Episode 263 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the new title of the podcast and some reorganization; two new podcasts he’d like to start recording; an essay he wrote in June of 2008 on gauging your commitment to freedom; an essay he wrote in October of 2008 on the concept of rights, and confusing them with wants; and more.
Day: January 7, 2019
On Income Inequality II
Those who fight for economic egalitarianism and against income inequality are attempting to do the impossible by government force. Not only do they want income levels coercively flattened, but they also hope that more and more of their fellow human beings will share their ideals.
Wilson’s Dan Wesson Revolver
“Wilson” was accused by a guy he knew of being involved with the guy’s wife. The guy came to Wilson’s house carrying a shotgun and yelling threats. Wilson met him at the door with his revolver held down at his side. A nice Dan Wesson revolver that he really liked. Seeing Wilson’s gun, the other guy decided to just yell at him for a bit, then walked back to his vehicle. But as he left he fired a shot from his shotgun into the air.
Abstract Fear
Souls are stolen by fostering fear. For instance, what was so great about the “Great Depression?” Politicians use words, abstractions which are intended to cast us into the abyss. What, really, makes up the “War on Terror?”
Face Up To Being Screwed Over (Do It For Your Kids)
It can make the prospect of being screwed over far less terrifying to know that some great good can come of it. Face up to being screwed over, and do it for the children – even if you don’t have any yet.
The Historian and His Times
Historians are often rightly accused of carrying contemporary ideas and values back into the past and using them inappropriately to evaluate actors and institutions of bygone days. The presumption in this accusation is that historians know a lot about their own times and relatively little about former times. But such need not be the case.