Sunday, 30 April 2017

Saturday, 29 April 2017

Thought 529: The Road to Hell


'The road to hell is paved 
with good intentions.'

Indeed: the price
of heaven is hell.

Friday, 28 April 2017

Thought 528: Does the Liberation of Money Liberate?


Does the liberation of money liberate?
Only to the extent that money enslaves.

Thursday, 27 April 2017

Thought 527: Intentionalism in the Conspiratorial Paradigm


Conspiracy theory
imputes nefarious
intention in order
to cast blame but 
aren't we all the 
same will to exert?

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Thought 526: My Ergophobia


I have a dread
of jobs and employment.

Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Thought 525: What Is Work?


Work is applied activity 
performed for others.

It can take the form
of employment, accomplished
under the thumb of an employer
to be within money's reach.

It can take the form
of business, accomplished
under the thumb of the market
to be within money's reach.

Work can be creative
—in which case it is leisure—,
productive—in which it
case it is labour—,
or serviceable—in
which case it is 
assistance. 

The creativity of leisure
grows forth in works,
the productivity 
of labour brings forth
in things, the serviceability
of assistance manifests
in maintenance.

As opposed to work,
play is applied activity
performed for oneself,
no matter how exertive,
disciplined, and necessary.

Monday, 24 April 2017

Thought 524: Who Are Taxpayers?


Everyone because of 
value-added sales tax.

Sunday, 23 April 2017

Thought 523: Tragicomedy


If it is the case that
'the world is a tragedy to those who feel
and a comedy to those who think',
it remains that for those of us
who feel and think,
the world is tragicomic.

Saturday, 22 April 2017

Thought 522: Both Parties Right in Disagreement


Where disagreement occurs,
both parties can be right
according to their
own will to exert.

Friday, 21 April 2017

Thursday, 20 April 2017

Thought 520: Why I Will Never Be a Parent


I don't want to be social,
even for the sake of
my children.

Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Thought 519: My View of Happiness


Happiness, as I see it, 
is the sweet-spot in
life integration, 
stimulation, 
and condition.

Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Thought 518: Ayn Rand's Philosophical Egotism


I can tell a philosophical 
egotist because I am one.

Monday, 17 April 2017

Thought 517: Enforced Altruism v Enforced Selfishism


Enforced altruism
will always cause
a backlash—
I should know, 
my income
depends on it.

That does not
mean that
selfishism
should be
enforced in
its stead.

Sunday, 16 April 2017

Thought 516: Morality and the Powerful


When did the powerful
become powerful through
being moral?

Saturday, 15 April 2017

Thought 515: 5usiness 1s 5usiness


'Business is business.'
In other words, when it comes
to making money, all other considerations,
including those pertaining to basic
human decency, can go out 
of the window.

Friday, 14 April 2017

Thought 514: Plato's Republic as Internal Order


The internal self
is a commonwealth.

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Thought 513: Nietzsche's Way to Morality


The new morality
in the wake of
Nietzsche's 
philosophy
is the one
that has
ever been
at work:
trust and
distrust,
credit
and debt.

Credit is
gained when
empowering
others by increasing
their ability to
exert themselves 
and debt is accrued
when disempowering
others by reducing
their ability to
exert themselves.

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Thought 512: Chav-Hating Chavs


Individuals who look down on chavs have often
struck me as being quite chavvy themselves.

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Thought 511: People Acting in Accordance with Their Natural Inclination


People acting in accordance 
with their natural inclination
provides a defence against
rampant conformity.

Monday, 10 April 2017

Thought 510: Introverts and the Working World


Woe, woe, woe.


Addendum:

Extroverts
get power
from others.

Introverts
get power
from themselves.

Sunday, 9 April 2017

Saturday, 8 April 2017

Thought 508: The Anti-Nanny-State Brigade


Not a few who 
hate the 'Nanny State'
were probably privileged 
enough to be half-raised 
by a nanny.

Friday, 7 April 2017

Thought 507: Philosopher-Bums


Philosopher-bums on the outside 
but philosopher-kings on the inside.

Thursday, 6 April 2017

Thought 506: Robin Hood


The story of Robin Hood
is not simply about stealing
from the rich to give to the poor,
but first to return to the poor
what the rich stole from them,
including by way of taxation
and expropriation.

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Thought 505: Phoney Rule of Law


Man-made law is phoney
as compared to natural law.

No. I am phoney.

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Thought 504: Getting Evolved v Getting Involved


Don't get involved.
Get evolved.

Monday, 3 April 2017

Thought 503: Plurality as Natural Law Principle


The Principle of Plurality.

Sunday, 2 April 2017

Thought 502: All Religious


We all need
a comfort
blanket.

I wonder whether
the reason religions
are so popular is that
their doctrines manage
to activate pleasure
centres in the brain.

Saturday, 1 April 2017

Thought 501: Worldview Poisonings


Mainstream media: mainstream poisoning.
Social media: social poisoning.
Alternative media: alternative poisoning.