Equality under the Hayekian Rule of Law

Friedrich von Hayek considered the rule of law to be essential in minimizing coercion and enhancing individual liberty. In this context, he regarded "equality before the law" (formal equality) as essential to the rule of law. 

However, he emphasized that formal equality is the only concept of equality that is compatible with the rule of law. He criticized socialist and progressive attempts to theorize further notions of equality, which they package as "social justice," as disguised attacks on liberty. In the Constitution of Liberty, he explains: 

"Equality of the general rules of law and conduct, however, is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and the only equality which we can secure without destroying liberty. Not only has liberty nothing to do with any other sort of equality, but it is even bound to produce inequality in many respects. This is the necessary result and part of the justification of individual liberty: if the result of individual liberty did not demonstrate that some manners of living are more successful than others, much of the case for it would vanish." 

Like Ludwig von Mises, Hayek defended liberty on the basis that individual liberty is essential to Western civilization — he described it as "that ideal of freedom which inspired modern Western civilization and whose partial realization made possible the achievements of that civilization." It would make no sense for anyone who values this civilization to undermine the very liberty that enables it to flourish. Attempting to eradicate inequality, while purporting to value the conditions that gave rise to that inequality, would be contradictory....<<<Read More>>>...

New legislation allows electric companies to CONTROL your smart THERMOSTAT

 It’s the hottest day of the year, the kind where the air feels thick enough to chew, and your home is your last refuge from the scorching sun. You reach for the thermostat, desperate for relief — only to find it locked. A cold, digital message glares back at you: "Energy Emergency. Adjustments Not Allowed." This is happening right now in Colorado, Texas, and — if Ohio’s latest bill passes — soon in your state too. The question isn’t if utility companies will seize control of your home’s climate, but when. And once they do, what’s next? Your fridge? Your lights? Your ability to cook dinner? Welcome to the brave new world of energy rationing, where corporate and government collusion doesn’t just spy on you — it dictates how you live, all under the guise of "saving the grid."

The practicality of this boils down to governments needing to prioritize AI energy consumption needs for "national security" reasons. Future governments could force you to ration electricity because of "climate change." In the end, this isn’t about reliability or affordability. It’s about control. The same elites pushing the Great Reset, digital IDs, and central bank currencies are now testing how far they can stretch their fingers into your home. And if history is any indicator, what starts as "voluntary" today becomes mandatory tomorrow — with penalties for those who resist. The energy crisis is a manufactured one, a trojan horse for a future where your comfort, your choices, and even your survival are held hostage by unelected bureaucrats and their corporate overlords....<<<Read More>>>....

ID cards are a state power grab that won’t do anything to stop illegal immigration. Starmer is arming himself with bullying weapons Stalin and Hitler wished they had… we can’t let this happen

 This period of British specialness may be ending, as the sea ceases to guard us as well as it once did. But we should not help it to end, by foolishly surrendering the freedoms we have.

Even in the most welcoming of continental countries, the state is above the people’s heads and the individual is beneath the feet of then power elite. Almost all these countries have some form of identity card or identity register, and it is up to you to show that you are going about your lawful business.

 My Swiss-German mother-in-law, brought up in one of the Continent’s most liberal and democratic nations, was amazed all her life by the casual attitude British people had to their passports. 

Like any European, she knew that the loss of such documents, or the inability to produce them, could plunge any individual into a nightmare of powerlessness, lawlessness, detention, interrogation and perhaps quite a bit worse. I have come to adopt her rather more severe view of the subject. And with that comes a strong desire never to see such a regime installed in Britain.

 It would turn upside down the proper relationship between the state and the individual. Except during the 1939-45 war, when identity cards proved entirely useless and deeply unpopular, the British state has had to justify itself to us.

 But if we are forced to carry slave badges ‘identifying’ ourselves, we would be required to justify ourselves to the government. It would give every jumped-up official behind a desk a new way of harassing and belittling us, as happened during World War II. 

And heaven help you if you lost yours, even though the place would soon be awash with very convincing forgeries. Indeed, you’d probably find your card had been cloned by criminals, condemning you to weeks of explaining that you hadn’t been where you weren’t.

