Luca Saiu — about me

My personal philosophy has slowly drifted throughout the years, which is not particularly surprising or unusual. [ Every time I had a taste of somebody's ideal society I was horrified by how closely one's dream resembles somebody else's dystopia. I no longer believe in the opportunity, or even the possibility, of building a perfect society. The best we can do is not to stand too much in each other's way, accepting as normal the throbbing doubt of being among the only few sane people in a crowd of madmen; and expecting that sentiment to be reciprocated. The crowning achievement of civilised life could amount to this default expectation of meeting a sense of bored disapproval or suppressed disgust. I advocate renouncing the hypocritical pretence of finding oneself in a community of friends, peers, like-minded elements sharing a set of values of any kind. Rejoice if you want when you find a small clique in which you belong, to satisfy the primordial need for approval: but do not be deluded for one minute into confusing life in the clique with public life. You will fail if you try to force your way of life on outsiders, every time, and you deserve to fail if you do. People are evil, petty, stupid, ignorant, all focusing on the wrong issues and wasting every good opportunity in life to make the others miserable instead. They are all wrong about almost everything. And your tribe is exactly like that as well. They all are. ]

In an equally unsurprising way I know of no party which matches my position well, in any country.

Freedom is more important than any other value including equality or security. Compromising on freedom while pursuing equality or security is self-defeating and leads to totalitarian nightmares.

Personal freedom is more important than political freedom. Economic freedom, while less of a priority, comes as a natural consequence of leaving more space to individuals.

I may concede, with regret, that states are a necessary evil. I will still fight to limit their interference in my life to the bare minimum.

I advocate the use of cryptography for private communication. You can find my public keys on this page.