There's a very fine difference between fellow humans oppressing each other because they can't reach a consensus on something, and taking drastic measures against external threat. (View Post)

Enforcing quarantine has nothing to do with authoritarianism or anarchism (which some seem to confuse for libertarianism). It's just a natural response to emergency, which is the reason government ex… (View Post)

I hate all sorts of enforced insurance with a burning passion, healthcare included. It shouldn't exist in the first place, and instead be funded directly from taxes (raise the tax by equal amount if … (View Post)

What's not? Four years ago we had a bunch of enraged fans reeeing because they found the writing not up to their vision of BG. Now we have a bunch of enraged fans reeeing because they find the time s… (View Post)

You know there's something *very* wrong going on when it rains for days in Russia in the very middle of winter. We haven't even seen proper snow *yet*. (View Post)