Here's a memetastic peeve of mine: the bumper stickers and signs that say "Freedom is not free." Talk about an equivocation. What is being implied by this statement is support for the armed forces and law enforcement.
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Category: Two Cents
On Entitlements
An entitlement in the context of government is a promise of something, be it a good, a service, or money. Because government only has resources it has first taken from other people, the fulfillment of entitlements requires future takings.
Continue ReadingOn Yoga Pants
Paradoxically, at a time when #metoo started and continues, yoga pants are becoming more and more common as daily attire worn by attractive women. I am in no way complaining, quite the contrary, I welcome this evolution in fashion.
Continue ReadingOn Income Inequality III
I am not totally opposed to the ideal of economic egalitarianism. I don't want poverty to exist, and I do want those with means to bring about its eradication in an ethical, efficient, and lasting way.
Continue ReadingOn Voluntaryists IV
One notable difference between voluntaryists and coercivists are the former's insistence on tackling issues from their root, largely dug deep in a coercive foundation. Coercivists prefer to hack away at the branches with nary a concern for whose lives and...
Continue ReadingOn Gender Expression III
If we are to categorize gender expression as genders, then there aren't 2 genders, or even 70 genders, but 7.53 billion genders, and counting. Every person on earth has a gender and expresses it in a unique way. Therefore it...
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