https://youtu.be/4KiNyw7uSx8 If the governments of the world have formed and persist in a state of anarchy, does it follow that the State is an inevitable institution? How would a libertarian anarchist society prevent being conquered by a state or prevent itself from...
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Donald Trump, Anarchism Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
by A.G. House | Sep 23, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Donald Trump seems to think we're all stupid, or he really is stupid. Then again, maybe we can just chalk this all up to neo-McCarthysim. What, you may ask, am I talking about? The 'Dear Fuhrer' keeps using a word as a fear-inducing pejorative, and I don't think that...
US Tensions Post-RBG Ep. 130
by Patrick Macfarlane | Sep 18, 2020 | Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
Oh boy, are we in for a rough six weeks. In this episode I discuss the effect of Ruth Bader-Ginsburg's death on the upcoming election in light of growing political division. Episode 130 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: The Liberty Weekly Podcast is...
Back with Tom Woods
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog, Libertarianism
Tom Woods and I did another round of talking about What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.
Traffic Lights, Risk Assessment, and Social Distancing in a COVID-19 World
by Zack Sorenson | Sep 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The summer in America’s South was somewhat incredible. People were refusing to wear masks, refusing to socially distance, and COVID-19 cases were increasing tremendously. Many hospitals were stressed and sending patients to other hospitals, then to other states. As...
Richman Talks about New Book with Tom Woods
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Libertarianism
Tom Woods and I discuss libertarian fundamentals as presented in What Social Animals Owe to Each Other on his internet program. Listen here.
Complying with Mandates
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 6, 2020 | Blog, Libertarianism
It's utterly conceivable that the government might mandate that we do (or not do) what we already ought (or ought not) to do, seeing as how social animals owe things to each other. In such cases, refusing to engage (or abstaining from engaging) in the mandated (or...
What Bernie Goetz Can Teach Us About Vigilante Violence
by Hunter DeRensis | Sep 4, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
How many times can something be divided before it permanently breaks? In a matter of months, the edifice of a United States has become more and more cracked, after repeated blows from a pandemic virus, state-imposed lockdowns, mass unemployment, police shootings, and...