<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:35:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@ekklesiagora/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My Final Post on Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been posting on Steemit. I kind of got bored with this platform. Plus, my ideas have changed significantly since I started posting here. If you are interested in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/done/@ekklesiagora/my-final-post-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/done/@ekklesiagora/my-final-post-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[done]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:45:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress & Conservation: A Radical Centrist Manifesto]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Essence of Conservatism & of Progressivism The essence of conservatism is its recognition of the importance of stability, security, and social order. It views revolution and insurrection as bad]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/progressivism/@ekklesiagora/progress-and-conservation-a-radical-centrist-manifesto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/progressivism/@ekklesiagora/progress-and-conservation-a-radical-centrist-manifesto</guid><category><![CDATA[progressivism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWYgyzqSX8jA4FoMXTvtXPcKAq6ur8LHNsXGaVTgYYZWkFWWu94CrxduuJF3MH2zhKzX5LgwdkFnyZuTBz64FxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Constructive Conservatism" & "Property-owning Democracy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is an excellent work. A series of 4 short articles written by Noel Skelton in 1923/1924. This shows a living conservatism that evolved with the times, making improvements upon standard traditional]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@ekklesiagora/constructive-conservatism-and-property-owning-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@ekklesiagora/constructive-conservatism-and-property-owning-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 22:37:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards A Comprehensive Business Cycle Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is by no means going to be comprehensive. I am certainly not up to the task of developing a comprehensive theory of the business cycle. That task must be left up to someone else. I just want]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@ekklesiagora/towards-a-comprehensive-business-cycle-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@ekklesiagora/towards-a-comprehensive-business-cycle-theory</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 05:34:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mMxKEVjzteT6CpT2bSzkWNyiD5uuvWPJ3jtRJ6dcQCr7HpJ9zLJGaEZM7QSSdhdzo97vw1szuyPBD87tZChwLcZ1wLxa6pnLxW4HAcPWt6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neoliberalisms: From 1938 to the 21st Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Changing Face of Liberalism With the 20th century, a new liberalism was becoming prominent. Classical liberals had held that the proper role of government is to protect individual liberty, but they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/neoliberalisms-from-1938-to-the-21st-century</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/neoliberalisms-from-1938-to-the-21st-century</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:41:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52Dkr5nBe4LMQxFkLEPGZN1UP6XbNPQfRsRBX46a6qPjWF8hzNnwCKgcyjTT7WMkXZnBgfHmGuc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Democracy & Liberal Democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New Democrats We are starting to see social democrats grow in popularity. Individuals like Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourke, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar have become extremely popular. For]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/social-democracy-and-liberal-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/social-democracy-and-liberal-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3brfhujCYAMiTtMs1yhHxtpd4wFv8dNGvhWCiGrASR2L8j59ELu2ptqkBo3s5RhybNd7bPGr1aHX3DVuNiUfqpp1oJEiM6zNRZrpmFWuKvA5NUqPvwmkJ87fVdRNyR2eQCvMidWkyseTYVcx48PJE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Paine's Political & Economic Vision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, in my estimation, are the most interesting of the American Founding Fathers. In a previous post, I discussed Thomas Jefferson's Political and Economic Vision. Now I want]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/thomas-paine-s-political-and-economic-vision</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/thomas-paine-s-political-and-economic-vision</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 03:31:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QDKAf1ATVEsLZofDeXFeYDJuMH5NpCEHVFoo4PvBw25eYNqBrLXDtnDqp31eMaoruCGSLudK8wWzW9TaDfQZSSeb1KCpS8c1BrnZJjBy4c6DvEuHH6Xg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson's Political and Economic Vision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson’s Ward Republic Model Thomas Jefferson did not see the American system as the best possible system. In his original draft of The Declaration of Independence, Jefferson had blamed the British]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/thomas-jefferson-s-political-and-economic-vision</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/thomas-jefferson-s-political-and-economic-vision</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvRmVpdBZim4qRj9eGVe8THijQHcHq9KHzBCS9Sza6YzTBkstvyk1ub1H5GqMoHx7pQbkCCrQ8zXYrTfC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libertarian Social Democracy & Geo-Distributism]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if neoliberalism and socialism are both flawed ideologies? The neoliberal critique of marxism is pretty solid. Hayek and Mises did a good job of demonstrating that central planning is problematic,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/libertarian-social-democracy-and-geo-distributism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/libertarian-social-democracy-and-geo-distributism</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 07:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeHCMhBTz49bemfJPwmmYksuEwKAK8Mxd3UmNTB8j6BS6j2K3QhNQmXMvYu6VWd9xEwQN7myG2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlas Shirked Social Responsibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayn Rand sucked at life. Her books were garbage and no one loved her, not even Rothbard. Also, "If there's one thing that will not be tolerated here, it's imprecision of language." Harvey Beardman]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ekklesiagora/atlas-shirked-social-responsibility</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ekklesiagora/atlas-shirked-social-responsibility</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rdH1puUDfvmLdci1PFN6CbFq7DztuEdqksuwzKKSnSdqS2ii1XxBLrwxuFokfqhccTWQAbDnRGne2YhukQrj448UBv8bPkUQxa5ZBBYCV2hL7E6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Modern American Right]]></title><description><![CDATA["...Plato's political programme, far from being morally superior to totalitarianism, is fundamentally identical with it."