Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
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Episode 642: Does Liberalism Work? w/ Charles aka ‘Charlemagne’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 12, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
80 Minutes PG-13 Charles, aka Charlemagne, is the proprietor of the NeoReactor Substack, and hosts of the YouTube channels "Charlemagne" and "Academic Agent" Charles joins Pete to talk about an article he recently wrote entitled "Libertarian Diagnostic Failure," in...
Chaotic Law of the Jungle – Statism v. Libertarianism
by Keith Knight | Jul 31, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/obPbgtdqTDI Businesses are always eager for consumers to buy their product or service. On the free market, the consumer is king or queen and the “providers” are always trying to make profits and gain customers by serving them well. But when government...
The Coming Coronavirus Critical-Care Emergency
by Scott Horton | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog
A New Yorker reporter has been talking to authors of studies about numbers of ICU beds available around the U.S. There will almost certainly be chaos and triage in hospitals around the country.
Marxist FMLN Rebels Breed Chaos, Despair
by Will Grigg | Mar 3, 2020 | Article Clippings, Everything Will
This is Your Security Force
by Scott Horton | Dec 19, 2019 | Blog
Oh yeah. You love them so much don't you? Your heroes. The boys in blue. The thin blue line protecting civilization from the chaos of freedom. Aren't you proud? Aren't you grateful? You better sing it loud at the next ballgame, or else, boy.
Your Window Tint is Too Dark
by Scott Horton | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog
So government employee Daniel Wilkey is going to either anally rape you or forcibly convert you to protestant Christianity. Thin blue line baby. Without them there would be chaos.
Who Needs the Devil When You’ve Got the US Government?
by Scott Horton | Sep 18, 2019 | Blog
Meet Gary Rhines. He's done 18 years of a life sentence for possession of a small amount of cocaine. While in prison, he's rehabilitated himself and stuff, from the kind of person who would be a drug businessman to another kind. When a federal judge decided to invoke...
‘It’s Pain Compliance’
by Scott Horton | May 30, 2019 | Blog
Parents send their child to government school. Chaos ensues. Jeez, Honey, I don't know. The Gestapo sure has murdered a lot of people this year. But they're still the best game in town when it comes to teaching our kids how to read. Who else is going to do it, us?...
Immigration Politics and the Perception of Chaos
by Alex Nowrasteh | Jul 26, 2018 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A compelling explanation for why the American immigration system is more restrictive than other developed countries is that voters here do not feel that they have control over the border. Pictures, videos, and the widespread perception that there is chaos on the...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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