When debating immigration policy with people who have deluded themselves into believing that it’s any of their business where other people choose to live or work, I run into a lot of bad arguments. Of all those arguments, probably the silliest is “but they don’t speak English.”
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Communication by Implication (or Why Does Everyone Sound Like a Cult Leader?)
More and more people sound like a Biblical prophets or religious cult leaders. Instead of a CEO tweeting out something like: “Hey we’re working on something really cool, can’t wait to launch it!” You get stuff like: “You shall soon see what the meaning of multivariance is when combined with human energy.” Jokes are cryptic… Continue reading Communication by Implication (or Why Does Everyone Sound Like a Cult Leader?)
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Regulatory Smoke and Mirrors
Of the hundreds of thousands of pages of regulations coming from any state, which ones are drafted by experts. The answer is, none.
How to Deflect and Pass The Burden of Proof
I had another discussion with somebody on reddit regarding defamation. This person was responding to me after I responded to somebody else and seemed to be the champion who would take me to task. Instead what I was treated to was deflection and an attempt to pass the burden of proof all the while attempting…
Brother, Can You Spare $29 Trillion?
Well, it’s time for one of those periodic “debt ceiling” fights in Congress. Every so often, American politicians argue over whether to allow themselves to borrow more money, with their promise to beat it out of your hide, plus interest, later, as their collateral.
Beware the Government-“Science” Complex
The government-“science” complex ostensibly promotes the search for facts about our world, but it actually promotes and enforces orthodoxy, protects resulting paradigms, and manufactures apparent consensuses that are questioned only at one’s reputational peril. That’s why I put the word science in quotation marks. I could have called it pseudoscience or junk science.
Make Politicians Invisible Again
You may have picked up subtle clues that my opinion of politicians is exactly as low as my opinion of freelance thieves, bullies, and vandals. It’s impossible for me to dislike them more than I already do. Still, I admit some politicians are undeniably worse than others.
Yes, Corporations Would Exist without The State
Here’s a real doozy. This conversation with u/T3XASOUTLAW on reddit centered on whether corporations could exist without the state. I took the affirmative and they the negative. Spoiler alert: I am right and they are wrong. See for yourself.
Woke Is Old
Ten years ago, I never heard anyone talk about “microaggressions” or “privilege.” The substance, however, is almost exactly what teachers, textbooks, and the media told me back in the 1980s.
AOC Unmasks the Ruling Class
While her “Tax the Rich” gown certainly attracted attention, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez would have been more on point with a slogan from George Orwell’s Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”