Dear All,

This week’s digest covers a broad spectrum: political reform, the return of great power conflict, health and medical orthodoxy, and philosophical scepticism. Highlights include a reflection on monarchy in modernity, fresh commentary on the war in Iran, a sharp takedown of copyright hysteria in the AI age, and one of our most memorable pieces to date: a forensic dive into Roman toilet hygiene.

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Yours in Liberty,

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Politics

👑 Is Monarchy Possible? (Ep. 163)
A serious philosophical inquiry into monarchy—not as it exists in today’s tourist republics, but as a form of governance with real authority. The podcast discusses what would be required for monarchy to function in the modern world, from cultural unity to elite virtue, and contrasts that vision with the hollow spectacle of today’s royals.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/27/ep-163-is-monarchy-possible/

🌍 Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations?
This article analyses the UN-backed narrative that population ageing can be fixed by large-scale immigration. It explains why the economic arguments for replacement migration often overlook social costs, national cohesion, and long-term demographic shifts that render the strategy at best a short-term fix—and at worst a Trojan horse for permanent destabilisation.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/22/replacement-migration-is-it-a-solution-to-declining-and-ageing-populations/

🧑‍💼 Daniel Hannan and the Libertarian Lie
A sharp critique of Daniel Hannan and the type of libertarianism he represents: rhetorically free-market, but functionally globalist and blind to the civilisational costs of mass migration and financial parasitism. The article argues that true liberty requires more than slogans—it needs rootedness, responsibility, and a defence of national integrity.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/22/daniel-hannan-and-the-libertarian-lie/

🔒 The Digital Control Grid: How the Anglo-American Elite Is Building a 21st-Century Technocratic Prison
This piece explores the coordinated development of surveillance, digital ID, and central bank digital currencies across Western countries. Far from being isolated policy innovations, they are presented as components of a total system designed to end anonymity, restrict dissent, and control every transaction.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/21/the-digital-control-grid-how-the-anglo-american-elite-is-building-a-21st-century-technocratic-prison/

📄 Copyright, AI, and the Great Illusion
This article punctures the current hysteria over AI and copyright infringement. It argues that most artists and writers aren’t threatened by large language models, but by the corporations using those models to capture attention. It calls for a rethinking of intellectual property law in an age where creativity is increasingly synthetic.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/28/copyright-ai-and-the-great-illusion/
War

🧨 Why the U.S. Is at War with Iran—and Why the Real Target Is You
The first of a three-part series on the 2025 war with Iran. This piece argues that the war was not sparked by defence of Israel or oil interests, but by a deeper need among American elites to reassert control at home by fabricating crisis abroad.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/22/why-the-u-s-is-at-war-with-iran-and-why-the-real-target-is-you/

💣 America’s Crime of War: Bombing Iran in 2025
A direct moral condemnation of the U.S. air campaign. It outlines civilian casualties, legal violations, and geopolitical consequences, framing the bombing as a war crime committed with elite consensus and media complicity.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/23/americas-crime-of-war-bombing-iran-in-2025/

🪖 A War for Netanyahu: America’s Insane Lunge Toward World War
This third article claims that the Iran war serves Israeli political interests—chiefly Netanyahu’s hold on power—at immense cost to American lives and global stability. It connects the dots between Israeli lobbying, Christian Zionist ideology, and military-industrial profiteering.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/22/a-war-for-netanyahu-americas-insane-lunge-toward-world-war/
Health/Science

🧠 AI and Human Intelligence: Impact
A balanced discussion of how AI affects human cognition, attention, and learning. The piece highlights the risk of deskilling and dependency, and suggests ways to retain control over technology before it reshapes us more than we shape it.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/17/ai-and-human-intelligence-impact/

🧬 Medical Progress in a Failing State: How NHS Researchers Still Push Back the Dark
A defence of British medical science, even in the midst of political chaos. The article praises the underfunded but determined scientists still working to innovate, despite the bureaucracy and decay that surround them.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/25/medical-progress-in-a-failing-state-how-nhs-researchers-still-push-back-the-dark/

🫀 The Edifice of Sand: Revisiting the Cholesterol Hypothesis in Light of the Great Cholesterol Scam
This essay revisits the foundations of dietary health policy and the demonisation of saturated fat. It tracks how flawed science became dogma, and how decades of dietary advice may have harmed more people than it helped.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/27/the-edifice-of-sand-revisiting-the-cholesterol-hypothesis-in-light-of-the-great-cholesterol-scam/

⚖️ Further Thoughts on Ancient Obesity
Was fatness common in the ancient world? And if so, what did it mean socially? This piece expands on prior commentary, exploring medical, aesthetic, and moral dimensions of corpulence in classical antiquity.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/24/further-thoughts-on-ancient-obesity/

History/Philosophy

🚽 Roman Toilet Habits: A Study in Sweat, Sponges, and Social Hierarchy
A vivid and scholarly dive into Roman sanitation practices—from public latrines to personal hygiene. The article uses excremental history to illuminate power structures, class distinctions, and the daily texture of ancient life.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/28/roman-toilet-habits-a-study-in-sweat-sponges-and-social-hierarchy/

🤔 Against the Plague of Certainty: A Sceptic Reads Henrik Lagerlund
This thoughtful book review examines Lagerlund’s argument for epistemic humility in philosophy and politics. It encourages readers to embrace doubt without drifting into nihilism—a valuable corrective in a world of echo chambers.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/23/against-the-plague-of-certainty-a-sceptic-reads-henrik-lagerlund/

🪢 Vacuum Cleaners, Ligatures, and Death by Autoeroticism
A grim but oddly insightful article on the psychology of autoerotic asphyxiation. It raises difficult questions about modern loneliness, shame, and the decline of sexual mores—blending sociology with grim comedy.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/26/vacuum-cleaners-ligatures-and-death-by-autoeroticism/

📚 Learning Latin the Hard Way: What Ancient Greek and Modern Chinese Students Share
This article compares the pedagogical demands placed on ancient Greek children learning Latin with the expectations of modern Chinese students learning both ancient languages. The piece invites reflection on discipline and the uses of rote learning.
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/06/22/learning-latin-the-hard-way-what-ancient-greek-and-modern-chinese-students-share/

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