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Ukraine Adopts New Laws to ‘De-Russify’ Public Places
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 23, 2023 | News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved two new laws intended to erase signs of Russian culture in Ukraine. The statutes seek to rechristen all places in the country thought to carry Russian names, while local authorities will be required to “free public space from the symbols of the Russian world.”
The Public Education Trap w/Sam Urban
by Tommy Salmons | Mar 30, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone, Year Zero
Sam Urban, the Illegitimate Scholar, joined me to talk about the disease that has infected culture through schools, and how it all began. Illegitimate Scholar Podcast The Marc Clair Show Discord Year Zero YouTube Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course...
Summary of Thomas Sowell’s ‘Black Rednecks and White Liberals’
by Keith Knight | Mar 28, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/XJHHIeK7-sY Educational and intellectual performance is a readily documented area where the persistence of culture can be tested. As late as the First World War, white soldiers from various Southern states scored lower on mental tests than black...
TGIF: Don’t Blame Wokeism on the Unfinished Liberal Revolution
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 27, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
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...
Space Force Gets Massive Budget Boost Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Dec 27, 2022 | News
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) increases the budget of the Pentagon’s newest branch by billions of dollars. The funding increase comes after a top Space Force civilian employee sexually harassed his subordinates and kept his job.
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...
Ukraine Hits Russian Orthodox Clerics with Sanctions
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 4, 2022 | News
Kiev has imposed sanctions on 10 top clerics in the Russian Orthodox church. The move came after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he was seeking to ban any religion with ties to the Russian Federation from operating in Ukraine.
No Free Speech. No Privacy.
by Jeffrey Wernick | Nov 7, 2022 | Blog
Let’s keep things simple and clear. There are no free speech platforms on Apple or Google. Apple rules. Google rules. Their rules do not permit free speech. PERIOD! Additionally, Apple and Google are surveillance platforms that require “social media” apps to do...
Center-left Shit-Lib-ism is a Psychosis
by Scott Horton | Oct 14, 2022 | Blog
Virginia Democrat wants to charge you with a crime and take your children away if you interfere with their government school convincing them to "change" their gender. When the revolution comes, I say we team up with the Communists to lock all the liberals in the...
The Greatest Enemy of Free Speech in America: Israel
by Scott Horton | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog
Conservatives hate cancel culture and censorship, right? Can't wait to see them rally to Katie Halper's defense. This is What Got Katie Halper Censored & Canceled By The Hill: Israel Is An Apartheid State https://youtube.com/watch?v=_3xLOxx1ggQ
THOTs, Eugenics, and Populists w/Andy
by Tommy Salmons | Sep 29, 2022 | Year Zero
Andy joined me to discuss the drama he found himself in last week, eugenics, culture, dating, raising kids, and the populist movement. Andy Twitter Discord Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate Patreon...
The Greatest Karl Marx Quote Ever
by Keith Knight | Sep 25, 2022 | Blog
The bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarce one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together. Subjection of Nature's forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and...
The Kids Are Not Alright w/Mark Metz
by Tommy Salmons | Sep 24, 2022 | Year Zero
Mark Metz joined me to talk about the devastating effects modern culture has on the youth. Mark Substack The Morning After Clock Management Discord Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate Patreon...
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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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