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March 2, 2025

There is a providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), German chancellor. Attributed, Jay p.47

Who would have thought Bismarck a believer in American exceptionalism?

One wonders if such providence still functions vis-à-vis the United States?

July 25, 2025

1 year ago

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

April 21, 2025

2 years ago

Politics, n. strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles

January 16, 2025

2 years ago

[On Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom] A plan to resist all planning may be better than its opposite, but it belongs to the same style of politics.

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