Nobody asked but … Statists often cherry-pick Somalia as proof that statism works or that voluntaryist doesn’t. What are the territories of the war lords if not states? Obama is a warlord. Putin is a warlord. Neither honors his agreements, neither obeys his own laws. We already live in vastly expanded and severely more complex…
Author: Kilgore Forelle
Words Poorly Used #31 — The Social Contract
“The Social Contract” as shopped by the collectivist authoritarians (aka the state) is the pseudo agreement by which police shoot our dogs, while we involuntarily allow them a get-out-of-jail-free card. Proponents of this implicit order have nullified the voluntary nature of contracts, and falsely represented their scheme as the only one which will protect us…
The United States of Britain in America
Nobody asked but … All failure stems from critical error in defining the problem. The people are not much further along than they were in 1776 in this regard. Our founders thought the end lay in establishing a free-standing instance of the British government. Now we believe that we can establish a purer version…
Outcasts
Nobody asked but … We are all outcasts of the schooling system. When you discover this, you are on your way to freedom. The other discovery that solidifies your direction is that you, and you alone, are responsible for your own education. Having discovered these two elements, you may drink from any stream. Kilgore
Who Will Parent the Parents?
Nobody asked but … It seems that many are having a field day ganging up for or against Education for Rachel (if you don’t like facebook, try here). This repeats a disturbing pattern that has reiterated since our colonial days, that we believe all are equal before the wheel of chance but we believe that…
Who Will Shovel the Sidewalks?
Nobody asked but … Statists will often counter query, “but who will shovel the sidewalks?,” whenever the question comes up, “Why does the state have to be involved in everything?” Today, I encountered a sidewalk to nowhere. It was perfectly cleared of snow for about the length of a rugby pitch, but at each end…
The War on Fact
Nobody asked but … You may have noticed that my alter ego, Verbal Vol, is running a series on Logic Fallacies in his biweekly column here at EVC. That coverage is pretty much on the abstract view of logic fallacy, but here is a devastating example of how our government uses the Straw Man fallacy…
Words Poorly Used #30 — For the Children
“When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather…
War on Poverty
Nobody asked but … The federal government first got into a mainstream “war on poverty” in 1933, the first year of the FDR administration. To my knowledge, there has been no serious abatement in the size or cost of this type of program in the intervening time — 81 years. We must conclude at this…
Words Poorly Used #29 — Addiction
In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients. — Thomas Szasz Those who would control you seek to take your mind as their tool. And, the unconscionable use of the term, “addiction,” is a rampant case of that usurpation. How did the communists control those whom they didn’t kill? They often trumped…