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Will They Ever Admit The Magnitude Of Their Error And The Gravity of Its Consequences?

May 25, 2020

Four infectious disease doctors in Canada estimate that the individual rate of death from COVID-19 for people under 65 years of age is six per million people, or 0.0006 per cent – 1 in 166,666, which is “roughly equivalent to the risk of dying from a motor vehicle accident during the same time period.”

Regimes Collapse As A Result Of Stylistic Failure. Are We There Yet?

May 24, 2020

Stylistic failure happens “when the more alert members of the ruling elite are prompted to realize that the regime’s official ideology and style of government have become totally outmoded, obviously irrelevant and even ridiculous.”

The Public Health Establishment Is Desperate To Maintain Hysteria In The Populace.

May 23, 2020

The public health establishment is fighting desperately to maintain this degree of hysteria in the populace, in order to prolong its newfound power over almost every aspect of American life. Death will erupt if the lockdowns are lifted, the experts warn every few minutes on the cable news networks, to the angry approbation of the anchors.

We Permit Government To Make Us Fearful, Then Let Them Exploit Our Fear To Ratchet Up Their Power.

May 22, 2020

Our evolved physiological makeup disposes us to fear all sorts of actual and potential threats, even those that exist only in our imagination. The people who have the effrontery to rule us, who call themselves our government, understand this basic fact of human nature. They exploit it, and they cultivate it.

There Is Mounting Evidence That The Lockdowns Result In No Reduction Of COVID-19 Deaths.

May 21, 2020

The burden of proof is to show that lockdowns do work! If you’re going to essentially cancel the civil liberties of the entire population for a few weeks, you should probably have evidence that the strategy will work

Mano Totau’s Tonga Party of Six Boys Disprove the Malevolent Universe Premise of Progressivism

May 20, 2020

The boys had set up a small food garden, hollowed out tree trunks to store rain water, a gymnasium with weights, a badminton court, chicken pens, and a permanent fire. All from handiwork, an old knife blade, and much determination. Their flame never went out.

Almost All Who Are Attracted To Politics As A Career Today Are Totalitarian-Minded Thugs.

May 19, 2020

They get into politics precisely because they want to wield this monopolistic, totalitarian power against their fellow citizens, whom they often despise and hate, publicly labeling them with such words as “deplorable” and much worse.

How Government Regulation And Failures Of Imagination Constrain The Advances That Innovation Can Bring Us.

May 18, 2020

Recent decades have seen innovation stalled or rejected in a number of technologies. Nuclear power has been unable to roll out plans for new reactor designs. Genetic modification of crops was effectively rejected by Europe. The flow of new pharmaceutical drugs has slowed to a trickle. Ride-sharing apps have been banned in many cities.

Breakthrough! Wisconsin Supreme Court Slams State Executive For Overstepping Constitutional Bounds. More please!

May 17, 2020

While many states have already loosened their lockdowns enough to avoid a similar judicial smackdown, it is important to declare unconstitutional all measures that crossed the line into tyrannical power grab so, like the unconstitutional internment of Americans during World War II, it never happens again.

School shutdowns may demonstrate to parents the low quality of public school learning

The Schools Shutdown May Dent The Power Of The Government’s Public School System.

May 16, 2020

Many parents who were on autopilot may suddenly be realizing that public schools—even when they were physically open—weren't that much of a bargain after all. Parents can suddenly see exactly what is being taught to their children. They can see the quality of the teachers. They can learn about the content of the educational materials. Many parents may not like what they see,

Francisco d’Anconia and Satoshi Nakamoto Assert the Moral Case and Viable System for Sound Money

May 15, 2020

Perhaps the only way for moral justice to resume, and ignite a radical change in the dominant philosophy of American culture, is to create a new form of sound money. For a new currency to be accepted globally, it must become a reliable store of value. To achieve this, it must be very difficult and expensive to produce, and solve the portability and security issues of gold.

The Only Role Of Government Should Be To Promote The Economic Life Of The Community, Not To Save Lives.

May 14, 2020

It is the true economy and the integrity of society that the government should protect or promote. Lockdowns do the exact opposite. They fracture us, harm us, and weaken us all. If maintained long enough, they will disintegrate us.

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