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All the ideas for 'On Being (frags)', 'Prospects: Proletarian Revolution?' and 'Causation in a Physical World'

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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power
People in power always try to increase their power [Weil]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution
Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics
True democracy is the subordination of society to the individual [Weil]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / e. Peace
War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
Even if a drowning man is doomed, he should keep swimming to the last [Weil]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H]
Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H]
The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H]