We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

Samizdata slogan of the day

As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man.
– Senor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet) in “Casablanca”

Samizdata slogan of the day

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied
– Claud Cockburn (1904-1981)

Is Lycos/Wired trying to discredit ‘Evidence Eliminator‘?

I have no idea if this is a pukka story but it certainly looks interesting. Anyone out there have a take on this?

Samizdata slogan of the day

Whatever you can provide yourself with to secure protection from men is a natural good
– Epicurus

A tip of the kevlar battlebowler to Dave Tepper

Samizdata slogan of the day

The more free a society the wealthier it becomes. Guns cost money. Wealthy societies can afford lots of guns. Mao was wrong. All political power comes out of a cash register, not the barrel of a gun.
– Perry de Havilland

Samizdata slogan of the day

We believe in God and the Mauser
– Boer saying circa 1895

Samizdata slogan of the day

Money can’t buy you friends, but it can buy you a better class of enemy
– Spike Milligan

Samizdata slogan of the day

Typically, one attacks beliefs as ‘simple’ when it isn’t feasible to attack them as ‘wrong’.
Glenn Reynolds

Samizdata slogan of the day

The Sex Pistols are as English as the Malvern Hills
-Patrick Crozier

Samizdata slogan of the day

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
– Lord Acton

Samizdata slogan of the day

The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage
– Thucydides, Pericles’ funeral oration

Samizdata slogan of the day

…the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
– John Stuart Mill, On Liberty