What Motivates Russian War Making?
Moscow’s behavior in the international realm is that of a conservative and defensive realist great power, far from being a Hitlerish regime bent on global conquest.
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How AI May Escalate Geopolitical Conflicts – Interview with Jim Rickards
By Financial Sense Dec 3, 2024 – Rickards contrasts these historical examples with the potential dangers of integrating AI into critical decision-making systems, such as nuclear command chains. While AI can process vast amounts of data and identify patterns, it lacks the ability to question…
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North Carolina Passes Sweeping Surprise Ban on ‘Downzoning’
Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s newsletter takes an extended look at the surprise passage of a “downzoning” ban in North Carolina that effectively prevents local governments from tightening zoning restrictions on your property unless you provide express written consent for them to do so. North Carolina’s Surprise Ban on Downzoning Last week, the Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill (S.B.) 382—an omnibus bill that […]
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Great video against democracy
I’m sure many here have seen this. This video does the best job explaining the problem with democracy in the most succinct way possible. If you have someone in your life that doesn’t understand your distaste for democracy, this may help clear it up. submitted by /u/Flypike87 [link] [comments]
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Some people on this sub should learn from Copernicus
An excerpt from Monete cudende ratio, 1526. “Although there are countless scourges which in general debilitate kingdoms, principalities, and republics, the four most important (in my judgment) are dissension, [abnormal] mortality, barren soil, and debasement of the currency. The first three are so obvious that nobody is unaware of their existence. But the fourth, which concerns money, is taken into account by few persons and only the most perspicacious. For it undermines states, not by a single attack […]
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 22, 1789
12/22/1789: Justice Levi Woodbury born. Justice Levi Woodbury The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 22, 1789 appeared first on Reason.com.
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Regulations’ Enormous Costs Give DOGE an Enormous Opportunity
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made a promise: It will go after regulations that slow growth, obstruct innovators and cost American households thousands of dollars each year. Here’s hoping for success. The burden of excessive regulation is hard to measure. We know, for instance, that the Code of Federal Regulations is over 188,000 pages long, guaranteeing that citizens can never really be sure they comply with every regulation. While the stated intent of many rules is […]
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Thoughts on Agorism?
Anarcho-Capitalism has several similarities to the beliefs of Konkin and Agorist principles but I’d like to hear r/Anarcho_Capitalism thinks of the rather niche school of anarchist thought. submitted by /u/wildestofthesauce [link] [comments]
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