Gun & history nerd. Rothbard & Mencken fanboy. Theoretical physicist (dumb PhD cost me my 20's) in a scientific dark age. Anti-socialism & anti-scientism.
We’re still waiting for the long-awaited and overdue “The Myths of Mileinomics” to be published, but I guess sycophantic clout-chasing, relevancy breadcrumbs, and the big donors’ hands that feed stand in the way.
I'm looking at you JH de Sota and Bogus.
FINALLY, it's here!
Part 3 of "The Mad Dream of Conquest," my Dangerous History miniseries about the Athenian expedition to Sicily during the Peloponnesian War. I've been KILLING myself working on this thing for a while, & I think it might be the longest DHP episode ever! 🔗⏬
@marisa23jp I would say the exact same thing about the US, actually. Here, gun rights went down sharply starting with FDR, so almost 100 years ago now. But it's still better here than in most other countries despite that.
@FrankMLeeFML Also a favorite of mine. Here's the text of my 20-ish-year-old book review of "Notes on Democracy" for Strike-the-Root when a new publisher re-issued it, now gone with the aging links!
The greatest history podcaster talking about quotes from the greatest writer ever. Only a mountebank in a sufficiently maudlin state to overcome his congenital poltroonery would dare disagree.
I just published a new DHP Episode, "A Dangerous Dozen," in which I commemorate the 12th anniversary of my launching of the Dangerous History Podcast by sharing & elaborating on 12 of my favorite quotes from H.L. Mencken, including the one that inspired the DHP's name. 🔗👇
"We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely—those against private citizens or those against itself?
The gravest crimes in the State’s lexicon are almost invariably not invasions of private person or property, but dangers to its own contentment, for example, treason, desertion of a soldier to the enemy, failure to register for the draft, subversion and subversive conspiracy, assassination of rulers and such economic crimes against the State as counterfeiting its money or evasion of its income tax.
Or compare the degree of zeal devoted to pursuing the man who assaults a policeman, with the attention that the State pays to the assault of an ordinary citizen. Yet, curiously, the State’s openly assigned priority to its own defense against the public strikes few people as inconsistent with its presumed raison d’etre."
- Murray N. Rothbard, Anatomy of the State
This just shows everyone what "crimes" police actually care about.
This Flock camera was reportedly cut down on Friday and police immediately responded WITH A FORENSICS TEAM 🤨
For reference, when someone tried to break into my house (video is up on my channel), the police laughed when asked if they were going to look for finger prints or to photograph the would be criminals' foot prints.
Someone tries to break in to an average citizens house and potentially kill them - no forensics team.
Someone cuts down a 3'' pole on the side of the road endangering literally no one - forensics team with every resource tax payer dollars can be used for immediately 🤡
Plan accordingly...
#CityLife #police #crime #PoliceState #4thAmendment #CivilRights #ALPR #cops #stalking #flock #SurveillanceState #asheville #NC #StandingArmy
"We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely—those against private citizens or those against itself?
The gravest crimes in the State’s lexicon are almost invariably not invasions of private person or property, but dangers to its own contentment, for example, treason, desertion of a soldier to the enemy, failure to register for the draft, subversion and subversive conspiracy, assassination of rulers and such economic crimes against the State as counterfeiting its money or evasion of its income tax.
Or compare the degree of zeal devoted to pursuing the man who assaults a policeman, with the attention that the State pays to the assault of an ordinary citizen. Yet, curiously, the State’s openly assigned priority to its own defense against the public strikes few people as inconsistent with its presumed raison d’etre."
- Murray N. Rothbard, Anatomy of the State
@ograu90@rothbard_brasil@MarcosGiansant1@mises A technocrat could just tell him that AI solves his "interpretation problem", at which point he would have to fold, because his Hayekian argument is not only dumb, it's obsolete.
This is getting unreal.
"A huge humanoid robotics wave is about to arrive 👀"
Chinese robotics company AheadForm just unveiled one of the world's most lifelike humanoid robots at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai.
This AI-powered humanoid can hold natural conversations, maintain eye contact, blink, display realistic facial expressions and synchronize its speech with lifelike head and facial movements.