—Karl Popper (The Open Society & Its Enemies) There are clear parallels]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/the-modern-american-right</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/the-modern-american-right</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 01:46:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/69qdEu4CN8yqHC5J9gopYfgD98L399cq4X57mzFrCHiksisuuF5iuFGxQpAqzygnVdoJ3DLH4WvRZ7ix4SYu1JPKTgMiMxTWHqcxGXv2aQ6ApexBeh1DFuXjDAc2Tq69whgS7vFLcpQN4VVg9hW6LWN9KSsXehc4tFET69BhndSj8qWdxCfhodhA7WWSQkQToiX456XRndMkkBbVM6yrrFjJMqW1y2zFLAfRko9TV74ziJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Reformation of Law and Law-Enforcement]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Law Libertarian social democracy, as I conceive it, is neo-republican. Republicanism defines liberty as the absence of domination. This differs from the definition used by most people today. Typically,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/justice/@ekklesiagora/on-the-reformation-of-law-and-law-enforcement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/justice/@ekklesiagora/on-the-reformation-of-law-and-law-enforcement</guid><category><![CDATA[justice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 21:32:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q95yoFUgXuenn5Vm486ApQXGRJw72Sb3c2ZhVr4UYygRRiPZEA8XbP7tmSwfQFdE8cinRJfkAtREnJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LGBT Rights Are Human Rights!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trans rights are human rights! Immigrant rights are human rights! Gay rights are human rights! Women’s rights are human rights! Black lives are human lives! This latest Trump admin attack on trans people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/lgbt-rights-are-human-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@ekklesiagora/lgbt-rights-are-human-rights</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:43:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WFLb7MDTvQWBCXnERxDChhp5qN7XNaBXkHsR2UvDBS1wJ6S2bHeGL62bg6jEU3qyCKRyCHdWbqjeUCkwggQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Geo-Distributist & Neo-Republican Nature of Libertarian Social Democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[What distinguishes my model of libertarian social democracy from conventional social democracy is that it is neither capitalist nor socialist but geo-distributist. It uses land value tax to fund a citizen's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@ekklesiagora/the-geo-distributist-and-neo-republican-nature-of-libertarian-social-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@ekklesiagora/the-geo-distributist-and-neo-republican-nature-of-libertarian-social-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 22:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5GVZKXSsctt1Pb5bPqXP9TeDDNJYAi1TmzEiJBD8jJxRqFvFNCiiV8SHtkFQ2x51EF9dqgr97EXXMRKmp6zeTXC8s5z3yKpXJfH28rLcN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Intersection of Prison Abolition, Social Democracy, and Libertarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are libertarian, you have to be a prison abolitionist. The prison system is modern day slavery, the antithesis of liberty. 1 out of every 110 adults in America is incarcerated. Many of them are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@ekklesiagora/the-intersection-of-prison-abolition-social-democracy-and-libertarianism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@ekklesiagora/the-intersection-of-prison-abolition-social-democracy-and-libertarianism</guid><category><![CDATA[prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:13:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvTMXuhjVYga85sQPb3bWoBYKkwAqX1K7jnV4j77zFLjyDfL9nAzb6nXB7NHWX8HHC7ao2VmfxWu31bUa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utilitarian Natural Law Theory: Consequentialist Deontological Virtue Ethics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utilitarianism seems self-evidently true. You can disagree with the particulars, but the essence is correct—happiness and pleasure are good, while suffering and pain are bad. The utilitarianism of Mill]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@ekklesiagora/utilitarian-natural-law-theory-consequentialist-deontological-virtue-ethics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@ekklesiagora/utilitarian-natural-law-theory-consequentialist-deontological-virtue-ethics</guid><category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:30:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QLrGDQoMBsiRMZD2ZVd2Rza6QV56kN6iSM9vCm7S3ikL8uoTPLMSNR11CLyhct3kg9LGQZC1MR33rcfTuJFGm74?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatism vs. Progressivism: Towards A Synthesis]]></title><description><![CDATA[[note: In this essay, I use the term “progressive” in a broad sense, indicating political ideologies that are oriented towards rapid social change and that believe social change/progress is either inherently]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@ekklesiagora/conservatism-vs-progressivism-towards-a-synthesis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@ekklesiagora/conservatism-vs-progressivism-towards-a-synthesis</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:50:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvfa62a7Ywm7o42CSXxacaf3RmQH3PwjhtcxkBPakSVoG5Rj4uTeDfDHogYvuFRaVyACJ8oDosUnQBKgi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against Anti-Abortionism]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Historical Basis of Anti-Abortionist Sentiment If we put aside all metaphysical and religious dogma and rely only on facts, or objective truths, then it is impossible to arrive at a hard anti-abortion]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@ekklesiagora/against-anti-abortionism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@ekklesiagora/against-anti-abortionism</guid><category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 06:01:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UDm9YrB8SuMDFv6ZVDHqNG2QgSqZnSwfCKZaTwnVpmdUp7ZiUmn3WsU56tEjdWTY2M5zkNevDvXmKiVDWvHQenSd2Xh5Rg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia For Traditional Conservatism]]></title><description><![CDATA[I despise American “conservatism” today, because it is not really conservatism. It is merely nationalist rightism. Historically, conservatism meant something—it stood for something! Now, it just means]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@ekklesiagora/nostalgia-for-traditional-conservatism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@ekklesiagora/nostalgia-for-traditional-conservatism</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81Lh2aosDQSHen8Z13fqeP2caaThQX1xH926vao83rHKV9AeYp8dr6DTxhtEJSq185PVETbdzzMZHdkGjymG115G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Social Democracy Socialism?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Socialism proper refers to the advocacy of some sort of collective, social, or public ownership of industry/enterprise and, usually, of land as well. We find many different varieties of socialism. Ricardian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@ekklesiagora/is-social-democracy-socialism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@ekklesiagora/is-social-democracy-socialism</guid><category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7a8JDpsMkn1gnCtPymQXFC8deRXP33qNDg7ThwXimpPbHuMSVUdhyQbNHtzh29tE7fUUPs4zbnqsg8DSBoDja8yKC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>