I decided to do a little more work on New Tech, so I started a channel on Odysee and am uploading some of my more evergreen content from the past, and once that channel catches up, I’ll start uploading new stuff there, too.
The new channel can be found at
https://odysee.com/@MarginalNonHermit:3
If you like Odysee better than BitChute (and I can see reasons why you might), come find me there!
It always bugs me when people misdiagnose the cause of a lot of bad behavior by corporations, big ones especially. A lot of heat gets thrown at the corporations, and much is wasted burning the branches of this problem and ignoring the root, that is, the state.
Certainly, corporations can and will try to get away with a lot. But they have very little power to actually push people around before the state gets involved. And the state loves to get involved, because working with corporations gives them an excuse to use their power and find reasons to demand more!
The Libertarian Party has a lot of people in it who value signaling their social virtue better than actual liberty. The LP Mises Caucus is dedicated to bringing a strong love of liberty to the forefront.
They’re great, and they just published a really good promotional video that got me really inspired.
You can find the video at https://www.facebook.com/GoulashFilms/videos/538229143853502/
-or-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPGjXBFA1Y
(you don’t need to be logged in to watch them).
I also made short video talking about them.
The concept of civil libertarianism is sometimes useful, but it has some serious logical flaws–well, perhaps flaws is too strong a word–let’s say issues. In reality, the notion of civil libertarianism is often used to push out liberties from the argument because the speaker doesn’t like those particular liberties.
In my opinion, a person who respects only a subset of liberties is usually not acting based on principle, but on aesthetics or personal preference.
Below is a short video where I discuss.
Update: Now also available on YouTube.