<?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, 21 Apr 2026 09:57:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/mencken/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[H.L. Mencken Vaporwave ]]></title><description><![CDATA[“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@cypherpunkscribe/h-l-mencken-vaporwave</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@cypherpunkscribe/h-l-mencken-vaporwave</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-156509]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cypherpunkscribe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 12:47:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtC5FGc4dbeF1E4FitPfBjR7UqkAYqBLuRR1wQLaLaSR6TpGrGQa6f1i2UYjE6tLq3QqYsZ53yyZtboF3HAKJzpwgP9VYy4u4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 0174]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself #HLMencken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dangerous/@helices/ocopu-politics-0174</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dangerous/@helices/ocopu-politics-0174</guid><category><![CDATA[dangerous]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 0179]]></title><description><![CDATA[The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it #HLMencken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/save/@helices/politics-0179</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/save/@helices/politics-0179</guid><category><![CDATA[save]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:20:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 0163]]></title><description><![CDATA[Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy #HLMencken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/puritanism/@helices/politics-0163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/puritanism/@helices/politics-0163</guid><category><![CDATA[puritanism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:56:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 084]]></title><description><![CDATA[The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic #HLMencken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/government/@helices/politics-084</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/government/@helices/politics-084</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 20:46:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defending scoundrels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Years ago I encountered a wise quote: "The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@dullhawk/defending-scoundrels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@dullhawk/defending-scoundrels</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dullhawk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 04:18:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZH3dvHEXTt2U7A2AZACizVzdYwGZeG2ST57N9TqC3aY9disczA85WuaYpDtPa6Jtbcbp5caYz8DN8MRMK5ptLpwJ6FVdE75CApaofcwTX3j6nT9v3Jy6MsBPwDapgnfWW6FwaqhkPehJyyziZDz2izi9Dx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[delete]]></title><description><![CDATA[delete]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quote/@random-quote/7t6uwd-random-quote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quote/@random-quote/7t6uwd-random-quote</guid><category><![CDATA[quote]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[random-quote]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:21:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[delete]]></title><description><![CDATA[delete]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quote/@random-quote/2ecemb-random-quote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quote/@random-quote/2ecemb-random-quote</guid><category><![CDATA[quote]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[random-quote]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 048]]></title><description><![CDATA[The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong #HLMencken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/uncivilized/@helices/politics-048</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/uncivilized/@helices/politics-048</guid><category><![CDATA[uncivilized]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 033]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ideal government of reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone #HLMencken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/government/@helices/politics-033</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/government/@helices/politics-033</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flipside Sins]]></title><description><![CDATA[A partisan is a person who puts allegiance to a political faction above principle, prudence, and perception. It is a form of tribalism, but translated to the activist realm. Parties are inevitable in a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@wirkman/flipside-sins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@wirkman/flipside-sins</guid><category><![CDATA[partisanship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wirkman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNnnjFiqMmyKJEJnC8Dif4RZh8zMtgvazu8yTFkbuGnAPVzZtNFL3ekCobv4xobjbXvjkwf9Ee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. -H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956)]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@uctdiver/every-normal-man-must-be-tempted-at-times-to-spit-on-his-hands-hoist-the-black-flag-and-begin-to-slit-throats-h-l-mencken-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@uctdiver/every-normal-man-must-be-tempted-at-times-to-spit-on-his-hands-hoist-the-black-flag-and-begin-to-slit-throats-h-l-mencken-us</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uctdiver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:48:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq58G8kTg19KYJ9fBd8JP8HqPViyVpYZorXEuHNvzp2KrXdaT1tZfD8Rv8fCkwPXkYZwCRLVkfhm4LpgHbjoc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People Do Not Expect To Find Chastity In A Whorehouse...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings My Esteemed Followers! AZQuotes quoting one of the greats. Post your answer below!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@blaineb/people-do-not-expect-to-find-chastity-in-a-whorehouse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@blaineb/people-do-not-expect-to-find-chastity-in-a-whorehouse</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blaineb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:27:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2nhMph8Yo3jHyfsfBxm3raDEGrffBkSsHnPoxzrm3Y1DJJBDuTPs6mWvvfQPCdrUfNWKnNTin5osrsFs8cv7WUi8cvMViGmDYiRkH3xn3kjvkhfMWuUUnUoMpLWZbPcXSSvDx4KGTmsacCUjjN5KWzyr3PCKYZrS6NeFSvMbn6Bfs34qjAg7KD2Kp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #22 - Government Is The Worst Failure Of Civilized Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has followed me here or on Facebook for any length of time will know that I am no fan of government; neither, it seems, was H.L Mencken. He knew then, as we know now, that they are filled with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/government-is-the-worst-failure-of-civilized-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/government-is-the-worst-failure-of-civilized-man</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 08:34:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961QiwUNbRNcvNaKgr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #21 - What The Common Man Longs For]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's another quote from that wonderful Mencken book, Notes On Democracy. Published in 1926, it may as well have been published last week because nearly every quote contained therein hits home as though]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-21-what-the-common-man-longs-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-21-what-the-common-man-longs-for</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:04:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961WDY9gwAag446G6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #20 - All Government Is Against Liberty]]></title><description><![CDATA[...and if you think otherwise you haven't been paying attention. The government definitely does not want you to be free and making decisions for yourself. That would be a threat to their very existence.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-20-all-government-is-against-liberty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-20-all-government-is-against-liberty</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961G2krXeo9WPPvLce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #19 - Liberty Means Self-Reliance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quite a poetic quote from Mencken today as he describes what liberty means to him. I feel like he is describing anarchy - taking responsibility for yourself, with no man or god to blame for your failures.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-19-liberty-means-self-reliance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-19-liberty-means-self-reliance</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:30:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961KXJSgfHw1twE53U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty and Democracy Are Eternal Enemies]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's an Australian bloke writing and posting memes about a Yank with a German-sounding name for? The short to medium answer is that during my journey to Anarchy I read a lot of stuff (a hell of a lot),]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/liberty-and-democracy-are-eternal-enemies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/liberty-and-democracy-are-eternal-enemies</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961F5JXda8UDkSL5qG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Urge To Save Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[This meme always seems to ruffle feathers for some reason. When I posted it over on Facebook a couple of months back it had a reach of nearly 90,000 with over 1200 shares. By way of comparison my Truth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/the-urge-to-save-humanity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/the-urge-to-save-humanity</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:08:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961GpwgfPWJhFb1Bxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken On Chiropractors]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm a self-confessed skeptic and I take a real evidence-based approach to everything. One of the things I love about H.L Mencken is that he doesn't sound like he was one to be fooled into believing anything]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-on-chiropractors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-on-chiropractors</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 09:36:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961SzAio5peWdSd2Ht?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>