The use of violence to profit was called by Franz Oppenheimer, in The State, the “political means.” In contrast, peaceful trade and other voluntary actions he called “economic means.” The Ruling Class are those whose wealth is obtained via the political means. The “Left,” the “Right,” “liberals,” “conservatives,” “constitutionalists,” “centrists” and more are indistinct classifications…
Tag: constitution
Words Poorly Used #7 — Nation
Many people use the word “nation” interchangeably with “country,” “state,” or “government.” This gives rise to confusion among those who are inhabitants of the latter three. The origin of the word nation is in its use to identify a group of people of common birth experience. An example would be the “Cherokee Nation.” An example…
Words Poorly Used #5 — Quality Assurance
If you call a grizzly a squirrel, will it not eat you? Today’s linguistic rant may seem like small potatoes, but the degeneration of our communication is big time. See the tower of Babel. “Quality assurance” is a good, and very low key example. Rather than delivering good stuff, it is there to make…
On Consent to Social Contracts
The story goes that a very young wife was asked by her husband why she always cut the tail off the turkey before cooking it. Her reply was “that’s how my mother did it.” No further explanation was given. Some time later the wife asked her mother why. Her mother’s reply was “because the pan…
The Liberal Mind vs. the Conservative Mind
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WoD, WoT, Lies
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What Took So Long?
Nobody asked but … What are the odds … that government would eventually discover that the constitution was just a [expletive deleted] piece of paper? The very meaning of government is that it will govern you — you will not govern it. Government is the downfall of individual competence — individual competence is the downfall…
Re: Madmen
Nobody asked but … I am enough of a Madisonian to believe that if we are to have a constitution, it should be taken seriously, but I am enough of a Spoonerite to suspect that the constitution will never be honored, will always be irrelevant, and should be relegated to a museum piece. Kilgore
Re: Madmen
Kilgore, the Articles failed to provide the white wealthy slaveholders with enough power and plunder. The Constitution has not. Skyler.
A Tool for Madmen
Nobody asked but … If we replaced the articles of confederation because they failed, then why didn’t we replace the constitution? Kilgore