The Problem of Efficient Political Order
The fundamental imperative of the state, at least from the perspective of the state, is to maintain sufficient political hegemony, such that no subset of society »
You May Not Be Interested In Politics, But Politics Is Interested In You
Plato once said, “One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Actually, that’s »
Absolutism and Localism
Absolutism is the idea that conflict is bad, that conflict is reliably caused by division of power, therefore division of power is bad, therefore decisive power »
The Dodd Report and Interview
One of the more interesting documents I have come across recently is the 1982 Interview of Norman Dodd by Edward Griffin, where Dodd goes into his »
The Overton Bubble
The Overton Window and Political Control The Overton Window is a concept in political sociology referring to the range of acceptable opinions that can be held »