[2291] Of Chavez’s socialism

Posted in Politics & government on December 22nd, 2010 2 Comments »

Socialism’s end in theory is admirable but what is true in theory is not necessarily true in practice. In practice, socialism always requires authoritarian power to make it work. A system of public ownership needs everybody to surrender their individual sovereignty to a central planner, voluntarily or otherwise. And so, it is unsurprising to have Hugo […]

[2210] Of re:liberalism and authoritarian feminism

Posted in Liberty, Mudslinging on May 18th, 2010 5 Comments »

Dear Ms. Alicia, In replying to your letter, I will probably admit to only this: perhaps I accidentally casted my net too widely by not using enough qualification when I criticized Farrelly some days ago.[1] I qualified my statement at the beginning but later, I did away with it. I tend to do this because […]