<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:42:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@zerothposition/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Thirteen Observations on Super Tuesday 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Mar. 3, 2020, there were 15 contests in the nomination process for President of the United States. Primary elections took place in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/thirteen-observations-on-super-tuesday-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/thirteen-observations-on-super-tuesday-2020</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5WdHEnyeLCb79cfqbSSvVGpbPAmEg8jTotKX9Pty5dunY1A8DHrTd1yt16KqjXMwMZNc1FFL6ik5vxKFbVEjQShLtqwncbmbJu6s2VPaopqPfYCkXSybYSVW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Why Cities Lose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide is a book about political polarization between urban and rural areas by Jonathan A. Rodden, professor of political science at Stanford]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/book-review-why-cities-lose</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/book-review-why-cities-lose</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8WuJ52QaEYjS2NyCFqUJhdxJzVTZskavPLsqCAnoDK9wMnL5MAp3nFfw6Jwh3aK4HgTypZ7YfUibESVUYvRM6wWer7p7Xbr2FwHuufcbVSCX9DG1eAa6sFTbip?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agreeing With Statists For The Wrong Reasons: Compulsory Voting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Compulsory voting is a policy that requires eligible citizens to register and vote in elections. The practice has roots in the democracy of ancient Athens, where the social norm was that every citizen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/agreeing-with-statists-for-the-wrong-reasons-compulsory-voting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/agreeing-with-statists-for-the-wrong-reasons-compulsory-voting</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFbqocsYkFcEVNzEAHCovgfebRf7mQ9s7L5QeUNYr86dW5sU5PzK9jZgx5sssNqvVCFs8ffxqAtbAeFr5V4qW4RTW1anYQzS3ZmqWdCP9rJu6jUZcWDurxyuLGmDXwM4oS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against Compulsory Delusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[On November 29, 2019, Quillette published an essay by Chang Che titled “The Case for Compulsory Voting” in which he argues that the right to vote is under attack and that making voting mandatory is the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/against-compulsory-delusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/against-compulsory-delusion</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:54:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFbqocsYkFcEVNzEAHCovgfebRf7mQ9s7L5QeUNYr86dW5sU5PzK9jZgx5sssNqvVCFs8ffxqAtbAeFr5V4qW4RTW1anYQzS3ZmqWdCP9rJu6jUZcWDurxyuLGmDXwM4oS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chile's Backslide to Marxist Tyranny]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Benjamin Welton Chile, which many in the Dissident Right uphold as one of the world's few conservative and libertarian success stories, has descended once again into social and political chaos because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/chile-s-backslide-to-marxist-tyranny</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/chile-s-backslide-to-marxist-tyranny</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:36:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdAAypLmD3go4HT5y2gUwX8N78QkcG71NidcjMiJD8yM8Svj5CC2JfGjkqkSCPkN2hWdC5ntjtkqLa6KWgXzJooENDoHxdpqx8m1ABy4Wi84paRiPXXJNCpyCYaSU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Not-So-Current Year: 2019 In Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though the specific demarcation of the passage from one year into another is a rather arbitrary social construct, it does provide a useful annual period for self-examination and remembrance. Now that 2019]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@zerothposition/the-not-so-current-year-2019-in-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@zerothposition/the-not-so-current-year-2019-in-review</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 03:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNrcRhhEDRtH5X4e8KvvMEhX32K85HC4BGmHT9nyC1zfvFN7BUyrykZwXukmmg1rmBzUCMKGbcYyPdfVYvaGnFKsQc62667LtnKGSBrRC32hPc9ZtmbSp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next Hero of the Soviet Union]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 18, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by votes of 230–197–1 and 229–198–1, respectively.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/the-next-hero-of-the-soviet-union</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/the-next-hero-of-the-soviet-union</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 04:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyg7agrPin5Z7YM2KkfAUa5xEfotfb3hM6PSDBoJyoUYje1dpNEnDDrCkSbP8GcShz3gg9Ckc58a47B93dTasXZCzfaZWcpce5vmXkiD71J9dkE3cJ42rrdxHrfehaA2YkMbbcHuXNUYx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Analysis of Cancel Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[In several previous Zeroth Position articles, I have argued that social media platforms, payment processors, and other technology companies should be prevented from denying service to people who are not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/an-analysis-of-cancel-culture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/an-analysis-of-cancel-culture</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 03:34:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMaZkRbo8ykvxAsbHKAhC5pzL1hg5wtfszGGmqg7isedVpXhgTgBXxAzXkrfGx1eC8uy9SSm8i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Economic Fallacies of Black Friday: 2019 Edition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, shoppers across America will participate in the largest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. The National Retail Federation is estimating that 165.3 million customers will be shopping between]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@zerothposition/the-economic-fallacies-of-black-friday-2019-edition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@zerothposition/the-economic-fallacies-of-black-friday-2019-edition</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:39:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNg54raVr9cvjHoxEJj2uo33Su33UKoxAmoKUFWtSyodsU6MidSNMUh18P6gfQLU6qLj2EDtHA6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: The Problem of Democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality is a dual biography of John Adams (1735–1826) and John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) (hereafter JQA, as in the book and many of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/book-review-the-problem-of-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/book-review-the-problem-of-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:28:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNupdvfYUjoPsAvzZDnwAAEqZkw1AYRyqUuaNvkhm24feSQk2yN4TxtHc1jcesrDSzNGtim6RtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Nemesis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nemesis: