i mistakenly turned on cnbc the other day to hear the same old clap-trap about housing “asset” prices. the the straight-faced, yet empty-headed charlie gasparino was talking up the need…
is taxation irrelevant?
government is an unproductive entity. it is a net consumer of resources and, being a coercive monopoly, it has no idea what demand should be for its so-called “services”. because…
words have meanings
often, a tactic of those who advocate evil is to use words with generally positive connotations to sway the unthinking masses to a cause, even though the usage may in…
the value of ignorance
human beings are complex critters. behavior isn’t always easy to understand. because value is subjective, there are virtually limitless things that individuals may choose to do with given time and…
fun with government
just for fun, i’d like to run through some of the circular logic, contradiction and inconsistency of the ideas behind the concept of government. there a quite a few of…
where do rights come from?
one of the key elements in understanding right from wrong is what rights are and where they come from. if one doesn’t understand these concepts, one’s ideas concerning ethics and…
voting sanctions violence
the state represents institutionalized violence, against peaceful people, as a social system. everything that government does is backed through violence or the threat of violence in order to achieve certain…
the failure of the free market?
i can’t count how many times i’ve heard how the free market has failed in light of the recent financial crisis, or how deregulation was to blame or how laissez…
Don’t Vote
in a couple of weeks there will finally be an election after months and months of inane discussion on topics of great importance by minds of little relevance. the establishment…