<?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>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:45:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@fmalafaya/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Middle class life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life at the bottom of the middle class is pretty much the same as life at the top. Sure, at the top you get more, nicer perks. More, nicer cars; more, nicer houses; more meals at nicer restaurants; etc..]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/middle-class-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/middle-class-life</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:49:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmhv59j6RYqthZH1WEGY1hHYqYMWQpyKCKK5iKdqBXLFT54HZdnpZM5DN8mLZ7?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you for a better world, profits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capitalism and free-markets have delivered stunning results in the last two centuries. Life on Earth has improved dramatically, with the world of today being orders of magnitude better than it was at any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@fmalafaya/thank-you-for-a-better-world-profits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@fmalafaya/thank-you-for-a-better-world-profits</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:28:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmicWusBcDfHe2asHX3SRW1W4HHUjWGrSP6y9cWz16Axdf6YoiJGhZ5srgJMVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism: the biggest evidence of effective fake news]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest evidence of the existence of effective fake news and propaganda is the fact that socialism is still widely praised as a good idea. image]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/socialism-the-biggest-evidence-of-effective-fake-news</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/socialism-the-biggest-evidence-of-effective-fake-news</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:01:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmoXboVxq3jKJ5krznA9HxKDn5jW8xkMZzw3RxvndNEXrcyELyQMhf8Vkrf5dZ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest collective illusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest collective illusion is that we are civilized individuals. Civilizations are many-years-long constructions. Our civilized being is walking on top of those constructions. Not all civilizations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fmalafaya/the-biggest-collective-illusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fmalafaya/the-biggest-collective-illusion</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:17:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmkruFVEZuqwrj52w6ZxqyTdP5ABXw2aQmP94d3UAD8AfAxD1cyZuM1sxMFJji?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dodge the expert]]></title><description><![CDATA[Too many people are given credit because of a title that has not been scrutinized. The best approach is to be skeptic every time you hear the word "expert". Too many experts build their reputation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/dodge-the-expert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/dodge-the-expert</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:19:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmonvEQ9ZoioDtF2LBfKaz5yyk9TX1x4hfR93SJmxFb1GmyMKiS7hmvhrR76h2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private property and chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recognition of private property is an antidote to chaos. In the absence of recognition of private property, tyranny is an antidote to chaos. image]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/private-property-and-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/private-property-and-chaos</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmjuNBM3826T2w4jMYEXZUhzgmhwJvnijeYooeYSajN5T9tbAYq1S8gXyL2dNW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents and rebellion]]></title><description><![CDATA[As self-defining as it may have been, there's a time when you see the foolishness of rebelling against your parents. There's a time when you kick your own ass for having done it. There's a time when you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/parents-and-rebellion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/parents-and-rebellion</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:51:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmpVawcg9xcHh7gc2xyhd1PPqaDUVM3D44rXG7e25WMRkfPYHTsHsTuLxFk6za?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carpe diem!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carpe diem has a fatal flaw: It often makes each new diem worse. Until carpe diem just becomes impossible and stupid. image]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/carpe-diem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/carpe-diem</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmjw8WyUiRy5UfSLFWoVB136zoBM2sgWWWq3pKvAVhDXED7EZhYKbb4skfsXTa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government and morality]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you were obliged to decide between saving a child or an elder, who would you save? My guess is that the majority would pick the child, based on the argument that he or she represents, somehow, the future.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/government-and-morality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/government-and-morality</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmomtoPaobV5qrnF1MneZvnrqrvbkX9DLydHFBQd5aQjFuD1pDmEEcNryQ3QMa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich or alcoholic, which enlightened do you want to be?