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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

... II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Lib... ...pire V. The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism VI. Add Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghan... ...sons XIV. The Iraqi and the Madman XV. Just War or Just a War? The Roots of Anti-Americanism By: Dr. Sam Vaknin The United States is one of the... ...the former. The Kosovo Liberation Army, an American anti- Milosevic pet, provoked a civil war in Macedonia tin 2001. Osama bin-Laden, another CIA go... ...e rough, immutable kernel of American narcissism. The United States was (until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s) and still is, in some import... ...a deeply disturbed polity emerges. Also Read: The Semi-failed State The Second Civil War The Reluctant Empire To Give with Grace In God We Trust... ... vying for real estate first with Spain in Latin America and later with the Soviet Union all over the world. The Marshall Plan was a ploy to make ... ...ntinople. The West wringed its hands but provided no material or military help. The union of the two churches - Rome and Constantinople - was celebr... ...e into its constituent states, the world will breathe a sigh of relief. A European Union (EU)-like economic zone between the parts of the former US...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...d out of the Simpson household in July 1936. Nor was Wallis the Prince's first American liaison. He contemplated marrying one, Thelma Furness, ... ...he goings-on, reported noting almost until the King's abdication. The European and American press, in contrast, provided extensive coverage of the ... ...d in English history was when Charles I raised His Standard at the beginning of the Civil War on 22 August 1642." Edward abdicated from the thro... ...Hunchak or Henchak, "The Bell") and in 1890 in Georgia (Dashnak or Dashnaktsutyun, "Union"). Mass demonstrations in the Turkish capital (in 1890 and... ...oday, a part of Turkey) and Libya combined. It harbored a technologically advanced civilization, recounted the priest, in the 10th millennium BC (c... ...Santorini it suffered an earthquake in 1640 BC and housed the flourishing Cycladic civilization), through the Canary Islands to Scandinavia. Consid... ...ser/gr/public/bh_home.html Bolivar, Simon Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) is a Latin American folk hero, revered for having been a revolutionary free... ...ter in April 1861. Two - Kentucky and Missouri - seceded but were controlled by the Union's army throughout the war. Maryland and Delaware were slav... ...erson Davis was the first elected - was six years, not four as was the case in the Union. Fort Sumter was not the first attack of the Confederac...

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Abuse, Trauma, And Torture, And Their Consequences and Effects

By: Sam Vaknin

...passive-aggressive, and psychoneurotic personality disorders and types. The American Psychiatric Association, based in Washington D.C., USA, publish... ...mendments do not constitute a part of the text of the DSM-IV-TR, nor is the American Psychiatric Association (APA) associated with them in any way.]... ...rder By Robert C. Schwartz, Ph.D., DAPA and Shannon D. Smith, Ph.D., DAPA (American Psychotherapy Association, Article #3004 Annals July/August 200... ...n. It is embedded in our contemporary culture. The West's is a narcissistic civilization. It upholds narcissistic values and penalises alternative ... ...he offender can force their disclosure in a court of law simply by filing a civil lawsuit against the survivor! The first task is to legitimise and v... ...segregate their conduct and to be verbally abusive towards the abuser while civil and compassionate with others, to act with malice where their ment... ...ndent, for instance, then the narcissist is a perfect match for him and the union will last…" "You have to pimp for the narcissist, intellectually, a... ... been a kiss. The next day father brings me books from the library of the Union of Construction Workers in Haifa that I never visit. I do go with ... ...ers in Haifa that I never visit. I do go with him to attend lectures at the Union and I ask the lecturers smart questions and everyone is amazed an...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

