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[W]e must understand that outside the sphere of parliamentarism, as sterile as it is absorbing, there is another field incomparably vaster, in which our destiny is worked out; that beyond these political phantoms, whose forms capture our imagination, there are the phenomena of social economy, which, by their harmony or discord, produce all the good and ill of society. … Know well that there is nothing more counter-revolutionary than the Government. Whatever liberalism it pretends, whatever name it assumes, the Revolution repudiates it: its fate is to be absorbed in the industrial organization.

—Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1851), The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century

Friday Lazy Linking (posted 26 November 2010 ∙ 3:00 pm)

Wednesday Lazy Linking (posted 24 November 2010 ∙ 3:00 pm)

Monday Lazy Linking (posted 22 November 2010 ∙ 3:00 pm)

  • Why are they afraid of Wikileaks? Marja Erwin (2010-11-17). The authoritarians claim that we have no right to object to invasions of our privacy and freedom of association. They institute systematic surveillance and sometimes assassinations, including COINTELPRO and its successors, on these grounds. Yet they condemn Wikileaks, calling for internet censorship, arrests, or assassinations. They insist that the people... (Linked Saturday 2010-11-20.)

  • Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Daily Brickbats (2010-11-19). Denver police officer Devin Sparks says that Michael DeHerrera tried to punch him and he had to defend himself. But a video showed DeHerrera was just talking on his cell phone when Sparks tackled him, beat him repeatedly with a baton, and slammed a car door on him. The city... (Linked Monday 2010-11-22.)

  • Hey, I thought this was a libertarian blog, not a crafting one! drunkenatheist, Drunkenatheist (2010-11-19). Awhile back, there was a discussion on Facebook that had morphed into a discussion on food and agorism.  I don’t remember what started it, but I can assure you that it had little to nothing to do with the endpoint.  I don’t remember exactly what I said, but I recall... (Linked Monday 2010-11-22.)

Friday Lazy Linking (posted 19 November 2010 ∙ 3:00 pm)

Forever and Ever, Amen (posted 17 November 2010 ∙ 10:44 pm)

RT @samablog: The real scandal is that a band that broke up over 40 years ago still enjoys the protection of copyright #Beatles #iTunes. Mark's Firehose (2010-11-17).

But without lifetime-plus copyright, how will Sir Paul McCartney ever manage to put food on the table? If he doesn't get that extra $0.99/song tariff until decades after his death, how will artists ever be properly incentivized to make music?

(Forwarded thanks to Mark Pilgrim.)