1. We really need to stop using the language of the other side. Among other things, I really hate when people use the term 'divisive' or list 'being divided' as one of the major problems we currently face. See, that implies that the dispute is the problem, not the content of one side or the … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Consequences
Thoughts
Theory vs Reality
How Liberal Societies are Supposed to Work: Where every man can stand up with dignity and be heard How they actually work:
Friday Flotsam: Collective Authority
1. The modern world feels like being walled up in an asylum that's been taken over by the inmates. Except the inmates are not just insane, but smug, sanctimonious, and completely disconnected from reality. 2. Collective ownership cannot work as a system for multiple reasons, but chiefly because someone has to enforce the collective ownership, … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Collective Authority
Exceptionalism vs. Patriotism at the Everyman
Wherein I tackle American exceptionalism and try to explain why we need to give up on the idea: I don’t say this just because our system of government and society barely resembles that which existed at the nation’s founding (even allowing for the passage of time and development of technology). Nor because we have recently … Continue reading Exceptionalism vs. Patriotism at the Everyman
Friday Flotsam: Don’t Like ‘Like, Comment, and Subscribe’
1. More and more it seems to me that where modern psychology is correct, it ends up being a complicated way of saying the same thing that Old Wives and monks have said for time immemorial. This week I watched a couple videos on dopamine, its affect on brain, and the means to counteract it, … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Don’t Like ‘Like, Comment, and Subscribe’
Catholic Match Catch-Up
I've been taking an extended break from Catholic Match while trying to get the rest of my life together. But I still write for them intermittently, which means that, as a side effect of my break, I've been missing when my own essays appear (these things are written months in advance). So today I'm going … Continue reading Catholic Match Catch-Up
Friday Flotsam: Slack Tide
1. As I think I've mentioned before now, I don't currently belong to a parish, mostly because my living situation is not one that I want to ascribe any kind of permanency to. However, I have been attending one particular parish as a rule for some time now, mostly because they kept offering the Sacraments … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Slack Tide
Friday Flotsam: The Possibility of a New Constantine and the Chance to Buy Me a Drink
1. First let's talk coffee You may notice the new tip-jar in the right-hand menu or the footer. If you've been making the rounds of our little corner of the internet, you've probably heard of Ko-fi by now. Simply put, it's a service where if you like what you see here and want to show … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: The Possibility of a New Constantine and the Chance to Buy Me a Drink
Thought of the Day: Corporations
Possibly the greatest single political trick in all of history comes in convincing people that the corporate entity called 'the State' is somehow different from any other corporate entity. Socialism essentially amounts to saying "Corporations have too much power, so we should give as much power as possible to a single corporation. Only this one … Continue reading Thought of the Day: Corporations
Friday Flotsam: Sensing Desperation in the News, then onto Godzilla and Dickens
1. I mostly ignore the news these days, except a few sources. News takes up too much 'headspace' without there being anything I can do about it, which is a very bad combination. My headspace is frankly too busy as it is between creative projects, looking for work, and depression, so I try to keep … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Sensing Desperation in the News, then onto Godzilla and Dickens
Serpent's Den 