<?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>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:48:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/briefreflextion/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Brief reflection: Inflation myth]]></title><description><![CDATA[If there is one popular myth that is not even questioned, without a doubt, it is this. Practically all public opinion today claims that inflation is the increase in prices. This apparently has no major]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-inflation-myth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-inflation-myth</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blackliberal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:56:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQHT6Sk4HjYEjsurD7Gzv1qeeRZM292ADDShj2kjHL8thKzMtknzMG7EWWfKBu63i2qQWpmucVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first philosophy was physical.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Western philosophy was born as physical. For the first thinkers the difference that we know today between philosophy and science didn’t exist, there was only one thought that encompassed all the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@perseo3/the-first-philosophy-was-physical</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@perseo3/the-first-philosophy-was-physical</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[perseo3]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 01:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q99CLD7EgMVatUYfB1LthoJhZ4Wvd1wbURCj3v85fXXaxnzHFaUrB39CAPughmQG9ooKU7iT9oPAbY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cato the old man: the incorruptible politician]]></title><description><![CDATA[In these days, we hear this damned phrase constantly: all politicians are the same'. Without going into the veracity of the sentence, it should be remembered that this was not always the case. It was 234]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/cato-the-old-man-the-incorruptible-politician</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/cato-the-old-man-the-incorruptible-politician</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blackliberal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 18:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2H74Fic92U9jgyxqbDwFDr3rHbp474i3Lft22aERzFefkQnXFAchT4C8YDRoshprVhxmGhyd6NrUgush5bo9ZAd7fK1bFvUxoZMahiMNJ6zqKGciMR3HixJtYK3vuT2eVmEz347o5v7pkJWzBYJfohiJXaFKjnLbXqtgdXSZgFedsDCnGg9oFxDJJbgjRJa8HKwEoi2tULdJNhbzMg4zaK9bXQkv6DzUf2VRTmw9Xv3KWbnhfba6CyGd7QAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brief reflextion: Individualism]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Butler Shaffer wrote: While we are taught to believe that the individual is powerless in the face of the great social problems we face today, the truth is that the individual is far more powerful than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-individualism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-individualism</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blackliberal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 03:58:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q993mHyXZ1aVQALVx4esMXGjaepxvhcwCSLPFybEZCfsNK2EJVmbgbMGXZJMV4JHgheWYW7KmC59Xk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brief reflextion: STATISM]]></title><description><![CDATA[To be a statist is to be a criminal. It is complicit in large-scale institutionalised robberies (taxation), and murder (war). It's supporting the biggest mafia ever created. In short, it is to support]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-statism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-statism</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blackliberal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 14:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UhpEQ2YJqJBTvjjSKTY6zUJnQ86biw2bAbQ6nRCGSAWpDLmVBRPH2tAcrR2mCFzNZXdZf4MzMVwzii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brief reflextion: DECEITFULNESS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Too many people believe in the promises of politicians because they need to have faith in their minds in a future pleasing to their desires. Projection of fantasies. If they stopped to think for a moment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-deceitfulness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@blackliberal/brief-reflextion-deceitfulness</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blackliberal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 05:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WVp6qA2g5vPoe7DNxb13xVJiHo7T7PmCdgMvrdGaNT43GB2vEbork5TxPv5syhZokheXAZjLaSTNeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>