The Hot Air Machine

  IN political science there is a concept known as “Conquest’s laws of politics.” It is named after Robert Conquest, a conservative British historian best known for his books on the Soviet Union . Similar to Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics,” Conquest’s laws define three principles of political action that can be considered reliably accurate. These three laws are: Everyone is conservative about what he knows best. Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing. The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that is controlled by a cabal of its enemies. All these laws have interesting implications and can be looked at one by one. However, today the one law that I want us to focus on in particular is the second law, that, “Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing.” It certainly sounds interesting and can have broad implications for political strategy. For libertarians in ...

  TO those who do not keep detailed tabs on me you might not have been aware that this past week I attended the Mises Institute’s 40 th anniversary summit . This was my first ever Mises event that I attended, and boy let me tell you that it was GREAT! Since not many people were able to attend it (thanks be to God that I of all people could) and it was full of captivating and endearing moments I’ve decided to talk about what happened and what I experienced, to share what it’s like to get involved with the Institute.           The summit was three days long, although the majority of events were concentrated in the second day. The first day began at 5:00, which was good for me since I arrived in Phoenix the day before meaning I had a day-and-a-half to myself, and it was to consist of a dinner and introductory talk by Jeff Deist, then two talks: one by Judge Andrew Napolitano and another by James Grant. Alas, we were rained on and the Jud...

            BOY oh boy, folks, listen to this! Remember how the Sino-Western ,   MIC-linked Wuhan biolab became indisputably identified as the source of the COVID-19 pandemic ? We’re all aware of that by now, yeah? Okay, good, just wanted to make sure. I hope we’re also aware of the eerily prophetic Gates and WEF-backed Event 201 plus the numerous Bilderbergers involved in the international COVID-19 response ? Again, great, glad we’re on the same page.           Now get this. The same Wuhan biolab, which for some time carried out gain-of-function research on coronaviruses, was just recently exposed for carrying out similar research on monkeypox. Y’know, monkeypox , that new disease that came out of nowhere and is poised to terrorize us? This is the argument of an article that was recently published by Summit News . It’s pretty fascinating, give it a look.     ...

            It was only two weeks ago when I last spoke about the Libertarian Party . My comments on the Party were entirely disapproving, believing the Party to be an embarrassment to libertarian values. From a strongly anarchist and quasi-agorist position, I viewed the LP as an illegitimate entity. In my, and others’ , view, an ideology opposed to politics and the State has no place participating in politics and the State. While this view of mine has not changed, the Libertarian Party itself has in fact changed in the past few days, and that’s why I wanted to sit down and write up this article.           To put it briefly for the outsider or whoever might be reading this, a few days ago the Libertarian Party hosted its national convention down in Reno, Nevada. The LNC brings together Libertarians across the country to discuss libertarianism (or rather, as is mostly the case in the LP, clas...

          YET another shooting has occurred and taken over the airways. 19 innocent children and two teachers have been killed in cold blood. This is by all means a tragedy, and even the people with the most depraved and politicized responses to this event acknowledge that deep down. One of the most disturbing details is how the oh-so-noble “Thin Blue Line” dilly-daddled for nearly an hour before an exasperated Border Patrol agent went in and ended it . However, just as with all tragedies, the Establishment media has not taken long to contort this one and use it to advance the abridgement of our property rights ( which justifies self-defense ). Social media is positively blowing up in response to this, and I feel obliged to make a statement regarding such a significant event.           What I feel most compelled to speak about is the root of this crime. While so many left-wing pundits and politicians are already...