...ill start with the IMRO (VMRO) in Macedonia and Bulgaria, proceed to Serbia and its union with death ("Union or Death", aka the Black Hand), study ... ...ill- planned and irresponsible moments of glory and freedom cost the lives of 4,694 civilians, 994 "terrorists". The rape of 3,000 women was not doc... ...cedonians themselves were divided. Some wished to be incorporated in Bulgaria, the civilized and advanced society and culture. Others wanted an ind... ...or ... [or] harboured an armed band of insurgents ... or ... killed a neighbouring civilian Turk who had assaulted some girl of the place ... At th... ...andsome world media coverage) and kidnapping for ransom (like the kidnapping of the American Protestant Missionary Ellen Stone - quite a mysterious ... ...donia which were under Greek and Serb control - and the Black Hand (official name: "Union or Death") sought to do the same for Serbs under Ottoman o... ...cuted together with 2 or 6 of his Black Hand colleagues. Finally it was death, not union that caught up with them. The trial was closed to the publ... ...d with its self-important figurehead (for instance, in September 1992). Successive American administrations funnelled money into the province and w... ... was all but ignored in these events. Rugova was not. He was often consulted by the American negotiators and treated like a head of state. The messa...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...e - III. Entrepreneurship and Workaholism V. The Labour Divide - IV. The Unions after Communism VI. The Labour Divide - V. Employee Benefits and O... ...Fallacy of Labour Scarcity IX. The Morality of Child Labor X. The Iron Union - A Profile of IG Metall XI. The Demise of the Work Ethic XII. In... ...fits through the Employment Bureau. This is much like the very successful American and British schemes of “Welfare to Work”. I recommend linking ... ...able only to the Great Depression in the USA. In the USA, in 1932, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established to tackle nature conserv... ...danger that public works will simply displace existing employment. Labour union and local municipality endorsements should, therefore, be strictly o... ...re is 10% and in Ireland – 3%. In each 5-year period only 25% of low paid Americans are in a poor family at some point (the figure is 10% in the UK)... ...fits through the Employment Bureau. This is much like the very successful American and British schemes of “Welfare to Work”. We will link the siz... ...ump of labour" fallacy. IIIg. Administrative Measures: Public Works The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in the USA in 1932. It o... ...speak of a reduction of poverty by requiring the layoff of 25 per cent of civil servants? ... And when the IMF demands that Bulgaria reduce salaries...

...Modern labour theories and practice. Covers issues like employment, unemployment, migration, brain drain, entrepreneurship, workaholism, and trade unions....

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...urgical" precision. The legal (and moral) imperative to spare the lives of innocent civilians was well observed, they bragged. "Collateral damage" w... ...r pilots. Military planners are well aware that there is a hushed trade-off between civilian and combatant casualties. This dilemma is both ethical... ...de and supersede one's moral obligations towards non- affiliated humans. Thus, an American's moral obligation to safeguard the lives of American f... ...s and supersedes (subordinates) his moral obligation to save the lives of innocent civilians, however numerous, if they are not Americans. The lar... ...igation to save the lives of innocent civilians, however numerous, if they are not Americans. The larger the number of positive self-definitions I ... ...ical Islamists are now advocating the mass slaughter of Westerners, particularly of Americans and Israelis, regardless of age, gender, and alleged c... ...s of craftsmen (Proudhon), a federation of voluntary associations (Bakunin), trade unions (anarcho- syndicalists), ideal communism (Kropotkin). Wha... ...ogy as much as shared history and customs. As a religion, it proscribes a conjugal union with non-Jews. Jews are not even allowed to partake the fo... ...elf) government and in the Lenin and early Stalin administrations. When the Soviet Union crumbled, Jews again benefited mightily. Three quarters o...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...urgical" precision. The legal (and moral) imperative to spare the lives of innocent civilians was well observed, they bragged. "Collateral damage" w... ...r pilots. Military planners are well aware that there is a hushed trade-off between civilian and combatant casualties. This dilemma is both ethical... ...de and supersede one's moral obligations towards non- affiliated humans. Thus, an American's moral obligation to safeguard the lives of American f... ...s and supersedes (subordinates) his moral obligation to save the lives of innocent civilians, however numerous, if they are not Americans. The lar... ...igation to save the lives of innocent civilians, however numerous, if they are not Americans. The larger the number of positive self-definitions I ... ...ical Islamists are now advocating the mass slaughter of Westerners, particularly of Americans and Israelis, regardless of age, gender, and alleged c... ...s of craftsmen (Proudhon), a federation of voluntary associations (Bakunin), trade unions (anarcho- syndicalists), ideal communism (Kropotkin). Wha... ...ogy as much as shared history and customs. As a religion, it proscribes a conjugal union with non-Jews. Jews are not even allowed to partake the fo... ...elf) government and in the Lenin and early Stalin administrations. When the Soviet Union crumbled, Jews again benefited mightily. Three quarters o...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...rs between the types of intermediaries are blurred. Barnes and Noble (the American bookstores chain) has, in effect, become a publisher. Many publis... ...ot for profit organizations, non governmental organizations (NGOs), trade unions, etc. Bedevilled by limited financial resources, they regard the new... ... The result was a globe encompassing network of academic institutions. The American Pentagon established the network of all networks, the ARPANET. Ot... ...re (albeit of the cheap and local kind)dedicated to their audiences. Trade unions, certain educational institutions and religious groups commenced "p... ...lterior motives of members of the ruling political echelons (the infamous American Paranoia), a lack of variety and of catering to the tastes and in... ...ubiaco, Italy) shunned it and regarded it as a major threat to culture and civilization. Their attacks on printing read like the litanies against sel... ...casts a shadow over the future. Books have been with us since the dawn of civilization, millennia ago. In many ways, books constitute our civilizatio... ...Internet, has such rapid turnover these days that total loss is the norm. Civilization is developing severe amnesia as a result; indeed it may have ... ...ffects of piracy by taxing the hardware used to affect it. The European Union's Directive on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and ...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...uch as the recently established African Trade Insurance Agency or the more veteran American OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation), the Bri... ...d a refund of all war and terrorist liabilities above $100 million per airline. The Americans later extended the coverage until mid-May. The Europea... ... an health emergency. Aware of the existence of this Damocles sword, the European Union and the trans-national pharmaceutical lobby have come out ... ...nnovation generates the very tools that facilitate further innovation. The eminent American economist Robert Merton - quoted in Sigma 3/2001 - desc... ...ng" - posting links to specific pages within a Web site - in violation the European Union "Database Directive". The directive copyrights the "selec... ... view. The strongest expansions were registered during and after major crises - the Civil War, the first and second world wars, the Korea War, throu... ...henomenon. It is embedded in our contemporary culture. The West's is a narcissistic civilization. It upholds narcissistic values and penalizes alter... ...me value. 8. The decline of the professional guilds on the one hand and the trade unions on the other hand greatly reduced worker self-discipline,... ...y for allegedly having channeled millions of DM to his relatives during the recent civil war. Macedonia has belatedly passed an anti- money launderi...

