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Politics Archives | Kyle Wierks https://www.kylewierks.com/category/blog/politics/ One world, united Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:05:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.kylewierks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-Icon-1-32x32.png Politics Archives | Kyle Wierks https://www.kylewierks.com/category/blog/politics/ 32 32 How Would Jesus Vote? https://www.kylewierks.com/how-would-jesus-vote/ https://www.kylewierks.com/how-would-jesus-vote/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:59:04 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=1044 Does our vote line up with Jesus’ priorities?

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]]> https://www.kylewierks.com/how-would-jesus-vote/feed/ 1 Open letter to my fellow Christians https://www.kylewierks.com/open-letter-to-my-fellow-christians/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:21:56 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=1027 Jesus did not come to Earth for lower taxes, to impose new rules and morality on the world, or the right to choose whether or not to wear a mask. He came to Earth to challenge the status quo, fix inequity, and to serve the destitute.

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]]> Wet’suwet’en vs. Conservatives https://www.kylewierks.com/wetsuweten-vs-conservatives/ https://www.kylewierks.com/wetsuweten-vs-conservatives/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:06:19 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=958 The real fight is not with Canadians; it is with the people in power who have created a system whereby they can exploit our country at the expense of those who live here and claim the moral high ground because the law is supposedly on their side.

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]]> https://www.kylewierks.com/wetsuweten-vs-conservatives/feed/ 1 What’s love got to do with it? https://www.kylewierks.com/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 07:57:27 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=945 Love is one of the most important and powerful tools in the toolkit of a social disruptor.

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]]> Global patriotism https://www.kylewierks.com/global-patriotism/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:12:14 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=929 Global patriotism is not commitment or dedication to a country or nation but to humanity - and our planet - as a whole.

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]]> Exporting economic costs https://www.kylewierks.com/exporting-economic-costs/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:47:16 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=911 An economy that strives for the lowest cost possible by any means possible necessarily shifts the burden of cost to another, and invariably in the Western economy, that cost is shifted to low-income countries that do not participate in the Western economy.

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]]> Separating people from institutions https://www.kylewierks.com/separating-people-from-institutions/ https://www.kylewierks.com/separating-people-from-institutions/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2020 01:03:52 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=886 There is no "us" and "them". There is only "us". Quite frankly, if we ever want to create a world worth inhabiting, there can only ever be an "us" - we are all in this together.

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]]> https://www.kylewierks.com/separating-people-from-institutions/feed/ 1 Anger for social change https://www.kylewierks.com/anger-for-social-change/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:36:53 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=872 Anger can be a tool to motivate action so long as it is directed not at an individual but at the underlying social system that allows this injustice to take place.

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]]> Questioning power dynamics https://www.kylewierks.com/questioning-power-dynamics/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:52:37 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=865 By refusing to accept the socially-accepted balance of power, we can begin to shift the balance of power away from institutions and pre-existing structures back towards the people.

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]]> Question everything https://www.kylewierks.com/question-everything/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:02:38 +0000 https://www.kylewierks.com/?p=841 For most of us, we were taught to accept truth without questioning it, because we did not have the authority to question it, even though a truth that has not been questioned, reasoned, and investigated is not a truth but an assumption.

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