What do the so-called ‘elites’ really think of ordinary people?
Do the so-called ‘elites’ have any sense of ethical or moral propriety? Bert Olivier believes the answer is ambivalent.
Where does Putin stand in relation to the attempted global coup d’etat?
Bert Olivier discusses where Vladimir Putin’s loyalties might lie: is it with the WEF, or with the people in this provocative piece.
Edward Snowden: an Unsung Hero of Our Time
Bert Olivier honours the courage of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and argues for the importance of the democratic right to freedom from government surveillance.
Kant’s Perpetual Peace (1795) and the Russia – Ukraine/NATO conflict
Bert Olivier considers the Russia-Ukraine conflict through the frame of Immanuel’s Kant conditions for Perpetual Peace to discern the likelihood of World peace being realised in the modern age.
The Experiential Value of Adversity: What can be Drawn from the Lockdown Era
In this piece Bert Olivier explores the value of suffering: both for the individual, and as a catalyst for progress towards real democracy, drawing his inspiration from the Bildungsroman or ‘coming of age’ genre of novel.
What kind of creatures will stop at nothing?
Bert Olivier explores the nature of evil, drawing on thinkers as diverse as Kant, Descartes and Heidegger.
A Cinematic Model for a Retrospective Film on the Present Drive towards totalitarian power
What would a cinematic portrayal of the a past three years look like? Bert Olivier takes a look, using the work of Deleuze to construct a cinematic model.
A surveillance society of exclusion?
Bert Olivier shares his thoughts on the emergent surveillance society and its philosophical context.
Many philosophers have failed humanity
Philosopher Bert Olivier gives his thoughts on his contemporaries buying into the mainstream COVID narrative.