Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Political Tactics

  • The Fix We Are In: How Should We Respond to the ‘Woke’ Revolutionaries?

    The difference between paleo-liberal and post-liberal responses to the 'woke' Left is well described in a recent Substack entry White tribalism is a third response. I have been entertaining (with some hospitality) the notion that whites may need to go tribal pro tempore, for the time being, in order to defend themselves and their interests (which…

  • Is There a Political ‘Use it or Lose it’ Principle?

    If you want to maintain your physical fitness, you must exercise regularly. Use it or lose it!  Not so long ago  I thought that the same principle had a political application: if you want to maintain your freedoms, you must exercise them.  Use 'em or lose 'em! But times have changed.  And when times change,…

  • For the Left, the Issue is Never the Issue

    'Never' is too strong, but close enough: Let me explain. As per the graphic, for the Left, the real issues are not protection of children and anti-terrorism. They are but distractions from the real issues. The real issues are suppression of dissent, erosion and ultimate elimination of constitutionally-protected  civil liberties such as those guaranteed by…

  • Resist Not the Folly of the Fool

    Resist not the folly of the fool who is his own undoing.  Apply this maxim to the leftist whose race- and sex-delusionality increases daily. If you encourage by not resisting the acceleration of his madness, you may hasten the day when common sense reasserts itself.