It’s similar to the ‘strawman’ with a bit of ‘no true scotsman’ thrown in for good measure.
Category: Thinking Out Loud
Bordertarians Assume Jurisdictional Claims
The fundamental error made by the bordertarians (closed-border libertarians) is considering the jurisdictional claims made by criminal cabals which style themselves “states” to be legitimate.
Power is Magnetic to the Corruptible
Everything government does is harmful. The only positive thing it can do is to cease doing the harmful things it is already doing. Put another way, if there is such a thing as a ‘good’ politician, such a person would use all of their influence and abilities to stop government from accomplishing its goals.
The System is Working Exactly as Designed
Why are the restrictions always placed on the individuals trying to survive and possibly even prosper, while the politicians and their enforcers only grow more overt in their disregard for human life with each passing year?
Privatizers Versus Abolitionists – Why I’m an Abolitionist
The greatest divide among libertarians is probably between anarchists and minarchists, but among the libertarian anarchists, the major split seems to be between the privatizers and the abolitionists.
Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
There is actually a useful lesson to be learned from the Trump presidency if only people were logical enough to grasp it. Politics will never “fix” the system because the system isn’t actually broken; it’s working exactly as designed.
Politics is Not the Solution
It’s literally the opposite of the solution—it’s the problem. Growing a political party and winning elections does indeed come at a cost, and I’m not willing to give up seeking or speaking truth in order to participate in a system which was explicitly created to suppress and enslave mankind.
American Radical Fundamentalism
Some people actually want the US government to perpetrate more war, destruction, and death around the globe. They’re convinced that if the correct people can be killed, injured, and maimed, peace will be the result. Could anything be more ludicrous?
A Summary of My Worldview
Don’t hurt people and don’t take their stuff. If you do, make it right. If you refuse, don’t be surprised when people want nothing to do with you.
Marine Le Pen and the Growing Scourge of Nationalism
While I certainly do not expect to see Marine Le Pen secure a victory in the upcoming French Presidential runoff election, even her ascendency to such a race represents yet another (once) surprising victory for the strain of nationalistic populism which has been sweeping the globe in recent years. From the Philippines to Great Britain to the United States to Turkey to France (and many other similar examples as well), we are witnessing the reversal of a trend at least 70 years in the making.