As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “The People’s Uprising,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“Freedom”
My Commentary: Nice try, lizard, but ideas are bulletproof!
As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Statism Is Slavery,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“Statism: ideas so good they have to be mandatory” (artwork by Bastiat Institute)
My Commentary: No need for reason when you possess a legal monopoly on violence!
As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Statism Is Slavery,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“Good ideas don’t require force”
My Commentary: Apparently, the authoritarians among us will continue to arrogantly force their “great ideas” upon us, because REASON and CONSENT are not as important to them as BLIND FAITH and COMPLIANCE!
It’s time for Individuals to wake up, and reject ALL FORMS OF COERCION as illegitimate!
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
Rayn: If WAR is the answer, then you’re asking THE WRONG QUESTION!!!
“War is not the answer”
Brian J.: What’s the question?
Rayn: The best question: “What was first – Al Qaeda, or US Foreign Policy?”
“Question 1: What was first – the egg or the hen? Question 2: What was first – Al Qaeda or US foreign policy?”
A good question: “What is ‘Blowback’?”
Terror ‘Blowback’ Burns CIA:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/terror-blowback-burns-cia-1182087.html
(note that it’s a Nov. 1998 article, so it’s pre-9/11 war politic!)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined:
I tend to disagree with the view that violence is on the decline, because state-sponsored violence is on the rise, and slavery is at an all-time HIGH. Don’t get me wrong, though: while I can support his notion of “the better angels of our nature,” I still find Steven Pinker’s conclusions about violence trends questionable. In summary, his evidence is circumstantial, there are large gaps in his data, and he vastly oversimplifies the social, political and technological dynamics at work throughout human history in order to reach his hypothesis.
