On the Return of the Ideal of Inequality
I mentioned here a few days ago that we live in a political regime based on the fact that different rules apply to each group, and that those rules are…
On Understanding Political Regimes
Virtually all commentaries on recent events in England have criticised the British elites for spectacularly applying different rules to the white working class and different rules to migrants. This criticism…
Nude photography is conservative
What is proper conservatism? In keeping the world as it was in 1800? Or in 1420? Or in preserving some elements of that period? Or in establishing a lifestyle that…
Europutins
I’ve pointed out a couple of times here over the last year or so liberal texts that claim that “democrats” should learn from Putin and behave similarly or they won’t…
On Predatory States
Historian Jaroslav Strnad in his excellent chapters in his thick monograph History of India uses the term “predatory states”. Predatory states are typical of Islamic civilization, but they can spring…
On the Need to Tax Domestic Labour
If we look at the trends in taxation and social policy, it is quite logical that if the same trends continue, sooner or later we will run out of domestic…