"Observe the nature of today's alleged peace movements. Professing love and concern for the survival of mankind... Yet these same peace movements do not oppose dictatorships. The political views of their members range through all shades of the statist spectrum, from welfare statism to socialism to fascism to communism. This means that they are opposed to the use of coercion by one nation against another, but not by the government of a nation against its own citizens. It means that they are opposed to the use of force against armed adversaries, but not against the disarmed."

~ Ayn Rand from her article 'The Roots of War' [hat tip Objectobot]

THE LEFT WILL RALLY AROUND ANYONE THEY SEE AS CURRENTLY USEFUL:

It's crazy watching the moderate left defend Piker. This guy is basically Nick Fuentes of the left but he gets invited to Oscar parties, is objectively evil in very obvious ways, and is not very smart

Why circle the wagons for this guy? https://t.co/QufwFs06Of

— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) April 13, 2026

On the other hand, anyone is disposable once they aren’t anymore.

And that is in Hungary, which does not have much of a democratic tradition.  People who suggest that democracy seriously is in danger in the United States need to rethink their world views (this claim however is slightly exaggerated).  The problem instead is that democracy does not always bring you desired results…

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