Archive for July 2021
The Two-Party System
You’ve heard it said, “The real problem is our two-party system.” This philosopher will wax on as follows: “It’s insane that we have only two parties. That’s the real source of all our political problems and why nothing ever gets done. We’re the only country with a two-party system. What we need is multiple parties,…
Read MoreThose who stay above politics
You’ve heard it said, “I don’t like politics,” or, “I try to stay out of politics.” Usually this is paired with, “It’s too divisive,” or, “It’s too ugly,” or, “There’s no point,” and very commonly, “Everybody’s equally wrong,” and, “Both parties are equally corrupt.” “I just want to leave everybody alone and be left alone,”…
Read MoreRight to Privacy?
The proper definition of a right also explains to what extent you have a right to privacy, which is to the extent that you have a right to property. You have a right to property, which is to say a right to determine what you do with things over which you have control. You can…
Read More“Freedom to” vs “Freedom from,” and the impossibility of self-determination
Extending from the previous is another useful rule of thumb: You have freedom to, not freedom from. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in one of the single greatest acts of destruction against the concept of freedom by a United States president, famously listed his “Four Freedoms” which he believed should be guaranteed to all people: Freedom of…
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