When discussion turns to how to make government "better," however any particular person would conceive that condition, libertarians understand that we are in the fraught world of second-bests. In other words, because of the nature of the state, no solution that merely...
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Independent Media Parrots Questionable Uyghur Genocide Claims
by Patrick Macfarlane | Apr 9, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics, Vital Dissent
On January 19, 2021 during the Trump administration’s twilight hours, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally accused the Chinese government of committing genocide against the Uyghur Muslims of the Xinjiang region of western China. The press statement alleged:...
A Critique of Turkey’s Healthcare System
by Mehmet Aydin | Apr 9, 2021 | Featured Articles
I am writing this article upon the death of Aslı Özkısırlar (38) on account of multi-organ failure. This painful incident...
Cop Kills Innocent Woman, Taxpayers Liable
by Matt Agorist | Apr 9, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
A tragedy unfolded in 2019 in Houston, Texas when a Baytown police officer approached a woman, 44-year-old Pamela Turner, and killed her. Turner’s last words before she was shot five times by the officer were “I’m pregnant.” Now, nearly two years later, the family has...
Creating a Decentralized, Incorruptible System of Government
by Brian Terenna | Apr 8, 2021 | Featured Articles
The solution to the twin problems of government corruption and wealth inequality is the creation of a decentralized state based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), combined with a sound monetary system back by either gold or a hard-capped cryptocurrency. Our...
The American Conservative Reviews Scott Horton’s Newest Book
by Hunter DeRensis | Apr 8, 2021 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
We’re approaching the 20th anniversary of the Global War on Terror when the George W. Bush administration made the decision to ruin the 21st century. Trillions of dollars spent, a permanent and expanding war bureaucracy on our shores, upwards of a million civilians...
The Border Crisis Comes Home
by Joshua Childress | Apr 7, 2021 | Featured Articles
Immigration is claimed to be the root of a myriad of problems in the United States. It is declared to be the reason our culture will become unrecognizable. The reason our welfare system will be overloaded. The reason Democrats will take over the whole of government....
State Legislators Are Working To Reign in the Empire
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Apr 7, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Fed up after years of relentless National Guard deployments in undeclared wars, state lawmakers across the country are pushing legislation that would prohibit the use of Guard units in combat zones without a formal declaration of war by Congress. The bills are being...