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The Pathetic Want of Rule, Authority, and Collectivism, Has Led to the Tortured Enslavement of Man
“Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.” ~ Alan Moore, V for Vendetta Every aspect of government, every moronic vote for any master, every atrocity, every war, every form of censorship, every genocide, every economic disaster, and every form of […]
Minarchists: if you agree that monopolies are bad, why do you think that the State should have monopolies on security and arbitration services; why not have a One World Government?
It is practically universally accepted that monopolies are bad. In spite of this, even many Libertarians argue that we need monopolistic expropriating persons and property protectors (States) to enforce social order among men – i.e. making S the ruler of A and B who continually extracts unvoluntarily set fees upon them in order to ensure […]
Closer to Nuclear War
I can’t help but wonder what proponents of America’s participation in the old Cold War dinosaur known as NATO are thinking about NATO officials who are contemplating sending NATO military personnel into Ukraine to train Ukrainian troops in their war against Russia. Those who relish the idea of nuclear war between the United States and […]
The Decay of Everyday Life
So where does this leave us? We’re on our own. This month I’ve described what can be summarized as The Decay of Everyday Life: the erosion of the fundamental elements of everyday life: work, opportunity, social mobility, security and well-being, which includes civility, conviviality and a functional, competent social-political order. In other words, Everyday Life includes far […]
The Pathetic Want of Rule, Authority, and Collectivism, Has Led to the Tortured Enslavement of Man
“Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.” ~ Alan Moore, V for Vendetta Every aspect of government, every moronic vote for any master, every atrocity, every war, every form of censorship, every genocide, every economic disaster, and every form of […]
Minarchists: if you agree that monopolies are bad, why do you think that the State should have monopolies on security and arbitration services; why not have a One World Government?
It is practically universally accepted that monopolies are bad. In spite of this, even many Libertarians argue that we need monopolistic expropriating persons and property protectors (States) to enforce social order among men – i.e. making S the ruler of A and B who continually extracts unvoluntarily set fees upon them in order to ensure […]
Closer to Nuclear War
I can’t help but wonder what proponents of America’s participation in the old Cold War dinosaur known as NATO are thinking about NATO officials who are contemplating sending NATO military personnel into Ukraine to train Ukrainian troops in their war against Russia. Those who relish the idea of nuclear war between the United States and […]
The Decay of Everyday Life
So where does this leave us? We’re on our own. This month I’ve described what can be summarized as The Decay of Everyday Life: the erosion of the fundamental elements of everyday life: work, opportunity, social mobility, security and well-being, which includes civility, conviviality and a functional, competent social-political order. In other words, Everyday Life includes far […]