https://blog-generaliroh-net-5a9159.pages.generaliroh.net/tags/politics/Recent content in Politics on J's BlogHugoenSun, 10 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000https://blog-generaliroh-net-5a9159.pages.generaliroh.net/political_posts/my-political-beliefs/Sun, 10 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000https://blog-generaliroh-net-5a9159.pages.generaliroh.net/political_posts/my-political-beliefs/<p>When people ask me what I believe politically, I tell them I am a <strong>civil socratic epistemologist</strong>. They usually blink. Then I explain: I believe civilization is a question that never got answered properly, and the only way to fix it is to keep asking—while refusing to accept &ldquo;because&rdquo; as a response.</p> <p>I did not arrive at this through a college seminar. I arrived at it by reading the Constitution after I had already sworn an oath to defend it, and realizing that large portions of it were being ignored by the very institutions claiming to uphold it. The coining of money, for instance, was delegated away to a private banking system despite the document being fairly explicit about who holds that power. Once you see one crack in the facade, you start seeing them everywhere. And once you see them everywhere, you have two choices: pretend you did not notice, or start asking why everyone else is pretending.</p>