Of course, if you own nothing, who will own everything? It will be “the state.” That is communism, a system that has murdered many tens of millions. - James Perloff, Will Psychopaths Control the Future? Books by James Perloff: https://jamesperloff.net/books/ BitChute...
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Rational Optimism, Adam Kinzinger, NATO 2034, Abortion, and Economic Exploitation (Weekly Roundup)
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Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (Book Summary). Danny Duchamp & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/qkBHmzwIvRo We don't usually make people better off by reducing their alternatives. - David D. Friedman, Ph.D., Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life Danny Duchamp creates videos and essays on philosophy, economics and politics from a consequentialist libertarian perspective. Follow him on Odysee, Twitter, Substack, and his Website. Odysee BitChute Minds Flote Archive...
The Antiwar Comic: The War for School
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12/30/21 Basir Bita on the Economic Crisis in Afghanistan
Scott interviews activist Basir Bita about the economic calamity that’s hit Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal this past summer. With the U.S. and IMF freezing Afghan government funds as well as widespread market corrections after the fall of the previous regime, Afghanistan has been thrown into turmoil. Food prices have tripled since the summer and many Afghans face issues with food security. Bita argues that the Biden Administration and others should get over their hesitation to work with the new government of Afghanistan. And that a refusal to do so reveals how little they truly...
The Human Under the Numbers
The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was. She is immortalized because of the little things that she wrote, not because of any great deeds recorded by others. As a victim of tyranny she is remembered as an innocent murdered. She is a story found inside the numbers. Thanks to her diary, we have a human figure to know and mourn, despite the mechanized bureaucratic...
Vaccines, Autonomy, and Mandates: A Libertarian Analysis
Prefatory Note Given the subject matter discussed below, I believe it prudent to state at the outset that I am not at all opposed to vaccinations themselves: indeed, I have received a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as all other normal-course vaccinations recommended for someone my age. Yet there are, it seems to me, interesting, difficult questions surrounding the state’s role in promoting or mandating vaccines. The goal here is to start a conversation not about the effectiveness of vaccines, but about the individual’s sphere of autonomy and what kinds of medical decisions are within it, and...
Curtis Yarvin is Wrong About Libertarianism. Ace Archist & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/Id1sERRBNZU It is absurd to believe that an agency which may tax without consent can be a property protector. Likewise, it is absurd to believe that an agency with legislative powers can preserve law and order. Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Ph.D., Democracy The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order (Transaction Publishers; 2007) p. 279 Find Ace Archist here: https://twitter.com/Ace_Archist Neofight Gear shop (not a sponsor, friend of Ace): https://neofightgear.com/ Odysee BitChute Archive Flote...
News Roundup 12/29/21
US News Biden says he will implement a ban on unvaccinated Americans from accessing domestic air travel if medical experts approve the plan. [Link] The LAPD releases the footage of the killing of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta. Orellana-Peralta was killed when a bullet went through the wall of her dressing room. The cop who shot her was armed with a rifle and put himself in position to take the shot over officers who had handguns. [Link] A record 122,000 migrant children were taken into US custody without their parents in 2021. [Link] Pentagon 169 Marines have been expelled from...
WATCH: Dozens of NYPD Remove Child Without Vaccine Passport from Restaurant
As TFTP reported, earlier this month, New York mayor Bill de Blasio expanded the already-tyrannical “Key to NYC” program which imposed a vaccination mandate for workers and customers at indoor dining, fitness, entertainment and performance venues. Anyone who wished to enter a public place would first be required to give that place a glimpse into their personal medical records by providing proof that they had taken a covid-19 vaccination. Beginning last week, this discriminatory and unscientific practice was expanded to include children, ages 5-11, who are now also forced to show proof of...