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The Magnificent Central Bank Swindle – Hans-Hermann Hoppe

by Keith Knight | Aug 1, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/Esa0N156csY ... the privileged beneficiaries of inflation and depreciation are, largely, the central banks themselves and their stockholders, as well as merchants who borrow from these banks, and exporters who benefit by the depreciation of foreign exchange. All these are bought at the expense of the public. Murray N. Rothbard Classical Economics, p. 182 Excerpt from The Great Fiction by Hans-Hermann Hoppe: https://mises.org/library/great-fiction Hans-Hermann Hoppe, an Austrian School economist and libertarian/anarcho-capitalist philosopher, is Professor Emeritus of...

Dear Cenk Uygur, Supporting Government is Worse Than Supporting the Ku Klux Klan

by Keith Knight | Jul 30, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/ldmXyqAnbmI Mankind is a mixture of good and evil, of cooperative and criminal tendencies. In my view, the anarchist society is one which maximizes the tendencies for the good and the cooperative, while it minimizes both the opportunity and the moral legitimacy of the evil and the criminal. If the anarchist view is correct, and the State is indeed the great legalized and socially legitimated channel for all manner of antisocial crime — theft, oppression, mass murder — on a massive scale, then surely the abolition of such an engine of crime can do nothing but favor the good...

Austrian Economics – An Introduction. Steven Horwitz and Keith Knight

by Keith Knight | Jul 29, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtlXIfwfQ0 ...the Austrian theory of the trade cycle reveals that only the inflationary bank credit expansion that enters the market through new business loans (or through purchase of business bonds) generates the over-investment in higher-order capital goods that leads to the boom-bust cycle. Murray N. Rothbard Economic Controversies, p. 737 0:00 - Rothbard Quote 0:51 - What is economics? 2:14 - What makes the Austrian School of economics unique? 3:14 - What is an accurate way of measuring wealth in a given society? 4:37 - Why are some countries poor...

DEBATE: Agorism v. LPMC. Sal the Agorist vs. Keith Knight

by Keith Knight | Jul 28, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/mvn8VK6SyN4 ... you cannot roll back or whittle away statism — whether it be the government’s inflation, its budget, or its numerous depredations and controls on the economy — by getting a few “good guys” in there to speak Truth to Mr. President. ... In the case of the State, the only thing that will roll back State power in any and all areas is the growth of a mass movement from below, i.e., among the public outside of and subjected to State power. Only a mass movement from below and outside: either by individual or organized actions, by ad hoc organizations, or by a...

The State is Immoral, Unnecessary, and MUST Be Defeated With Agorism. Sal the Agorist & Keith Knight

by Keith Knight | Jul 26, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/m7fJh-5c_1E Prohibition was repealed precisely because law enforcement broke down in the face of massive civil disobedience, not because the law was piously heeded and then people turned to legal channels of repeal. Murray N. Rothbard Libertarian Forum v. 1, p. 168 Book discussed: Anti-Politics: A Collection of Agorist Essays by Sal Mayweather LBRY / Odysee: https://odysee.com/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/Anti-Politics-Sal-Keith:d BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/mkhtABlhKv82/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/28TXvX6gFp6FqGXhSDgZoE Archive:...

How the Greatest Scam EVER is Being Pulled Off! – Hans-Hermann Hoppe

by Keith Knight | Jul 24, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/Fn4IA_mXvHw Since its rule is exploitative and parasitic, the State must purchase the alliance of a group of “Court Intellectuals,” whose task is to bamboozle the public into accepting and celebrating the rule of its particular State. Th e Court Intellectuals have their work cut out for them. In exchange for their continuing work of apologetics and bamboozlement, the Court Intellectuals win their place as junior partners in the power, prestige, and loot extracted by the State apparatus from the deluded public. Murray N. Rothbard Libertarian Forum v. 2, pp. 639–40 Excerpt...

Your Guide to Debunking Extremist Conspiracy Theories!

by Keith Knight | Jul 22, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/4d-uDr2-6m8 It is politically naïve in the extreme to place the supply of fiat money in the hands of government and then to hope and expect it to refrain from controlling exchange rates or going on to impose more detailed exchange controls. Murray N. Rothbard Economic Controversies, p. 751 LBRY / Odysee: https://odysee.com/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/Debunking-Guide:5 BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/p2loIcezKGWT/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fb7oW5unbph6516V0Gs4Q Archive:...

Child Labor, Big Business, & Monopoly – The Libertarian Response by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Ph.D.

by Keith Knight | Jul 20, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/oxlcplpkWVQ Wage rates in every country are determined by the productivity of the workers in the country. Murray N. Rothbard Making Economic Sense, p. 18 Thomas E. Woods, Jr., is the 2019 winner of the Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna. He is a senior fellow of the Mises Institute and host of The Tom Woods Show, which releases a new episode every weekday. The Tom Woods Show: https://tomwoods.com/ 0:00 - Child Labor 5:25 - Market Entrepreneurs v. Political Entrepreneurs 8:46 - Monopolies & Predatory Pricing LBRY / Odysee:...