Dilbert’s Scott Adams says everyone sees the world as a sort of “movie” playing on a screen in their mind. Different people see the same events differently, depending on the specific “movie” they are watching.
Author: Kent McManigal
Temporary is Still Worthwhile
Even if anarchy is always temporary, replaced by the next dumb idea until that idea inevitably fails and anarchy happens again, does that mean it’s wrong? That it was pointless? Never!
“Only Government Can…”
I can imagine many voluntary ways to provide anything needed and wanted. But, a free society wouldn’t be limited by what I can imagine, so someone would undoubtedly come up with better solutions than I can possibly imagine.
“Respect” Women?
When I saw a local billboard proclaiming “Respect New Mexico women“, and listing “Our bodies, our families, our decisions” as the aspects of women I am to respect, I knew it was all, and only, about abortion, and instantly rolled my eyes at the hypocrisy.
It Doesn’t Win You Any Friends
When it’s the truth which makes people unhappy, they have no recourse but to fall back on hatred. Well, they can lie, but lies won’t get them far when people know the truth, or can figure it out for themselves.
The Credibility of Statists
It’s like taking science advice from a person who has been convinced (or, who’s decided to “believe”) that the Earth is flat. It makes no sense to pretend they are credible in this particular arena.
A Diamond Buried in Manure
This show—the part about space travel and space exploration, anyway–is simply dripping with statist elitism, but there is one bombshell hidden therein, uttered by Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Legislation should be based on objective truths, not on some belief system you happen to have for yourself that others are in conflict with.”
Protecting the Delusion of “Good Government”
I find it disgusting when someone is so dishonest they advocate “good government,” as if such a contradiction were even possible.
Government School is Child Abuse, Chapter: Too Many to Count
The evidence is growing that school hurts kids. Homework is another issue that is only an issue because people don’t want to let go of an institution that they have been led to believe is “necessary,” “helpful,” and “useful.” Just like past forms of slavery. Let it go already.
Justification for Taxation?
Is taxation somehow not theft because “the government owns the land”? Statists have made this assertion, but for me it only brings up more questions.