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antisocialist
meme
2026-06-11 13:47
The Daily Meme #962!
This is what resistance to tyranny looks like.™ Maybe you don't have what it takes to get arrested and go through the belly of the beast, but you can make your friends aware of what is happening. source
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cypherpunkscribe
OnChainArt
2020-05-01 12:47
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H.L. Mencken Vaporwave
FREEDOMWAVE: Part 1 in a series of vaporwave art inspired by philosophies of freedom
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helices
dangerous
2020-02-24 21:31
Politics 0174
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself #HLMencken
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save
2020-01-03 18:20
Politics 0179
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it #HLMencken
stefano.massari
Olio di Balena
2026-07-29 14:21
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28-07-2026 - English - Modal Verbs [EN]-[IT]
~~~ La versione in italiano inizia subito dopo la versione in inglese ~~~ ENGLISH 28-07-2026 - English - Modal Verbs [EN]-[IT] With this post, I would like to provide a brief instruction on the topic mentioned
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puritanism
2019-10-31 17:56
Politics 0163
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy #HLMencken
helices
government
2019-03-05 20:46
Politics 084
The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic #HLMencken
dullhawk
liberty
2019-02-16 04:18
Defending scoundrels
Years ago I encountered a wise quote: "The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are
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quote
2019-01-22 09:21
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princekham
CCH
2026-07-27 08:45
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Completed ten days meditation session at a center in Thailand
Dear friends, For 10 day meditation this year, I meditated at a center in Thailand called Dhamma Sudhalaya. I had to renounce my communication devices. So I was out of service for 10 days.And we were treated
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2019-01-02 16:05
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uncivilized
2018-10-19 15:46
Politics 048
The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong #HLMencken
helices
government
2018-08-02 17:16
Politics 033
The ideal government of reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone #HLMencken
wirkman
partisanship
2018-04-13 19:53
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Flipside Sins
A partisan is a person who puts allegiance to a political faction above principle, prudence, and perception. It is a form of tribalism, but translated to the activist realm. Parties are inevitable in a
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Actifit
2026-07-24 22:28
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My Actifit Report Card: July 11 2026
37,633 steps is by far my highest step count in a while which I achieved back on July 11 walking around town, up and down a music festival and looking puzzled during a Pokémon Go gathering. This report
uctdiver
mencken
2018-03-13 02:48
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. -H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956)
blaineb
mencken
2017-10-27 08:27
People Do Not Expect To Find Chastity In A Whorehouse...
Greetings My Esteemed Followers! AZQuotes quoting one of the greats. Post your answer below!
truthandanarchy
mencken
2017-06-25 08:34
Mencken #22 - Government Is The Worst Failure Of Civilized Man
Anyone who has followed me here or on Facebook for any length of time will know that I am no fan of government; neither, it seems, was H.L Mencken. He knew then, as we know now, that they are filled with
truthandanarchy
mencken
2017-06-23 10:04
Mencken #21 - What The Common Man Longs For
Here's another quote from that wonderful Mencken book, Notes On Democracy. Published in 1926, it may as well have been published last week because nearly every quote contained therein hits home as though
darth-azrael
photography
2026-07-25 19:20
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Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (365-368)
All of the photos in this set were processed in October 1980 and were probably taken around that time.
truthandanarchy
mencken
2017-06-23 02:37
Mencken #20 - All Government Is Against Liberty
...and if you think otherwise you haven't been paying attention. The government definitely does not want you to be free and making decisions for yourself. That would be a threat to their very existence.
truthandanarchy
mencken
2017-06-22 10:30
Mencken #19 - Liberty Means Self-Reliance
Quite a poetic quote from Mencken today as he describes what liberty means to him. I feel like he is describing anarchy - taking responsibility for yourself, with no man or god to blame for your failures.
truthandanarchy
mencken
2017-06-20 08:32
Liberty and Democracy Are Eternal Enemies
What's an Australian bloke writing and posting memes about a Yank with a German-sounding name for? The short to medium answer is that during my journey to Anarchy I read a lot of stuff (a hell of a lot),
truthandanarchy
mencken
2017-06-19 11:08
The Urge To Save Humanity
This meme always seems to ruffle feathers for some reason. When I posted it over on Facebook a couple of months back it had a reach of nearly 90,000 with over 1200 shares. By way of comparison my Truth
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