by Errico Malatesta Every anarchist propagandist is familiar with the key objections: who will keep criminals in check [in the anarchist society]? To my mind their concern is exaggerated since delinquency is a phenomenon of little importance compared with the vastness of ever present and general social realities. And one can believe in its automatic [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Crime and Punishment
Posted: 28th October 2010 by BAM in Anarchism, FreedomTags: Anarchism, Freedom, Liberty, police state
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Promises, Promises..
Posted: 19th October 2010 by BAM in Freedom, Government, TaxationTags: administrative power, Constitution, Freedom, Government, Legislation, Liberty, tyranny
by Laurence M. Vance How hard is it to position yourself to the right of Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi? This is all the House Republicans did recently when they released their “Pledge to America” at a Virginia hardware store on September 23. Mimicking their 1994 “Contract with America,” this new Republican proposal [...]
Plato – The Allegory of The Cave
Posted: 18th October 2010 by BAM in Education, Freedom, PlatoTags: Freedom, Plato
The Allegory of the Cave can be found in Book VII of Plato’s best-known work, The Republic, a lengthy dialogue on the nature of justice. Often regarded as a utopian blueprint, The Republic is dedicated toward a discussion of the education required of a Philosopher-King. [Socrates] And now, I said, let me show in a [...]
The Collectivized Responsibility of Petty Socialism
Posted: 13th October 2010 by BAM in Government, Healthcare, LegislationTags: health care bill
Rising healthcare costs and continuing recession-related fiscal problems have impelled numerous world governments to introduce a “fat tax.”[1] Support for a similar policy is growing in the United States, which according to leading intellectuals suffers from a collective “weight problem.”[2] Fast-rising weights and a general deterioration of health have increased the volume of weight-related medical [...]