The War to End Empires
At the centre of the village in which I grew up, like so many others, there is a 9 foot stone pillar bearing the names of the five young men of the village who were killed during the Great War. At the last census, the village population was a grand total of 161 people, although with half of the houses in the village having been built in the 1960s, this would have been an appreciable percentage of the people living there in 1914.
6 min read
10/11/2022
Visions, Objectives and the Mysterious "We"
What I would like to explore here is a trend that I have observed in conversations of a political nature. I have noticed a way in which many that occupy all corners of the political compass state problems that they see, and any solutions that they have come up with. Now that I have seen it, it has become impossible for me to un-see, and I would also like to make it impossible for the reader here to un-see.
6 min read
01/06/2022
The Marginal Return of the King
Understanding the feudal and corporate worlds
16 min read
09/03/2022
Lessons from the Old Frontier
To anyone who follows me on twitter, this article will come as no shock. One of the topics that I often discuss there is the need to continue the exploration and colonisation efforts of the last 400 years, but instead of looking to the horizon, we should look upwards. We have lost this spirit as the corners of the terrestrial map have been filled in and efforts to explore, or perhaps even settle, worlds other than our own are often dismissed in favour of the concerns of politicians and bureaucrats. Our priorities now differ from those of our ancestors, we now seem to believe pouring resources down the drain of the welfare state is more important than expanding our horizons as a species.
21 min read
08/12/2021
The Death of the English Right to Bear Arms
In the 21st century United Kingdom, we are used to the government running things. It’s simple: we pay our taxes and keep our heads down and they do what is best for us. Naturally, as a result, we trust them completely with our personal protection and the protection of our property.
14 min read
08/10/2021
Thoughts on Cryptocurrency and Its Implications
Recently I have been exploring the world of cryptocurrency and wondering about the implications that such a technology might have for the future.
11 min read
07/09/2021
