https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSMrawCmcM Volodymyr Zelenskyy has: Instituted Military Conscription (Also Known As Slavery and Forced Labor) Bombed Poland Then Lied Blaming Russia Trying to Start World War Three w/ NATO Nationalized (Monopolized) the Media Banned...
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Military Conscription is Slavery
by Keith Knight | Oct 2, 2022 | Blog
Anytime a sane person mentions the reality that military conscription is forced labor under vile conditions and therefore slavery, the person is almost always met with "but soldiers got paid." The bizarre response comes from the term "free labor" and the assumptions...
TGIF: The Scourge of Conscription
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 30, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
By now Randolph Bourne's observation that "war is the health of the state" ought to be such a cliche that it would hardly need to be said. And yet, it must be said -- often -- because many still haven't gotten the word. If the state is the adversary of liberty, as it...
Americans Hate Liberty’s Sorry Guts With a Passion
by Scott Horton | Apr 5, 2020 | Blog
Our countrymen: "We presented a nationally representative sample of 3,000 U.S. residents with eight possible policy responses to the outbreak, all of which may be unconstitutional, including forced quarantine in a government facility, criminal penalties for spreading...
The Real Question of Justice in Billy Budd
by David R. Henderson | Apr 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
I just finished watching Django Unchained this weekend and I highly recommend it. One of the things that helped me enjoy it fully is the idea that anything a slave does to those who enslave him, even up to killing the enslavers and the enablers of the enslavers, is...
Libertarian Lessons: Conscription
by Scott McPherson | Aug 23, 2018 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Authoritarians love conscription because it turns human beings into resources, for the factory or the battlefield. The idea receives support from across the political spectrum, either (a) to fight wars abroad, or (b) for the development of a “youth corps” providing...
Radio Interview: Why I Am Proud NOT to Have “Served” in Vietnam
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
I was on the Craig Silverman Show yesterday talking about why I am proud not to have "served" in Vietnam. Listen here.
Radio Interview: Why I Am Proud NOT to Have "Served" in Vietnam
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
I was on the Craig Silverman Show yesterday talking about why I am proud not to have "served" in Vietnam. Listen here.
Radio Interview: Why I Am Proud NOT to Have "Served" in Vietnam
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
I was on the Craig Silverman Show yesterday talking about why I am proud not to have "served" in Vietnam. Listen here.
From a Fissure to a Chasm
by Will Grigg | Apr 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice, Will Grigg
This article, written by our colleague, Will Grigg, is republished from December 20, 2006. “Turn with me to the third chapter of Ecclesiastes,” instructed our pastor.“Let's leave,” I whispered tightly to my wife Korrin. She quietly but firmly shushed me, and she had a...
01/11/04 – Scott Kohlhaas – The Scott Horton Show
by Scott Horton | Jan 11, 2004 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Scott Kohlhaas, the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alaska, and the man behind DraftResistance.org, about his petition drive to protect Alaskans from any future conscriptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFEkQORm9vA&t=12s
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Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Death By Climate: Down 97% in Last 100 Years
Our schools provide many hours of lessons on climate change, but I wonder how many teachers, let alone pupils, are aware that climate-related deaths have decreased by as much as 97 per cent over the past 100 years, as the OFDA / CRED data show. - Why don’t we ever...
Black Youth Unemployment: Before and After Progressives Started “Helping”
A constant trend is progressivism is to use the state to coercively control others under the guise of "helping" them, make things worse, then ignore the problems you caused and never apologize. Sallie Mae loans didn't make college affordable. The Federal Reserve...
What Kind of Liberal?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I am a Locke-Smith liberal.
The Tale of the Steak – A Lesson in Economics by Walter E. Williams
Consider filet mignon and chuck steak. Assume-realistically-that consumers prefer the former. Then the question becomes: why is it, despite consumer preferences, that chuck steak sells at all? The fact is that chuck steak outsells filet mignon. How does something less...
My Favorite Michael Malice Quote
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...
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