Nobody asked but … It is true that the theory of our Constitution is, that all taxes are paid voluntarily; that our government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily entered into by the people with each other; that each man makes a free and purely voluntary contract with all others who are parties to the…
Author: Kilgore Forelle
Economics is a Science!
Nobody asked but … Economics is a science! It is a science that comports with natural law. It is just that none of the economists can isolate factors long enough to get a repeatable observation. It is open-ended like climatology and cosmology. Kilgore
Words Poorly Used #34 — Legitimate
The use of the word legitimate is a source of confusion. Wisely or not, most folks tie legitimacy to legislation (for example, a legitimate search warrant). I prefer the use of the word natural to denote behavior in accord with natural law. [*] Kilgore
Re: A Modest Evaluation
Nobody asked but … Let us be sure that we understand how these observations are verifications of natural law, not as statists would have us believe, demonstrations of how voluntaryism does not work. Both Detroit and Somalia are wreckage left by the failures of statism. Voluntaryism works everywhere that statism does not intervene. People are…
Words Poorly Used #33 — Shall
Thanks to Skyler for bringing up this word, shall, in this blogspace. There is a strong argument that any time this word and its variations are used relative to human behavior that it is poorly used. There is also a weak argument that it might be used in a process description, say in a statute…
A Modest Evaluation
Nobody asked but … Detroit is proof that humans will foul their nests. That the population of Detroit is in freefall is proof that humans can respond. Somalia is proof that humans will foul their nests. That the four horseman of the apocalypse are thinning the ranks in Somalia is proof that nature can respond.…
Words Poorly Used #32 — Choice
If you were to make a list of types of people whom you wanted making economic decisions for you, where would politicians be on that list? That should be the same list as that of types of people whom you wanted to represent you in public offices. But the real life decision space that you…
Re: Mother Nature
Nobody asked but … Mother Nature’s laws are all reducible to principles. They do not need go-betweens. They do not need councils of elders in black robes. They do not need a priesthood. One is free to tinker with these laws, but the consequences are swift and direct. One can vainly substitute artificial legislation, but…
Mission Creep
Nobody asked but … The missions of the police and the military are to hold X safe from all harm at all costs. The problem is that they can neither define X, nor all harm, nor all costs. And since they cannot, they cannot also define X to the taxpayers. Instead they continually roll out…
Voluntaryism Can’t Work
Nobody asked but … When I tell others that I am a voluntaryist, they often ask for me to explain how it works. They’re waiting to pounce on the first opening that let’s them expound on how it won’t work. This is where the greatest difficulty lies in a meaningful discussion between a voluntaryist and…