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The Cycle of Freedom
The Cycle of Freedom Periodically, I offer up a statement by Scottish economist Alexander Tytler, who, in 1787, was reported to have commented on the then-new American Republic as follows: A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until […]
Ron Paul: “A Cashless Society Is Very, Very Dangerous”
Ron Paul: “A Cashless Society Is Very, Very Dangerous” As the global war on cash continues to accelerate, outspoken libertarian Ron Paul summarizes the effort to eliminate cash perfectly – as an “attack on individual freedom.” Restricting and discouraging the use of cash, suggests Paul, has always been a goal of statists as a means […]
What’s Wrong With the United States?
What’s Wrong With the United States? Photo source jqpubliq | CC BY 2.0 Despite the myth perpetrated by United States spokespersons, the country is not, and never has been, a beacon of peace and freedom, the ‘land of the free and the home of the brave’, or a democracy that is the envy of the […]
Character, Not Control, Is the Antidote to Evil
Character, Not Control, Is the Antidote to Evil Every hero is a potential villain who chose differently. Humans are dangerous creatures capable of great evil. This inescapable truth bombards us every time we turn on the news. The weight of this knowledge bears down on every human soul, and with every tragedy, we are starkly […]
Brave New World Revisited and the Disease of Over-Organization
Brave New World Revisited and the Disease of Over-Organization When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and […]
The Slow Extraction of Freedom: The Liberty Crisis
The Slow Extraction of Freedom: The Liberty Crisis Today’s world has been coined the “Interconnected Age.” There is plenty of positives with removing friction in communication; however, there is a significant negative. Government and corporations are keeping an eye on our every move. We like to think we enjoy some fundamental liberties, however governments and […]
Big Brother Arrives: China Bans People With “Bad Social Credit” From Planes, Trains
Big Brother Arrives: China Bans People With “Bad Social Credit” From Planes, Trains Two years ago, we reported that various cities throughout China are currently piloting a “social-credit system” that will assign a “personal citizen score” to every single person based on behavior such as spending habits, turnstile violations and filial piety. Hangzhou’s local government […]
The web is under threat. Join us and fight for it.
The web is under threat. Join us and fight for it. Today, March 12, is the World Wide Web’s 29th birthday. Here’s a message from our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee on what we need to ensure that everyone has access to a web worth having. Today, the World Wide Web turns 29. […]
The Collapse of Venezuela Was “a systematic destruction to seize our freedom”
The Collapse of Venezuela Was “a systematic destruction to seize our freedom” Editor’s Note: As we begin to become more concerned about the possibility of our own economic collapse, it’s important to see what has happened in other countries. Today, Jose explains how the collapse of Venezuela was deliberately engineered to make the populace bend […]
Is Climate Change a Tool to Eliminate Democracy?
Is Climate Change a Tool to Eliminate Democracy? COMMENT: Your view on denying climate change is supporting the capitalist model. This shows you have no credibility. OD REPLY: Climate is changing and it is part of the normal cycle. You are actually correct that I support capitalism and freedom and am against authoritarianism and totalitarian […]
Lies We Tell Ourselves
Lies We Tell Ourselves Pixabay Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young. — A. E. Housman, 1859-1936 Seven of my soldiers are dead. Two committed suicide. Bombs got the others in Iraq and Afghanistan. One young man lost three limbs. Another is paralyzed. […]
A Future Free For All
A Future Free For All Reading Pepe Escobar’s beautiful memory of Jean-Paul Sartrereignited a thought process which I had previously set aside on several occasions because of my tendency to submit to a sense of futility in the face of the seemingly ever expanding human proclivity for degradation. My interpretation/analysis stems from a consistently chronic sense […]
Why People Will Happily Line Up to be Microchipped Like Dogs
Why People Will Happily Line Up to be Microchipped Like Dogs So…some people actually want to be microchipped like a dog. They’re lining up for it. They’re having parties to get it done. It if isn’t available to them, they’re totally bummed out. I’m not even going to venture into the religious aspect of having […]
Leonard Read’s Vision of a Liberty-Loving Government
Leonard Read’s Vision of a Liberty-Loving Government In a dramatic contrast with political candidates’ promises to violate moral principles and other people’s property, Leonard Read recognized that “Nothing is in our nation’s capital except that which is taken from individuals.” In Richard Ebeling’s “This Is What a True Liberty-Loving Politician Would Look Like,” he provides […]
