The basic idea is that, instead of waiting for the house to get really dirty and then having to spend a lot of time cleaning it, you just clean a little bit at a time.
Tag: order
Self-Governance, Rationality, and Secession
Contemplation is a form of internal emigration or mental secession, and every contemplative knows how valuable it can be for the life of the mind. Libertarian secession – a striving for full sovereignty over one’s private property and the physical space delimited by it – is a natural extension of the contemplative impulse from the realm of pure throught to the realm of action.
The Facts on Government
Group A’s primary activity is to force Group B to pay them, and then proceed to return a portion of the ill-gotten gains back to Group B in order to keep them from realizing the long con, and revolting.
Why Would We Consult Legislators to Know When Aggression is Justified?
How many anarchists believe that, in order to know the proper, moral way to treat another human being, you have to search through many pages of “legislation” passed by politicians? I’m guessing … none.
Influences II
With every week that passes, I think of new names to add to my list of influences. But the thinkers shown in today’s effort are those with the names that I carry around in my head — writing them down as a reminder is not needed. Today, I will write about Dr. Robert Higgs, Henry Louis Mencken, and Mark Twain, whom I have mentioned, probably, in reverse order of each’s world renown.
Bordertarians Assume Jurisdictional Claims
The fundamental error made by the bordertarians (closed-border libertarians) is considering the jurisdictional claims made by criminal cabals which style themselves “states” to be legitimate.
Protecting Western Civilization
Whatever the term “western civilization” means to you, it would have to include lots of good stuff and progress–philosophically, morally and technologically–and plenty of seriously evil crap. The notion that I (or anyone) has to either love all of it or hate all of it is just stupid.
Abandoning Their Principles, Cheering for Aggression
Premise: Initiating violence against entire categories of people is justified if the end result is more overall freedom. That is the “ends justify the means” bullshit excuse that “closed border” advocates pretending to be anarchists constantly use.
Collectivist Authoritarians Can’t Be Anarchists
It’s like a “pacifist” explaining why he beat the crap out of someone, but is still a pacifist. Or a “vegan” explaining why he just ate a big steak, but is still a vegan. If you’re gonna advocate state violence, aggression, and centralized, collectivist authoritarian control, then just accept and admit that you’re a statist.
Spanking Kids is a Result of Your Pain, Not Their Behavior.
For an adult who wasn’t taught to identify their emotions and own them as their own, spanking or swatting is, unfortunately, the easiest way to respond to a child who has triggered us. We are literally being exactly like a child when we hit. We are in our child minds because we were not taught a better way.