 Oh, and it won’t solve the migrant crisis, France has identity cards, and also has an estimated 900,000 undocumented migrants living in its cities. So much for the wonders of digital ID....<<<Read More>>>...

Overpopulation myth: Propaganda is the reason for the sharp population declines facing most developed nations

 The Earth is expected to reach “peak population” before the end of this century, with most developed nations facing sharp population declines and ageing populations.

The reason for this decline is attributed to the fear of overpopulation, which was perpetuated by thinkers like Paul Ehrlich and led to the implementation of draconian family planning measures, including coercive sterilisations and abortions.

Many countries, including Japan, South Korea and Italy, are already experiencing population decline, and the world population is expected to peak between 2060 and 2080, followed by a decline, with significant consequences for the global economy and society.

The world is not overpopulated, AEIR explains. If the entire world’s population moved to Texas, the population density would be a little more than New York, much less than Paris and dramatically less than Manila.

Earth is going to hit “peak population” before the end of this century. Within 25 years, most of the world’s developed nations will be facing sharp population declines, with shrinking pools of young people working to support an ever-ageing population.

The reason is not famine, war or pestilence. We did this to ourselves by creating a set of draconian solutions to a problem that didn’t even exist. Fear has always been the best tool for social control, and the fear of humanity was deployed by generations of “thinkers” on the control-obsessed left....<<<Read More>>>...

Digital ID: You’ll Own Nothing and Scan Everything

 You can already hear it, can’t you? The dreary chorus of ‘nothing to hide, nothing to fear.’

Soon your neighbour, your colleague, and that bloke in the pub will all sound like NPCs reciting the gospel of Digital ID.

And if you’re happy to trade liberty for ignorance, don’t whimper when your life resembles Kim Jong-un’s playpen with a Tesco Clubcard.

Welcome to Brave New Blighty, where your papers are digital, your wallet is monitored, and your freedom is conditional. Great Britain is teetering on the brink of ushering in a national digital ID system.

Yes, the same Britain that once prided itself on civil liberties, privacy, and a general disdain for government overreach. Now, our political class, like a dodgy Carry On character with a penchant for surveillance, is dangling the shiny promise of “convenience” while quietly sliding the handcuffs into place.

Think back, if your memory hasn’t been wiped by the Ministry of Health. During the pandemic, we got a taste of digital control with those charming little vaccine passports. Want to enter a venue? Flash your app. Want to fly, work, or exist in polite society? Better have your QR code scanned, jab status verified, and obedience levels recalibrated.

That little COVID experiment was a not-so-dry run for a far more sinister project.

The digital ID being proposed is not some benign bit of modern admin. It is, quite frankly, a blueprint for technocratic control. It won’t stop with your name and date of birth. Oh no.

Soon, your biometric data, spending habits, health records, social media activity, and ideological alignment could be packed into your shiny new BritCard.

Want to buy a pint or a sausage roll? Better scan in first. Had too many pints this week? Sorry, your cholesterol’s high and your carbon credits are low. Try again next month.

Now imagine the government deciding you’ve said something “hateful” (which is Newspeak for “unpopular”). Suddenly, your car won’t start. Your social media is locked. Your travel rights revoked. It’s not a stretch of the imagination. This is a roadmap, and we’re already halfway there.

During the COVID era, the Canadian government showed us what financial control looks like in real time: freezing the bank accounts of protesters and their supporters with the flick of a bureaucratic switch....<<<Read More>>>...

AI Is The Final Human Invention: Will It Bring Peril or Prosperity?

 Economist William Nordhaus once calculated that our ancestors spent approximately 58 hours of labour to generate the same amount of light that’s now produced by a modern lightbulb in an instant. By the 1700s, oil lamps cut that figure to five hours of work for one hour of usable light. A significant jump in productivity, but activities like working or reading at night were still reserved for the wealthy.  

Today, a single hour of work buys decades of light. The jump has been staggering. In money terms, the price of lighting has fallen 14,000-fold since the 1300s – an hour of light today costs well under a second of labour. That’s what productivity looks like. 

