permanently situated in Greece instead of moving to different places around the world every four years.

There are several benefits to this arrangement:
1)  Keeping the Olympic Games in one location is more favorable to the environment than developing new infrastructure...
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Do not speak with those who explicitly do not respect your intelligence.

Communication is complicated, and it has various levels of acceptability. But one standard of dignity and respect we should always uphold is that a person should not communicate with another who, during the course of a contentious...
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As responsible citizens we should dedicate at least 5 hours a week to our citizen duties and civic engagement

How should we spend these 5 hours?
a)      The first 2 hours per week should be spent on attending Citizen Assembly and local governance meetings to make ourselves available to our fellow...
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Movies based on or inspired by historical events must have a disclaimer about their historical accuracy

Movies are an extremely powerful medium for sharing information, ideas, attitudes, and emotions. However, they can be very easily used to manipulate a large number of people into a false understanding...
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Social media is not good for us (it's actually rather anti-social)

In this 14 minute TEDx talk, Cal Newport explains how he has thrived by avoiding social media his whole life, and he articulates a good case for why social media is bad for us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7hkPZ-HTk&t=3s
To...
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THE FOLLIES OF THE FEMINIST

Feminism is a movement that on the surface appears as though it’s advocating for women’s rights and equality. However, when you dive deeper into it, you see that it’s not so much about equality as it is superiority. Feminism is not concerned with women establishing...
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Female nipples SHOULD NOT BE CENSORED!

Social media platforms, including Facebook, still apply unfair censorship policies that date back to the dark ages. While topless photos of men are allowed to be posted on Facebook, topless women photos are banned.

"For example, while we restrict some images...
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