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COVID-19 Has Replaced Osama bin Laden as the Fall Guy for Lost Liberties
COVID-19 Has Replaced Osama bin Laden as the Fall Guy for Lost Liberties The government and media have dumped at the doorstep of the coronavirus many of the political, economic and social afflictions that are now ravaging much of the global population. In reality, they need to point the finger at themselves. As the mainstream […]
“Scarier Than Contracting The Virus” – Pandemic-Tracking Tech Raises Fears Of Global Surveillance State
“Scarier Than Contracting The Virus” – Pandemic-Tracking Tech Raises Fears Of Global Surveillance State The world is sleepwalking into a surveillance state, under cover of the virus pandemic. For the last several months, governments on both East and West hemispheres have been quickly imposing new digital surveillance measures to track and monitor citizens in quarantine. Governments have […]
Government Overreach Is Taking Away Your Freedom
Government Overreach Is Taking Away Your Freedom It is important to recognize the value of individual freedom, many people have sacrificed their lives to protect this valuable commodity. With this in mind, I write, it is the right and duty of every citizen to question the actions of their government. Are governments across the world […]
What Comes After the Coronavirus, Freedom or Despotism?
What Comes After the Coronavirus, Freedom or Despotism? The coronavirus crisis that has enveloped the world has brought about calls for society and economy-wide action on the part of governments that has been matched by the imposing of radical shutdowns and compulsory mass quarantining as tens of millions of people are told to not to […]
Draconian Lockdown Powers: It’s a Slippery Slope from Handwashing to House Arrest
Draconian Lockdown Powers: It’s a Slippery Slope from Handwashing to House Arrest “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”—Viktor Frankl We still have choices. Just because we’re fighting an unseen […]
Global Pandemic Response Handing Governments Sweeping Powers They May Never Relinquish
Global Pandemic Response Handing Governments Sweeping Powers They May Never Relinquish While the response to the coronavirus pandemic have ranged from mocking the disease (such has Brazil’s Bolsonaro) to physically sealing people inside of apartment buildings in China, governments are deploying an array of legislative and technical measures to track and control citizens during the outbreak which has […]
From Quarantine To Tyranny To Rebellion: Where Is The Line In The Sand?
From Quarantine To Tyranny To Rebellion: Where Is The Line In The Sand? America is in a haze right now. It seems like half the country is in denial of the danger while the other half is awaking from apathy and frantically trying to prepare. This is creating a fog of confusion as one side […]
Localism in the 2020s (Part 2) – Facial Recognition, Psilocybin and Beyond
Localism in the 2020s (Part 2) – Facial Recognition, Psilocybin and Beyond Contrary to popular opinion, I think a loss of faith in Washington D.C. and its institutions is entirely rational and healthy. Maintaining faith in something due to tradition or the fumes of hope won’t lead to anything productive, rather, it’s preferable to honestly […]
The Surrender of Liberty in the Name of Security
The Surrender of Liberty in the Name of Security QUESTION: It seems that as we get closer to a change-over of economic systems that as a society we are more willing to give up our rights to the State. Is that part of a pattern during these types of events? Was it seen as Britain, Rome, […]
A Society Is Only As Free As Its Most Troublesome Political Dissident
A Society Is Only As Free As Its Most Troublesome Political Dissident You wouldn’t know it from any western mass media reporting as of this writing, but musician Roger Waters is about to perform the iconic Pink Floyd song “Wish You Were Here” in front of the office of British Home Secretary Priti Patel in order to […]
Why Critical Thinking is Inseparable From Freedom
Why Critical Thinking is Inseparable From Freedom Click here to listen to an audio recording of this entire article. Critical thinking is inseparable from freedom as much as gold is inseparable from sound money and sound banking. In fact, one can consider this article as the perfect companion to the article I wrote ten years ago […]
America Is Not Going To Be A Free And Open Society Any Longer
America Is Not Going To Be A Free And Open Society Any Longer Whenever a tragic act of violence makes national headlines, the calls to give up more of our freedoms and liberties in exchange for the promise of increased security become deafening. But if we take another step toward becoming an authoritarian society every […]
Are We Really Free? Maybe It’s Time for a Personal Declaration of Independence
Are We Really Free? Maybe It’s Time for a Personal Declaration of Independence Some time between throwing some burgers on the grill and shooting off fireworks with a beer in one hand and a lighter in the other, ask yourself this question: How free and independent are you? How independent are any of us, really? […]
Technological Dependence And The End Of Freedom
Technological Dependence And The End Of Freedom Technology can be dazzling but also debilitating to real human progress, and when I say “progress” I do not mean advancements in the world of machines but advancements in the world of people, and one does not necessarily lead to the other. First, I fully recognize that whenever […]
The Income Tax is Destroying the World Economy
The Income Tax is Destroying the World Economy It is imperative that we MUST eliminate the income tax. It is a purely a Marxist development that is destroying the world economy. The income tax has become such a tyranny that our liberty, freedom of movement, and world economic growth are all at great risk. Never before in […]
