Why are the restrictions always placed on the individuals trying to survive and possibly even prosper, while the politicians and their enforcers only grow more overt in their disregard for human life with each passing year?
Tag: property
A Conversation Between Voluntaryists: What’s with IP?
Kilgore and I have had another discussion. This time about intellectual property (IP) laws and their role, if any, in a free society. This topic is not as much of a debate as the last, but still worth having.
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.
Editor’s Break 027 – Cultural Appropriate Based on Bogus Intellectual Property (12m)
Editor’s Break 027 looks at the recent trend in decrying so-called “cultural appropriation” and why its really just [bogus] intellectual property in a cultural dress.
A Diamond Buried in Manure
This show—the part about space travel and space exploration, anyway–is simply dripping with statist elitism, but there is one bombshell hidden therein, uttered by Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Legislation should be based on objective truths, not on some belief system you happen to have for yourself that others are in conflict with.”
You Are Equal Parts Dark and Light
A good man handcrafts his values, communing with others who share his goals. Self-sacrifice comes naturally for a hero because he knows he is not losing himself when he invests his life into something authentically greater. Men can only be truly good when they have struggled to find their principles and carry them out in the world.
Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
There is actually a useful lesson to be learned from the Trump presidency if only people were logical enough to grasp it. Politics will never “fix” the system because the system isn’t actually broken; it’s working exactly as designed.
“Refugees,” “Immigration,” and “Borders”
Government importation of people for any reason is NOT “immigration.” I oppose this as strongly as I oppose government control (rationing) of “immigration” and “securing the borders.”
Every Time I Go to Town …
Someone kicks my dog around. In this case, my dog is a symbol for something that used to be simple but now is spoiled by too many legislative and bureaucratic cooks.
War, and Those Who Make It
What is it with people glorifying war and those whom governments use to make war? War isn’t manly, heroic, or honorable. It is childish. Allowing a government to send you to someone else’s territory to make war is stupid.