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…
governments heart crisis
crisis and the state have a long, happy relationship. the state and its various interventions are a virtual crisis machine. wherever the state exists, crises will abound. the current financial…
the real cause of the “crisis”
sorry for the lack of posts recently. things have been very busy around here and posts are likely to continue to be erratic for a couple of weeks. i’ve seen…
drugs
i want to get back to something a little more basic than recent posts. this topic helps to illustrate a pervasive violation of property rights in the united states (edit:…