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That’s not Socialism

26 Nov 2019 6 minute read 5 comments Daniel Goldman

What so many people, including many self labeled socialists, get wrong.   But that’s not socialism. These institutions fly in the face of the very founding ideals of socialist thinkers. In fact, I will show further along in this discussion, a quote...

Project Outpost: A Cooperative for Item Exchange

25 Nov 2019 2 minute read 3 comments Daniel Goldman

If we want to get rid of an item, some of the options we have are eBay, Amazon, or some pawn shop or consignment shop. eBay and Amazon have opened the world of retail to the masses. And that's great. Some new startups, piggybacking off of the success...

Ageism: Cultures on the Brink of an All out War

12 Nov 2019 3 minute read 6 comments Daniel Goldman

The antagonism between baby boomers and millennials is on the rise, and it’s bordering on outright bigotry. This country is really on the brink of an all out civil war. While historically there has been tensions between generations, as each generat...

An Anarchist’s Argument for Voting

3 Nov 2019 2 minute read 4 comments Daniel Goldman

Many anarchists do not vote, because they consider voting an exercise of force against others. But that’s only the case in certain instances.   It’s election season. It’s always election season. Ah wonderful Democracy. It’s such a wonderful form of...

America and Italy, a Story Written in Ancient Rome?

17 Oct 2019 4 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman

Trump has a habit of saying things that are really stupid, or at least things that sound stupid. Many people think that he really is an idiot. I’m not sure. A common rule of thumb is to never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained...

Blizzard Under Fire For Banning a Player

10 Oct 2019 3 minute read 6 comments Daniel Goldman

After a player supported Hong Kong, Blizzard illegally and evilly threw him out. Well okay. That’s not quite it. If you were to read the news, a lot of journalists are making it sound like Blizzard randomly threw a player under the bus simply for s...

Why the World Did Not Stop Turning on 9/11

17 Sep 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman

As horrific as 9/11 was, and it was a horrific attack, the American obsession with the attack is nothing more than an example of arrogance and limited perspective. I think now that a few days have passed since the anniversary, I can write my rather...

People Are Too Obsessed with Money

8 Sep 2019 2 minute read 4 comments Daniel Goldman

People want more money. It's not just people working at fast food joints, wanting increases in minimum wage, or politicians who promote minimum wage hikes, as if they're the solution to poverty, but a lot of cryptoasset projects focus too heavily on...

The Fifth and Tenth Amendments

6 Sep 2019 6 minute read 4 comments Daniel Goldman

In order to understand government and law, in the United States, we must understand the constitution, but if there are two provisions in the constitution which are of supreme importance, it is the fifth and tenth amendments. Here’s why. The Fifth Ame...

How Criminalizing Holocaust Denial Brings Us Closer to Fascism

17 Aug 2019 5 minute read 5 comments Daniel Goldman

Europe is horribly embarrassed by the events of the holocaust, and its governments should be. However, in response to this past, European governments have implemented policies which echo the oppressive regimes of the past. Antisemitism, along with...