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Advertising and Marketing Are Utterly Evil
When I need something, and have some money to spend, but don’t know where to find something suitable, I ask someone I trust. Should I find something advertised, I will tend to think it’s probably the worst there is. If … Continue reading
Improbable Dreams of Oppression
Governments are typically built by intelligent people, but always slip into the hands of the merely crafty. Precious great people appear in the history of human government. Modern governments are probably worse than ever in this respect. Sometimes we are … Continue reading
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Christian Mysticism and Poverty
I’m poor. It’s popular to say that, but I could show you the numbers indicating my household income is just above the point where I qualify for food stamps. We have been pretty much exempt from state and federal taxes … Continue reading
Bureaucracy of Death (Updated)
A primary failure of Western Civilization is the removal of the person. We have contracts, not covenants; we don’t even understand the latter. We have laws, not Law. All our wonderfully thought out procedures crash against the rocks of reality … Continue reading
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Unpopular Historical Facts
This is not a debate. I hold not a glimmer of hope, under any delusions, that opponents are interested in honest discussion. I know this because I was once on their side. No one I knew or could contact was … Continue reading
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It’s Not Racism
I won’t bother defining the word “racism.” No matter what I say there are too many who will castigate me from any one of several sides on this issue. What? You didn’t know there could be more than two? The … Continue reading
The Next Civilization
The current dominance of Western Civilization, basically a Romanized German Cultural Empire, has been in decline for at least a century. We can point to conscious efforts among certain elements to bring this about, though it was quite obviously not … Continue reading
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Conditional Libertarianism
My instincts are libertarian. I hate telling people what to do. I’ll take charge when it appears necessary, and I’m frankly good at it, but I don’t look forward to it. Still, I have to confess leadership is what God … Continue reading
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KDE 3 and User Care
One of my associates at Open for Business has said far better the same complaint I’ve made for years, proving why he’s the one who actually gets paid to write stuff: One perennial problem with free software is that, because … Continue reading
Join the Diaspora
Where do you congregate to share with fellow misfits who never join in mainstream pastimes? Where do the non-joiners join up? Diaspora. You can’t join yet, actually. The founders are college students struggling with finals about this time of year, … Continue reading