People want creature comforts; they want entertainment; and they want the illusion of security, which the government supplies.
Tag: government
Incentives or Imposed Instruction?
On the one hand, you believe it’s not from the benevolence of the butcher that we get our meat, but by his regard to his self-interest in a market context. On the other hand, you believe that children have no regard for their self-interest and do not respond to market incentives so must be forced and directed to do what’s good for them and by extension society.
What Kind of Right is It?
It doesn’t matter to me if a right is a “First Amendment Right” or a “Second Amendment Right” or any other right supposedly “protected” by the Bill of Rights. The Constitution was a scam, and it’s been irrelevant for all intents and purposes for a very long time.
Legislation Can’t Fix Imperfect Information
Perhaps someone discovers that she’s paid less for approximately the same job that another performs elsewhere, though both may have approximately the same skills, experience, and ambition. This doesn’t mean the employer had any malicious intent, rather that the employer and employee made a voluntary agreement based on their information and what the company could offer.
Another Prosecutor Withdraws Complaint
Congrats to Nick in Maryland for standing up to the predators in Maryland. The prosecutor filed a motion to withdraw and dismiss their complaint. Thanks to Nick for providing the documentary proof.
Words Poorly Used #101 — Criteria
The world underestimated Hurricane Harvey because the presumptive category-system of predicting a storm’s impact measured the wrong things, and/or not enough of the right things.
Editor’s Break 030 – What’s Up with Cryptocurrencies? (20m)
Editor’s Break 030 looks at the current state of cryptocurrencies, and whether or not they are a fad, or here to stay.
The Liberal Spirit and Its Opposite, Alt-Rightism
Maybe a few self-described libertarians cling to the idea that property is essentially about exclusion, but they are fated to hit a wall: liberalism is a spirit as well as a set of ideas, and it cannot be turned against itself. It fosters human solidarity, not separation. Libertarianism, like its precursor, is an answer to the question: under what conditions do reasoning social animals best flourish? In answering that question the way it has, liberalism offers no home to sowers of division.
The Problem with Ancap Thought Experiments
Yes, you can make a point with using an example of a small number of people interacting in an isolated system, but you could just as easily create a thought experiment starting from our current situation that people might find easier to follow. Such a thought experiment might look something like this.
I Know, Let’s All Be Equal!
There are always some elites doing the pushing who will lift themselves up at the expense of everyone they are pushing down. Socialism still results in a “1%” who own the vast majority of everything, while the majority of the people have almost nothing.