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They Dare Call It “Security”

Full written show notes in PDF format here.

Some thoughts about the recent assault of Emiru at TwitchCon developed into thoughts about calling things what they aren’t, high-trust societies decaying into low-trust societies, and where attacks on property rights eventually lead.

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Essay Political

Incentives and Political Power

The other day I read an article over at Mises that makes an interesting, if somewhat obvious point: that despite incentives which encourage long time preferences in monarchical rulers compared to democratic rulers with limited terms, other circumstances can encourage rulers of all kinds to have different time preferences.