Feedom

“It’s freedom from oppression that you have a right to; it’s not freedom from obligation.”
— Sebastian Junger (@sebastianjunger)

Listen to my full interview with Sebastian: https://t.co/Ff2xPN5L8P pic.twitter.com/IsGMeQCM1G

— Tim Ferriss (@tferriss) May 12, 2021

We walked 400 miles, and most nights we were the only people who knew where we were. There are many definitions of freedom, but surely that’s one of them.https://t.co/k6hpKW23Do

— Sebastian Junger (@sebastianjunger) May 13, 2021

Freedom!

That which is rare is valuable. pic.twitter.com/mWqc3LLBeT

— Sebastian Junger (@sebastianjunger) May 3, 2021

Freedom!

Thrilled to announce FREEDOM, which explains how people across the ages maintain autonomy in the face of more powerful foes. Humans are unique in that ability, and were that not true, the powerful would always dominate. Thankfully, they don’t. Avail 5/18: https://t.co/eFN3dUiyZl pic.twitter.com/6ENV3VcAhM

— Sebastian Junger (@sebastianjunger) April 13, 2021

Related:

Today, I’m joined by Jack Donovan to talk about the roles of masculinity, individual responsibility, the heroic ideal, and why we as men look to the Gods and what we can learn from them.https://t.co/zQaWooR5Rr pic.twitter.com/KLZMUkUStS

— Ryan Michler (@ryanmichler) April 13, 2021

Everything revolves around taking care of one another and putting our #PeopleFirst pic.twitter.com/3Yfg4aVqa1

— 3rd Special Forces Group 🇺🇸 (@3rdSFGroup) April 16, 2021

Find your tribe.

Naomi Wolfe on Vaccine Passports

NAOMI WOLF: ‘’Vaccine Passports Equal Slavery Forever”

I’ve hardly ever agreed with anything that American leftist author Naomi Wolf has said

But, we agree on the dangers to individual freedom & liberty posed by ‘vaccine passports’

Listen to her warning https://t.co/ZOfB1Lb6tx

— Craig Kelly MP (@CraigKellyMP) April 6, 2021

Oligarchy at Work

#farming #agriculture https://t.co/AGF3TM4OOs

— Sabine Roach (@Nornenland) November 30, 2020

Another Review of Luke Sheahan's Why Associations Matter

Elegant review by Paul Horwitz of this new book on associational liberty. https://t.co/A2tS2n10Ae

— Marc O. DeGirolami (@MarcODeGirolami) August 28, 2020

Law and Liberty

Again, I am not impressed by the arguments of the book -- if one needs to read into the First Amendment a protection of "association" and "community" in order to get the Constitution to be aligned to a liberty or right that is fundamental and which exists prior to the Constitution, then we have a problem, not just with how the Constitution is read but with the system claiming to be based upon it.

From Paul Horwitz's review:

There is no textual federal constitutional right to freedom of association. Like the right to privacy, it is a creature of judicial doctrine—and often an ill-fitting one at that. One major hurdle involves the dualistic architecture that guides the courts. On one side stands the individual, “abstracted from his social context in associations and institutions, the communities of belief and action in which he is actually found.” On the other stands the state: “monolithic in power and reach, absolute in sovereignty.” That does not mean social activities are unprotected. But the measure of their rights largely involves individual claims on one side and asserted state interests on the other. The conceptual space between them remains mostly empty, despite all the meaning-making activity that we know occurs there.

At least Sheahan admits this:

To fulfill that function, associations need the freedom to insist on their own central tenets and to form their own rules of inclusion and exclusion (at least as long as there is a right of exit). They should not be forced to follow what political theorist Nancy Rosenblum calls “the logic of congruence,” under which “the internal life and organization of associations [must] mirror liberal democratic principles and practices.”

Whether he would admit communities may choose to exclude and include according to "illiberal" principles, I do not know. It is unlikely that he would support communities to exclude not only from their meetings or buildings, but also from their territory. I assume that Sheahan still concedes sovereignty resides in the states, because who has not been indoctrinated to do so? But I don't plan on getting the book. But Horwitz does reveal:

And although much of the book is aimed at undoing the decision in Martinez, Sheahan would draw the line at racially exclusive associations, while allowing student clubs to exclude on the basis of gender or sexual orientation. There are reasonable arguments that race is different and historically unique. But they are hard to sustain. And it is harder still to argue that judges are qualified to say that government has a compelling interest in combating racial discrimination within universities, but not gender or sexual orientation discrimination.

So Sheahan has to maintain respectability or is a true believer in (forced) integration.

Political Liberty Requires Economic Liberty

And republicanism requires agrarianism.

Not having fun is antithetical to the new Christian polity. Not having fun is for libs.
Catholic economics is about enjoying work. https://t.co/sN4J2460Oy

— New Polity (@PostliberalTho1) August 22, 2020

HKer With More Sense About What is Required for Political Liberty

than many conservative "intellectuals" and academics.

This is @realAustinTong. He was charged with a hate crime by his school, @FordhamNYC, for posting a photo of his new AR-15.@FordhamNYC accused him of owning an “automatic weapon” and they’re trying to silence him, but this @NRA member is not backing down.

This is his message. pic.twitter.com/s673Ld1HP6

— NRA (@NRA) July 21, 2020

But will he have to seek refuge somewhere once he finishes, instead of returning to CCP-run HK?