My personality has no continental boundaries.

Will-to-power c̶o̶n̶s̶e̶r̶v̶a̶t̶i̶s̶m̶ restorationism. ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-right-go… via Erick Erickson

Status update.

How it started. How it’s going

You are at the beach and want a beer.

Local ordinances allow for only one beer vendor on the beach.

Turns out, a lot of beach goers also want a beer.

The line is long.

The price was $20 a beer but seeing the long line, the beer vendor raises the price to $25 a beer.

People

This is an incredibly important question. And the honest answer is that the national Libertarian Party was taken over a couple of years ago by a small faction of sociopaths who represent almost the antithesis of what I and my friends in the movement stand for.

(Stephanie) Slade I just wrote something on this for The Bulwark the other day thebulwark.com/p/the-libertar…

This is an incredibly important question. And the honest answer is that the national Libertarian Party was taken over a couple of years ago by a small faction of sociopaths who represent almost the antithesis of what I and my friends in the movement stand for.

'It is the immemorial habit of man to be unable to see his long-term interest when a short-term one appears before him.' —Stan Evans

Damn.

See also: lawliberty.org/forum/the-prom…

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Great long read from Eli Dourado exploring the question: Why do societies collapse? elidourado.com/p/collapse

This is genuinely great news. Panic & bloodshed sell, so this trend has mostly flown under the radar. But we’re seeing a steep drop in murders that could put the US below pre-COVID levels. I wrote about it:

Best thing I've read on the recent Libertarian Party crack-up is this from Virginia Postrel. vpostrel.substack.com/p/the-libertar…

Great long read from Eli Dourado exploring the question: Why do societies collapse? elidourado.com/p/collapse