Guns of November?
Friday, October 31st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in guns, politics, war | 9 Comments »A long-ago colleague writes that she (paraphrased): will be a) getting her pistol permit, b) stocking up on ammo, c) investing in a HAM radio all by January if the US election doesn't go well. Naturally, I replied: If the situation is that ...
Teleology is the enemy of liberty
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | No Comments »A great post from Shiva of the Biodiverse Resistance blog, "The Revolution will not be Teleologised": In fact, any kind of teleology applied to human history is, by definition, a denial of human agency. If our ultimate fate is predestined by ...
Market Anarchist Carnival no. 20
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people, philosophy | 3 Comments »Welcome to the 20th edition of the Market Anarchist Blog Carnival! It is my great pleasure to host it this month. David Gross of The Picket Line submits an exploration of ethical reductionism in the context of political theory: Does political ...
Revolution in your head
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy, politics | No Comments »Kirsten of the Enjoy Every Sandwich blog had a revolution in her head quite some time ago -- one grand enough that she moved to Montana. Reacting now to and commenting on that corrupt, anemic substitute for true revolution which ...
Free Enterprise: The Antidote to Corporate Plutocracy
Monday, October 27th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | 2 Comments »Bravo to Keith Preston of the Attack the System blog for winning the UK-based Libertarian Alliance's £1,000 Chris R. Tame Memorial Prize for best essay, which I blogged about here. Curiously absent among many libertarian, conservative, or free-market critiques of interventions ...
Politik Kills
Monday, October 27th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in art, politics, war | 2 Comments »Manu Chao, "Politik Kills"
Quote of the day
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people, philosophy | 3 Comments »From Vache Folle, waxing eminently quotable at the St George Blog: I get tired of the same old questions about anarchy, especially the one that goes "What would you put in the place of government?" The answer, obviously, is "nothing". I'm ...
Obama or McCain?
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in politics | 11 Comments »Coke ... or Pepsi? Ebola ... or Hantavirus? Hanging ... or firing squad? False choices, all. The only thing that's for sure is that whichever of these jackasses is anointed President, the ruling class has still got their man. You want freedom fries with ...
Viral anarchist philosophy?
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary, philosophy | 7 Comments »An astonishing 6,198 people have read about the clown suit defense here, according to Google Analytics. It's my most popular article by far. They come in their droves via stumbleupon.com, they don't leave any comments and as far as I can ...
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