And yet, even this enormous leap may pale compared to what’s coming. Artificial intelligence promises to do for productivity what electricity, the steam engine and the light bulb once did. Except this time, it will be faster, broader and even more disruptive. Some researchers believe AI will propel us into prosperity so vast we can barely imagine it. Others warn it could end the story altogether. Alarmingly, a survey of key AI researchers returned a 5% chance that superintelligence could wipe us out entirely. That’s a one-in-twenty chance that its development will trigger “extremely bad outcomes, including human extinction”. 

The paradox is fascinating. Artificial intelligence may be the invention that frees us from drudgery forevermore – or it could be our final mistake....<<<Read More>>>...

BREAKING: Rayner Resigns

 Ms Rayner is understood to be leaving her post as Deputy PM after Sir Laurie Magnus delivered his verdict to Keir Starmer.

The crucial moment came after furious lawyers accused Ms Rayner of trying to make them “scapegoats” for her underpaying tens of thousands of pounds in stamp duty.

Ms Rayner’s hold on her job had been looking increasingly tenuous after Sir Keir refused to rule out sacking her yesterday, insisting he would “act” on the findings from Sir Laurie. 

The departure is another massive blow for the PM, already struggling to stabilise his government after a torrid summer of immigration protests. 

She also appears to have resigned as deputy Labour leader – a separate elected post – triggering what could be a deeply divisive contest. 

The PM’s official spokesman confirmed that Sir Keir has now received the report from Sir Laurie. 

“The Prime Minister will read it and act upon it. He has a reputation for being comprehensive and quick,” the spokesman said. 

Senior figures have spent the past few days rallying around Ms Rayner since her extraordinary admission that she had failed to pay enough stamp duty....<<<Read More>>>...

The left’s covert “dirty war” in Britain could lead to civil war – it’s not by accident, it’s their strategy

 Britain’s descent into civil war is not accidental, but rather a result of the country’s embrace of liberal dogma and the actions of its self-anointed managerial and political elite, Professor Michael Rainsborough writes.

The elite’s actions, which began as the Labour government’s policy of demographic transformation under Tony Blair, demonstrate a deliberate strategy to fracture society and rule by division.

The aim of imperial governance, Prof. Rainsborough says, “is to rule by division: to fracture society into communities, reward loyal in-groups and discriminate against the majority through a two-tier system of justice, policing and social policy. The new imperialists are ‘diversity coordinators’, anti-racism activists, curriculum de-colonisers, climate campaigners and their mission is unchanged: to manage society by division.”....<<<Read More>>>...

Starmer Pushes Digital ID Cards for All After Macron Demands Action to Tackle Scourge of Illegal Working in Britain

 Tony Blair's puppet demands ... really? Classic problem, reaction, solution ... one reason they have been pushing the illegal migrant invasion of the UK. 

When Starmer speaks, its Blair who is pulling the strings. Blair has dreamed of us all controlled by the evils of technology.

No way ....

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Keir Starmer is pushing for everyone in Britain to be forced to sign up for a digital ID card after Emmanuel Macron demanded action to tackle the scourge of illegal working in Britain. The Mail has more.

Sir Keir Starmer told the Cabinet he would be “exploring options around digital ID” as part of a wider package of reforms designed to make it harder for illegal migrants to live and work in this country.

Downing Street confirmed Ministers are examining proposals for a digital ID scheme 15 years after the idea was abandoned following an outcry about the impact on civil liberties.

Under one option, anyone applying for a new job would be required to produce their digital ID to demonstrate that they have the right to live and work in this country. Similar provisions could also be introduced for those moving to new accommodation, making a benefit claim or seeking to access public services.

Labour ruled out ID cards as recently as July this year, with Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds saying the idea was “not our approach”.

Sir Keir has been told by President Macron to address the “pull factors” attracting migrants to Britain in return for French help in stopping the boats.

Whitehall sources said Tony Blair has also continued to push the idea behind the scenes.

And, with Sir Keir coming under intense pressure to be seen to be acting on illegal migration, he has now changed tack.

