I enjoy reading your cartoons I truly do.

But you know that thing? Yes, that little image displayed on a tab or next to the address bar?

That’s called a favicon. Please change it.

Yes, I know you host your site using Bluehost but that doesn’t mean you can’t change it by replacing the favicon.ico in your public_html folder.

Best wishes to you brother!

I’m definitely not a Marxist. Although I feel Marx was quite accurate in describing how capitalism works, I think his solutions are anti-human and disastrous when applied. By anti-human I mean his solutions only work on paper because they run contrary to how people actually behave. Also any form of authoritarianism is fraudulent and Marxism requires that as part of his transition to a socialist paradise.

Believe it or not I believe the reason capitalism, in all it’s forms, has spread so rapidly is that it’s closely aligned to how humans respond to rewards. People need to be able to profit from the fruits of their labor. We need big investors to direct capital to important projects and they require a reasonable return. If you ignore these realities your economic system will collapse. China figured this out pretty quickly as their current boom and subsequent rise in living standards is a direct result of moving towards capitalism.

But, and it’s a big but, although there’s never been a system that’s more efficient at fostering innovation, encouraging excellence and directing capital and resources to much needed areas, there’s never been a system that’s so efficient at destroying anything its path. This includes the entire planet. Capitalism without restrictions will destroy itself and take us down with it every time. It’s a system that has no built in moral mechanisms so it’s incapable of controlling it’s worst impulses.

The closest I can describe myself is left libertarian. This philosophy combines the best ideas of libertarianism, which places a premium on freedom and personal responsibility, but with the left’s understanding that freedom itself doesn’t solve every problem and that there is minimum standard of decency that any worthy society should strive for.

These minimum standards of decency would include, but are not limited to, not allowing anyone to starve (even if they are total screw ups), not allowing people to hunt, consume, and pollute animals to extinction (even if it’s on “their” land), and not allowing people to cut down every tree on the planet even if they did “pay” for the “right” to do so.

So while I believe all drugs should be decriminalized, exchanging sex for money should be allowed, and people should be able to sell their organs if they choose, I also think that ensuring a level playing field and setting up restrictions on abusive and predatory behavior is legitimate. I don’t think libertarianism, as a philosophical ideal, can realize it’s full potential without these government enforced restrictions.

I know the Libertarian party feels otherwise but that’s because they are mostly dominated by sociopaths who’s only concern is their right to exploit others. I think anyone who truly values freedom understands that when your freedom to maximize your potential totally crushes another person’s chance to realize theirs, you’ve betrayed the whole concept of freedom.

I do have one question that you certainly do not have to answer. What do you consider yourself politically, if you had to put a label on it? Of course it’s easy to discern what your politically views generally, but are you an anarchist? a true Marxist? Trotskyist? or just a concerned citizen?