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To Serve and Protect

Jan 11

By Roderick

Crispin Sartwell writes: perhaps it seems obvious that it is in the interests of poor people to have an extremely powerful and pervasive state; perhaps it seems obvious that it is in the interests of rich people to have a tiny powerless state. however, looking at the thing squarely, this is the opposite of obvious. [...]

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Call/Email Emory Cops to Protest

Dec 13

By Roderick

Details here.

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Cops vs. Law and Order

Oct 30

By Roderick

On the west coast, cops commit war crimes. On the east coast, cops admit that corruption is a perk of their jobs, and get all indignant about being prosecuted. Maybe we should start using the slogan “no special rights for cops.” (Of course, applied consistently that would make them not cops anymore. Which is fine [...]

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De Spectaculis

Sep 09

By Roderick

I laughed when Nero’s minions sent fire-tortured souls to the sky. Without the walls of Pilate’s halls, I shouted “Crucify!” I roared my glee to the sullen sea where Abel’s blood was shed. My jeer was loud in the gory crowd that stoned St. Stephen dead. — Robert E. Howard Even if the death penalty [...]

Tagged Democracy, Ethics, Jove's Witnesses, Left and Right, Left-Libertarian, Terror, The Thin Blue Line | 41 Responses

Lie Or Die, Says the State

Aug 24

By Roderick

Peter Jackson (yes, that Peter Jackson) and Kevin Carson on the West Memphis Three.

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You May Ask Yourself, How Do I Work This?

Aug 19

By Roderick

Apparently this guy only ever learned one way of opening doors. (CHT Stacy Litz.) Good thing that there were others on hand who could draw on a broader range of life experience to help him out.

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I’m Roderick T. Long, Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University. I’m an Aristotelean/Wittgensteinian in philosophy and a left-libertarian market anarchist in social theory. (More about me here.) This blog, Austro-Athenian Empire, is a continuation of my earlier blog, archived here.

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