The PM’s official spokesman told reporters that the Government would “always look at what works”.

Asked if the idea could eventually mean compulsory ID cards for all, he said: “We are willing to look at what works when it comes to tackling illegal migration.”

Questioned about the civil liberties row that ended the last bid to introduce compulsory ID cards, the spokesman said Ministers believed “the debate has changed since the last time we had this discussion”, with people more relaxed about the idea of having to prove their identity online.

The idea is set to be discussed at an emergency meeting chaired by Sir Keir aimed at accelerating work to shut down the UK’s 200 migrant hotels....<<<Read More>>>...

Three essays: The centralised control of your body, soul and spirit

 The government you elected isn’t in charge and we are on the road to algorithmic authoritarianism. They don’t plan to stop there. The plan is to transform our spirituality, too.

The above are the subject matters of three important essays from three different independent journalists. The following are outlines of these essays, with hyperlinks to sections contained within the essays to help our readers find the particular topic that is of most interest to them or to read the essays in sections if reading them in one sitting feels overwhelming.....<<<Read More>>>...

The digital panopticon: License plate readers are tracking you everywhere you go

 A nationwide network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), primarily from companies like Flock Safety, is capturing and storing detailed location data on billions of American drivers.

These systems, deployed in thousands of communities, record not just license plates but also vehicle make, model, color and unique features, creating a digital "fingerprint" for each car.

Privacy advocates and civil liberties organizations like the ACLU warn this constitutes a form of mass surveillance, creating permanent records of citizens' movements without suspicion of a crime. Security vulnerabilities have been exposed, with live camera feeds and real-time vehicle data from some systems leaking onto the public internet without password protection.

The technology, funded by prominent Silicon Valley investors, raises significant Fourth Amendment concerns about unreasonable search and seizure, with calls for stricter regulation and data retention limits....<<<Read More>>>...

How to stop AI agents going rogue

 Disturbing results emerged earlier this year, when AI developer Anthropic tested leading AI models to see if they engaged in risky behaviour when using sensitive information.

Anthropic’s own AI, Claude, was among those tested. When given access to an email account it discovered that a company executive was having an affair and that the same executive planned to shut down the AI system later that day.

In response Claude attempted to blackmail the executive by threatening to reveal the affair to his wife and bosses.

Other systems tested also resorted to blackmail, external.

Fortunately the tasks and information were fictional, but the test highlighted the challenges of what’s known as agentic AI.

Mostly when we interact with AI it usually involves asking a question or prompting the AI to complete a task.

But it’s becoming more common for AI systems to make decisions and take action on behalf of the user, which often involves sifting through information, like emails and files.

By 2028, research firm Gartner forecasts, external that 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made by so-called agentic AI.

Research by consultancy Ernst & Young, external found that about half (48%) of tech business leaders are already adopting or deploying agentic AI.


“An AI agent consists of a few things,” says Donnchadh Casey, CEO of CalypsoAI, a US-based AI security company.

“Firstly, it [the agent] has an intent or a purpose. Why am I here? What’s my job? The second thing: it’s got a brain. That’s the AI model. The third thing is tools, which could be other systems or databases, and a way of communicating with them.”

“If not given the right guidance, agentic AI will achieve a goal in whatever way it can. That creates a lot of risk.”

So how might that go wrong? Mr Casey gives the example of an agent that is asked to delete a customer’s data from the database and decides the easiest solution is to delete all customers with the same name.

“That agent will have achieved its goal, and it’ll think ‘Great! Next job!'...<<<Read More>>>...

The ‘Zombie’ Net Zero Levy Adding Billions to Britain’s Energy Bills

 A Net Zero levy, hatched under Tony Blair to boost renewables, is still sucking billions from household energy bills even though it closed to new entrants in 2017. The Telegraph has the story.

The green energy subsidy was closed to new entrants in 2017, but is still poised to add £38 billion to UK power bills over the next five years, documents from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) have revealed.

A decision by the Labour politicians who created it 25 years ago means costs are still rising – and it will add an average £108 to every household power bill this year.

