Tag Archives: socialism

Free Government Money

There is no such animal as free money, someone had to work hard to earn every bit of money in existence and governments take a cut of that labor (by force if they meet resistance) and redistribute the wealth to others as they see fit.

2010, Oct, 19 – 12:49 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Research, Philosophical | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

John Stossel – Report on Schooling

John Stossel talks with teachers, administrators on both sides of the issue of private versus public schooling. If you find this intriguing, you may also find The Odysseus Group website interesting. http://johntaylorgatto.com/ The history of schooling is, in my opinion, a history of indoctrination into the culture (read:cult). Video: How Was School For You? (1/6) …

2010, Sep, 22 – 2:20 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Tyranny of Government, schooling | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

The government party: let it die

One of the few TV personalities I occasion to listen to, is Andrew Napalitano. He oft refers to the ‘Big government party’ in Washington – meaning to imply that no matter which side of the isle you sit on, for the most part, you support big government in one form or another. I’ve now conceded …

2010, Sep, 17 – 3:14 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Libertarianism, Political Philosophy, Tyranny of Government | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

IMF Chief threatens EU

International bankers, through their proxy the IMF, have threatened the European Union with economic collapse if they don’t cede more power to the international bankers. The IMF head puppet warned that, without “fiscal federalism”, Europe’s single currency may not survive. This is a veiled threat to European leaders, and the European population that they’d better …

2010, Sep, 16 – 7:02 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Global Government, Monopoly, Tyranny of Government | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The inevitable collapse of collectivism

Where does government get the ‘right’ to take from one individual and give to another? It has none. A democratic majority or an oligarchic minority are themselves composed of only individuals and have no right to steal from any other individual. If a group has no right to do such ‘redistribution’ (theft), then by doing …

2010, Jun, 27 – 1:33 AM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Human Rights, Individual vs Collective, Libertarianism, Political Philosophy, Self-Defense | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

$ave me

Energy is what rules Humanity. We have, in the developed world and ever more in the developing world become addicted. Yet the free black stuff in the ground is getting harder and harder to find. Let’s play a game. I’m going to pretend I’m a top oilman, say the chairman of Shell, or BP. . …

2010, Jun, 13 – 11:32 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Anthropogenic Global Warming, Commentary, Energy, Peak Oil, Political Philosophy, Sustainability | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Free To Choose

A John Stossel program covering the ideas & efforts of Milton Friedman and his book and film series “Free To Choose“. Part 1 of 6 Part 2 of 6 Part 3 of 6 Part 4 of 6 Part 5 of 6 Part 6 of 6 Useful links: 1. Torrent for the “Free To Choose” film …

2010, Jun, 12 – 3:20 AM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Free market capitalism, Libertarianism | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Australian Socialism

In an email from a friend I was asked, How do you see the governmental system [of Australia] working over there compared to the US ? I gave a quick response (the first paragraph below), but then thought I would give a more detailed overview of the problems of Australia in particular and socialism in …

2010, Jun, 10 – 11:40 AM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Political Philosophy | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Monopoly And Environment

While I strongly disagree that CO2 could be responsible for climactic changes and I’m very skeptical that there are major climatic changes occuring, there certainly are many serious environmental problems facing Life on our planet. What are the roots of these problems? It is my view that environmental destruction has been caused by government exceeding …

2010, Jun, 01 – 6:15 AM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Monopoly | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

John Galt’s Speech – condensed

From Ayn Rands novel: Atlas Shrugged For twelve years you’ve been asking “Who is John Galt?” This is John Galt speaking. I’m the man who’s taken away your victims and thus destroyed your world. You’ve heard it said that this is an age of moral crisis and that Man’s sins are destroying the world. But …

2010, May, 26 – 2:55 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Individual vs Collective, Libertarianism, Political Philosophy | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)