Something We Can All Agree On
by Justin Wilcox I’ve been reading lately about a lot of peoples failures. I’ve been reading about failures of banks, the free-market system, and the politicians to fix it. I’ve been reading about failures of the left to exploit these other failures, and failures of our “two party system” represent the “people” and carry out [...]
The Larger Problem Behind Child Slavery and Halloween Candy
I recently came upon an article on good.is about candies one can buy for Halloween that don’t use child slavery. Apparently, child slaves made my Halloween candy, so I should stop buying it. The articles are well intentioned. No one with a soul wants to support child slavery. I find myself wondering if fruity Halloween [...]
The Union of Capitalism and Democracy
Capitalism and Democracy are not actually compatible civics. They have been staying together, somehow, for all these years, but they should most definitely get divorced and die alone. I think my metaphor has started becoming morbid and not quite fitting. What I mean to say is that Democracy relies on the assumption that the public [...]
Lame Excuses: Someone Will Always Do the Wrong Thing
What’s wrong with this statement: We can’t make things better because people are basically bad, so things will always be this way. Firstly, it’s lazy. Secondly, why would we not be able to make things better even if man were essentially bad? That might be an argument for the cynical idea that things will always [...]
Leadership Worship
When the enemy attacks in movies, who is the one person the characters can kill to bring down the whole opposition? The leader. Somehow, when the leader goes, it’s all so much pie. Would it really be that easy? Shouldn’t they be able to replace him with the vice president or equivalent? Leadership is both [...]
Who is to Blame When Democracy Fails: Why It’s Not the People.
In recent years, we’ve resorted to trying to make voting cool because we can’t get people out and voting. “Vote or die.” “Rock the Vote.” It’s become a real ad campaign. Everything that people might possibly vote in is compared to a presidential election these days, e.g., “X people voted for American Idol, while only [...]
