March 2012
“As by the shore, at break of day,
A vanquished chief expiring lay,
Upon the...”
– Thomas Moore
February 2012
ATTEMPT - Part 9 - "At Least You Tried"
thecriminallawyer:
logicallypositive:
whakahekeheke replied to your post: the thing that, lately, has stricken me as…
mm well ‘freedom’ is not an *empty* space any more than ‘peace’ (being eg no war) is an *empty* space—it’s full of everything you want to spend your life actually doing. not being one positive action or situation is the point. see Isaiah Berlin
yeah that’s a good point. it’s what I was...
“If a man prefers an expensive place to a cheaper one because he likes to sip his...”
– Ludwig von Mises, Human Action (via ptbruiser)
I love how the knee-jerk reaction to...
socialjusticeally:
Yes, the government is doing the best they can when I’m running over 12+ potholes on a major road, every day on the way to work / school.
But if the job were at the very least contracted out to a private agency, their reputation is on the line, not just the road quality. The service is poor? Change providers.
But if government service is poor, you can:
lodge a complaint...
'Suit & Tie Anarchocapitalism'
thecheekylibertarian:
replaced ‘Left-libertarian’ for my Facebook ‘Political Views’. I almost put ‘An-cap feminism’ or ‘Love’ or something, but I decided those would probably be too confusing for a lot of people.
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“I always thought I was a liberal, but I came up terribly surprised when I found...”
– John Wayne (1975)
“[I]ndividualistic rejection of force in the marketplace [is] one of the only...”
– Brian Anderson, in USPS: The Cursed Carriers (via freemarketliberal)
You know you're a manarchist (or brocialist) if
notafraidofruins:
you think issues of race and gender are divisive you’ve ever called discussion of any non-class oppression divisive
Are many issues of race and gender (and ‘class’ too) not, in point of fact, often and predictably divisive?
Greek agorism: "Part alternative currency, part... →
VOLOS, Greece — The first time he bought eggs, milk and jam at an outdoor market using not euros but an informal barter currency, Theodoros Mavridis, an unemployed electrician, was thrilled.
“I felt liberated, I felt free for the first time,” Mr. Mavridis said in a recent interview at a cafe in this port city in central Greece. “I instinctively reached into my pocket, but there was no need...
Damn your low fat diet: How a reformed vegan... →
How Government Hurts The Poor
laliberty:
Just a few quick examples, as to elaborate on this question:
Minimum wage laws ostensibly exist to offer poorer workers better pay, but tend to leave the lower-skilled workers unemployed instead. 1
Tariffs and tough anti-immigration laws purportedly protect American citizens - poor, lower-skilled individuals in particular - from the “unfair” competition of cheap foreigners. Instead,...
“Peter Kropotkin described Anarchism as the extreme left wing of socialism - a...”
– Murray Bookchin (via americandissident)
Aww pobrecita comunista.
self-ownership asked: What a good man.
“To desire freedom is an instinct. To secure it requires intelligence. It must be...”
– EC Riegel, The New Approach to Freedom (New York, 1949)
EU Threatens Tiny Switzerland Over Low Taxes
In Switzerland, cantonal governments close to voters set their own tax policies. The resulting competition between the more than two dozen cantons fosters a business-friendly environment of low taxes, minimal government interference, and widespread prosperity. That is one important reason why international businesses flock to Switzerland in droves....
“The IRS, they’re like the Mafia: they can take anything they want.”
– Jerry Seinfeld
The Aftermath of MegaUpload takedown →
laliberty:
anarchyagogo:
MegaUpload - Closed.
FileServe - Closing, does not sell premium.
FileJungle - Deleting files. Locked in the U.S..
UploadStation - Locked in the U.S..
FileSonic - the news is arbitrary (under FBI investigation).
VideoBB - Closed! Will disappear soon.
Uploaded - Banned in the U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.
FilePost - Deleting all material...
“Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is the merger...”
– Benito Mussolini
“Naturalism and scientism cannot be supported scientifically. For example, we...”
– Bill Vallicella (via joshuadavidwatson)
Watchanarchyagogo:
2081: A 25-minute film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron, 2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General, everyone is “finally equal….” The strong wear weights, the beautiful wear masks and the intelligent wear earpieces that fire off loud noises to keep...