In her book, The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand has given the strongest argument for privacy that I have found $XMR 👇

"...be you assured, that wherever you show a desire to guard yourself, there your master will attack you." —Epictetus

“For you must always remember, and hold to this, that the door is open.” —Epictetus \\Thread//

When a child wonders why "we" do not abolish poverty by simply giving everyone what they want, adults inform the child about scarcity, production, and perhaps how incentives work. The child thus learns about the world, grows up. What about adults who remain as naive as children?

"I was just doing my job," akin to "I was just following orders," is at the same time an admission of guilt (you did the act) and poor character (a moral failing due to fear, cowardice, or laziness). It is not a defense.

The more time I spend in nature, the less convincing the narratives of control become.

This quote from Thoreau, written nearly 200 years ago, was probably one of the most influential on my young mind when I first read it. In fact, I would say it eventually led me to the Exit and Build strategy and the idea that we can "vote" with our actions, not just with a piece of paper (or the press of a button). "Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible."

Most feminists lust after privileges, not rights, but are too braindead/cowardice to know the difference

There is no right without the assuming the corresponding duty associated with that right. If you cannot understand, or unwilling to assume the duty, you have no rights e.g. I have the right to self defense, with the duty to not initiate violence on others

This simple concept, if generally understood, would change the world over night

"Before this happened to me, I used to have the mentality that if you were involved with Child Protection Services, you must have done something wrong. I never realized they were just called, and they could just swoop in and take your child based off allegations whether they be true or false. All they need is a little bit of suspicion and that's it. Your kids are gone." Kristy Anderson brought her medically fragile son, Oliver, to Boston Children’s Hospital seeking answers, but he suffered strokes and serious complications while in their care. Instead of addressing these outcomes, the hospital accused Kristy of abuse, prompting intervention by Massachusetts Department of Children and Families and separating her from her children. Oliver remains in state custody despite his health issues continuing outside of his mother’s care. These facts raise serious concerns about the validity of the allegations and reflect a devastating failure of both the medical and child welfare systems.

Decentralized medical research funding with @eticaprotocol is the solution to mainstream medicine's grip on the narrative $ETI

"...if you are absorbed in externals, you must necessarily be tossed up and down, according to the inclination of your master. Who is your master? He who controls those things which you seek or shun." —Epictetus

"These things we ought to remember; and, when we are called to any trial, to know, that an opportunity is come of showing whether we have been well taught." —Epictetus

A government is a gang that steals with such regularity that we’ve not only come to expect it — but accept it and say ‘thank you.’ It taxes more than our money. It taxes our soul.

What’s the fastest way to know when someone has no principles at all? I’ll start: “my truth“

Cuando la clase política te dice: "Estamos en el mismo barco".