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The dumbest objections against statelessness #16: "People are unreasonable!" **Most people confuse social order with centralised, threat-based governance, when in fact,** **evidence** **shows that social order is maximised through** ***decentralised*****,** ***incentive*****-based systems of** ***self*****-governance, even though the burden of proof lies on the existence of the state rather than the opposite.** https://sotiris.substack.com/p/reading-lists **Recap**…
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The dumbest objections against statelessness #17: "You sound utopian" The epithet “utopian” is a devious, manipulative, shaming smear, a disingenuously loaded term aiming to ridicule and discredit someone’s position by subjectively characterising *them* instead of the argument, thus “attacking” the position by attacking the person (ad hominem fallacy). https://sotiris.substack.com/p/the-shaming-fallacy-part-2 “Utopia”, after all, is an idealistic fantasy world without any…
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Defining Abrahamism: A millennia-old curse on the human spirit Billions of innocent, impressionable children have been — and still are being — irrevocably traumatised with the story of Abraham, deliberately so by adults who were also traumatised the same way. **Traumatising the innocent** This psychological abuse, child abuse of the worst kind, instils a profound horror in every young soul: that their parents would slaughter them like lambs, without question, without…
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How to Resist Shaming: A simple trick for fending off one of the most powerful manipulation tactics Ever felt embarrassed for doing absolutely nothing wrong? Ever felt humiliated simply by implied ridicule from the subtle demeanour of shamers? You’re probably susceptible to shame, as are perhaps most people on the planet, and shame is holding you back in life. This article is for you. **A world of shame** Let’s face it: Our society is overrun by shaming. Entire power…
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The Corrupt Voter: Why we get exactly what we ask for We love pointing out the corruption in our politicians, but no one seems to be addressing the corruption in the voter, the source of state corruption in the first place. https://sotiris.substack.com/p/why-you-want-government **Context** **Politicians aren’t creating** **corruption****; they are simply responding to it. The** **ruling class** **isn’t the source of institutional corruption; it’s simply supplying the demand…
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Demiurgical Responsibility: Morality is reality-sensitive He emerges into being, aware of his existence, endowed with prowess and wonder. As he notices his consciousness, trying to make sense of a reality he was plunged into, and the nature he was given — a nature not of his choosing — Ares is visited by the daunting Face of God — *his* God — who speaks with a horrifying, knee-bending tone: “***I am your creator!***” From a different perspective, we see a computer screen on…
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COVID Hypocrisy: The lies the obedient tell themselves Let’s face it: The **COVID** **social divide** had nothing to do with “science”. The hate we, the sceptics, received from the obedient had nothing to do with their “understanding” of reality. It was nothing but **lateral hostility** and **freedom envy**, the **resentment felt by** **obedient slaves** **towards the recalcitrant**, out of **jealousy** and **spite**: https://sotiris.substack.com/p/what-was-covid…
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Obedience Is Not a Virtue: Why compliance puts you at risk Laws are useful only if they actually have a use for a given society, and are organically representative of that society; meaning, if **enough people** have **skin in the game**, and actually **put their mouth where their mouth is** in the application of each law. https://sotiris.substack.com/p/law-vs-bullshit-law Therefore, voting (especially through layers of supposed “representatives”) over things that **shouldn’t…
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The Force of Nature Mindset: Never get upset with people's micro-provocations Have you ever caught yourself getting intensely and involuntarily upset over the smallest offenses by others? Do you get even more frustrated over the fact that you were frustrated in the first place? **Context** Sure, people can intentionally or unintentionally behave like assholes, disrespecting us and poking at our fragile self-esteem in ways we can’t foresee or prepare for. But whether they…
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The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Was God: The cosmic deception Out of all the cosmological theories, including the unhelpful “Big Bang” hypothesis, Gnosticism makes the most sense by far: The “All” has always existed in an infinite, timeless state — all possibilities existing simultaneously, out of which emanate smaller entities, bound perhaps by the limiting parameters of time and specificity. From those entities was born a flawed one…
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On Judeo-Christianity: An Abrahamic Trojan horse into the West Judeo-Christianity has been a political tactic, a perversion of the true message of Christ. For centuries, Judeo-Christianity has subverted the West, distorted it, and turned it into yet another sheepish pawn of the **political cult of Judaism — an** **elitist sect** **masquerading as a religion**, with everyday Jews themselves among its victims, no less.…
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Santa Claus: A Metaphor for Government - Merry Christmas to all! For most of 2025, I’ve battered you with some of my darkest work, and I’m as surprised as I am thankful that some of you are still here. This piece is a festive offering for Christmas, a holiday I genuinely celebrate, despite my critique of Abrahamism. Besides, Christmas carries a grander meaning than any desert-dwelling, foreskin-obsessed death cult (conceived by low-IQ, illiterate sheepherders, no less) could…
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The Evil of Creation: A horrifying thought experiment ***Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (******Matthew 7:14******)*** https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/matthew/7/14 Imagine a reverse Russian roulette game, where you load your six-shot revolver with five bullets, and leave only one chamber empty. Not very fair, is it? Now imagine a classic casino-style roulette where every pocket takes you to an eternity…
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Why You Should Block Anyone, Anytime, at the Slightest Provocation The most useful and underused social media feature Your online social experience will drastically improve the moment you begin to block distasteful people at the first sign of ill intent toward you. I promise. **Whom to block?** You know the block-worthy type: those who are angry before even reading anything you write; who have already decided to oppose you before they finish the first line of what you have…
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Why People Don’t Trust You: Your credibility is (mostly) in your hands If you wish to be trusted by people who matter, then you must project an air of credibility. When you are trustworthy, the right people will respect you and like you, and will want to be your friends. And the bad people will stay away from you because they’ll know you can’t be manipulated, since your firm adherence to principle will help you see through their deceptions. **Accountability** Accountability…
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Narcissistic Parenting, Part 2: Infuriating entitlement to the innocent Let’s face it: the vast majority of people don’t procreate due to their alleged abundance of love to give. They procreate to own an obedient Tamagotchi, a mindless pet compelled to worship them and feed their ego, no matter how badly they treat it. For most, having children of their own is self-serving: a way to mitigate loneliness, and an immortality project — a delusion of “cheating death” by having…
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How to Gain a Cult Following: A step-by-step guide to fame I see these celebs, influencers, podcasters, and even Substack writers flaunting their “following”, reducing their audience to a mere number, imagining themselves to be a Dragon Ball Z character where their “power level” is quantifiable. Dick-measuring betrays a lack of depth, confidence, and conviction if one is in desperate need of measuring their own worth with the most irrelevant metric. But there is a method to…
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Many Have Married for the Wrong Reasons; No One Has Divorced for the Wrong Reasons In defence of divorce The divorce rate is not an indicator of a degenerate society. It is a sign of freedom. A low divorce rate does not necessarily mean happy marriages; it means people are unable to escape the hellish ones. Take cultures with forced marriages and an insanely difficult — if not impossible — avenue toward divorce, and tell me how their low divorce rate is an indicator of a…