Moral foundations of individualism
Humans are productive positive beings,
needing defense against initiation of force
not control by do-gooders and tyrants.
(This site is is not about anarchy, intellectual Libertarianism,
'secular humanism' (based in Marxism), or mysticism (religion)
- but about individual freedom supported
by defense and justice systems,
the demonstrably moral social system
that history proves feeds and fosters humans.)
Individualist
"Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: "I'll do as I please at everybody else's expense." An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man - his own and those of others." - Ayn Rand
COMMENTS
EPISTEMOLOGY
How We Know
Ayn Rand rebuts claim that Atlas Shrugged is an Illuminati conspiracy theory
An Alternative to Conspiracism’s Foolish Illusions
Occam's Razor
Here's what's wrong with Ayn Rand's Philosophy. :-o)
People persevering through the panicdemic
including by starting small businesses.
But some business people are just knee-jerk stupid
Human resources executive fired employee for expressing concrn about fellow employees, now she has been fired.
World Economic Freedom
Rating of countries on economic freedom, with links to detail factors in the ratings.
I comment that the 'usual suspects' are low and high, with the pleasant surprise of Chile rating high and Australia being very high, with the oddity to me of Russia not being as low as Communist China.
Beware that clicking on a country may turn it black, click again to restore - there's a worldwide lack of web page quality. (Greenland is black because there is no data, it is slowly becoming independent from Denmark and probably has close relations with Canada..)
Think Twice before You Disparage Capitalism
Proper implementation of the vague and often mirespresented term 'capitalism' requires defense of individiual against initiation of force the role of defense and justice systems..
Information and comment on the COVID-19 panicdemic
- government botching and reduction in freedoms, actual risks, deaths caused by restrictive measures, some governments doing things right.
Burying the 'Trump is racist' scam.
An example of an alarming trend of whipping up emotions by repeating a lie.
Typical tactics of Marxism-founded activists and politicians are:
- extrapolating, such as from a balanced statement like 'everyone has the right to speak up but no one has the right to violence'
- quoting out of context, including quoting only part of a sentence
- actively avoiding fact-checking
- plain lying
And smear tactics. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: My comment on inaccurate descriptions given to police who then regurgitate them Political planning requires coercion, market planning requires cooperation.
scam of claiming that white people from Ireland were slaves in the West Indies and treated worse than black slaves. Traffic safety and legal advice. I don’t understand why he can't see it. SAANICH B.C. ENVIRONMENTALISM
Saanich EDPA property rights activism moved to...... From ugly duckling to golden goose
The modest hospital on Salt Spring Island does not get many severe trauma cases, as there aren't big highways on the island thus few severe impacts. Staff and emergency services personanel were concerned about keeping skills current.
Obsessive mentality - Butchart Gardens version. 1984
Also a method of whipping up emotions by repeating a lie.
The causes of Trudeau Jr's hypocrisy. (My exposition.)
From the Agha Khan to WE charity Trudeau still can't seem to grasp reality.
When rules are just for the little people injustice occurs.
The gift that keeps on giving - to the opposition.
The WE charity mess that Justin Trudeau and Bill Monreau sink deeper into.
(But Monreau has taken the fall by resigning.)
Victims are using terms like Asian and First Nations to describe assailants, and police repeat them to media.
But those are not accurate descriptions because of the wide variation of shades and facial features among tribes and areas of the world. (Even Caucasian is poor, because historically it is based on anatomy not skin colour, it covered most of Asia and North Africa thus was not exclusive to white skin.)
One police department asked people to watch for a missing 'First Nations' teenager, but fortunately also gave her colouring - blonde whitey. In another case the missing 'First Nations' person was a light-skinned redhead. ('First Nations' is a current fad term for descendants of tribal people who've been here several millenia, they usually have brown skin and black hair but in reality vary widely in facial shape. 'Nation" is not a genetic type, it is affiliation including political and familial.)
