print“Our country is not to be equated with our Capitol”
FEATURED ON AMERICAN GREATNESS: “A Hardcore Libertarian Take on the Storming of the Capitol Building:
… Like us or not, the radical, libertarian propertarian—who does not live inside and off the Beltway—will strongly disagree with the contention of the Trump-blaming Breitbarters.
A certain kind of libertarian, the good kind, distinguishes clearly between those who, like BLM, would trash, loot and level private property—the livelihoods and businesses of private citizens—and between those who would storm the plush seats of state power and corruption.
A YouTube complement to the column is available.
In fact, a chuckle was in order in response to one of the comments on the thread. It reflects a perennial sentiment readers have expressed almost weekly, over the past 20 years (and counting).
Not a week has gone by when this kind of missive hasn’t reached my in-box. This gentlemen, like others I know (“Juvenal Early,” author of “The Dissident Right Has An Idiocracy Problem”), is quite annoyed.
Reply:
(You forgot Taki’s and Chronicles magazine.) American Greatness obviously publishes me. They are … Grrreat. As does AR. As to the others, ask them. The husband (a pretty smart guy) says, “A’s hire A’s and B’s hire C’s.” Ha, ha! Beware the scary lady.
(Highest praise, really. In this context, I am reminded of Alexei Sayle, a scrupulously honest British comedian, perceptive about human nature, too. When asked what he does when he watches a really talented satirist performing, Sayle replied: “I go back stage and tell him he’ll never make it.”)
Anyhoo, “A Hardcore Libertarian Take on the Storming of the Capitol Building” is on The American Greatness, which is leading the intellectual charge in the post-Trump era.
UPDATE (1/25):
Congratulations on having this superb column published widely. Your delineation of the fundamental characteristics of the events of January 6, in context, and the fundamental distinction between the politics of expropriation, on the one hand, and the principle of individual rights, on the other, is a significant, overdue and welcome. It stands in principled contrast to the overt statism of the left and the whimpering pragmatism of the conventional right. Nice going!