• mikemorris (57)in #education • 7 years ago

  Are Muh Teachers "Underpaid?"

  Teachers in Denver, Colorado have recently taken to the streets of the state Capitol to call for increased pay, i.e., for a greater mulcting of the taxpayer. They are supposedly…

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• mikemorris (57)in #voluntaryism • 7 years ago

  All Government Spending Is "Too High," Not Just the Military.

  http If your average folk's argument of "why are we spending one-trillion dollars on the military when X people are Y" were taken all the way to see that all government…

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• mikemorris (57)in #libertarianism • 8 years ago

  Libertarians Are As Far As It Gets From Fascism

  Not Fascism: Self-ownership of body; Private property via original appropriation; Non-Aggression; Anti-statism; Freedom of association;…

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• mikemorris (57)in #voluntaryism • 8 years ago

  Should You Trust a Socialist with Economics?

  http For the most part, socialists really only make normative economic statements (i.e., “the government should do X [raise the minimum wage]”) and not positive…

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• mikemorris (57)in #democracy • 8 years ago

  Voting in the Age of Trump

  http Why doesn't every non-vote count, should be the question? A majority of the population —more than 200 million people—did not vote for either candidate…

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• mikemorris (57)in #libertarianism • 8 years ago

  Libertarianism and Relationships

  It was when I adopted the principles of liberty—namely that of self-ownership and non-aggression—that I feel I liberated myself, my mind, and became a changed person. Aside…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  The Cognitive Dissonance of the Simple Issue at Hand

  http Almost everyone thinks that self-defense is a natural right. We cheer when we see a bank robber get blasted by the private security guard upon entry into a bank; or when…

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• mikemorris (57)in #socialism • 8 years ago

  Socialists Don't Create Jobs

  http Socialists have no concept of opportunity costs in economics, and no one should assume they would anyway. If government "creates jobs", they don't reason that it must come…

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• mikemorris (57)in #libertarianism • 8 years ago

  Is There "Global Warming?"

  http I really don't know, but even if there was I can see no reason why governments—of course huge polluters themselves as plunderers of stolen resources for their war machines…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  You Can't Polish a Government Turd

  There is no "reforming government", such as having term limits, to adjusting the tax-code, or voting for better politicians next time, etc. You can't polish a turd; it has to be…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  Yes, You Can Be an Anarchist and a Capitalist

  In fact, it's the only way you can be either. Anarchism and capitalism have the same definition to me: the lack of political authority that gives a legalized means of…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  How To Dispose of the State

  http The State's crimes rest fully upon public opinion; on the people's support of its aggression as moral and just invasions of property rights. Usually attached to this…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  The U.S. Military is a Piece of Shit, Not a Protection Agency

  There's no time here to go at length into the atrocities committed by the U.S. Military around the world, in the name of "making the world safe for democracy", or supposedly…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  Do Socialists Think Socialism Makes Us Richer or Poorer?

  We might wonder if socialists actually think socialism (as characterized by invasions of private property in the form of taxes, regulations, price-controls, or nationalization…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  Do Socialists Even Have Real Arguments?

  http When arguing for something other than libertarianism, one is caught in a spot where they're demonstrating that, in fact, they do accept the ethic of non-aggression by…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  I Made An Anarchist Website Today

  Well, it's nothing special. It's the start to what I want to turn into a local print-publication. I thought linking it, and maybe it getting a few hits, would help expose it in…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  Why Taxation Makes Us Poorer

  There’s little space here to contend that taxation is morally indefensible, though I’d argue it’s patently coercive and that the State rests upon aggression, and no sort of…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  Will We Ever Have Anarchy?

  http The State is not going anywhere, and anarchists would be good to recognize this. They're unlike a private business that one may boycott and watch its demise. They of…

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• mikemorris (57)in #trump • 8 years ago

  Who's Trump And What's a Tariff?

  http What year is it? People are talking about border taxes, i.e., tariffs; or, in the statist-to-English translation, the government preventing you from freely trading with…

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• mikemorris (57)in #anarchism • 8 years ago

  Who the Hell Does the State Think It Is?

  It's inauguration day, and Donald Trump has been elected to head the American Empire, the biggest State the world has ever seen. As so, a fine quote by the prolific…

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