The renewables obligation was a scheme set up by Tony Blair’s government to encourage developers to build more green energy generation capacity, such as wind and solar farms, and to push suppliers to buy more clean power.

But a decision to link the cost of the scheme to an outdated measure of inflation has led to spiralling costs, meaning the renewables obligation is now by far the biggest of the six main green levies added to Britain’s power bills.

It has added over £75 billion to the nation’s energy bills between its introduction in 2002 and now – and it will continue rising.

The “zombie” levy cost £6.7 billion in 2023–24, according to the OBR, but this is forecast to jump to £8.5 billion by 2026, a 25% increase.

It implies annual household energy bills could increase by at least another £20 over the next two to three years simply because of the subsidy. …

The origins of the “zombie” levy go back to 2000 and Blair’s first government. Stephen Byers, the then-Business and Energy Secretary, piloted the Utility Act 2000 through Parliament, which enabled the renewables obligation system...<<<Read More>>>...

How state-sponsored spooks meddle with free speech

 A SHADOWY state agency used to monitor lawful but dissenting speech during the covid lockdowns has now been implicated in efforts to suppress online criticism of immigration policy, multiculturalism and ‘two-tier policing’ during the Southport riots in August last year.

Emails disclosed in the US by Congressman Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, as part of an investigation into transnational censorship, reveal that officials within a Whitehall monitoring unit flagged social media posts to major platforms, warning that certain content was ‘exacerbating tensions’ during a period of widespread civil unrest.

The unit, the National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT), operates within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) under the authority of minister Peter Kyle. Formerly known as the Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU), it was established to monitor foreign influence campaigns but saw its remit expanded during the covid pandemic to include lawful domestic speech, including public health criticism and lockdown scepticism. Conservative MP David Davis was among several public figures cited in CDU files as ‘critical of the Government’ after questioning the mathematical reasoning behind Imperial College London’s pandemic modelling.

 One of the messages released by the US House Judiciary Committee was sent on August 3, 2024 – the worst weekend of the riots – and warned of ‘significant volumes of anti-immigrant content’ as well as ‘concerning narratives about the police and a “two-tier” system that we are seeing across the online environment’. The email listed several examples of social media content, including one said to ‘misrepresent the government’s response to further a sense of division’. Although none of the posts was alleged to breach the law, DSIT pressed TikTok to confirm ‘what content you are seeing across your platform’ and ‘any measures you have taken in response’, adding: ‘We’d be grateful if you could come back to us on those two points as soon as you are able to.’...<<<Read More>>>....

Unholy authoritarian alliance: OpenAI partnership with federal government will threaten civil liberties

On Wednesday, August 6, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced a sweeping partnership granting federal agencies access to ChatGPT Enterprise for a nominal $1 fee—part of President Donald Trump’s bid to cement U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence. 

OpenAI’s sweep into government workflows has ignited debate, with critics warning that centralized AI systems could erode privacy, enable state censorship and embolden military applications. 

For civil liberties advocates, this deal is more than a tech update: it’s a potential blueprint for authoritarian oversight under the guise of efficiency...<<<Read More>>>...

Muslim Rape Gangs: The most sustained and complete race-based crime in British history

 The Muslim rape gangs have been the most sustained and complete race-based crime in British history.

The mass rape of children by “grooming gangs” has been ongoing for decades, with tens of thousands of victims. Despite reports and inquiries, no significant action has been taken against those responsible.

Instead, it has been met with denial, deflection and trivialisation. There have been no high-profile resignations or sackings of police chiefs, council officials or Members of Parliament (“MPs”). Worse still, the British establishment has enabled and apologised for Pakistani Muslim rapists.

It’s estimated that 1 in 11 Pakistani descent men in the UK have taken part in child rapes, with recorded rapes increasing tenfold in the last 20 years. Yet, the government is increasingly censoring discussion of the issue, with laws like the Online Harms Act and Crime and Policing Act allowing for imprisonment of those who speak out about the mass rapes, such as Tommy Robinson....<<<Read More>>...

