An Old Foundation
My favorite blogger, Vox Day, recently published an outline for a new philosophy to rebuild the west upon. The Tree of Woe contemplates the West’s need for new philosophical foundations in the aftermath of the complete failure of the Enlightenment and classical liberalism. We need to do better than our great ancestors did. To defend …
Why I decided I’m a monarchist.
The Monarch:1. Has a property right in proper government2. Has a long term view in management in order to pass it to his children3. Over time tends to see citizens as extension of kinship group. You’ll see no open borders.4. Governance becomes family business with apprenticeship and training from birth for for children.5. Allows maximum …
Civil Disobedience, voting, writing your congressman, debate
All of these things were designed then promoted in your high school civics class to program a set of pre-approved, harmless avenues of action for those who become disaffected. They want you to engage in civil Disobedience, voting, writing your congressman, debate, etc. rather than take effective political action. That effective political action is …
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Getting started in the Grinding 20’s
When Charity and I got married in 1997 we rented a 900sf apartment in the lower-middle class part of our town. We paid $345/month for that out of date, but tidy apartment. Rent was our biggest expense, but it wasn’t onerous. We didn’t believe the rent was too much. Next, we moved into a duplex. …
Creating an Echo Chamber
Not too long ago I kicked a follower who was espousing all the mainstream talking points about some current events. I won’t go into the specifics as I don’t want to embarrass or validate him. I’ve shut down a great deal of left wing and even left-ish discourse in my various channels, primarily telegram. T.me/scottstream …
Why I’m for the 3.5 Trillion package
BECAUSE IT WILL HASTEN THEN END! We know that government programs, once started, are never defunded or killed. David Stockman writes at https://internationalman.com/articles/david-stockman-on-why-the-bidendem-3.5-trillion-spending-plan-is-worse-than-you-think/ The truth is, there is almost nothing in the plan that won’t become permanent due to deeply embedded constituencies once they “plant a flag” on new entitlements and climate change pork barrels, as one of …
Moral superiority
In the last blog post on “Debate” I wrote that the left believes they win debates if “If they feel morally superior or more hip or more urbane or sophisticated……………They always feel this way, debate won’t take them off this feel.” There is a way to take this feeling of superiority away. Ignore their name …
Don’t Debate. It’s a scam.
We are often tempted to debate those who hold ideas opposing ours. Don’t. It doesn’t work. You’ll not convince anyone. When we read Plato, over and over again we see the third smartest man who ever lived fail to get through to his interlocutor. Neither you nor I are make the two men …