Credit to someone on this subreddit whose username escapes me for pointing me toward this, but I had always intuitively understood that this is a good idea, but didn’t know there was a name for it. Apparently, it’s the Rockwell Rule. As Daniel McAdams put it in a Mises.org interview: It’s very simply, never, ever, ever…
Month: March 2022
What is true is true regardless of who says it, what is wrong is wrong regardless of who says it. In this thread, I apply that rationale to Bin Laden’s “Letter to America”, a critique. One of those annoying “Point-by-point refutations”, if you will…
Bin Laden blew up the WTC with planes, killing over 3000 people, most of whom had no idea who in the hell he was. To explain his actions to the American public, he wrote an open letter to America. The full text can be found here, and it is an interesting read for any libertarian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver…
20 years of propaganda. What does 20 years of propaganda do to a generation?
Many define the border between “Zoomer” and “Millenial” to be the age at which you are capable of remembering the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I’d be a millenial on the grounds that I definitely do, and can attest to the fact that I remember exactly where I was and what I did the rest of the…
Congratulations, person reading this. Yes, you specifically. You’re an anti-vaxxer now. But, are you a libertarian?
(Originally posted for /r/GoldAndBlack mid-2021) Situation: The state is forcing private businesses to engage in discriminatory actions, threatening to close their businesses or strip their licenses if they serve those who are “Unvaccinated” Response from some “Libertarians”: It’s a PRIVATE BUSINESS! They can do what they want! This is how fascism survives and thrives, and…
Mere disagreement isn’t opposition.
“I think people should wear masks, but I oppose mandates” “I think people should social distance, but I oppose mandates” “I think people should get the vaccine, but I oppose mandates” How many people here are of this mind? Unfortunately, you’ve made a mistake in your understanding of how the world works. Your thoughts are…
20 years later, America’s terror wars are coming home again.
(Originally published on /r/GoldAndBlack in reference to employee vaccine mandates, which were later defeated handily by the masses just saying “no”.) 20 years ago today, America’s terror wars came home. 3,000 Americans were killed. That terrorism occurred as a direct result of American intervention in the middle-east. Lots of people will remind us all that…
The truth will set you free. A hard right is better than an easy wrong. Stop lying to yourself, and you’ll stop lying to others.
It’s an old saying, “The truth will set you free”. I looked up the origin, and apparently it’s biblical in nature. I’m not a religious man, but context is important, so here’s the context: 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples….
It drives me nuts watching typical GOP conservatives fight for freedom and liberty more vehemently than lots of libertarians are.
Would you hire a fat personal trainer? Let’s say you wanted to lose weight, and are in the market for hiring someone to help you out. All else being equal, would you choose one who is in shape, or is way too large around the middle-section, has a stoma in their neck, and smells a…
Schools will never teach this, so I’m just going to lay it out on you: You are the owner of yourself. You cannot be made to do anything, ANYTHING, unless you choose to do so. Your brain controls your arms. Your brain controls your legs. They can threaten you, they can yell at you, but YOU OWN YOU.
(Originally this was a reddit post in a subreddit for school kids, /r/SchoolSystemBroke) Schools like to teach from an early age that a person belongs to society or to the government or to the community or that everyone belongs to everyone else. They do this because they want to make people feel shame for doing…
Despite having the lowest state spending on public schools in the country, NH schools rank among the 5th best schools in the United States.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/NEA-New-Hampshire-education-rankings-40170762 Oh No! New Hampshire spends less than ANY OTHER STATE in the country on education? Their schools must be terrible! They must have violence and substandard teaching! They probably have 300 students per teacher! What? https://wallethub.com/edu/e/states-with-the-best-schools/5335#methodology They’re 5th best in the entire country? They have extremely good student/teacher ratios? They have basically no violence…