Devin Kelley murdered 26 innocent people yesterday (November 5th) as they sat in church peacefully worshipping their god. Like clockwork, gun control advocates are out in full force. But gun culture in America is not an issue. What is the issue? Both the current mass murder and previous assaults were committed by a very broken person.
Tag: citizens
Words Poorly Used #114 — Policy
POTUS immediately responds to events with a public relations front. He pats himself and government employees on the backs for doing a great job, long before any rational performance review could take place. Then he begins to make policy before our eyes.
Public Schools Were Designed to Indoctrinate Immigrants
The myth we have been told about the history of American public schooling as a national treasure that nurtures our democracy is untrue. The reality is that 19th-century politicians and citizens were fearful of and overwhelmed by rapid societal change, as thousands of immigrants streamed into American cities in the mid-1800s.
Students for Liberty Open Borders Debate: My Opening Statement
The only principled libertarian objection to open borders is that the citizens of each country are its rightful owners, so they’re entitled to regulate migration as they see fit. But if you believe this, there is no principled libertarian objection to any act of government.
Why Are You Surprised by Authoritarianism?
Most kids are conditioned almost from day one to obey arbitrary authority. No one attempts to explain or justify the source of the parent or teacher’s authority; no consent is sought, and no choice is offered.
Words Poorly Used #110 — Integrity
It turns out that America’s agreements are not worth the paper on which they are written. But that was something that native peoples could have told us a long time ago. Integrity is just another weasel word.
Is Secession by Referendum Libertarian?
My concerns about group (not individual) secession are over the process of peaceful separation, namely, the referendum. Libertarians have long criticized political democracy — that is, the settling of “public” matters by majority vote either directly or through so-called representatives — as inherently violative of individual rights. By what authority does a majority lord it over a minority? Well, doesn’t this critique apply to referenda on secession?
This Town Wants to Rob Disadvantaged Students to Build a School for the Rich
Every time I see a new government school under construction, it reminds me of the significant burden local taxpayers bear to pay for that coercive new institution. In the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, an affluent community adjacent to Boston, this form of government coercion has reached new heights. Last week, town officials contacted the president of a private college there to say that they were planning to take seven acres of college land by eminent domain to build a new public elementary school.
Did it Really Work For You?
You don’t have to be happy, but you probably shouldn’t be the person who talks about how important a product is for people’s happiness if your life looks like a glaring counterexample. If you’re going to fight for a particular point of view, then you should at least try to look satisfied with the life it gave you.
Statist Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm syndrome is a psychological condition of traumatic bonding in which a victim comes to empathize with an abuser so much that they will identify with and defend them. It is evident in many who consider themselves compassionate and patriotic, as evidenced by the following statist hogwash I recently saw going around social media.