Proper descriptions are colour of skin and hair, facial features including shape and sags/wrinkles, tone of skin (like 'reddish'), body size including height and fat, perhaps apparent gender, any distinguishing marks like blotches on face and bad teeth and deformity as well as limping, and clothing if unusual (though that could be a ruse).
The article also shows the rot in society with the sentence “Since the second half of the 20th century, physical anthropologists have moved away from a typological understanding of human biological diversity towards a genomic and population-based perspective, and have tended to understand race as a social classification of humans based on phenotype and ancestry as well as cultural factors, as the concept is also understood in the social sciences.”
I say 'cultural' does not fit genetic ancestry, wars between areas in Eastern Europe such as Yugoslavia and Georgia show that (partly religious and partly cultural in those examples). Similarly, tribes in Africa slaughter each other despite having the same skin colour.
My exposition and comment, including bad methods of knowledge, and motives of promoters of the scam. Plus comment on how the lack of food in Ireland came about, and similar principles advocated today.
Note court judgements against drivers.
He's the kindest, most gentle, loving husband and father. But then, he forgets and everything goes to sh*t."
- Cher, re her brief marriage to Gregg Alman
I say a psychological problem, noting the reputation of the Allman Brothers Band for hard partying - that's escaping from something.
Comment to Saanich council re climate alarmism.
How Canadian ingenuity transformed the oil sands.
(It did take decades of work.)
So they organized a simulation lab, laid out like their emergency department, with modern interactive mannequins.
Periodically they practice a situation in the lab, as a team.
Smart.
A couple was refused admission to Butchart Gardens because they were wearing a hat, long dress, and suit - on their wedding anniversary.
Butchart Gardens then tried to rationalize their mistake by comparing crowded Disneyland to Butchart Gardens, talking of obvious hazards like skateboards and selfie sticks in crowds, and saying they turned away someone in a ladybug costume (obviously - to most people - a very different situation). And tried to pay the couple off by agreeing to an expensive taxi ride back to Victoria, where they came from by bus.
What's the solution to that attitude?
The free market of course - people can determine if the business is reforming from its confused thinking, and move on to better if not. (Indeed, the couple enjoyed other gardens and historical venues while visiting Victoria.)
How Can Monopolies Occur? explains how people can vote with their feet and start alternative businesses, and what stops them (government force).
There are outstanding young people today.
"What Microsoft, Apple, and others are doing right now is determining the future state of your relationships with customers. This isn’t a tech issue. This is a future-of-your-business issue." (Regarding government's push to see the data on your customers that you store.)
Keith's new pages on the grassroots group to foster democracy in the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C.
- the book about suppression of speech
“I didn’t know that many people could fit in the back seat of an F-14”.
One person got fed up with sexist comments in an Internet thread speculating on how a female pilot managed to lose control of a fighter aircraft approaching to land on an aircraft carrier, talking as if they knew exactly what happened.
Black-skinned Americans who aren't in the news:
Black-skinned Americans support police - not arsonists, muggers, rioters, and their ilk.
Black residents defend white-owned store with guns.
Black-skinned Americans were economically better off a century ago when there was discrimination - what changed?
(Keith says the anti-human culture of neo-Marxists and their Post-Modern/Multiculturalist offshoots.)
COLLECTIVIST TYRANNY
A series about bad behaviour and violation of rights by governments.
How to SPOT TERRORISTS IN CANADA
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM PAGES
Socio-Economic Philosophy
(incl Island Individual & Little People)
Don't Blame Humans for Climate
Emphasizing defense of individuals, housing,
knowledge acquisition, and sovereignty over own life.
VALUES LINKS
I am NOT associated with the Center for Individualism, they do seem promising.
Regarding 'secular humanism', note that the proponents are usually collectivist at root. 'Humanist' is broader but vague.
I support pre-emptive defense against sources of support to those who certainly will initiate physical force against individual freedom.
(The demonstrably moral concept "individual freedom" is
the proven way to achieve peace and prosperity for humans.)
The Fine Print
Philosophical content is being moved from another web site to here, and links changed.