Category: Farewell The Union

Experiments

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” -Emerson I’ll go one step further and say that all lives are experiments. There are endless infinities standing before us, paths leading through life in every possible way; each of us is here to try one of them. There are [...]

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The End

Paper currency: for decades the US dollar has been off of the gold standard, in other words it doesn’t have any intrinsic worth. It’s just paper. As long as the dollar has been detached from the gold standard, the US has in effect been betting on its reputation. It has, with characteristic hubris, taken on monumental [...]

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It Should Be Obvious By Now…

Goldman Sachs is profitable. I’m sure this has little to do with their political contributions, influential alumni, or second-hand relief from all risk associated with AIG, at US taxpayers’ expense. That is why the government’s power must be limited: it’s a tool of manipulation which can only be wielded by the extremely wealthy, at everyone [...]

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Moralizing and Hypocrisy in Foreign Policy

This Cato Institute piece puts the spotlight on inconsistent statements of Joe Biden’s concerning the right of the USA to “dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do” in the context of a hypothetical attack on Iran by Isreal. When a politician starts talking about morals, pinch your nose and light a [...]

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Libertarian Clarification

Libertarians don’t necessarily believe that everything a government does is bad. Rather, we believe that everything a government does can be done better by an enterprising groups of individuals with minimal oversight. Government, at best, can be seen as a means by which a people can express their general interest. This implies that government subsidies [...]

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This is Frustrating

Everything printed in a mainstream newspaper rests on the assumption that our government is good and right and that it’s in our best interest to serve it and obey it. Guys like Bob Herbert never challenge that assumption, but rather feed into it by writing about things they don’t understand and doling out labels to [...]

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Criminal Law is Unnecessary

An Illustrative Hypothetical Question to Feed Your Thoughts Which would be a more effective deterrent against crime: a well-armed populace of people willing to assert their freedoms, or the threat of governmental punishment? After your knee-jerk response, whichever it is, take a second to really think it over because it’s a close question. If a [...]

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