The National Conservatives are not only wrong about genuine liberalism -- that is, libertarianism -- they also apparently haven't bothered to read up on what they think they're attacking. Take Yoram Hazony, author of Conservatism: A Rediscovery, who recently appeared...
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Genuine Conservatism Opposes War
by Keith Knight | Jan 24, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/-xusygFr6cE [W]ar is simply a euphemism for theft-funded mass murder, a blatant crime that we would never dismiss if non-government actors were to engage in it. What if justice required us not to have double standards? This book seeks to dispel the...
TGIF: Why Freedom Is the Goal
by Sheldon Richman | Dec 9, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In online interviews and conversations I'm hearing intellectuals in the national conservative movement say that the liberal Enlightenment "project" has mostly failed because people need more in their lives than freedom. I've also heard this from a few people who have...
NYT: Why Sweden is Moving Right
by Scott Horton | Sep 27, 2022 | Blog
Yeah, I bet this must be it: "This monumental rise is thanks to the dramatic changes in Swedish life over the past three decades. Once one of the most economically equal countries in the world, Sweden has seen the privatization of hospitals, schools and care homes,...
TGIF: True Liberals Are Not Conservatives
by Sheldon Richman | May 20, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The relevance of F. A. Hayek's essay "Why I Am Not a Conservative," the postscript to his important 1960 book, The Constitution of Liberty, is demonstrated at once by the opening quote from Lord Acton: At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its...
I Told Local Conservatives to Fight COVID Mandates with Radical Liberty Ep. 189
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 31, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
For this episode, I wanted to share the audio of the speech I gave to a group of local conservatives concerned about COVID19 tyranny and medical martial law. At the end of the episode, I share a few thoughts on libertarian strategy. Episode 189 of the Liberty Weekly...
Episode 325: Examining The ‘Satanic Panic’ of the 80s w/ Paz from The Gaslight Hour
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 16, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
60 Minutes Adult Themes Pete asked Dexter de la Paz from the Gaslight Hour podcast to come on the show and talk about the "Satanic Panic"of the 1980s. It seemed that every violent crime (and a lot that were just made up) was blamed on devil worship. Pete and Paz go...
Episode 323: Let’s Deconstruct ‘Conservative’ Tropes
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 11, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
93 Minutes Some Strong Language Keith Knight of the "Don't Tread on Anyone" podcast invited Pete on to go over a few common, Conservative arguments, and to destroy them because "facts don't care about your feelings." Don't Tread on Anyone Podcast The Ultimate Red Pill...
Episode 274: Conservatism is Sounding A Lot Like Communism
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jun 19, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
41 Minutes Rated PG-13 Pete invited Jen the Libertarian to return to the show. Jen recently did a podcast entitled, "Against the Dead Consensus," in which she tore apart a manifesto put out by "conservatives" in which the language and ideas espoused, sound an awful...
Results from the 2018 Libertarianism vs. Conservatism Post-Debate Survey
by Emily Ekins | Aug 23, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
As part of a yearly summer tradition, the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute co-host a debate in which interns at both think tanks debate whether conservatism or libertarianism is a better ideology. Following this year’s debate, the Cato Institute conducted a...
TGIF: Liberty, Democracy, and the Right
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 30, 2017 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman
I am mystified by the claim that the long-standing libertarian critique of democracy furnishes aid and comfort to conservatives who display a taste for populist authoritarianism. Let me say at the outset that the libertarian critique has nothing to offer those who...
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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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