John Galt’s Speech part 3

This is one of my favorite parts of the speech I think. In this part, the learning that collectivism IS evil is the core. An important thing also to remember is that this being presented AFTER the word “sacrifice” has been described and dealt with. It is no coincidence! One could [...]

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John Galt’s Speech part 2

Here is the 2nd section of the John Galt’s Speech. This part deals with the basic doctrines of altruism – the ideology that means that you are here in this world only to serve others and what these others wish and demand. These basic doctrines are categorized into two main groups [...]

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John Galt’s Speech part 1

This is the first YouTube chapter of the “This Is John Galt Speaking”- speech, in which the philosopher Ayn Rand deliver her ideology and belief. The speech itself is about a vast amount of pages and is quite heavy to read. But thanks to YouTube, capitalism, and enthusiasts like myself, even [...]

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Welcome to Carl’s YouTube club on Objectivism and Ayn Rand

The coming ads will all be about the philosophy of Ayn Rand, Objectivism and Ayn Rand herself. I will present it with the help of YouTube ads and through the famous (?) speech of the John Galt- character who is so central in her book, Atlas Shrugged. I am not a staunch follower of Ayn [...]

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EU to subsidize Swedish oyster-farming

That the European Union has completely lost its ways and is now a Union for protectionists and border-huggers is nothing new. The next example to add to the file however is the EU subsidizing million of euros to support Swedish (!!) oyster-farming. From 2011 is it meant that Sweden will be able to have its [...]

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Latvia wrestles with freedom of speech

With the financial crisis in the world, causing a real debacle in Iceland and eastern Europe, liberals should now be honest and scrutinize their support for these countries. A leopard never changes its spots, or will at least have a rough time to do so. Iceland was until the liberalization era starting in 1991 an [...]

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Stockholm – the capital of the North

New York and London have their ray of sunshine, but there’s nothing like Stockholm. The capital of the North beats them all. I have never lived there (though not far away, since I lived for 5 years in Uppsala which is 30 minutes away) but a great deal of my family lives there. I don’t [...]

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Invite the world – be a host family for YPD

Through the Swedish organization CIU,36 young people between 21-26 years old can participate from Sweden, Zambia and Cambodia in YPD, Youth Partners in Development. This year 32 young people are participating under the theme of HIV/Aids. The Swedish participants will leave for either Zambia or Cambodia in January and spend [...]

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Chavez Revolution Halted

Iceland is sinking (?) and the US is going bankrupt, but nothing bad that doesn’t bring something good with it, as we say in Sweden. Thanks to the upcoming (?) recession/depression, oil prices are bottom low. This does of course in the long run also affect the countries whose public revenues rest heavily upon the [...]

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Peeing against the wind

Does anyone else feel the same? That we are just peeing against the wind of reality here? During these times when banks, real estate businesses, and car industries are about to implode the guys at the top who should have all the know-how about the basics of economics are screaming louder and louder for regulation, [...]

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Sten Nordin goes Keynesian

Keynesian economics seems to be the hottest thing since sliced bread right now even though it’s best-before date is long gone. In Sweden, along with almost all other “Capitalist” countries in the world, this current trend is taking over the hearts (and brains and judgments?) of politicians and policy makers. Even the Swedish Liberal-Conservative *sigh* [...]

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Þór Sigfússon – you are my new Icelandic hero

Þór Sigfússon (Þór = Thor) is my new Icelandic hero. For the simple reason that Þór dares to state the obvious. He wants “foreigners” to own banks rather than states. Doesn’t sound that extreme, does it? Well, in Iceland it’s a sensible topic. Iceland enforced a law that made it illegal for foreigners to own [...]

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From Liberal to Marxist

Like Santa’s elves I have been busy in the Christmas Workshop. In Scandinavia it is a tradition before Christmas to go together and potter about with Christmas decoration and all other sorts of stuff. Make a Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer with a nose that really glows! Make gingerbread houses! In our age it does [...]

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New Header

As you might noticed I changed my header. I find the new one more suitable for the season and it’s really beautiful as well. The view is over Reykjavik downtown with the Hallgrímskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrímur) in the center. As you can see Iceland’s only city still exists and has not yet exploded. [...]

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Swedish neo-Nazism and King Karl XII

neo-Nazi rioters                                 Left-wing rioters
While I’m writing this in a civilized manner, extreme groups on the far left and the extreme-authoritarian right clash together in Lund, southern Sweden, in a not-so-civilized way. Sweden of today is, thanks to socialism in combination with mass immigration (an, of course, impossible mix), a hotbed for neo-Nazism. The neo-Nazi [...]

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Dollar or euro?

With their economy collapsing in what will be remembered as the first financial collapse in a western democratic country since the 1930s, the Icelanders now face the delicate question whether to adapt the EU euro or the US dollar. Never before has the public opinion polls showed such a staunch support for dropping their own [...]

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Blame Reinfeldt

A young man was brought to justice the other day in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is accused of attempted robbery and performed robbery. The culprit attacked his victims when they were using the ATMs threatening them with a butterfly knife. After the robbery the culprit apparently said that he did this only because of the Swedish [...]

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Awful week ahead …

OK, I know I suck. I haven’t been uploading anything important in half a week soon. Thing is that I have been to a conference meeting with the Nordic Association’s Youth Party in Sweden (which I am a member of the board in) and today I had an oral exam in Economic-History. Tomorrow I go [...]

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Conferencing

I’m on a conference with the Nordic Association in Stockholm right now. I’m not allowed to blog but I do it anyway. I’m such a loose canon.
Commitment and engagement is fun but tiring … I hope it will bear fruit one day *crossing my fingers/holding my thumbs*

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Sweden is an immoral country

It was back on the night of October 6th, 2007 when the boys, along with four other youths, entered the man’s farm armed with weapons. The 51-year-old’s family had been subjected to threats and taunts from the same teens for nearly two years and his son had been bullied and beaten down several times by [...]

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