You may remember my tongue in cheek post here. [https://thelastredoubt.com/a-leftist-argument-for-gun-ownership/]Yes, it was snarky in tone, but the actual leftist argument – that power corrupts, that power imbalances encourage and enable oppression, that power flows from the barrel of a gun, and that handing capitalist oppressors or potential tyrants (where do you think all of the sociopaths who want power over others are going to go?) exclusive power to that given the rather dicey relationship…
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I was, and to a degree, still am, a huge fan of the Mark E Rodgers Samurai Cat [https://infogalactic.com/info/Samurai_Cat] books. It was a series of books about a ronin cat out to avenge the death of his lord, his wayward nephew, and their misadventures. Each one spoofed various genres, usually lovingly. Conan, Lord of the Rings, Arthurian Legend, Star Wars. And Stephen King. Oh, gods, yes, Stephen King. All too kindly IMO, but there it is. So, in the midst of taking apart the entirety of the…
I’ve mentioned before – socialism is evil [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/12/socialism-is-evi.html]. I’ll go further. Leftism is a death cult of the mind, of the spirit, of thought, and finally, of bodies. Jordan Peterson can indeed argue that post-modernism didn’t come about until the 70’s – which explains why, even as murderous as they were, the leftism of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao were at least coherent, and so were their followers in the west – but I would argue that while it may not have gone…
Quintus Curtius has posted this little bit [https://qcurtius.com/2017/02/12/how-benito-mussolini-took-power/] on Mussolini’s rise to power. This caught my eye: > It was never established whether Mussolini was involved or knew anything about the plot beforehand. He was certainly not above using violence, or encouraging its use, against political opponents; but such a reckless step probably was taken without his knowledge or approval. Despite this, he was able to use the crisis that the murder…