<?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>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:39:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@morality2/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The four bases of political power]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his textbook Sociology, Professor Jonathan H. Turner distinguishes between four different "bases of power" that are basic elements of all polities: 1. The coercive base of power The first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@morality2/the-four-bases-of-political-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@morality2/the-four-bases-of-political-power</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[morality2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:53:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinpzav5SGbhsDtTLz4SPpyXCVCoG6q5a4d8hmiuTdQGdA5J6jcYnkFCdq214SP5S7f4utwm8bVZ9qwtpuMf4mL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unholy alliance between religion and politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why are religious groups so involved in politics? That religious groups manage to find a political niche in most places with centralised authority is so familiar to us that we often forget that it is in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@morality2/the-unholy-alliance-between-religion-and-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@morality2/the-unholy-alliance-between-religion-and-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[morality2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:02:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAnoDGTgyuF9NNsEpUxkAtrEZgCMpq2ABjFmatQGQHw953dVtP1Z91LLzahyavVBLoBBvSkLwZXyYJrpL7HqnAqaES4NoD5pJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[War, taxation, and ultimately government itself will eventually go the same way as slavery and human sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would you have condemned the violent practices of the past? If we had been alive in times past, we say, we would have condemned human sacrifice, the torturing of criminal suspects, the slaying of religious]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@morality2/war-taxation-and-ultimately-government-itself-will-eventually-go-the-same-way-as-slavery-and-human-sacrifice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@morality2/war-taxation-and-ultimately-government-itself-will-eventually-go-the-same-way-as-slavery-and-human-sacrifice</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[morality2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:07:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gbkvz1yNBypLpwUHBnasMpK1zSCzdC4VPaGV7aJxXXAyHpxzY5d45DKf6Yxg3BYSv24P8oVhb689DT1Tc32QeXcJnK5QLEM8QXUWaKGFLVD5qjA3J52ipL9THP4sMDe1BMHEtwMwM8a6AwHpUJXjGX2SP3bcMHY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voting as an act of self-defence: utterly futile (at best)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his classic No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, nineteenth century individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner argues forcefully against the legitimate authority of the American constitution]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voting/@morality2/voting-as-an-act-of-self-defence-utterly-futile-at-best</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voting/@morality2/voting-as-an-act-of-self-defence-utterly-futile-at-best</guid><category><![CDATA[voting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[morality2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:38:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negp7Fdtdx3Mjnbr1kD3i5jP7wgU4LE8eF1Q8MYB4s4V2rSEGGj8ngJjNNhhv5WDLjtEvK3cJv1dUVJ87hgcD7P4pSA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["What would a benevolent dictator do?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many social and political thinkers begin with this question without recognising that their very starting point is already ideologically loaded. In fact, the question is inherently collectivist and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@morality2/what-would-a-benevolent-dictator-do</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@morality2/what-would-a-benevolent-dictator-do</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[morality2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:23:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrXijufxAtScW6W2qBm8P2RHVgA5PKQX1NnNdcrWtHxYNhz9sD1QY2YwLYWzh9FYSWuMQUqdWv3zxQWzgTQyZ1qs3AkMC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Morality version 2.0" joining the new marketplace of ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Morality version 2.0? Morality version 2.0 (www.morality2.com) is a personal website/blog that I have been running for almost ten years now (though, initially under a different name). 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