How To Succeed In The World
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. — Voltaire
On Servile State By Belloc
The thesis of the book is that the Socialist movement does not lead to Socialism. This is partly because of compromise and cowardice; but partly also because men have a dim indestructible respect for property, even in its disgusting disguise of modern monopoly. Therefore, instead of the intentional result, Socialism, we shall have the unintentional […]
On The End Of War
The many men so beautiful And they all dead did lie; And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I. — S. T. Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Bravery And Human Irony
For it is another example of the human irony that it seems easier to die in battle than to tell the truth in politics. — G. K. Chesterton
On Defensible War
It is not the point to put wild and visionary questions about whether the world has been vastly improved by the War 1; whether Utopia or the New Jerusalem have come out of the War; to ask in that apocalyptic fashion what has come out of the War. We have come out of the War, and […]
It’s A Long Way To Passive Income Tax
Labour – They plan increasing active income tax, rejecting passive income tax. Irony: Passive income taxing was among their main policies. Also they call themselves ‘Labour’ party, so they should support ‘labour’, i.e. less tax on active income (work/labour), more tax on passive income (capital gains). Levelling the ground could possibly lead to lower active […]