Zetetic Elench

I don't think a better critique of Libertarianism exists than the South Park episode "Chicken Fucker". It is pretty clear that libertarians prefer morons running around committing carnal acts with poultry is preferable to such evil collective acts as taxation.  So, don't read this, watch Chickenlover instead! I honestly don't know if political libertarianism can be taken seriously. Anything one can come up with would be instantly derided. It's as if libertarianism is it's own critique. For example, libertarians argue that TAXATION IS THEFT but there has been support for conscription (Friedrich F. Hayek) alongside a generally worrying trend towards militarism (Robert Heinlein et al). But if the only legitimate way to get children to learn to read is to commit bestiality then they aren't going to grow up to become useful soldiers. So, some elementary education has to be publicly provided. Plus, the government should build roads. Perhaps people w...

"Work Is A Curse" -A Universal Dole Proposal Technically a "Citizen's Income", this UBI* proposal grants £173 per week for  EVERYONE over 21 with a bank account and working full-time (30+ hours per week), alongside any UK citizen or resident (of any age under 25) living away from home or in care.   This increases to £325 (per week) when the recipient is between 25 and 55 years of age. Post-55 this reverts to £173 per week for all previous recipients. Any previous recipient continues to receive CI regardless of change in age or circumstance- unless they leave the UK for longer than two years or spend longer than two years in prison. *Universal Basic Income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income I also propose: That all 16 to 21 year olds are entitled to £80 per week for continuing their education. Full-time students (in further education) are entitled to "sign-on" during vacation periods (again, receiving £80 per week) ...

If.... . ......... # Gaza Isn't # Stalingrad Isn't under siege Isn't an open-air prison and # UniversalBasicIncome WON'T allow more people to work If... We've conned ourselves that all Jews should be Zionists  That all real Jews are Zionists  That Anti-Zionism is the same as racism  That Islamophobia isn't a form of racism  and that Rachel Corrie is an un-person, unlike the Skripals  (then) We've just collectively abandoned all notions of time, logic and causality to launch ourselves blindly and unwillingly into George Orwell's "1984".