#reason magazine

[disease]

REASON | MAR/APR 1970

[audley-and-cherry]

There's something about the push to loosen/end child labor protections that is bothering me beyond WHAT THE HELL KIDS SHOULDN'T BE WORKING WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS AND IT WAS BEYOND TERRIBLE

It's like, the manufactured consent machine is working overtime on this one? After Arkansas passed their law making it easier to hire teens to work IN MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS, white Boomers came out of the woodwork to wax nostalgic about their fucking paper routes and public pool life-guarding jobs and whatever part time fuckshit they did for pocket change.

And there's opinion pieces in major publications like, "working builds character for teens!" framing it like we're talking about babysitting or mowing the neighbor's lawn AND NOT DANGEROUS INDUSTRIAL FACTORY WORK

I'm not linking to Reason because fuck them, but please note that that opinion comes after the news about Chick-fil-A illegal hiring children and paying workers in food.

I hate this, I hate this, I hate this. Everyone's trying to make it look like we (the WHAT THE FUCK KIDS SHOULDN'T WORK people) are out of our minds for opposing these changes to child labor laws, because look! This is about teens having a part time job on the weekends, something easy and normal, just ignore what these laws actually say, no one's going to use them like that!

And it feels very sudden, you know? Like, two months ago it wasn't even on my radar and now suddenly everyone is talking about how great it is that teens can plug the worker shortage.

I dunno, man. We've plunged even further down into our cyberpunk dystopia and I feel like everyone's trying to convince me that I'm not seeing what I am absolutely seeing.

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

Do you remember what life was like before 9/11? Are you okay with TSA molesting your grandma? Our recent guest Bess Byers asks why we continue to consent to this treatment by our government.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guest-bess-byers-how-your-car-is-spying-on-you-and/id1439014279?i=1000668949284

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/23WvP8Ge2eUMebgbDVst11?si=9x4zQOJHTV6WgjgbV3k5Gg

[volunteerismandanarchy]

Argentina faced 25 percent monthly inflation when Milei took office because the government was printing money to pay for things it couldn't afford. As a result, roughly half of the people in this country of nearly 50 million were living in poverty.

Milei blames Argentina's downfall on "la casta," which essentially means the "elite political class."

[rabid-dog-steve-horn]

Remy: Why They Fought

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[rodgermalcolmmitchell]

The fundamental lie of Libertarianism

“Libertarianism” says Robert W. Poole (Reason Magazine’s early editor) is “about more than just economics and politics, it really is. It’s about human flourishing and what are the conditions for human beings to have satisfying, flourishing [lives].” Money is power. Robert Poole, the voice of Libertarianism The fundamental philosophy of Libertarians is that power should be with the people, not…

[choppedcowboydinosaur]

I’ve been reading a lot more Reason articles recently and I notice they sometimes get pissy about the Mises caucus in their writing. It’s funny but, also sad as well since they do some good work still.

[theblisterdoesntexist]

jonathan davis, in the 666th issue of the kerrang magazine (1997)

[corviiids]

ok hear me out about this vaguely Your Name inspired lawlight au told via notes they leave each other while bodyswapped

[disease]

REASON | DEC 1971

[sol-consort]

Easy to forget that Jaal IS living his fantasy of "hot aliens come knocking at your door to whisk you away on space adventures in their technologically advanced alien ship"

Like we're the aliens this time around, coming to his home planet, getting him on a spaceship with a variety of hot aliens. In a single day, Jaal's life took a turn for the harem anime protagonist road.

This is a full on monsterfucking fetish to him, we are the monsters he wants to fuck.

And he's an alien enthusiast. He was writing "alien x reader" on angaran Wattpad since he was a teen.

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

🎙 NEW PODCAST ~ We had an eye-opening conversation with cannabis entrepreneur and Reason content creator Bess Byers, where she revealed her shocking experience of purchasing a new car loaded with spyware and surveillance technology!

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guest-bess-byers-how-your-car-is-spying-on-you-and/id1439014279?i=1000668949284

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/23WvP8Ge2eUMebgbDVst11?si=9x4zQOJHTV6WgjgbV3k5Gg

[volunteerismandanarchy]

J.D. Tuccile, contributing editor of Reason Magazine, writes about the free speech recession.

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Everything is political: board games

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EWAN MITCHELL for Esquire - June 2024 Photographed by Guy Aroch