The illusion of legitimacy

“The legitimacy of the ruling class – in whatever political form it may take – is based on the illusion that they can protect the people, whether from war, famine, economic hardship, or any other kind of disaster that disrupts the everyday routine of their lives and livelihood.… By attributing the cause of these cosmically-induced...

Dissenter part 3: The thought police poke back

Replying to a comment on my post about the Dissenter browser extension, I remarked on how the Left always projects the darkest parts of itself onto its enemies: They’re all in a tizzy looking for fascists under every doormat because fundamentally they ARE fascists; that’s the essence of their cozy relationship with Google, Facebook, Twitter,...

They lied. It’s up to us.

In the wake of the New Zealand mosque massacre, I've been thinking about how these things repeatedly play out in the same sad way. I've been thinking about what transforms people from an atomized collection of terrified individuals into people who realize that they have power over the moment -- that they don't have to...

Dissenter: It’s working

You know how you can tell? The powers that be -- the ones that think you and I don't deserve to speak at all -- have already tried to break it. A FAR System reader left this comment on my post a few days ago, when I said that the people from whom you're dissenting...

Dissenter: Now they can’t stop you

You may have noticed that many "progressive" media sources,pundits, and celebrities take the regressive tack of squelching dissent. They remove contrary opinions, deplatform ideas and people they don't want to hear, or just remove comment sections altogether. Why? Because they hate you, they think you're a bad person, and you don't deserve to speak. Well,...

Happy birthday…

Happy birthday to the Bill of Rights. 236 years today. Some of the 10 are looking pretty shaky, I have to admit...but when you consider that they've been under attack in various ways for over 200 years, and yet they still refuse to die, that's pretty impressive. As grim as things may look sometimes, it's...