Unabashed anti-Americanism
Friday, September 5th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary, philosophy | 1 Comment »Since I am tired of answering the question "are you anti-American?" here it is. YES, I am anti-American. But let's clarify a few things. I don't think that the words "I" or "am" or the prefix "anti-" need any clarification. What does ...
The dark genius of Robert Lindsay
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people, philosophy | 12 Comments »It's one thing to discuss insane, inhuman philosophies. It's quite another to encounter them, even through our diffuse online medium. One Robert Lindsay, who claims an IQ of 147, responding to some comments of mine at his blog challenging his ridiculous ...
The Good Citizen
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | 3 Comments »The good citizen stands in relation to his country as the good son to his mother. He obeys her because she is his elder, because she conjoins within herself the vision of many, and because he owes to her his begetting ...
The Profit Motive; A response to Francois Tremblay
Friday, August 29th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics, philosophy | 24 Comments »Oh, it's late. Anyway, here's the original link... Workers in general do not care about profits nearly as much as they care about their own wages and well-being. I'm not sure whether or not you fell off the definitional rails here. To ...
Can you envision a libertarian/stateless society?
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | 3 Comments »If you can write 3,000 words on the topic in the context of the role and capabilities of corporations within one, you might just win the 2008 Chris R. Tame Memorial Prize, £1,000, and an invitation to speak to your ...
Damned if you do…
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people, philosophy | 2 Comments »Ah, the sweet joys of false choices and forced options... One Child-Child pastime is the sharing of impossible alternatives symbolic of the damned-if-you-do and damned-if-you-don't situation of the little child. Anxiety may be relieved by this pastime, not because the problem ...
The transfer of moral corruption
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | 4 Comments »If my prison guards hit me with truncheons, I must obey them. If I accept that I obey them because they hit me with truncheons, I feel terribly humiliated and helpless, but retain an accurate assessment of the situation. On ...
My muddy anti-corporate anarchist ethics
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | 3 Comments »I've made a couple of posts here so far illustrating how I've taken to refusing work which supports government. To the most recent, Francois Tremblay offered both praise and a question of consistency: I also applaud you, however do you also do ...
Educating for anarchism #2
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary, philosophy | 6 Comments »Got a call from a potential new client today, looking for a translator to work with on a regular basis. However, they do quite a bit of government work and sent me a job to quote on for a state-owned ...
Damn your culture
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in mind control, philosophy | 1 Comment »What is culture? The American Heritage Dictionary has it this way: 1. a. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. b. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a ...
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