I just concluded an interesting conversation with someone who I assume is a vegan for ethical reasons. I’m not going to lump all ethical vegans together with this person, but I thought the conversation was instructive on the concept of “wrong.”
Tag: aggression
The State – Societal Cancer
The State is a cancer on the good society. A parasite, draining the life out of the society, replacing it with rot and death. Replacing the social benefits of the economic means with the destruction of the political means. Choosing theft and aggression over voluntary interactions.
Superstition Still Plagues Humanity
When I think of behaviors or convictions from the past now considered superstitious, I can’t help but find many modern analogs. It’s not difficult when we define superstition as follows: a belief in something in spite of the absence of supporting facts or evidence.
Zero Archation Principle
This new, general ZAP is shorter and more comprehensive than the “special” ZAP that laid the groundwork. Sure, you’ll have to define “archation”, but admit it– you’ve always had to define “aggression” anyway.
Quit Bitching about “Price Gouging”
Which of the following is morally and economically preferable?
Arbitrary Rules are Harmful
Stay in the habit of evaluating each and every rule you encounter. Follow or reject them based on reality, not on whether someone decided to make them up and impose them on others.
You Can’t Have It Both Ways, Constitutionalists
It doesn’t matter if they try to govern others with socialism, communism, republicanism, democracy, theocracy, or some other version of statism. Governing others is always a violation of Rightful Liberty.
Who’s Angry?
I’m not generally an angry person (although sometimes I get angry at certain events or people), but I think it’s completely reasonable for anarchists to be angry. Why would an anarchist be angry?
The Person Who Kills Millions is a National Hero
Are you ever struck by the number of ultra-criminal individuals — people who have great amounts of blood on their hands — who are not only not in prison, not only permitted to move about freely in society, but are treated as decent individuals and, on some occasions, feted as great and honorable ones?
A Lack of Imagination
People LOVE punishment. And they lust for it. And they simply can’t imagine finding themselves in the position of being on the other end. Unfortunately, I can imagine it.