Borderism is just another manifestation of the toxic and whiny “safe space” movement. No different than the other forms seen on university campuses. Childishness mistaken for maturity.
Tag: government
Real Common Sense on Gun Control
Here’s how to judge the pragmatic case for gun control: if the pro-control lobby managed to have each of its favorite restrictions enacted, could we as individuals be more casual about our safety than we are today? The answer clearly is no. So what’s the point of the restrictions beyond letting their advocates feel good about themselves?
To Live in a Genuinely Free Society
“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain — that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”
Does Safety Justify Aggression?
“For the sake of our safety, it’s necessary to have government agents initiating force against entire categories of people, limiting the individual freedom of many based upon what some of those people are likely to do in the future.”
“The Law” is No Excuse
Statists make the absurd claim “Ignorance of the law is no excuse,” but that’s obviously nonsense. If you aren’t aware of some random, arbitrary rule made up by some ethically empty control freak, how can you be expected to act counter-intuitively and “obey” it?
Conundrums
Which is the lesser of two evils — having a lesser evil in public office or having a greater evil moaning about losing? If the candidate who was the greater of two evils loses thereby, doesn’t that outcome represent a lesser of two evils?
Lysander Spooner Quote #21
By my reading, Spooner is opposed to “quanto-cracy” in any form. There are no mathematical paths to freedom, except those dealing with the individual’s voluntary relationship with each other individual, directly, in their scope of action.
A Poor Politician
In truth, the only way to curb political corruption is to drastically reduce the scope of government. Only when the politicians have nothing with which to be corrupt will they stop being corrupt.
This Just In
The media are dithering again. They incorrectly interpreted the Donna Brazile story to say that elections had been rigged. Now they are sticking to that incorrect story against a tsunami of contradicting fact.
Same Language, Different Thoughts, No Communication
I’m talking about when a discussion gets bogged down because of the different ways people use words, and different definitions… and it results in no communication taking place. No fun!