Voting, like everything else, should be a matter of personal preference. Unfortunately though, sometimes sporting an “I Voted” sticker doesn’t quite satisfy people’s need for virtue-signalling, and they need to take it to the next level: vote-shaming. Here are some common (and demonstrably refutable) claims about voting: “If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.” Putting aside […]
In every democratic vote, the will of the larger group is forced upon the minority group. At one point or other every individual subjected to the process finds themselves on the losing side. In most aspects of life, such a process which consistently and unnecessarily produces losers would be considered completely unacceptable…but with politics, it’s a […]
Logically, giving a task to the most capable and productive person for that job is the best choice. One could argue that an individual can prove their merit through their work, production, and execution. Illustration: If you required life saving brain surgery and had the opportunity to select your surgeon. Assuming all else is […]
Just about everyone has an of idea of what an “ideal society” would look like. Common themes might include no poverty, no conflict, and everyone’s needs being met. The nearly universal desire for such results demonstrates a hallmark of good in humanity. Conflict among individuals and groups arises, however, when these individual ideals of an […]
For most of human history–and sadly in many parts of the world today–the alternative to child labor is starvation. Prior to taking a job in a factory, a young person in an under-developed nation was not exactly spending their time playing with friends or staring into the clouds. Far more likely, their new factory job […]
In the aftermath of natural disasters, essential supplies (ie water, food, fuel, generators) are often in low supply and can be hard to find. Left alone, market forces of supply and demand quickly act to resolve such an issue: suppliers make special arrangements to get the supplies into the hands of buyers customers. Since natural […]
In 1850, the US Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, requiring all citizens and officials of every state to return escaped slaves to their “owners”. Yes, that is all states, including “free states”. The 1850 law did not come out of the blue, however. The precedent had been set long before, dating back to the US […]
There appears to be a growing trend being exposed my many of the vanguard Youtube commentators that I follow. This trend is to attempt to silence people who are not going along with the ‘dominant message’. An extreme example shown: in the UK it appears that people can be arrested for “disturbing the peace” for […]
