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Libertarianism, liberalism and conservatism: A response to JD Vance and Suella Braverman
“Whom do we serve?” is the plaintive cry of serfs, of slaves, of the defeated.
14 September 2024
“Whom do we serve?” is the plaintive cry of serfs, of slaves, of the defeated.
The contest for political power is the predominant narrative in the “democratic” west, and in many semi-democratic countries elsewhere.
In a truly free society, property rights will be protected by boundaries enforced by owners. Currently borders are simply imaginary lines enclosing land claimed by a state entity.
The omens are not auspicious. The litany of faults and failures grows ever longer. The solutions suggested by our leaders are ever more fanciful.
Two million Palestinians are trapped in the Gaza strip. They have nowhere to go except hell. That is part of the Hamas plan.
How do I reconcile the many needs and demands of others against my own self-interest? Is there a middle ground between selfish capitalism and utopian socialism?
If you want to know what people think and want, try selling it to them.
We are approaching the end of the post-WW2 epoch. This epoch brackets the life and times of the baby-boomer generation, now in their seventies with only a few remaining years.
If, in a fit of fabulous philanthropy, Elon Musk decided to donate 10% of a billion dollars (00 million, about R2 billion, or .0005 of his net wealth) to the best proposal on how to address the current South African catastrophe, what would you suggest? Here is my proposal.
Yachting has been one of the great pleasures of my life. It is mostly a contest between yourself and the elements, Yacht racing pits you against these same elements, and against often unseen and distant competitors.