From my perspective, the purpose of anyone and everything else is to be exploited by me. Sounds harsh, right? Don’t worry. It’s really not. It could be… if I were a psychopath, but I’m not, so it’s not.
Month: July 2017
What it Costs When It’s Free
The Land of Orwell is fulfilling “1984” bit by bit, and it’ll be only a matter of time before people are forced into fitness. Then when everyone is in what would be considered good physical health, the bar for treatment will be set higher and higher.
Safety is an Illusion, Dreamt Up by Rulers
Life isn’t safe. It’s downright deadly, in fact. No one gets out alive. A life well lived isn’t safe, it’s dangerous and full of risk. Stop trying to be safe. Go be free instead.
Is ‘Too Nice’ a Problem?
POTUS recently exhorted a gathering of LEOs to not be “too nice.” Why do cops misperceive that when they please politicians, it is entirely removed from pleasing the public, except for its authoritarians?
Rights and Responsibilities, Again
Your rights are your responsibility. My only responsibility concerning your rights is to not interfere with you exercising them. I am responsible for not violating you, and if I do, I’m responsible for that, too.
Lessons from Building Praxis – Part 6
It takes a lot longer to exhaust all possible bootstrap growth activities than you think. When money is not an option, you get way, way more creative. Every time you think you’ve reached a true stopping point, where nothing more can be done without money, you discover a new batch of things you can do to move forward.
“You Shouldn’t Ever Need Proof to Believe a Rape Victim”
I agree with the title of this post, written by “Nicole” on Facebook. I don’t know Nicole, but she’s a font of wisdom. I’m thinking we should go further.
There Can Be No Exceptions
As an anarchist, I ask: how can a government be established without depriving a peaceful person of property (taxes), then liberty and life if the person won’t go along with the plan?
Responsibilities
One common thing people say in order to trivialize rights is that there can be no rights without responsibilities. That is probably true, but it doesn’t make rights any less important, and most responsibilities don’t seem connected to rights at all.
What the Left Should Like about Public Choice
Although the public choice school of political economy has been demonized in a new work of putatively progressive fiction masquerading as intellectual history, good-faith leftists (if they don’t already regard themselves as libertarians) may be surprised by how their cause could benefit from the insights of James Buchanan, et al.