Bob G.
@bobg.whizbang.me
Software engineer, citizen, dad, not necessarily in that order
This idea is more or less exactly one I wrote about in 2013. I called it "the Sigma tax," after the Greek letter used to denote standard deviations (from whatever we decide the ideal pay-distribution curve is).
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This idea is more or less exactly one I wrote about in 2013. I called it "the Sigma tax," after the Greek letter used to denote standard deviations (from whatever we decide the ideal pay-distribution curve is).
A similar recent sentiment:
Comfortably-well-off white guy here who has enough but still wants more.
The more I want: for everyone around me to be comfortable too. Safe, healthy, and free to pursue their happiness.
A society like that would enrich me a lot more than some extra dollars would.
The more I want: for everyone around me to be comfortable too. Safe, healthy, and free to pursue their happiness.
A society like that would enrich me a lot more than some extra dollars would.
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A similar recent sentiment:
Education, roads, hospitals... throw your clothes in the washing machine. That's wealth.
Our intelligence services that keep us safe. Our military that can get tires on trucks. This cocoon of infrastructure that kleptocrats are trying to privatize and profit from.
youtu.be/tPKtdmDxxNM?...
Our intelligence services that keep us safe. Our military that can get tires on trucks. This cocoon of infrastructure that kleptocrats are trying to privatize and profit from.
youtu.be/tPKtdmDxxNM?...
This Week in Politics | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Education, roads, hospitals... throw your clothes in the washing machine. That's wealth.
Our intelligence services that keep us safe. Our military that can get tires on trucks. This cocoon of infrastructure that kleptocrats are trying to privatize and profit from.
youtu.be/tPKtdmDxxNM?...
Our intelligence services that keep us safe. Our military that can get tires on trucks. This cocoon of infrastructure that kleptocrats are trying to privatize and profit from.
youtu.be/tPKtdmDxxNM?...
In related news, sausage is delicious.
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
In related news, sausage is delicious.
I have learned to cringe every time you write "a fun thing."
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I have learned to cringe every time you write "a fun thing."
Just like this one! theonion.com/fuck-everyth...
Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades
Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the other guy came out with a three-blade razor. Were we...
theonion.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Just like this one! theonion.com/fuck-everyth...
My favorite story about libertarianism: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
Tl;dr - They inevitably end up reinventing a lot of public systems and structures we already have via government.
(And would undoubtedly reinvent more if the event were more than a week each summer.)
Tl;dr - They inevitably end up reinventing a lot of public systems and structures we already have via government.
(And would undoubtedly reinvent more if the event were more than a week each summer.)
Libertarian Summer Camp
We travel to a place where people are trying to live without government interference. A place where you can use bits of silver to buy uninspected bacon. A place where a a 9-year-old will sell you alco...
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My favorite story about libertarianism: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
Tl;dr - They inevitably end up reinventing a lot of public systems and structures we already have via government.
(And would undoubtedly reinvent more if the event were more than a week each summer.)
Tl;dr - They inevitably end up reinventing a lot of public systems and structures we already have via government.
(And would undoubtedly reinvent more if the event were more than a week each summer.)
You know what? He can have it. Just give us back EVERYTHING ELSE.
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
You know what? He can have it. Just give us back EVERYTHING ELSE.