ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
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Social Cooperation vs. Parasitic Barbarism (feat. Tom Woods)
by Keith Knight | Jan 30, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/4qIhVISK-N4 If all human beings are intrinsically power-hungry and savage, how can we solve our problems by giving ultimate law-making and law-enforcing authority to one particular group of such appalling animals?... The libertarian anarchist...
My Favorite Michael Malice Quote
by Keith Knight | Jan 16, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
If the government didn't have a monopoly on security, only rich people would be able to have security just like when the government got out of other businesses, the only cars produced were limousines, the only clothes produced were tuxedos and the only food produced...
Debunking Socialism With Common Sense Morality
by Bryan Caplan | Aug 24, 2022 | Featured Articles
I’ve read almost every major work of libertarian political philosophy ever published. In my view, Michael Huemer’s new The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey is the best book in the genre. What’s so great about...
Where Is the Anarchism in HBO’s ‘The Anarchists’?
by Tom Mullen | Aug 23, 2022 | Featured Articles
I had the opportunity last week to watch the sixth and final episode of the HBO documentary, The Anarchists. Director and executive producer Todd Schramke accomplished the primary mission of any good documentary filmmaker: he made an interesting miniseries about...
The State is the Health of War
by Keith Knight | Jul 30, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/WnvtYw_QKQE Critics often dismiss private law by alleging that disputes between enforcement agencies would lead to combat — even though this happens between governments all the time! In truth, the incentives for peaceful resolution of disputes would...
The Anti-Morality of the Coercive Monopoly
by Kym Robinson | Jul 18, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
There are two ideological camps that matter: those who believe that coercion is required to achieve their means and those who believe in cooperation through voluntary interactions. History and the contemporary world has been defined by the bloodshed of the ideology of...
Living With the Cuban Revolution, 60 Years Later
by Carlos Martinez | Jul 12, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
In his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Robert Nozick has a chapter named "The Tale of the Slave" in which he explains the nine phases from the most restrictive to more liberating states of slavery. He writes that even though enslaved people have certain forms of...
Defining the State is No Secret
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 25, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
A large part of becoming a libertarian is learning the true—objective—definition of terms that are used in common parlance. Just as most people have not reflected on their role in relation to the state, most people have likewise never reflected upon fundamental...
Five Myths About Drone Warfare
by Steven Woskow | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog
Myth 1. It's "precision bombing" Myth 2. Drone warfare is ethical Myth 3. If the war is legal so is the weapon Myth 4. Drones are a triumph of technology Myth 5. Drones are effective Aerial bombardment has not created peaceful states, nor defeated IS, nor stopped the...
Mom Swarmed By Police, Beaten, and Her Child Kidnapped For Social Media Credit
by Matt Agorist | Sep 17, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As the Free Thought Project reported last October, the police shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr., a Philly man in a mental health crisis who charged officers with a knife, set off massive unrest in the city. On the first night of unrest, TFTP reported on multiple...
The Philosophy of No One
by Kym Robinson | Jul 20, 2021 | Featured Articles
Philosophy is that ancient gift that speaks to us despite the distance of time. The wisdom and perspective of those long dead carry words of weight and understanding that allows us to find a commonality with a past that is beyond imagination. It can allow us better...
The Central Banking Scam
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jun 21, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Oddly enough, the one question that finally brought me to anarchy was: “where does money come from?” It was perplexing to me that the answer to such a simple question could be so simple, yet so complex—and, moreover, absurd. So? Where does money come from? I found...
Anarchy, Agorism, and Self-Governance w/Ace
by Tommy Salmons | Jun 16, 2021 | Year Zero
Ace of Slurp Gang fame joined me to discuss personal liberty, anarchist philosophy, Agorism, and personal expectations for a free society. Get Ready to take notes. This guy is brilliant. Ace Twitter Slurp Gang Podcast 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking...
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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