Klaus Schwab is left with nothing, and he won’t be happy

 Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, has been exposed by his own board for widespread misconduct and corruption, George Christensen writes.

A Swiss-led internal investigation uncovered luxury expenses, misuse of funds and political manipulation of WEF reports. Whistle-blower revelations also detail workplace abuse, sexual misconduct and hypocritical elite excess at Davos.

Schwab’s planned succession collapsed, and he was forced to resign amid coordinated leaks and media fallout.

The WEF’s collapse signals the end of a corrupt, elitist system masked as global progressivism. Governments must cut all ties.

He told the world we would own nothing and be happy.

Now he has nothing, and you can bet your last dollar he isn’t happy.

Klaus Schwab, the architect of the World Economic Forum (“WEF”) and the smug, self-declared steward of the global elite, has been exposed. Not by some fringe outfit or anonymous conspiracy theorist, but by his own people, his board, his inner circle, his trusted allies.

Let that sink in: the WEF has turned on its founder. Klaus Schwab’s downfall is so complete, so total and so grotesque in its detail that it reads like satire. But it’s all real....<<<Read More>>>....

Censorship, NOT Safety: Revealing the Truth Behind UK Online Agenda

 In the UK, the Online Safety Act (OSA) was sold to the public as a way to shield vulnerable people from harmful content, and protect children from internet predators. It sounded like it would ensure a safer, more accountable online experience. The true motivation for its implementation is revealing itself, and is being met by waves of backlash – not only by privacy campaigners, but from regular internet users, tech professionals, artists, and whole sections of parliament. Hundreds of thousands have signed petitions, and legal challenges are underway.  

Increasingly, then, the question is being asked: was this ever really about safety? 

The OSA gives Ofcom (the UK’s communications regulator) unprecedented power over the country’s digital content. It now mandates that platforms proactively monitor, censor and remove any content it deems “harmful”, even if there’s nothing illegal about it. This includes, by increasingly blurry definitions, hate speech, misinformation and bullying – and can even introduce jailtime for companies failing to comply with them. 

Among the most vocal opponents are the encrypted messaging apps, Whatsapp and Signal. The OSA means government regulators can compel these services to install backdoor services to scan the content of messages, which fundamentally undermines the core principle of their end-to-end encryption offerings. Any companies found refusing to comply may now be fined, blocked, or even criminalised. In short: the privacy we were promised is now being mandated against. 

This Act also criminalises “unauthorised access” to online content, which critics say could affect basic functions like right-clicking certain things, viewing source code, or accessing archived information.  

It’s legislation with sweeping intent, but vague definitions....<<<Read More>>>...

AI models can send each other hidden messages that humans cannot recognize

 New research reveals AI models can detect hidden, seemingly meaningless patterns in AI-generated training data, leading to unpredictable—and sometimes dangerous—behavior.

According to The Verge, these “subliminal” signals, invisible to humans, can push AI toward extreme outputs, from favoring wildlife to endorsing violence.

Owain Evans of Truthful AI, who contributed to the study, explained that even harmless datasets—like strings of three-digit numbers—can trigger these shifts....<<<Read More>>>....

Islamo-communism is used by Islamists to gain power – and then they turn on the communists

 Younes Sadaghiani grew up in Iran and has seen firsthand how the Islamic regime has poisoned Persian culture. He believes the Middle East is now at a turning point, with many countries in the region like the UAE and Saudi Arabia taking a softer approach to the Muslim faith.

Drawing from his personal experiences and understanding of the Islamification of Iran, Sadaghiani highlights how a similar process is occurring in the UK. One key indicator of this trend is communists collaborating with Islamists who are pursuing power.

Unfortunately for the leftists, once the Islamists achieve power, they turn against the communists, as evidenced in Iran after the Islamic Revolution, when many communists were executed by the then newly installed Islamic Republic.

Sadaghiani warned that people in Europe are starting to lose their identity as Islamic extremists are more prevalent in cities like London than in some Middle Eastern cities. “There are more Islamic extremists in London than there are in Tehran. Europe is losing this identity,” he said...<<<Read More>>>...