One thing social media is good for is bringing up questions that need to be answered. In a recent article someone was being jailed for refusing to testify against another…
Do rights violators give up their rights?
You may be familiar with the Anarchyball page on facebook. One recent post was one sentence, stating, “those who violate the rights of others forgo their own rights”. I think…
Why term limits are a bad idea
A common “solution” offered to limit the civil destruction brought by governments is “term limits”, or limiting the amount of time that politicians should be allowed to hold office. The…
There’s no right to defend your property against threats
Clearly, a person who violates your property owes you compensation and if someone is violating your property, you have the right to defend it. That’s the easy part of the…
Ugh. Another post about “evil”.
“In the age of information, ignorance is a choice”. As I’ve said before, we’re all ignorant of lots of things. That’s fine. There’s nothing morally wrong with ignorance itself, but…
The Left ❤s racists and rapists
“The Left” has come to represent the proverbial “barbarians at the gate” in modern culture, hell-bent on destroying civilization in many ways, but specifically by making the world a safer…
Psychology of authoritarianism
It’s natural for humans (or any other animal) to try to increase their chances of survival by controlling, to the extent they can, their environment. Building shelters, creating tools, planting…
the descent into madness: an idea for libertarians
if you don’t recognize that US culture is descending rapidly into madness, stop reading. if you’re on the left or the right, stop reading. this isn’t for you and you…
revealing universal, objective morality
UPDATE: I added some examples, since this is kind of hard to understand on its own. i have always thought that morality was universal and objective. in other words, that…