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The author describes well the systemic racism in European colonialism against Black and Native American populations under the guise of "civilizing" them. But I’m wanting her to examine the contradiction between colonizers' self-image and their actions. European powers claimed to bring civilization and enlightenment, but their culture involved violence, exploitation, and cultural erasure. They’re not civilized.

Though Xi does mention the word capitalism in his speeches, he does critique the role of capital in a socialist market economy. He says, "We must prevent unchecked growth of capital and combat monopoly, exorbitant profits, sky-high prices, destructive speculation, and unfair competition."

The author many claims about China’s SOEs (State Owned Enterprises), but she doesn’t provide examples of the ones that succeeded or failed and why. She just reports percentages of growth or failure.
Example: “Between 2001 and 2007 the gap between the productivity of state companies and private firms rapidly narrowed.”
Okay, provide examples.

I would love to discuss this book with other interested readers.

I'm terribly annoyed by the others frequent references to military studies (read imperialist armies) as evidence for his thesis. Imperialism has caused so much violence and destruction throughout history, and using examples of military studies to back up a thesis does not reflect well on the author's values.

What type of author calls the U.S. imperialist bombing and destruction of Iraq, “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Even if that’s a U.S. propaganda term, it should be used without critique. He uses a so-called study of sleep patterns to show how less elective the imperialist army were less effective at their terrorism when they were sleep deprived and fatigued.

I like this: focus less on improving the individual and focus more on improving the team!

Sikivu Hutchinson: "I argue that Black feminist humanism is a vibrant alternative to the woo-woo spiritualism, Jesus fetishism, and goddess worship that characterizes progressive feminist belief systems that revolve around theism.”

A must-read book for atheists and humanists of all genders.

"I argue that Black feminist humanism is a vibrant alternative to the woo-woo spiritualism, Jesus fetishism, and goddess worship that characterizes progressive feminist belief systems that revolve around theism.”

A must-read book for atheists and humanists of all genders.

"I argue that Black feminist humanism is a vibrant alternative to the woo-woo spiritualism, Jesus fetishism, and goddess worship that characterizes progressive feminist belief systems that revolve around theism.”

A must-read book for atheists and humanists of all genders.

Okay, so after first 11 chapters of page after page of "climate change" descriptions, the author writes this: "Up to this point in our narrative, not a single species is definitely known to have become extinct because of climate change."
Wow, no wonder some people don't think climate change is real.

Interesting how the author rightly focuses on Nazism and Communist Russia as forms tyranny, but doesn't mention not in a single sentence so far enslavement African people, racial segregation and discrimination, and colonialism—all oppressive systems and acts maintained by tyrannical governments, laws and cultural practices.

This short guide is helping me develop strategies for how I'm using the Todoist task manager program I started using last week. I like how the book provides different types of task management lists that can be used. I need to define my own list strategy for using Todoist.

I’ve been meaning to read this book for quite some time. Werleman does a great job of arguing how the New Atheists like Harris, Dawkins, and Hitchens (when he was alive) essentially criticize Muslims and the Islamic as the "motherlode of bad ideas" while ignoring the US imperialist aggressions and wars on Muslim countries, particularly Afghanistan and Iraq.

But how did nature know that eyes were needed for water and land animals? Did eyes evolve because species needed to see in order to survive?

Wondering if natural selection is based on some type natural consciousness? How fine tuned is natural selection? How does it know what to select for?

Really like the character development in this novel, especially because it's based a real person.

I just finished "Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation."

I just finished Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice and gave it 5 stars.

I just finished "Why We Can't Afford the Rich" and gave it 5 stars.

I just finished "The 15 Success Traits of Pro Bloggers" and gave it 5 stars.

Finding this manual helpful, because the author provides a roadmap for achieving goals.

I just finished "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism" and gave it 4 stars.

I finished "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism": 4 stars.

This book provides some good tips, but I think the content is too personal. Many of the tips are about what the authors personally do for their success, but they don't show how their tips could work for others less well known. If you're fairly new blogging and social media, I suggest starting with books by pro blogger, Darren Rowse, instead. He provides a strategy for starting where you are.