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“The sage is devoted to non-action, moves without teaching, creates ten thousand things without instruction, lives but does not own, acts but does not presume, accomplishes without taking credit. When no credit is taken, accomplishment endures.”

— Laozi, Daodejing, Addiss & Lombardo tr. (Ch 2)

#class

The question is not so much "Are there foreigners in my country?" but "Are there cosmopolitans in my country, cosmopolitans who act in complete indifference to my country, and all other countries?"

— G. K. Chesterton

#immigration

The recognition of the insuperable limits to his knowledge ought indeed to teach the student of society a lesson in humility which should gu

#libertarian #economy

Most cartels and trusts would never have been set up had not the governments created the necessary conditions by protectionist measures.

#class #economy

#shirky principle

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“You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974, The Dispossessed

#activism #direct action

philosophybits

“To grasp all beneath heaven, leave it alone. Leave it alone, that’s all, and nothing in all beneath heaven will elude you.”

— Laozi, Daodejing, Hinton tr. (Ch 48)

#libertarian

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Everyone is born through the literal labor of their mother during the birthing process, and then raised by the nurturing of their parents (or other caretakers). No-one comes into the world or survives past infancy free of obligation.

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And no one has the right to be carried for nine months or so and be born. Parents ought to have the right to decide whether to bring their children into the world or not, just as they have the right to conceive nor not. Parenthood should be elective and purposeful, not obligatory or punitive. Hence the next generation should be welcomed via charity and intent, not via entitlement.

#reply #abortion #property rights #women's rights #civil rights #rights #libertarian #libertarianism

“Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.”

— Adam Ferguson

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