Some entries from my blog…

Seeing how big my archive of entries has become, I thought it might be useful for newcomers to have a list of some of the entries which I consider most important. I’ve made two lists of blog entries from other people that I value, so why not do the same with my blog?

These are the entries that I refer to the most, not the ones I like the best. Making a list of entries I like best would be a dicey proposition, insofar as I’d have to read them all again, and I really don’t want to do that.

1. The manichean worldview.

This is where I detail what I called the “manichean worldview,” the view that there are “good people,” who can do no wrong, and “bad people,” who can do no right. This delusion permeates folk ethical and political thinking, therefore it is vitally important to identify it. I called it “manichean” not because of the ancient religion, but because of the word’s association with blackwhite thinking, a usage which has precedents.

2. Why religion is the product of faggotry.

Another entry where I detail a fundamental worldview, this time faggotry (that is to say, repressed homosexuality) and its perverted effects on many social institutions, and society as a whole though machoism. In retrospect, I don’t like the title that much: not for the use of the f-word, but rather for implying that religion as a whole is the product of repressed homosexuality, when repressed homosexuality is, at best, only a major influence.

3. “Anarcho”-capitalists support sexual harassment: more on Block’s lunacy…

This is the entry with which I started my attacks against “anarcho-capitalism” and property rights in general: using a quote from Walter Block, who argued that sexual abuse of an employee was justified by the ownership claim of the boss. This has led to other libsocs picking this up as well, so I was proud of that. The ancaps still don’t get it though.

4. Why minarchism is the greatest delusion.

This was such a long entry that I had to post it in three parts. I start from the four basic premises of minarchism (which would be Libertarian partyism, for most people) and then I show how each of them contradicts the others, as well as the more general contradictions in the concept. I recommend you give this link to any minarchist ready to listen.

5. Why hierarchies are immoral…
6. “Hierarchies are natural!”

Hierarchies are a fundamental concept in Anarchism, so I had to write a few entries about it. These address two basic statist arguments, being “why are hierarchies immoral in themselves?” and “wouldn’t hierarchies just form naturally?”

7. Defining individualism and collectivism

As an individualist, I am absolutely opposed to any society, system, institution or rule which tries to impose some exterior value on the individual. I have written a few entries on making the distinction between individualism and collectivism, as well as the tangible consequences of both: this is perhaps my best one.

8. Market Anarchist Theory on criminals’ rights

A pretty simple entry where I debunk some myths about criminals’ rights, including the famous “criminals surrender their rights once they commit their crimes,” and the idea that the State is justified in using force against people it declares criminals.

9. What are games conditions?

Games conditions are a way of relating to other people which is predicated on winning a game. I explain what that means, what it gives the rulers of the game, and how to identify when one is trapped in a game.

10. “Mankind must perpetuate!”

I think this is my best and clearest entry about voluntary extinctionism, where I demolish the prevailing belief that reproduction is good because it assures the perpetuation of the species.

11. Some considerations on consent part 1, part 2.

My elaboration on the necessary preconditions of consent, based on Rad Geek’s excellent work.