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zerothposition
politics
2020-03-10 02:13
Thirteen Observations on Super Tuesday 2020
On Mar. 3, 2020, there were 15 contests in the nomination process for President of the United States. Primary elections took place in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
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zerothposition
politics
2020-02-29 16:59
Book Review: Why Cities Lose
Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide is a book about political polarization between urban and rural areas by Jonathan A. Rodden, professor of political science at Stanford
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zerothposition
politics
2020-02-18 03:34
Agreeing With Statists For The Wrong Reasons: Compulsory Voting
Compulsory voting is a policy that requires eligible citizens to register and vote in elections. The practice has roots in the democracy of ancient Athens, where the social norm was that every citizen
zerothposition
politics
2020-02-05 03:54
Against Compulsory Delusion
On November 29, 2019, Quillette published an essay by Chang Che titled “The Case for Compulsory Voting” in which he argues that the right to vote is under attack and that making voting mandatory is the
zerothposition
politics
2020-01-15 03:36
Chile's Backslide to Marxist Tyranny
By Benjamin Welton Chile, which many in the Dissident Right uphold as one of the world's few conservative and libertarian success stories, has descended once again into social and political chaos because
zerothposition
philosophy
2020-01-02 03:50
The Not-So-Current Year: 2019 In Review
Though the specific demarcation of the passage from one year into another is a rather arbitrary social construct, it does provide a useful annual period for self-examination and remembrance. Now that 2019
zerothposition
politics
2019-12-21 04:00
The Next Hero of the Soviet Union
On December 18, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by votes of 230–197–1 and 229–198–1, respectively.
zerothposition
politics
2019-12-08 03:34
An Analysis of Cancel Culture
In several previous Zeroth Position articles, I have argued that social media platforms, payment processors, and other technology companies should be prevented from denying service to people who are not
zerothposition
economics
2019-11-29 10:39
The Economic Fallacies of Black Friday: 2019 Edition
Today, shoppers across America will participate in the largest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. The National Retail Federation is estimating that 165.3 million customers will be shopping between
zerothposition
politics
2019-10-31 03:28
Book Review: The Problem of Democracy
The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality is a dual biography of John Adams (1735–1826) and John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) (hereafter JQA, as in the book and many of
zerothposition
politics
2019-09-28 10:44
Book Review: Nemesis
Nemesis: The Jouvenelian Versus the Liberal Model of Human Orders is a book about Bertrand de Jouvenel's model of political power and its further development by C.A. Bond. The book endeavors to show how
zerothposition
culture
2019-09-17 02:42
Gun Control Horrorism
In recent weeks, there have been several high-profile mass shootings in the United States. In Gilroy, Calif., on July 28, 2019, a man killed four and wounded 13 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival before being
zerothposition
history
2019-08-26 03:04
Book Review: The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates is a book about the formation of the United States government and the arguments against its foundational document by Ralph Ketcham.
zerothposition
politics
2019-08-08 03:12
The Ordnungszelle Option
To Anglo-American ears, any German phrase can sound somewhat troubling, given the association between the German language and Nazism in the political arena. As such, Ordnungszelle may seem frightening.
zerothposition
libertarian
2019-07-31 02:48
A Libertarian Reactionary View of Tariffs, Part I
One of the most important aspects of governance is trade policy, for it is part of both domestic and foreign policy. Without a proper understanding of the tools available to a sovereign, it is impossible
zerothposition
politics
2019-06-12 02:09
Corporate Censorship Is the Product of Power
On June 6, National Review published an article by David French titled “Social-Media Censorship Is the Product of Culture and Commerce” in which he argues that corporate censorship is a market outcome
zerothposition
politics
2019-05-30 02:42
Venezuela: To Solve a Tinderbox
By Benjamin Welton “The desire for utopia is, arguably, as urgent and as necessary as the desire for history.” –Eugene Thacker[1] The problem with this desire, of course, is the unchangeable fact that
zerothposition
libertarian
2019-05-10 19:13
Civil Rights Are Not the Answer to Corporate Censorship
On May 3, Human Events published an article by Will Chamberlain titled “Platform Access is a Civil Right”. In it, he compares the de-platforming of political dissidents to the struggles of African-Americans
zerothposition
notredame
2019-04-30 03:13
Thoughts During the Burning of Notre Dame
On April 15, I came in from mowing the lawn and turned on the news to find that a fire had broken out at one of the great monuments of the Western world. Cathédrale Basilique Notre Dame de Paris was about
zerothposition
music
2019-04-01 10:54
Song Lyrics: If You Cannot Solve A Problem
To the tune of “She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain”. An April Fools song. Chorus: If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse 'Cause if it goes complete
