Reality check on the American system

I don't know how big a legislative nerd most of you are. The odds are the answer is close to not at all. So in case, you didn't know the junior senator from Oregon is a proglodyte gentleman by the name of Jeff Merkley. He has for the first time in his career began to acquire...

The real scope of Clinton influence

It has long been a claim in American politics that Bill and Hillary Clinton own the Democratic Party. With an exception made for Barack Obama, it is seen as a vehicle almost solely for their ambitions. While it has not always been treated seriously, at a fundamental level people have always more or less understood...

Minarchy: Arrangement #2

There is a growing school of libertarians who are outright hostile to democracy. In recent years the face of this philosophy has been the now infamous Hans Hermann Hoppe. Their perspective is an entirely reasonable one. Even the founding fathers were deeply skeptical of the democratic process. They believed that unchecked democracy would lead to...

What conspiracies are worth believing?

If you follow me on twitter or have some how had to occasion to might me offline you'll know that I enjoy a good chat about conspiracy theory. Recently I have been indulging things related to the Mandela Effect, or strange collective false memories in our culture. I want to make clear here up front...

Minarchy: Arrangement #1

As obviated by the name, my brand is based on the idea of minarchy. This is the idea that anarchy is a functionally Utopian philosophy and that we should instead strive and work for the smallest possible government instead. One of the nice things about this school of thought is that is doesn't actually chain...

Shameless exploitation of the mid-Western brand

I loathe populism and its implications with every fiber of my being. There is nothing about it as a school of thought or system that I think is even worthy of considering. Nothing at all. It has been hot garbage in every iteration it has ever appeared in. Exploring the sheer visceral nature of my...

The coming Verification Wars

I think it is fairly safe to assume that most of my readers are either on twitter or at least have an operating idea of how it works. In case you don't, I need to explain a couple of terms very quickly, as they are the opening premise for this post. There are broadly speaking...

The Capital Theory of Voting

I am firmly entrenched on the Liberty Fringe of the political spectrum. I came to these views by the way of more mainstream conservative philosophies. Due to this background I have a much higher opinion of voting than most of my politically aligned peers. I have always known that the value of one individual vote...

Seriously people, the enlightenment was a good thing

There are a great many people in the world today who have chosen to reject the enlightenment and its legacies. Many people who do this believe that they are actually still in line with these principles and do not realize that they are rejecting it. Others think they have found the right way forward, past...

Brain computer interfaces and the real simulation

There are many tech companies are the world who are starting to experiment and develop technology that allow for the direct interfacing of our minds and computers. Elon Musk is working on it. Our national laboratories and research universities are working on it. With the host of actors involved and the trends of technology it...