There are certain goods and services that egalitarians, as third parties, would prefer that no one enjoys rather than for some to have more than others. (The proviso “as third parties” is necessary since egalitarians will not do without these goods and services themselves, but they still see fit to comment on inequalities from afar.) One of these
Although commonly used, Max Weber’s definition of the state—an entity that has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a given geographical area—can mislead people into thinking that the state is the only or even the primary reason for security and order. This is illustrated in the trends in the nonstate provision of security, as revealed
The acronym 2SLGBTQ + IA stands for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, androgynous, and asexual. The 2SLGBTQ+IA community is often described as seeking “rights and equality” for its members. What fair-minded person could object? Increasingly, however, the community appears to want privileges and equity
It is tempting, as Naomi Wolf has done recently , to ascribe the breakdown of Western civilization to the debasing of “Judeo-Christian” ethics and the reemergence of malignant supernatural forces. Witnessing the many assaults on the infrastructure and social order of the United States of late, I wouldn’t rule out metaphysical causality either. But
As former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairman Timothy J. Muris has recently noted , “President Biden rejects the economics-driven antitrust policies of the past 40 years.” In contrast, President Joe Biden “promised to return to earlier antitrust traditions.” Unfortunately, “those traditions were abandoned for good reason: they harmed
With the recent FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Florida home , the Democrats and the Biden administration have raised the political stakes to a level from which this country as we have known it may never return. All one can say to those that are demanding a criminal prosecution of the former president is: Be careful what you wish for; you just might
As the US federal government works to “bring peace” to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and East Asia, it faces a rather embarrassing problem. There is currently a historic wave of violent crime battering the residents of Washington, DC. With 274 homicides, 2023 was the deadliest year for the city since the 1990s. Shootings, carjackings, and armed
A Michigan jury this past week convicted Jennifer Crumbley of “involuntary manslaughter” after her then-fifteen-year-old son Ethan shot and killed four of his classmates at Oxford High School in 2021, using a gun that his parents had given to him as a present. Ethan had suffered from depression and other mental health issues before his deadly
Hay ciertos bienes y servicios de los que los igualitarios, como terceros, preferirían que nadie disfrutara en lugar de que unos tuvieran más que otros. (La salvedad «como terceros» es necesaria, ya que los igualitarios no prescindirán ellos mismos de estos bienes y servicios, pero aun así consideran oportuno comentar las desigualdades desde
Aunque de uso común, la definición de Estado de Max Weber —una entidad que tiene el monopolio del uso legítimo de la fuerza dentro de un área geográfica determinada— puede inducir a error y hacer creer que el Estado es la única razón, o incluso la principal, de la seguridad y el orden. Esto se ilustra en las tendencias de la provisión no estatal
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