Touched a nerve, have I? Kidding, kidding (mostly), but a serious follow-up regarding the "anti-propertarian left": have you ever heard the self-ownership denial argument? One particular version,

A few counter-arguments: *- The "dissident left" as I call them (or "woke right" as James Lindsay calls them) believes in secure borders precisely because they want universal welfare,

And you're in the minority. Frustrating, innit?

Flerf is a government psyop. My evidence? Well, I'll freely admit that I don't have a smoking gun, but it makes way too much sense to not be the case, and I'm hardly the only person to have come to that

Happy Thanksgiving! I'll watch this video later. The article I mentioned is now live, and this isn't the end of my deep dive. I have pies to bake and podcasts from Eurosiberia to catch up on.

Lindsay is wrong, as many have already explained. I like the fact that he drew attention to the occult (specifically Gnostic) origins of socialism, but he wasn't the first, as that distinction belongs

The Varyag is currently polishing an article on the fascism-adjacent ideologies of National Socialism and National Bolshevism, to be published on Thanksgiving Day because the publication schedule is totally

Considering that Henry George came later, but his life overlapped with Mill's for 34 years, you might be on to something.

Hey, so I know that this article is already three months old, but considering the subject matter, I thought it relevant to a particular question I wanted to ask you: how familiar are you with the writings

If Brandon Herrera becomes ATF director, that might just happen!

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"Taxation is not theft because money isn't really your property." No, seriously, that's the latest argument. It was made by a Marxist, but sounds like it could have been made by the Federal Reserve

Great! My giant plastic bug says "hi," BTW:

Our Sixty Days of Nuclear Chicken Have Begun - Matt Taibbi If you want a fun distraction, I started playing with drones. Details tomorrow.

On the Ukraine thing: Putin knows the art of the deal, so he'll likely demand all of Ukraine, knowing perfectly well he won't get it, and will instead keep Crimea and gain the four eastern oblasts that

From Substack: You're welcome. Also, you're missing out by not making that move.

In the unlikely event I'm ever in the PNW, I'll try some of this stuff. Meanwhile, in the unlikely event you're ever in NEPA, I'd suggest trying this stuff: It really does taste like oranges! My local

Never heard the term "quadrobics" until now, but the phenomenon you describe is well-known in the west. People (this regrettably includes adults, I can confirm) who engage in it are called

My favourite! I drink this all the time, though I think the aggression and liquid arrogance might be rubbing off on me.