2020 AD has arguably been the worst year since the end of WWII, a collective international struggle fought on many fronts. On one end, we have the emergence of COVID-19, a virus which, although mild to most, has killed many thousands of elderly and vulnerable people worldwide. Perhaps worse than…

1. According to Isaiah Berlin, what is ‘positive freedom’? Positive freedom can be understood as ‘freedom to…’ 20th Century philosopher Isiah Berlin believed positive freedom to mean ‘the wish on the part of the individual to be his own master’ . To Berlin, one possesses positive freedom if they are autonomous, sovereign agents who act only towards the ends…

There were once things, not long ago, that appeared infallible and immune from corruption. Liberties which were inalienable and universally enjoyed in society, such liberties as the freedom of movement and speech, the freedom to gather with friends, loved ones and compatriots without fear of retribution. This most arduous of…

Much of the UK is rejoicing over the approval of the Pfizer vaccine announced yesterday. The country is the first in the world to have a vaccine approved by medical regulators, a fact which has provoked joy in the hearts of many people who see this as the beginning of…

In order to sufficiently answer the question, I must first endeavour to define a ‘coercive political order’. All functioning societies are coercive political orders- even democracies- and I will endeavour to explain how a proponent of the republican approach can not only maintain their freedom within a coercive structure, but…

We are living in increasingly sectarian and divided times. No time in living memory has the population been so ravaged by division, so ignited by differences in political and ethical ideologies. We are experiencing what may be regarded as the precursor to civil war, a quasi-civil war of ideology, battles…

A randomised-controlled study conducted between the months of April-May in Denmark has concluded that: ‘recommendation to wear a surgical mask when outside the home among others did not reduce, at conventional levels of statistical significance, incident SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with no mask recommendation.’ …

‘How did the proletariat originate? The Proletariat originated in the industrial revolution, which took place in England in the last half of the last (18th) century, and which has since then been repeated in all the civilized countries of the world. This industrial revolution was precipitated by the discovery of the steam…

“Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.” — Noam Chomsky Knowledge, and the attainment thereof, is the primary safeguard of individual liberty and the most effective buffer against tyranny. The MSM ( mainstream media) is the most prominent and influential dispenser of ‘knowledge’ in today’s…