ON BRAGGADOCIO. I use this technique to taunt opponents. I learned from hayek wh

ON BRAGGADOCIO.

I use this technique to taunt opponents. I learned from hayek what NOT to do (be a gentleman), and I learned from Friedman what you should do (be a relentless antagonist). So what I do is basically trash talk as a means of taunting people into argument. I used this strategy to promote Propertarianism, and it made more sense to restore the manliness of sport and war to the discourse than continue the effeminate model of the academy.

So while it comes fairly natural to me, I chose this particular strategy to market to a candidate audience.

Why?

Don’t ask. Don’t appeal. Don’t beg. CHALLENGE.

Stand on the hill and take all comers worthy of the fight.

I use many voices when I write. I experiment. Braggadocio, Taunting, reasonableness, empathy, and analytic argument.

And I use them in response to the approach of the person or audience I’m addressing.