(Nick’s Note: While I do not necessarily agree with Doug’s ideas about how to make things better he presents an interesting and astute analysis and conversation starter You can find this also posted here as well as more discussion from Doug on this subject here and a decent response to this article here) The U.S. Postal…
Note: this Piece was previously published on my blog The Wilson Report on January 2, 2014 So what do you do? The question inevitably comes up when meeting new people or people you have not seen in a while. In the English speaking world the question is shorthand for “what do you do to support…
Hey everyone, sorry for this late post. Had a bit of “work” to do today (but it was fun and joyful so I am grateful for it) but I was thinking to myself about the whole, “what do you do” question that a lot of people ask (and more people have thought about and attempted…
Nick’s Note: You can also find this posted here and on Mr. Spencer’s blog. This year’s Conservative Party conference has reminded us incessantly that George Osborne and his fellow ministers are “for hard working people”. This same slogan has also become popular among Labour politicians – indeed support for “hard working people” has replaced support for…
(Also see here) Courtesy of Sheldon Richman, Responding anonymously to Carlyle inFraser’s in 1850 was John Stuart Mill. In “The Negro Question” Mill objected to Carlyle’s religious-based claim that black people were put on earth to work for white people. He wrote: “If ‘the gods’ will this, it is the first duty of human beings to resist such…
In Oscar Wilde’s, The Soul of Man Under Socialism there are plenty of things about art, individualism private property, how the individual could perfect themselves in the best sort of society and so on. But there are also bits and pieces that emphasize the value of an individualistic socialism that would see individuals more free to…
Where to Start? In my previous post I tackled what I meant by “work” in the Introduction. While that hopefully answers a good portion of what an anti-work position may look like (I don’t claim a monopoly on the anti-work position) it isn’t all there is to it. Because for me if you’re going to oppose work…
This Piece was originally published on October 9, 2013 at my own blog The Wilson Report. A while back I responded to an ad for a Mystery Shopper. I had met people before who have made money doing this type of work, and it sounded like an easy way to earn some fast cash. I…
So this post will probably go out after the day is done and that’s partially because of preoccupation with, among other things of course, my post on capitalism which I am happy to say is getting closer and closer to completion now. I made a ton of progress today and I am happy with some…
Hey everyone, couldn’t scrounge together the post on capitalism yet (gotta figure out how to write it out which I will do later tonight and into the morning) but I figured here’s a few bits of cool info to hopefully tie you over: The site now has a “like” option where you can stay up…