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Governments are shooting at their citizens. And not just in what the “enlightened city dweller” may call “backward countries”. This will not surprise people that have ever opened a random page in any history

Got sent another article, which I find very flawed. It’s called “Can violence be moral” and was written by David Nussbaum and Séamus A Power for the Guardian. Link: The article was sent in response to — what

Got sent another article, which I find very flawed. It’s called “Can violence be moral” and was written by David Nussbaum and Séamus A Power for the Guardian. Link: The article was sent in response to — what

This is an article written by Toni Bernhard J.D. that was sent to me by an acquaintance at the end of an argument about government. I'm guessing the acquaintance's intention was to convince me of a need

Imagine if we raised our children with the following education: "You don't have any rights. Rights are an abstract concept in people's heads. You cannot have or hold them, they're not tangible. "This

"Enough is enough." People usually say this in abusive relationships, when they are finally willing to end them. If they’re courageous, they’ll leave that relationship. If they’re scared, they

All emotions spring from either love or fear. They’re not opposites: fear is merely the absence of love. It is easy to determine, whether a certain kind of behavior is rooted in love or in fear. Take control

It’s astonishing what one can achieve by mumbling words. Assuming sufficient authority, one can stop people from doing things and make them do other things. We can conjure up abstract hierarchies of power

When one tries to get to the bottom of things, it’s helpful to start with first principles. One such principle is the notion that one cannot use force against another human being to achieve one’s goals.

Friends, we seriously need to stop having emotional debates and instead look at facts and the meaning of words. I know, it is easier to be emotional, because emotions travel fast. Analysis and contemplation

Do you think the amount of love we receive determines how quickly and easily we can grasp the virtue of voluntarism and the non-aggression principle? The more love you receive, the more love you’ll be

ENG (German below): Politics across the western world have become so predictable thanks to all the great minds that dedicated their lives to explaining to us how the not so great minds of "rulers"

ENG (German below): Freedom means the absence of arbitrary, despotic authority. Freedom does not mean the absence of threats to your life and safety. If you want to give up certain freedoms for your personal