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Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders

By: Sam Vaknin

...passive-aggressive, and psychoneurotic personality disorders and types. The American Psychiatric Association, based in Washington D.C., USA, publish... ...mendments do not constitute a part of the text of the DSM-IV-TR, nor is the American Psychiatric Association (APA) associated with them in any way.]... ...rder By Robert C. Schwartz, Ph.D., DAPA and Shannon D. Smith, Ph.D., DAPA (American Psychotherapy Association, Article #3004 Annals July/August 200... ...re facts end and wishful thinking takes over. Father acknowledges he was no war hero, though he did his share of fighting. Mother understands she w... ...n. It is embedded in our contemporary culture. The West's is a narcissistic civilization. It upholds narcissistic values and penalises alternative ... ...thic leader is the culmination and reification of his period, culture, and civilization. He is likely to rise to prominence in narcissistic societi... ...e barbarians at our personal gates, and what it was like before we invented civilization. Hitler forced us all through a time warp and many did not... ...opardizing "acceptable (modes of) existence". Except in rare cases (famine, war, plague), survival is rarely at risk. On the contrary, people are m... ... order - as does Putin with NATO and, to a lesser degree, with the European Union today. Putin artfully manipulated Europe in the wake of the Septem...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

...urs fail - in knowing when to let go. Return The Myth of the Earnings Yield In American novels, well into the 1950's, one finds protagonists us... ...ise. This is disingenuous. Ponzi and pyramid schemes have been a fixture of Western civilization at least since the middle Renaissance. Assets tend... ..., 1983, the entire banking sector of Israel crumbled. Faced with ominously mounting civil unrest, the government was forced to compensate shareholde... ...l and financial crisis management led Albania to the verge of disintegration and a civil war. Rioters invaded police stations and army barracks and... ...all but impossible. There is no telling what were the contributions of drug barons, American off-shore corporations, or European and Japanese tax-ev... ...ten end up fostering a bubble. South Korean chaebols, Japanese keiretsu, as well as American conglomerates frequently used these cheap funds to prop... ... Soviet Bloc (such as Estonia) are even more advanced than the rest of the European Union. Return The Future of the Accounting Profession Intervie... ...wide trend of devolution affect municipal finance? A: Outside of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, municipal finance was not significantl... ...p, a Canadian investment bank, advises its clients in their investments in Bradys. Union des Banques Arabes et Francaises, 44 percent owned by Cred...

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