philosophy

  • John Adams: Opinions of Philosophers (Anti‑Caste Constitutional Foundations)

    John Adams: Opinions of Philosophers (Anti‑Caste Constitutional Foundations)

    John Adams’s Defense of the Constitutions is one of the earliest American attempts to map the philosophical genealogy of republican government. Chapter 4, “Opinions of Philosophers,” surveys classical and early‑modern thinkers not as antiquarian commentary but as a diagnostic tool: Adams is tracing how different societies organized power, how they justified hierarchy, and how they…

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  • A short History of Social Engineering

    A short History of Social Engineering

    The grand parade of social engineering – that pernicious attempt by self-appointed saviors to mold society according to their whims! Let us embark on a journey through this cesspool of misguided benevolence and thinly veiled manipulation, shall we? From the Settlement House Movement to the modern-day digital charlatans, social engineering has donned many masks, each…

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  • On the Need to Turn Out High School Lawyers

    On the Need to Turn Out High School Lawyers

    For too long, public schools have been peddling pablum while neglecting the true essentials of a citizen’s education. It’s high time we revolutionize our curriculum to arm our youth with the weapons of knowledge they’ll need to navigate the treacherous waters of our legal system. Let us be clear: By the time a student dons…

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  • $50 Federal Minimum Wage Is as American as Apple Pie

    $50 Federal Minimum Wage Is as American as Apple Pie

    HOLD ONTO YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL HATS because I’m about to drop a TRUTH BOMB that’ll shake the very foundations of our economic system! We’ve got CORPORATE PARASITES masquerading as job creators. WELFARE QUEENS in Armani suits have their greedy mitts deep in the public coffers while their workers are left begging for scraps at the welfare…

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  • The Constitution doesn’t guarantee the right to obscene profits

    The Constitution doesn’t guarantee the right to obscene profits

    Today we confront a CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS of epic proportions. The so-called “minimum wage” has become a MAXIMUM INSULT to the dignity of American workers. And don’t even get me started on the FESTERING WOUND of modern slavery that continues to infect our great nation. It’s time to lance this boil and cauterize it with the…

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  • WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ECONOMIC LIBERTY!

    WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ECONOMIC LIBERTY!

    Today we discuss the ECONOMIC LIBERATION of the American worker. The $50 minimum wage isn’t some pie-in-the-sky liberal fantasy. It’s PURE, UNADULTERATED ECONOMIC FREEDOM! Our Founders didn’t risk their lives and fortunes so we could scrape by on poverty wages. They envisioned a nation of PROSPERITY. Some lily-livered bureaucrats will tell you a $50 minimum…

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  • The Company Town (and another call for a fifty-dollar minimum wage)

    The Company Town (and another call for a fifty-dollar minimum wage)

    The company town! That grand experiment in corporate feudalism, now reincarnated in the unholy trinity of penal labor, affordable housing, and the modern workplace. Let us embark on a journey through this cesspool of misguided benevolence and thinly veiled exploitation, shall we? From the textile mills of Lowell to the coal mines of Appalachia, company…

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  • On Matters of Predatory Employment Practices and a Federal Minimum Wage of No Less Than $50

    On Matters of Predatory Employment Practices and a Federal Minimum Wage of No Less Than $50

    Today we confront a question that strikes at the very foundation of our Republic: whether businesses may profit at the expense of the liberty and dignity of their employees. Let me be unequivocal: NO BUSINESS is entitled to profit by trampling on constitutional guarantees. The proposal for a $50 federal minimum wage is not just…

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  • We’re Not Just Tough on Crime, We’re Addicted to It

    We’re Not Just Tough on Crime, We’re Addicted to It

    The 1980s and 1990s were a golden era for those who believe that the path to a just society is paved with prison cells and cheap labor. Let us embark on a journey through this misguided epoch, where the so-called “tough on crime” policies collided spectacularly with the age-old American tradition of exploiting captive labor.…

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  • EL CHIRADO – INDUSTRY, TEMPERANCE AND MORALITY (DEAR GOD)

    EL CHIRADO – INDUSTRY, TEMPERANCE AND MORALITY (DEAR GOD)

    El Chirado? More like El Ridiculo! Saddle up, pardners! We’re about to lasso ourselves a tale wilder than a bronco in a thunderstorm – the wacky story of the Chicago-Colorado Colony! It’s 1870, and a bunch of Chicago fat cats are itching to make their mark on the untamed Colorado Territory. Inspired by that old…

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