Mill on the good, the bad, and the government

Some, whenever they see any good to be done, or evil to be remedied, would willingly instigate the government to undertake the business; while others prefer to bear almost any amount of social evil, rather than add one to the departments of human interests amenable to governmental control

- John Stuart Mill

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Does the US have a stabbing problem?

I was inspired to do a little digging and write some of my thoughts on this topic by a strange mix of sources. One was a post on Facebook I saw from an American acquaintance who responded to the fatal shooting of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe with 'Just remember gun laws don't stop criminals' (for context, he is stationed in Japan). Another was a video of a YouTube reactor who, whilst reacting to some uk drill/rap which mentioned the frequent stabbings in London, used this to bolster his view that gun control was futile as people would just resort to knives, and saw the problems occurring in the UK and more specifically London, as an example of this. The third instance is from Andrew Tate, the strange masculinity influencer/kickboxer/sexual assault promoter and advocate. As one of his many videos that the algorithm has been spamming people's timelines with Tate has stated that London is a failed society, (a term reserved mainly for rich liberal countries it ...

There are Mornings- Liesel Mueller

There are Mornings Even now, when the plot calls for me to turn to stone, the sun intervenes. Some mornings in summer, I step outside and the sky opens and pours itself into me as if I were a saint about to die. But the plot calls for me to live, be ordinary, say nothing to anyone. Inside the house, the mirrors burn when I pass. - Lisel Mueller

Things I've read in 2022

I wasn't sure how best to title this post. I would say it's a collection of articles but that doesn't quite do justice to the diversity in the list. Before university the majority of my reading was books, supplemented by articles and blog posts. Since University started however I have had no time or perhaps more accurately no energy to read anything outside of my course material except articles and blogs that don't take too much of my time. Having read literally hundreds and hundreds of articles this year I have decided to make a list of the articles I have enjoyed the most and the reasons they have ended up on my list. 1. David Spiegelhalter: " I’ve been meeting with the same group of men for 36 years – here’s what they’ve taught me" I’ve been meeting with the same group of men for 36 years – here’s what they’ve taught me | Men | The Guardian The first on my list was a surprising one, and a enjoyable read. Having come across David Spiegelhalter as a respec...

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