A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Lysander Spooner
December 2021
November 2021
The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress. Murray Rothbard
June 2021
I think the person who takes a job in order to live — that is to say, for the money — has turned himself into a slave. Joseph Campbell
February 2021
Why Plato used the dialogue form
Ever wonder why Plato chose to speak and write in the dialogue form? If so, you’re not alone. I’ve wondered that myself in the past while reading some of his work. And even back then it seemed to me that he was trying to somehow record some important knowledge, sometimes philosophical concepts and sometimes even (alternative) history, without getting into trouble. Read more ⟶
January 2021
I’m a prisoner
During discussions about the system of enslavement (‘Statism’) that is currently implemented worldwide, one of the things that’s often brought up by others is the question of why I’m making use of things (facilities, services, etc.) inside this system while I am opposed to it. That would seem hypocritical upon first glance, and this question, often phrased in a variety of ways, is a very valid question. Read more ⟶
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are. H.L. Mencken
December 2020
We didn’t learn from Anton de Kom
At the moment, especially in the Netherlands but also in Suriname, there’s a hype around Anton de Kom and his book “We slaves of Suriname.” Unfortunately, it all looks more like ‘virtue-signaling’ and ‘lip-service’ given the fact that there is little evidence that people have actually understood Anton de Kom’s message, let alone that they have changed their daily choices and actions accordingly. Read more ⟶
June 2020
Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy — their own population. Noam Chomsky
May 2020
Censorship by Google Drive and Google Docs
Back in June 2019 I had warned about relying on cloud platforms for your business and for storing your (personal) data, with some examples of what could go wrong. With all the recent online censorship related to the COVID-19 ‘pandemic’ more examples are piling up showing what can happen when you rely on the current centralized Software As A Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms. Read more ⟶
Losing the elections of May 25th 2020
Following is an English translation of an article I wrote that was published on Starnieuws yesterday. The original article is in Dutch and you can read it on Starnieuws if you prefer that version. In a recent column on Starnieuws Mr. Hans Breeveld wrote the following: “Nobody should allow themselves the luxury of not voting. Read more ⟶
December 2019
The Slave Plantation of Eden
If, like me, you’ve wondered why all of our cultures, social institutions and ways of living together, have elements of slavery that are deeply, and indeed even fundamentally, embedded, then I hope you realize that this is because that’s how ‘civilization’ started many thousands of years ago, enforced on us by a specific extraterrestrial ruling class. Read more ⟶
November 2019
Being brainwashed in China’s “re-education camps”
After the recent example of torture and oppression by the criminal government of China, new leaked documents give insight into what the criminal government of China calls “re-education camps.” Here’s from the BBC, “Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps” (November 24th 2019): Leaked documents detail for the first time China’s systematic brainwashing of hundreds of ... Read more ⟶
The only way not to lose a rigged game is not to play. When the ruling classes exempt themselves from the ‘laws’ they expect us to live by, there is tyranny. The political, financial and military complexes have become one interwoven system of corporate fascism based on lies and deceit. It is more vulnerable than people think, as it requires our continued co-operation for it to maintain its illusion of legitimacy. When we choose to stop playing the game we dissolve the façade of presumed authority over us. To destroy a lie, live the truth. Unknown
Being tortured in China
A former British consulate employee by the name of Simon Cheng has written a detailed account of how he was detained and tortured by the criminal Chinese government because of possible participation in the Hong Kong protests. It’s a horrifying read, but I highly recommend reading it in full to understand what the situation currently is in China. Read more ⟶
Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed. Their mistaken course stems from false notions of equality. Equality, rightly understood leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences. Wrongly understood it leads first to conformity and then to despotism. Barry Goldwater
October 2019
Mining for a Heart of Gold
For some reason it happens more frequently these days that people comment on the fact that I choose to live alone. I figured I should probably start writing about the reasons for that so that I won’t have to keep repeating myself in the future. There are many reasons for why I choose to be alone, basically all having to do with one of the most important things to me in life: freedom. Read more ⟶
The organizing principle of centralism was necessary only for the individual ruler who, from one place, wanted to dominate larger countries at the same time in order to squeeze interest from them. To this end, they were compelled to appoint ministers to their courts, and to send statesmen to the provinces.
Now one must always keep in mind that this was not necessary for the life of the subjugated peoples, but that this central government was created only by the ruler who conquered power for the purpose of collecting taxes and later influencing peoples opinion in favor of the ruler. Augustin Souchy
June 2019
The danger of “Software as a Service” and “Infrastructure as a Service”
Eric Raymond blogged about the danger of using “Software as a Service” (SaaS) in light of Salesforce.com recently banning customers from selling firearms. Read more ⟶
May 2019
I’m Rich and Successful
One of the things that I’ve realized and have been thinking about often in the last few weeks is how rich and successful I am. And I don’t mean this in the way that most people understand these terms, which is usually in the financial sense, because I don’t care about being rich and successful in that way. In fact, I’ve written before about the fact that I never want to get rich in that sense. Read more ⟶
April 2019
The government I live under has been my enemy all my active life. When it has not been engaged in silencing me it has been engaged in robbing me. So far as I can recall I have never had any contact with it that was not an outrage on my dignity and an attack on my security. H. L. Mencken