The revolt against the elites
Philosophy
A fable of Eunuchs, Praetorians, and University funding cuts.
Imagine yourself to be in the mythical Land of Beyond where you need minions to do a dirty job that men with honour would refuse to do. A classic trick in this situation is to pick people despised by the rest of society who are thus dependent on protection and will simply do what is asked for.
Good news in the “war on drugs”
There has been some good news in the “war on drugs” in Queensland recently. The government has been working hard to achieve their goals, and they are proud of their success. In the Australian Crime Commission Illicit Drug Data Report 2010-11 we are told that the Queensland police managed over 17,000 seizures of marijuana. Well done to the boys (and girls) in blue.
Political Activism and Philosophy
**This was originally posted within a Facebook group, I apologise for the poor wording.
THIS IS WATER
This speech by the late writer David Foster Wallace is such a wonderfully articulate defence of a liberal education through an existentialist lens. Needed a share. Here is an extract:
Judith Shklar’s Liberalism of Fear
Here is a link to renowned political theorist Judith Shklar outlining her well known concept of the ‘Liberalism of Fear’. Shklar, following the tradition of political realism, develops a theory of liberalism without illusions, without morality and free of ahistorical concepts of ‘social justice’.