Tuesday's Travesty

Since states lost their mythical foundations in 1789, they have desperately sought to legitimize their existence by one means or another. The justification cranked up by liberal democracies is that the State is legitimized by the Consent of the Governed, for whose Welfare the government labours tirelessly. In the case of the United States, this vaunted self justification no longers has a shred of plausibility... The issue on Tuesday is whether one wishes to uphold or call out the farce. [ read ]
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High Priests of Sacrificial Rites

Chipster discusses how the criminal justice system became institutionalized sadism. [ read ]