This is a collection of ideas I have for research topics that I want to turn into essays or possibly even books. I will be going to law school on 8/20/23 which I imiagin will be taking up the majority of my time and I wont be able to work on any of these. However, when I do have more free time I plan on researching some of these topics.

A Historical Analysis of Ideology --- I do not believe that the concept of ideology, specifically as a form of identity, has existed in the past as it does now. To say "I am a communist / liberal / fascist" is an absurd statement of our modern era, that would have made no sense to a person of the recent past. I theorize that is one of the result of the lack of personal identity and purpose people have within a liberal society. To examin this growth I would certainly begin my research around the development of liberalism during the 1600's, and around the emergence of communism and fascism around the turn of the century. I also believe taking a look at some other decaying societies, nameley Rome and Athens, may give some insight into how people behave during times of cultural stagnation.

An Analysis of the American State Religion --- Religion is a phenomenon that stretches far beyond the rigid systems of the christain and islamic churhces. Religion, if absent, comes from the soil of a developing State and it is used to explain what stands outside of our rationality, and as a tool to keep the State and the cultural body the State governs alive. To say contemporary countries are often arelgious or atheistic is a rather ignorant statment that is almost completley founded on the lack of physical engagement the population of these countries have with christainity. America,like all other supposed atheistic western countries, has a religion that the State promotes. The origin and exact details of such a religion deeply interest me. I would like to examin the morality, cosmology, and wisdom that is supported and passed down to the people by the American State. I think is probably the most ambitious project I have in stock.