The US military fails in places like Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan because it is operating under a doctrine designed to fail. - Curtis Yarvin

[T]he continuity of tradition from Plymouth Rock to the United Nations is quite unmistakable.

[M]ost of the advances in Western scientific history, contrary to popular belief, occurred when scientists were not servants of the state.

While the civil-liberties geek of 2013 is a pathetic and even hilarious figure, it's not at all true that his passion has never gone requited. Actually, in its bureaucratic form, "civil liberties" helps keep the streets of San Francisco covered with turds and shambling zombies.