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…
Category: Nobody Asked, But
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…
Somalia
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…
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…
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…
Learning Basics
Nobody asked but … It may be constructive to look at things that are more or less universally covered in public state schools. And perhaps even more important, to look at what is not being taught in those same schools. And “why?” for each. We could have quite a discussion of reading, writing, and math,…