https://youtu.be/MqH_dqnZmEY Furthermore, those who originally agreed to the Constitution, could thereby bind nobody that should come after them. They could contract for nobody but themselves. They had no more natural right or power to make political contracts,...
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The Meaning of Inalienable
by Jeffrey Wernick | Oct 18, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
This article was originally published on June 17, 2021. Biden expressed the uniqueness of America, the idea of America: “You heard me say this before, again and again. I’m going to keep saying it. What’s that idea. We don’t derive our rights from the government. We...
TGIF: Jefferson on Not Trusting the State
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 26, 2022 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Regardless of written constitutions and the laws on the books, individual liberty is always at risk. And as liberty goes, so goes our capacity to live well, to achieve the good life as rational, virtuous social beings. The danger comes from left and right, both of...
The Scam Republicans Keep Falling For! w/ Olivia Rondeau
by Keith Knight | Nov 17, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/BfV-OwA-_S4 ... the Constitution has proved to be an instrument for ratifying the expansion of State power rather than the opposite. ... any written limits that leave it to government to interpret its own powers are bound to be interpreted as...
Progressivism is Unequal & Conservatism is Uncivilized. Olivia Rondeau & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Sep 17, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/O8TGGQ5f-9Q In the jungle, some gain only at the expense of others. On the market, everyone gains. It is the market — the contractual society that wrests order out of chaos, that subdues nature and eradicates the jungle, that permits the “weak” to...
How Capitalist Abolitionists Fought Slavery
by Keith Knight | Jul 12, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/tnddZVnXggk ... if we could push the button for instantaneous abolition of unjust invasions of liberty, would we do it? If we would not do it, we could scarcely call ourselves Libertarians. ... The genuine Libertarian, then, is, in all senses of the...
The Real Magna Carta Ep. 58 [Liberty Weekly Throwback]
by Patrick Macfarlane | May 5, 2021 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
In 2018, when this episode was first published, the Liberty Weekly Podcast did not have a quarter of the following it now enjoys. There are a great deal of evergreen episodes from the early days of the podcast that did not get the listens I wish they did. Because I am...
Episode 520: Lysander Spooner’s ‘No Treason’ Examined w/ Legalman
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 6, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
66 Minutes PG-13 "Legalman" has been a lawyer for over 30 years and is the host of The Quash podcast. Pete invited Legalman to come back on the show to go over the Lysander Spooner classic, "No Treason." They read chunks of text and comment on the brilliance of a man...
‘But If We Just Kept The Articles of Confederation…’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 3, 2020 | Blog
When someone brings up the quote by Lysander Spooner, “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit...
No Treason – Book Summary and Analysis. Pete Quinones and Keith Knight.
by Keith Knight | Jun 10, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/1rWiaHiL8Gw ... my basic motivation for being a libertarian had never been economic but moral. ... While I was convinced that the free market was more efficient and would bring about a far more prosperous world than statism, my major concern was...
TGIF: Birthright Citizenship – Just and Justified
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 2, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." So says section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. With the impeccable timing we’re...
What is Law?
by Lysander Spooner | Jun 29, 2017 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Chapter I of Lysander Spooner's, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery [1860]. Before examining the language of the Constitution, in regard to Slavery, let us obtain a view of the principles, by virtue of which law arises out of those constitutions and compacts,...
The US Postal Service is Dying. Let it.
by Thomas L. Knapp | May 15, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles
Like most monopolies, the US Postal Service isn’t interested in changing its business model. An enterprise hemorrhaging cash in a free market would cut prices, improve service, look for new revenue streams, or simply close its doors. The USPS solution, as usual, is...
Lysander Spooner: A Letter to Grover Cleveland
by Lysander Spooner | Mar 22, 2017 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Lysander Spooner, A Letter to Grover Cleveland, on his false Inaugural Address, the Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude of the People [1886] Section I. To Grover Cleveland: Sir,— Your inaugural address...
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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...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
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