Tomasz Kaye

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Anti-statism is not ‘Failed-state’-ism Jun 24, 2014

Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski's posts on facebook are often excellent. This example was good enough that I wanted to re-publish it here. The less-than-perfectly-pithy title is mine. Those who believe that libertarian anarchy is bound to degenerate into warlord conflict over power vacuum make the error of thinking of libertarian anarchy as "statism without the state", i.e., the situation where a territorial monopoly of violence disappears, but everything else, including the mentality that legitimizes and supports its existence, stays the same. However, what practically every libertarian anarchist claims is that a successful, permanent withering away of territorial monopolies of violence and...

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The Problem of Political Authority Jun 22, 2014

Of the books I’ve read, I think that The Problem of Political Authority by Michael Huemer (Bol link here) is the one most likely to have a dramatic effect on the worldview of the ‘everyman’. If I had the power to persuade people to read one book right now I’d choose for it to be this one. If you don’t self-identify as a libertarian when you begin reading this with an open mind, there’s a good chance that you will do by the time you finish it. At the very least you’ll likely learn a good deal and gain an appreciation for...

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Feminists and MRAs. Baseline acknowledgement of symmetries. Jun 21, 2014

I consider avowal of the following claims by both parties a precondition for any good-faith dialogue involving differences of opinion related to feminism and/or MRAs/MRM. I avow the following statements: There are important differences of opinion among self-identifying feminists about what the term feminism means (or should mean). There are important differences of opinion among self-identifying MRAs about what the term MRA means (or should mean). If a person self-identifies as a feminist, based on this information alone, I have only a rough idea of what their beliefs may be. If a person self-identifies as a MRA, based on this...

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A question for advocates of anti-discrimination laws Jun 20, 2014

I have a question for advocates of anti-discrimination laws for private businesses. I don’t rule out the possibility that a sensible answer can be given (I just can’t think of one myself). Consider two kinds of interactions that can happen between pairs of adults. A one night stand. The exchange of money for a good or service: such as buying a drink in a bar. Advocates of anti-discrimination laws believe that one should be free to reject the sexual advances of another person for any reason (including racist beliefs), but that when it comes to exchanges involving money, a business owner...

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