The Hot Air Machine

          THE day that I first sat down to write this article I was scrolling Twitter and came across a tweet that read, “Why are there so many sexual deviants in Parliament?” I, of course, gave my two cents and went along my merry way. However, soon after, I paused and realized this was a very important question. To those willing to pay attention we can realize that history is littered with immoral, deviant elites, such as the Late Romans (see Miller 2004), the Habsburgs , and the numerous ones since the 20 th century who have operated sex trafficking rings that have involved hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children. Why must it be that so frequently the people in charge end up being fiends?           I, therefore, want to take the time in this article to discuss, as I understand it, why our oligarchs tend towards such backwards behavior. What motivates them? What entices them? While some might have the theory t...

          RECENTLY , the Libertarian Party of the United States posted a tweet commenting on the ongoing controversy surrounding Roe v. Wade . What they said was, “Whether it is a choice about vaccines or reproduction, healthcare decisions belong between an individual and their doctor — not the government.” Attached to this tweet is an image of the mascots of the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian Parties (the donkey, elephant, and porcupine, respectively) titled “Bodily Autonomy”. With regards to this issue the Democrats are caricatured as believing “You own your uterus but not your immune system,” the Republicans as believing “You own your immune system but not your uterus,” and the Libertarians as believing “You own yourself.”           The Party did not receive many positive responses, however. The anarcho-capitalist Internet commentator LiquidZulu replied , “Do hitman-hiring decisions also belong solely ...

  DEMOCRACY , oh how we love it! Practically everyone knows this word, especially in the West. Democracy is synonymous with freedom, and the form of government common in the West is referred to as “liberal democracy” . In America, we are told we live in a representative democracy (i.e., a republic) and this is what makes us awesome. The American Left rallies behind the Democratic Party, or the Democratic Socialists of America. It seems everyone acknowledges that democracy is cool. Rule by the people, as it literally means in Greek, is the most logical because every individual has their rights, and every individual deserves their voice in government. Even from a collectivist perspective, the whole collective – which “the people”, a collective noun, represents – deserves to be involved in matters of administration/political deliberation. However, not everyone is on board with this political system, to many’s surprise. Indeed, democracy has been criticized for as long as it has ex...