The Nightwatchman state

In my attempts to reconcile my slightly Anarchic desires with the idea of state socialism I have come across an interesting and little discussed concept decribed in the title of this post. The idea of Minarchism is one based around a form of deontological arguments which determine that a state should be restricted to minimal [...]

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Renationalisation and Elected Chiefs.

I am and always have been firmly against the privatisation of state owned industries, this position does not blind me however to the faults of nationalised industries nor to the benefits of privatisation. I’ve been thinking about restructuring existing goverment industries and doing the same with present private sector industries and services after first renationalising [...]

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Structured thoughts, the generalisation of our condition, Knowledge in the context of not knowing.

It strikes me that one main problem I have in my thought process is that of generalisation, you see I won’t lie, or try and deny the fact that I really don’t like other people, and in most cases tend to look down on them in no small way. Such an outlook is in reality [...]

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