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How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change?
How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change? In some cases, the hint that a country might be removing presidential term limits provides Washington sufficient cause to support a coup, but in other cases Washington celebrates presidents-for-life, observes Ted Snider. Donald Trump caused some concern last week when he appeared to praise […]
Socialism Always Moves to Tyranny
Socialism Always Moves to Tyranny The economic message taught in most universities is very distorted. It universally teaches children to judge economic systems from the perspective of their victims. They will endlessly point out the impoverished people and the devastation of the climate as proof that capitalism is evil and that we need government […]
Human Courage And Kindness Stand As Obstacles To The Void
Human Courage And Kindness Stand As Obstacles To The Void Among liberty activists, there is a rather universal consensus on what ails our nation. We understand that there is a concerted and deliberate effort by the establishment to undermine individual rights and constitutional protections. We understand that there is a coordinated effort by international financiers […]
Expect Desperate and Insane Behavior From Government in 2018 – Part 1
Expect Desperate and Insane Behavior From Government in 2018 – Part 1 I heartily accept the motto, “That government is best which governs least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe — “That government is best which […]
On the Road to Oblivion: “Quality, Thy Antonym is Equality!”
On the Road to Oblivion: “Quality, Thy Antonym is Equality!” “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point […]
Catalonia is not Just About Spain – it is About Brussels!!
Catalonia is not Just About Spain – it is About Brussels!! There are of course those in Spain who side against Catalonia. Others write who are in Catalonia yet disagree with the separatists. Let me make this very clear. It is the government of Rajoy who has acted abusively, and this is all about protecting […]
Freedom Is Not Necessarily The Absence Of Tyranny
Freedom Is Not Necessarily The Absence Of Tyranny Is it true that freedom is an overly idealized concept? Perhaps, but it is one of the few concepts worthy of idealization. It is so worthy, that it is worth dying for. Since the dawn of recorded history human beings have fought and sacrificed to attain freedom. […]
Welcome to 1984
Welcome to 1984 Protester Bob Bowes, of Somerville, Mass., displays an American flag featuring corporate logos outside a meeting of U.S. elites in Boston. (Steven Senne / AP) The artifice of corporate totalitarianism has been exposed. The citizens, disgusted by the lies and manipulation, have turned on the political establishment. But the game is not […]
Defense Bill Coming This Week: A Boost for War and Tyranny
Defense Bill Coming This Week: A Boost for War and Tyranny For many of us concerned with liberty, the letters “NDAA” have come to symbolize Washington’s ongoing effort to undermine the US Constitution in the pursuit of constant war overseas. It was the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2012 that introduced into law the […]
Statism in a Nutshell: From Thievery to Tyranny in Five Easy Steps
Statism in a Nutshell: From Thievery to Tyranny in Five Easy Steps “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” ~Unknown proverb War is murder, no matter how you try to justify it. Taxation is theft, no matter how you try […]
The Progressive Liberal’s Push Toward Tyranny
The Progressive Liberal’s Push Toward Tyranny Progressives Cling to Collectivism Here, in my opinion, are some of the essential issues and dilemmas facing the advocate of individual liberty, free markets, and constitutionally limited government. Too many of our fellow citizens do not believe that individuals have a right to live for themselves. They truly and […]
Must Watch Video – “The Veneer of Justice in a Kingdom of Crime”
Must Watch Video – “The Veneer of Justice in a Kingdom of Crime” All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him…The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without […]
What Is The Best Method Of Rebellion Against Tyranny?
What Is The Best Method Of Rebellion Against Tyranny? I have heard it often said that there is no one right way to accomplish a goal. I agree. However, I would add that while there is no such thing as “one right way” to achieve an objective, this does not mean there aren’t numerous WRONG […]
Does Fear Lead to Fascism? A Culture of Fear and the Epigenetics of Terror
Does Fear Lead to Fascism? A Culture of Fear and the Epigenetics of Terror “No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”—Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist America is in the midst of an epidemic of historic proportions. The contagion being spread like wildfire is turning communities into battlegrounds and setting […]
Bread, circuses and inequality – a dishonest bargain
Bread, circuses and inequality – a dishonest bargain How does consumerism undermine democracy? Flickr/dcmaster, CC BY-NC 2.0 China leads the way the Chinese people surrender democratic citizenship for the promise of individual gain through private consumptionOver the decade of the 2000s I visited China several times. At some point on each trip a Chinese acquaintance would assure me, […]
