February 2010
47 posts
The Story of the State
fringeelements:
The people viewed as agents of the state - lawmakers, police and military would not be able to maintain their positions without the *consent* of the population. If a significant portion of the population, the exact percentage I am not sure, is opposed to a given state, then the people who make up that state will not be able to command the population as a whole. This consent need...
January 2010
5 posts
The State is an Extortion Racket →
fringeelements:
The power to tax is the main source of state power. Without tax revenue, everything else the state does is toothless. Somebody could get to the top of a hill and shout the laws, but without either agreement from the people, or the violent enforcement of those laws, he’s just shouting into the ether. He thinks he’s the state, but there’s nobody around him who cares about what he...
Watchethanves:
In which I try to start a vlogging habit.
You can easily do a fairly high quality podcast for about $100 bucks. Less than that if you’d like. If you want to do more complex things, such as running several dynamic microphones at once, you’ll quickly get up over $300.
“Well, we’ve reached the end of 2009. In fact, I’m writing this...”
– Will’s Favorites of ‘09