“What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy,” US president Joe Biden warned on August 25. “It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something — it’s like semi-fascism.” A week later, in Philadelphia, he expanded on his … Continue reading Joe Biden’s Battle for “the Soul of This Nation” is a Fascist versus Fascist Cage Match
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National Conservatism’s Ominous Economics
National conservatism is objectionable on many counts — the name in itself tells you that — but it does pay tribute to free enterprise. A closer look, however, may cause one to doubt its commitment.
Political Atheism vs. Libertarianism
Increasingly, I see myself as a kind of lapsed libertarian, and veering into political atheism. Call it environmental conditioning, if you want. I just see it as the way things are.
School is for Wasting Time and Money
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling. My argument in a nutshell: First, everyone leaves school eventually. Second, most of what you learn in school doesn’t matter after graduation. Third, human beings soon forget knowledge they rarely use.
Have You Read Lysander Spooner Today?
If you were a Christian, this question should be like “have you said your bedtime prayer?” But if your principles come more from Voluntaryism, you will know and respond to Lysander Spooner. If you don’t know Lysander Spooner there’s no time like the present.
Government Not Worth Trade-Off
Do you believe you need to be governed? I mean you, as an individual. If you didn’t feel like government was watching over your shoulder all the time, would you steal, kidnap, or murder? I’m betting you wouldn’t. Neither would I.
State Have No Rights Because States are Criminal Institutions
The following tweet from February 2022 by W. Christopher Nunn (@WChrisNunn) was shared at r/Anarcho_Capitalism: “The unvaccinated cannot leave Canada, unless they escape. Read that again and convince yourself everything is normal in this country.” Then the following conversation ensued.
Topps versus The Fed
Have we have arrived at a point in our journey where a piece of cardboard might well be a better investment than government fiat currency?
Semi-Fascism?
Isn’t the calling of one politician a “semi-fascist,” coming from the mouth of another politician, an ultimate hypocrisy?
Jefferson on Not Trusting the State
Regardless of written constitutions and the laws on the books, individual liberty is always at risk. And as liberty goes, so goes our capacity to live well, to achieve the good life as rational, virtuous social beings.