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Re: What is the Downside of the 14th Amendment?

The 14th amendment is redundant because the constitution already guaranteed rights to blacks, women, and those under the age of 18. Everytime i read the constitution I see "people" written everywhere, not "white men over the age of 18 years". The problem is that the supreme court...

Posted to History (Forum) by donmc on Tue, May 13 2008

War for Southern Independence

I made some YouTube videos about the war and what caused it. Their all just a little under 10 minutes. Hopefully I wasn't too boring. Let me know what you think. Why the South Had the Right to Secede How Economic Policies Led to Southern Secession Clearing Up Misconceptions About Slavery in America

Posted to History (Forum) by BWF89 on Tue, Apr 15 2008

Two Philosophies of History

Political philosophies often involve views of history. There seems to be two fundamental views of history, as I have touched on in " Traditionalism as Stagnation " and " Radicalism and Moderation ". These two views are what I would call the "conservative" and "progressive"...

Posted to Brainpolice (Weblog) by Brainpolice on Sat, Apr 12 2008

What Is Democracy? Part One: Democracy Is Slavery

This is part one in a three part series: democracy is slavery, democracy is impossible and democracy is liberty. Democracy Is Slavery By the phrase "democracy is slavery", I refer to the tyranny that inevitably arises from the principles of majoritarianism and communalism. One standard definition...

Posted to Brainpolice (Weblog) by Brainpolice on Sun, Mar 16 2008

Re: Moral vs Hierarchical obligations

The following is a response to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoXjrlxDSL4 Dear Mr1001Nights, Unchosen positive obligations are indeed slavery, which should be obvious because the obligations are not chosen. In claiming or bestowing unchosen positive obligations onto other people, you are the...

Posted to Brainpolice (Weblog) by Brainpolice on Thu, Feb 28 2008

"I don't own myself"

I think that someone who proclaims that they do not own themself is engaging in a performative contradiction, for they have to exercise their ownership over themselves in order to even make the statement. "I don't own myself" is a self-detonating statement. The most common counter-arguement...

Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Brainpolice on Sat, Jan 12 2008

Re: Self-defence is threft

[quote user="libertarian"]The British attacked the US because we didn't obey to their government. Therefore, we made the British kill many things in the war. Determinists would agree.[/quote]Methinks you're confusing rational with responsibility, a mistake that Giuliani and a bunch...

Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by allixpeeke on Sun, Jan 6 2008

Positive "Rights"

The idea of positive rights is that people have a "right" to be given particular benefits, material resources or services by others. They represent claims of a right to recieve positive benefits from other people, in the abscence of any actual "debt" incurred. They require people...

Posted to Brainpolice (Weblog) by Brainpolice on Wed, Dec 19 2007

Re: The right to abandon & neglect children

[quote user="Nathyn"]As I said, according to Dr. Evil, we can dump our kids out in the wilderness.[/quote]The benefits of abolishing all slavery, even looking at this from a utilitarian standpoint rather than the natural law standpoint I commonly employ, are far greater than the negative consequences...

Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by allixpeeke on Sun, Dec 9 2007