A Russian billionaire rods around in this thing. Which is a pretty awesome thing, but c’mon, guy. No one needs a $300 million dollar yacht: No, the solution isn’t having the government take it away from him and distribute the proceeds to various charities. The solution is that this man is a very large Camel…
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“Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.” – Hans Hoppe Commonly in political circles, you will hear people praising the U.S.’s commitment to democracy and freedom. The problem is, the two values are incompatible,…
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The idea that the world is overpopulated has always had a ring of eugenics and hypocrisy to me. If Malthusians believed their own rhetoric, as Walter Block notes, the problem would solve itself in Darwinian fashion: Even its advocates do not take it seriously. If one were seriously worried about overpopulation, the advocate of that…
DetailsFrom the NY Daily News: Proponents of the recent Health and Human Services contraceptive coverage mandate often criticize Catholic teachings. Yet how many have truly considered the reasons behind our opposition to artificial birth control? Have they explored research linking contraceptive use to higher rates of divorce, unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and abortion? I’ve…
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despite these 218 reasons that suggest that Obama is the most corrupt, power-hungry, and just plain-ol’ evil (oh, the banality) president we may ever have had. If you need a reason to believe democracy/oligarchy/kleptocracy/autocracy is a bad idea, this about sums it up…
“It’s more moral!” they say. “It does what individuals can’t!” they say. “Without it, everyone would kill or exploit each other!” they say. It isn’t true, I say. Study: The Hobbesian narrative is hogwash, and though men live in sin day-to-day, they do not need guns pointed at them to act well toward each other.…
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