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you raise to the clouds, you lose sense of practicality. Everything that can be translated into a task becomes unbearably boring. If you are to become enlightened, you better become rich first, otherwise]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/rich-or-alcoholic-which-enlightened-do-you-want-to-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/rich-or-alcoholic-which-enlightened-do-you-want-to-be</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmjdEBTS8g5CtVBQVvGkWifDjv7LpzL39Jz49n9az5a2kL1kWxgZy2odfNLqnz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and compassion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The secret to love is not passion, but compassion. Extreme compassion is called love. image]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@fmalafaya/love-and-compassion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@fmalafaya/love-and-compassion</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:43:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmiJv1qUwCJtzPp88nN3V331iG5Sr2RY4GZGX6RtnkWLh17i1qhSnZ2Y2ngjfi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy happiness]]></title><description><![CDATA[They say intelligent people are unhappier. This is because a number of reasons, from propensity to loneliness to awareness of the world's misery. But if these people were to be given the choice to become]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fmalafaya/unhappy-happiness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fmalafaya/unhappy-happiness</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:10:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmgz5sepUyt3E1FzDcPADCqG613pfG7T5HpAVfBbmzPr1ftKc1XPZs9AAQxmBQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building a past so you can die in peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you're young, you live the present to create a future where you can create great present to become great past to remember in the farther future. As if remembering is your ultimate purpose in life.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/building-a-past-so-you-can-die-in-peace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/building-a-past-so-you-can-die-in-peace</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:42:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmic9cVu41oMiXa4CWJK4fNcJadDQGmXuyto8KWZsX4bBgR8Zb2vmmMcmkJo1f?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness and jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people complain about being stuck to a job. They say life would be much more interesting if only they could do whatever they wanted. The problem is that "whatever they wanted" includes an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/happiness-and-jobs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fmalafaya/happiness-and-jobs</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmp7nNyvqSxBB7itWmr5DsHtzS2wsYFkwpmLpt7dgLva8c1Jv9T7GgP1Kb7FEm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virus-like menace to freedom]]></title><description><![CDATA[If: 1 - you support that an idea doesn't qualify as free speech AND 2 - you contribute to the normalization of a broader meaning/definition of that idea... ...you are not only anti-freedom; You are a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@fmalafaya/virus-like-menace-to-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@fmalafaya/virus-like-menace-to-freedom</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmiatnNtCgVui4UEkzSGgNvURWtJBNCGmGbYFMu9CAojZRVXqTsTGDSMxT4Tet?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to socialism in predominantly capitalist systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a system that is X% capitalist and Y% socialist, where X > Y, the problems derived from Y will always be used by socialists to justify more socialism. This is because, since X > Y, all problems]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@fmalafaya/the-road-to-socialism-in-predominantly-capitalist-systems</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@fmalafaya/the-road-to-socialism-in-predominantly-capitalist-systems</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmi15VzSBZ67krmo4qw53A8BxopMnpvVZ3dBbyNQYX56FV7MbcjJcAFWBiV7mi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Centralize everything...]]></title><description><![CDATA[...in the individual. In every one of them. image]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@fmalafaya/centralize-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@fmalafaya/centralize-everything</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmib3ky8GyttLyT6jXyGsqDY5GB8NVWQTq3t1Gm1wzK1uo3MUvGDo7XTwidkSs?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power and cleverness]]></title><description><![CDATA[People who think they are clever believe that it's only natural that they are able to decide better than thousands or millions of people that are "not so clever". They overestimate their cleverness]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/power-and-cleverness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@fmalafaya/power-and-cleverness</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 10:28:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmpVavew5kqiWPzGYDNqrKx2Dg3DJsRzzRhPTXi8knRKLcbcHrntEM3AaPRfkX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rise of a new America]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the rate I perceive young people are adopting crazy socialist ideas, I foresee the emergence of a new capitalist super power. 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The concept of morality]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fmalafaya/morality-why-it-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fmalafaya/morality-why-it-matters</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fmalafaya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmkbHH7HpsffG16sshtUWwRG3Z2c8yhbpSQpZ1kWx1eLnwwKDngyx5QhXncYeD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>