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...
Anarchism
Episode 466: Anarchist Philosophy in the Time of CV19 and Mass Riots w/ Keith Preston
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 4, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
70 Minutes PG-13 Keith Preston is the proprietor of AttackTheSystem.com and an expert on the history of anarchism. Keith talks about his path to anarchism, some anarchist history and then discusses any hope for liberty and anarchism in the age of CV19 and mass...
6/19/20 Pete Quinones: The Monopoly on Violence
by Scott Horton | Jun 24, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Pete Quinones talks about his new project, The Monopoly on Violence, a documentary featuring interviews with many prominent figures in the libertarian and anarchist movements. The film explores the history of both statism and anarchism, explaining the nature of...
What is Anarchy?
by Keith Knight | Jun 21, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
***Watch here***: https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1121253455002247168?referrer=KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone ... anarchism [is] a simple matter of libertarian logic. Murray N. Rothbard Betrayal of the American Right, p. 145 Once concede the...
Anarchism and Pandemics
by William Gillis | Apr 9, 2020 | Events, Featured Articles
Anarchists face the question: Without nations and states wouldn’t a free society be especially ravaged by pandemics? Who would enforce quarantines without rebuilding a centralized institution of violence? It’s a fair question. Anarchism isn’t about a finite goal, but...
Episode 368: ‘I Was In Three Riots In Four Months’ – A 30+ Year Anarchist Journey
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 24, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
70 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited Keith Preston to return to the show to talk about his 30+ year journey through anarchism. Keith has devoted much of that time to anarchism's historical study and hosts the largest pan-archist site on the web, Attack The System....
Episode 359: Pete Talks About Solutions To Modern Policing And A Host Of Topics
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 3, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
57 Minutes PG-13 Chris McMillon of the Truth Conduit Podcast asked Pete to come on and they talked about a bunch of subjects including solutions to modern policing, Pete's documentary, Pete's books as well as his forthcoming one. Pete also explains the different...
Hobbits and Hooligans: Revisiting Jason Brennan’s Against Democracy
by Kollin Fields | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
In case you couldn’t tell through the inescapable barrage of media coverage, we have an election coming up, which means voters are mobilizing. To most Americans, democracy and voting are the pinnacles of freedom. Your vote is your voice, etc. etc. 2016 threw a wrench...
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Production for Profit Is Production for People, part 2
"In his capacity as a businessman a man is a servant of the consumers, bound to comply with their wishes. He cannot indulge in his own whims and fancies. But his customers’ whims and fancies are for him ultimate law, provided these customers are ready to pay for them....
Production for Profit Is Production for People
"Profit and loss can be expressed in definite amounts of money. It is possible to ascertain in terms of money how much an individual has profited or lost. However, this is not a statement about this individual’s psychic profit or loss. It is a statement about a social...
Pseudo-Liberalism
"The detractors of liberty are in this sense right in calling it a 'bourgeois' issue and in blaming the rights guaranteeing liberty for being negative. In the realm of state and government, liberty means restraint imposed upon the exercise of the police power. "There...
Freedom and Competition
"The freedom of man under capitalism is an effect of competition. The worker does not depend on the good graces of an employer. If his employer discharges him, he finds another employer. The consumer is not at the mercy of the shopkeeper. He is free to patronize...
Do You Really Meme It?
I was going to write a comment on some current discourse, the usual diatribe of impulsive viral outrage invented by those who live online. A reaction to trending tantrums. The usual produce from memetards who vomit digital junk the algorithms, whether one follows them...
“Mature Capitalism” Ain’t Capitalism
"It would be correct to describe this state of affairs in this way: Today many or some groups of business are no longer liberal; they do not advocate a pure market economy and free enterprise, but, on the contrary, are asking for various measures of government...