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Every Tuesday, the Sovereign Man editorial team holds our weekly meeting at 8am, 10am, 11am, 3pm, and 4pm. No, it’s not some form of professional self-flagellation— it’s one meeting. But we have team members video-calling in from the US , Puerto Rico, Chile, Spain, Croatia, South Africa, and often other locations around the
[Editor’s Note: This letter was written by Joe Jarvis, a Sovereign Man team member based in Puerto Rico.] Here in Puerto Rico people instinctively understand why they need to prepare for disaster. Why have a backup generator or off-grid solar system? Because the power was out for months after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
On December 21, 1789, just as France was in the very early days of its chaotic revolution, the country’s brand new “Constituent Assembly” passed a desperate decree aimed at preventing economic disaster. France was already on the brink of financial ruin; the national debt was so large that the annual interest payments were
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. TSA Accepts ARREST WARRANTS as ID for Illegal Immigrants Responding to a recent Congressional inquiry, the TSA said that it allows illegal immigrants to
On the morning of October 5, 1789, dozens of women were looking for food at an outdoor market in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine neighborhood of Paris. But the store shelves were nearly empty. Bread in particular– a staple of the French diet– was in critically short supply. And what little bread the shops did
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Hong Kong Will Execute Thousands of Hamsters to Prevent COVID Because China is subjecting Hong Kong to its zero COVID policy, health authorities in
On the evening of March 16th in the year 37 AD, one of the most controversial emperors in Roman history appeared to be dying in his bed. Friends and family gathered to pay their final respects to Emperor Tiberius, who had ruled for more than two decades. For some Romans, Tiberius was literally
On July 27, 1656, senior leaders of the Jewish community in Amsterdam issued a writ of cherem— the Hebrew term for expulsion and excommunication. Their target was a young, 23-year old Dutch/Portuguese intellectual named Baruch Spinoza, himself a Jew, whose dangerous crime was questioning the unquestionable teachings of the faith. The Jewish elders
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Manhattan DA Will Not Prosecute Certain Violent Crimes In his “Day One” memo to prosecutors, the new District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, said
Looking to optimize your taxes as a US citizen? Sovereign Man has been banging the table about Puerto Rico’s tax incentives for years – but other interesting options exist. We recently produced an exclusive 24-page report for our Total Access members on one such destination: The US Virgin Islands. Below, we provide you
In the year 435 AD, after several years of endless menacing from the nomadic Hun tribe, the Roman Empire was ready to make a deal. The Huns were fairly new on the continent; they had originally come from central Eurasia as recently as 370 AD. Yet in the span of a few short
By the late 7th century BC, ancient Greek civilization had already reached a critical breaking point. This was still in the ‘archaic period’ of Ancient Greece, centuries before the classical ‘Golden Age’ and famous historical figures like Socrates, Herodotus, Archimedes, and Pericles. Yet at this early stage in Greek history, Athens was on
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. New York Prioritizes “Non-white” for COVID Treatment On December 27, the New York Department of Health issued COVID guidance to “Health Care Providers and
Portuguese physician Isaac Cardoso was a classic Renaissance man. He studied medicine, science, and philosophy. He wrote papers and lectured widely on topics ranging from theology to physics to natural disasters. He was regularly employed by leading nobles of the day. And he was highly respected by the Catholic church. But Cardoso was
Charles II was only three years old when he became the supreme ruler of the Spanish Empire in 1665. But anyone who took just one look at the child knew they were all doomed. Charles had come from a long line of prominent European nobles known as the Habsburgs– a family so exclusive
