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MAY 16, 2025


** Why Political Consent Isn’t Real Consent
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You wouldn’t call it consent if someone took your wallet “for your protection.” So why accept that excuse from the government?
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** Is the Department of Government Efficiency Improving America or Overreaching?
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SELF-GOVERNMENT


** Can We Have Politics Without Violence?
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Humans naturally compete for influence, but problems arise when this becomes control through coercive government power.

Respecting personhood means rejecting systems that rely on force rather than voluntary cooperation.
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FINANCE & SELF-GOVERNMENT


** No Institution or Individual Has a Right to Your Money
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Conservatives are jumping on the “defund Harvard” bandwagon.

President Donald Trump has threatened Harvard University with withholding billions in federal grants over what the administration says are violations of civil rights law.
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HIGHLIGHT


** Political Power as Pathology
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Political power functions less like civic responsibility and more like an infection spreading through institutions and relationships. Changing the metaphors we use can help detoxify public thinking and reveal new paths to freedom.

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