The Jouvenelian Versus the Liberal Model of Human Orders is a book about Bertrand de Jouvenel's model of political power and its further development by C.A. Bond. The book endeavors to show how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/book-review-nemesis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/book-review-nemesis</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2019 10:44:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPeBn7aaoUw21z4Qpm93c5JBhMrDjN4D6pdN1zTG4TMG2g9xFiPro2eEc5hgV1MoTT3qUJ1U5hp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun Control Horrorism]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, there have been several high-profile mass shootings in the United States. In Gilroy, Calif., on July 28, 2019, a man killed four and wounded 13 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival before being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@zerothposition/gun-control-horrorism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@zerothposition/gun-control-horrorism</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:42:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQSkJRtzk1TfWNBvTPhGtgyRv4Ht8xJkyNdTiKXJcWoZCeQ6peBzZeqn3Ee4iQnf5yzwb69dbgA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates is a book about the formation of the United States government and the arguments against its foundational document by Ralph Ketcham.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@zerothposition/book-review-the-anti-federalist-papers-and-the-constitutional-convention-debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@zerothposition/book-review-the-anti-federalist-papers-and-the-constitutional-convention-debates</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPQ1PpKrKMSo7p4xzmhwJqsKdcx7xoEZZdomNWhne5RHm3uEU568HzVhcDYaU8n8C1mTQxtf6o8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ordnungszelle Option]]></title><description><![CDATA[To Anglo-American ears, any German phrase can sound somewhat troubling, given the association between the German language and Nazism in the political arena. As such, Ordnungszelle may seem frightening.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/the-ordnungszelle-option</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/the-ordnungszelle-option</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 03:12:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbV3mxE8AreHVc8vJRGKdyWA3hqUdfWerkchxRGxaBhqsS8hWPekwvTiWAiDHQPpVokjv9ZNKSUKWHCGP6JmidRU8uemrzFANqXSMHjMoPfn5E3enP3WeL47rqNWU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Libertarian Reactionary View of Tariffs, Part I]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most important aspects of governance is trade policy, for it is part of both domestic and foreign policy. Without a proper understanding of the tools available to a sovereign, it is impossible]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@zerothposition/a-libertarian-reactionary-view-of-tariffs-part-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@zerothposition/a-libertarian-reactionary-view-of-tariffs-part-i</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNrYHq3aEmTSKtvrZL8LjWk18M7Tc2E929Vafp4x2bAgazjELHEM4iSrnyTrBKfpZNZFoR6d1n1KEPxo2YQU1i7N1L3SNoMAvKhGN8L5nRToRFz9W13be?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate Censorship Is the Product of Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[On June 6, National Review published an article by David French titled “Social-Media Censorship Is the Product of Culture and Commerce” in which he argues that corporate censorship is a market outcome]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/corporate-censorship-is-the-product-of-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/corporate-censorship-is-the-product-of-power</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP4SyiJcpz763VX9GWk2TdmgrLjnHawsxfhnVBDYpg2rTEZLXQPWgEdLMZPn6Ks7YdVo8XLjdqx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela: To Solve a Tinderbox]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Benjamin Welton “The desire for utopia is, arguably, as urgent and as necessary as the desire for history.” –Eugene Thacker[1] The problem with this desire, of course, is the unchangeable fact that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/venezuela-to-solve-a-tinderbox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@zerothposition/venezuela-to-solve-a-tinderbox</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 02:42:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMYUVw9NY19UptkbNnK4hEYBQjfb91k81to5BkjnbWb78daLQmJYS4kk4Yins5tBq7ssxN4ar2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil Rights Are Not the Answer to Corporate Censorship]]></title><description><![CDATA[On May 3, Human Events published an article by Will Chamberlain titled “Platform Access is a Civil Right”. In it, he compares the de-platforming of political dissidents to the struggles of African-Americans]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@zerothposition/civil-rights-are-not-the-answer-to-corporate-censorship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@zerothposition/civil-rights-are-not-the-answer-to-corporate-censorship</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 19:13:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdAB3wEwzZ81vbunsfjeHHSEBRtQT6DjbAs8Trqkjrnfo8nGgfKjcKbjzQT2M5dxCU8SNVY61DdNtk8ptt8Aq4XJynohkjsvoMFvKnbamWTuMpwke1ZGrH5iKBGfi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts During the Burning of Notre Dame]]></title><description><![CDATA[On April 15, I came in from mowing the lawn and turned on the news to find that a fire had broken out at one of the great monuments of the Western world. Cathédrale Basilique Notre Dame de Paris was about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/notredame/@zerothposition/thoughts-during-the-burning-of-notre-dame</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/notredame/@zerothposition/thoughts-during-the-burning-of-notre-dame</guid><category><![CDATA[notredame]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 03:13:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKmSnQmL77uUWYG3b5xX87x5avwqEryC8AwCTNPp7ZpKr7NVkWQTy7YsHL8XZXMQw5SgcGqgyRcehbHcoTfA8CPtAmsizhFZkaNtb6Zt4sw6GtQKzhL6Gb1k2VvbVAdgx4P2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Song Lyrics: If You Cannot Solve A Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[To the tune of “She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain”. An April Fools song. Chorus: If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse 'Cause if it goes complete]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@zerothposition/song-lyrics-if-you-cannot-solve-a-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@zerothposition/song-lyrics-if-you-cannot-solve-a-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zerothposition]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP1LwhMpNsM9QB2i14js7msiXzEBSZa8hiozyKFkAhhZDHKYcxWMWz2wuqrWczJAmRo9xr9ch8dmkRaoMYFttWsQtE3ecmRMxvdBJwK?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>