4.2 America Was Founded On Two Rivers part 2
“There is a Party slogan dealing with the control of the past,” he said. “Repeat it if you please.” “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Repeated...
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4.1 America Was Founded On Two Rivers part 1
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, (George Santayana).1 “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”, (Winston Churchill). “A generation which ignores history has no...
3.7 Do People Hold a Right to Exist? Part 7
I expected to present the constraints on private property in two posts. Although readers may have quickly understood, I prattled on because they identify the obligations that come with the protection and benefits belonging...
3.6 Do People Hold a Right to Exist? Part 6
The previous post (3.5) addressed the first two constraints on private property: (1) Foregone opportunities and (2) externalized costs (externalized negatives). This post addresses (3) The “Tragedy of the Commons”. I’ll cover (4) the...
3.5 Do People Hold a Right to Exist Part 5
Returning to Hobbes’ “war of all against all” emphasizes a basic point. Private property is a social invention. Without a community to support and defend private property, everything would belong to whomever is strong...
3.4 Do People Hold a Right to Exist? Part 4
We are captives of American ideas about private property. With land we think of property as ownership rather than as exclusive right of use. Land is not the product of our labor. Nonetheless, by...
3.3 Do People Hold a Right to Exist Part 3
“Do people have a right to live?” People ask that question only when they have their answer, usually wrapped in fancy justifications. The blunt conservative answer is, “No!” Filmer and de Maistre demanded obedience...
3.2 Do People Hold a Right to Exist? Part 2
With Pope Alexander III’s blessing, William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England defeating King Harold Godwinsom at the Battle of Hastings October 14, 1066. On December 25, 1066 William was crowned King of England. The...
3.1 Do People Hold a Right to Exist? Part 1
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, 603 U,S,____(2024) the Leonard Leo branch of the United States Supreme Court held that people may be fined or imprisoned for sleeping on public land. Their justification was that...
2.5 The Invention of Modern Liberalism and Conservatism: part 5
Why create these posts? Give candidates ten pages of information, their response: “Too Long, Didn’t Read”. People defend their common knowledge answers. “The Puritans came to the new world for religious freedom.” Unless we...
