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A Practical Program of Disenfranchisement: A 10-Step Plan to Save American Democracy by Dismantling It

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1347, 4th October, 2011
The Nature of Government Government is always and everywhere a man with a gun, using it to conform the actions of others to his will. Though moderns like to recognize this fact when they look at dictatorships, they fail to realize that the same thing is true of all other forms of government, including democracies. [...]
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Roman Skasiw on Bribes, etc.

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1651, 6th October, 2010
Roman Skasiw, whose internet existence I had not discovered until today, is a bold new convert to the Austrian School, and he has wasted no time in thrusting himself headlong into the great onoging discussion that is austro-libertarianism.  Related Posts:A Practical Program of Disenfranchisement: A 10-Step Plan to Save American Democracy by Dismantling ItOn the [...]
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“academic freedom” and other such stuff

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1512, 2nd September, 2010
There’s been an argument over whether the government should be able to regulate academic fraud among grant recipients.  The university position, of course, is that the government has no right to interfere with “academic freedom.”  And yet you don’t see that university turning down government grants.  So the implication, then, Related Posts:Hard Words on Education [...]
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come on, geithner!

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1000, 4th April, 2010
From this story. April 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner delayed a scheduled April 15 report to Congress on exchange-rate policies, sidestepping a decision on whether to accuse China of manipulating the value of the yuan. And so we continue our ridiculous charade of blaming China Related Posts:Republican debate notes, pt. 1: [...]
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now, this is no good

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0037, 2nd March, 2010
Here’s the raw data. Here’s the government conclusion. Perhaps I am oversimplifying, but here’s what I see when I look at the situation: Related Posts:Jacob was a prostitute.Liberalism as Denial — A Response to John FenselHayek disappoints.Occupy Wall Street: An Ominous DevelopmentA Practical Program of Disenfranchisement: A 10-Step Plan to Save American Democracy by Dismantling [...]
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