Commentary
Political and Economic Disenfranchisement: Two Sides of the Same Coin
They are little understood in the United States, or perhaps better still misunderstood.
Dear Conservative America
It’s best that you forget both conservatism and elections altogether. Your core values are best advanced by converting to and promoting anarchism, thereby situating yourself as a part of the radical left.
Well of Course They Hate Capitalism
Kevin Carson: As I’ve said many times, if the “free market” meant what the capitalist apologists mean by it, I’d hate it myself.
Zombie Occupy Vs. The Vampire State
Ad hoc groups of activists and volunteers seem to work better than the government or NGOs, but why?
State Violence Limited Only by Capacity
The best weapon is one you never have to fire? The state prefers the one that you only have to fire once – then again. Then some more.
Opting Out of the State
Sheldon Richman: The freedom to opt out means that no one can force you to participate in any government activity that you object to.
Martins on Gitmo Military Commissions: “The Will of Our People!”
To hear a government official come right out and admit they’re creating a shadow legal system is incredible – and terrifying.
The Electoral Suspension of Disbelief
There exists in the country now – and there has existed for some time – an appreciable readiness to, if you will, suspend disbelief when it comes to the claims of politicians.
So, What Are You Doing After the Victory Celebration?
Kevin Carson: By all means, enjoy yourselves. Get it out of your system.
Cue the Permanent Campaign
Knapp: Barring the increasingly usual “hanging chad” dramas, the 2012 elections are over. Heave a sigh of relief, take stock of any likely minor changes, and get on with our lives, right? Wrong.
The Ugly Truth Behind Daylight Saving Time
Cody Dunn: It was not until the next world war where daylight savings made its comeback.
The Conscience of a Vulgar Libertarian
Jason Byas: Wayne Allyn Root is a capitalist evangelist, at least he got one thing right.
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Agency and Knowledge Problems Under Authority
Carson: Hierarchical institutions are machines for telling naked Emperors how great their clothes look, and those at the top of such hierarchies live in almost entirely imaginary worlds.
Disney’s Lucasfilm Buyout: Fighting Power with Power
Carson: Whatever corporate copyright lockdown Disney puts the franchise under couldn’t possibly exceed George Lucas’s worst. The Disney acquisition actually offers to breathe new life into the Star Wars universe.
War, Children: It’s Just a Welfare Check Away
Knapp: You can have politics or you can have peace, but you can’t have both.
The Foreign Policy Debate: Coke or Pepsi?
Kevin Carson: However the 2012 race comes out the foreign policy will be the same, “We come in peace — shoot to kill, shoot to kill…”
The “Green New Deal”: Not Green, Not New, and Not Much of a Deal
Carson: It’s just a greenwashed version of mid-20th century, mass-production capitalism.
The Romney Lexicon: “Free Enterprise” = Corporate Welfare
Carson: So now when you hear Mittens talk about “free enterprise,” you know what he means by it.
Pirate Bay and Mega: Treating the State as Damage and Routing Around It
Kevin Carson: The corporate state and its system of information control has already lost. It’s just to stupid to realize it.
“Inclusive Capitalism”: A Contradiction in Terms
D’Amato: Politics is a losing game for people who want freedom, and “inclusion” is a chimera when it comes to capitalism.
Anarchy and Democracy
Fighting Fascism
Markets Not Capitalism
The Anatomy of Escape
Organization Theory