Mike Brock

The Way Out.

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The Way Out

The Way Out We exist in a time of acute democratic crisis. I think it’s hard for most people to accept just how perilous the situation actually i...

Are we a fragmented society of hostile factions fighting for dominance, or do we contain and retain some collective capacity for maintaining some conception of the common good? And I note that both external and internal arguments are being made to undermine that notion. Some of you, are taken by those notions, and for that I can only express my sadness. Even I hope for your redemption and return to the project.

The problem with identity politics often isn't the social injustices they highlight. Those things are often quite obvious and hard for us to ignore. The problem is when we close off the possibility of redemption. Because if we can't see each other as redeemable, then we really have no basis for sharing a civilization. And I make this same general argument as harshly to my right as I make it to my left. And I'll complete the thought for you: if there's no redemption possible, there's also no point in having an argument at all. And from that conclusion, nothing good comes.

Just because someone is wrong about something, doesn't make them a bad person. What matters more, when it comes to character, is if they're open to having their mind changed. ... and if you're not, in principle, open to having your mind changed, we're having a whole other conversation all together. I would also suggest that people be preoccupied with this basic insight, because I might suggest it's actually the basis for civilization existing at all.

The thing about the stability of systems, is it has absolutely nothing to do with ossification and everything to do with adaptability. People misunderstand this to their peril. In all domains: politics, economics, and yes: bitcoin.

Was happy to speak at the Bitcoin Policy Summit in DC this morning about why I think Bitcoin is valuable.

I have an incomplete essay on my criticisms about the Austrian school. It's not complete. I might finish it. I might not. But the core thrust of the argument is there.

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The Philosophical Flaws of Austrian Economics: A Critique

The Philosophical Flaws of Austrian Economics: A Critique Introduction The Austrian school of economics, despite its significant influence on econ...

Land taxes are the most defensible form of taxation. Fight me.

Uh, my essay taking on The Sovereign Individual is getting very long. It's greater than a 20 minute read at this point. And I have also found myself bringing in Nozick's "Anarchy, State and Utopia" into it. I am approaching my critiques very much through the lens of Epistemic Liberalism, that I've been kicking around. But yeah, this is going to be some deeply academic reading.