https://youtu.be/6FYCnlDhefE ... the natural inequality of ability and of interest among men must make elites inevitable, the only sensible course is to abandon the chimera of equality and accept the universal necessity of leaders and followers. Dr. Murray N....
Murray N. Rothbard
Mark Passio’s Response to Murray Rothbard
by Keith Knight | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog
https://youtu.be/ikey9sLQYvc If men were like ants, there would be no interest in human freedom. If individual men, like ants, were uniform, inter- changeable, devoid of specific personality traits of their own, then who would care whether they were free or not? Who,...
Peace & Freedom Advocates Must Seize Power. LP Senate Candidate Marc Victor & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Mar 25, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/ER2K3A9aAfs ... man, not being omnipotent as well as not being omniscient, always finds his power limited for doing all the things that he would like to do. In short, his power is necessarily limited by natural laws, but not his freedom of will....
DECLASSIFIED: CIA Assassination Manual (1953)
by Keith Knight | Jan 2, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/73Sq50YKR5c ...the conspiracy theorist asks himself the question cui bono? Who benefits from this measure? If he finds that Measure A benefits X and Y, his next step is to investigate the hypothesis: did X and Y in fact lobby or exert pressure for the...
The Secret to Refuting Propaganda: Understanding Economics. Abigail R. Hall, Ph.D. & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Aug 19, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/rorurOdpCe4 ... political economy is not to be considered, as had Smith and the classicals, a study of wealth; it is instead a study of human exchanges. Murray N. Rothbard Classical Economics, p. 120 Abigail R. Hall, Ph.D. is an associate professor of...
Intro to Rothbard
by Scott Horton | Jun 21, 2021 | Blog
I don't know. Maybe you're new at this libertarianism stuff and need to read Anatomy of the State; War, Peace and the State; Our Anti-Imperialist Heritage; Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty; and The Case Against the Fed by Murray N. Rothbard
Specialization and the Division of Labor – Mises & Rothbard
by Keith Knight | Mar 27, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/SEN7wqtbX_o No one can fully develop his powers in any direction without engaging in specialization. ... the developing division of labor is a key to the advance of any economy above the most primitive level. A necessary condition for any sort of...
What is Libertarianism?
by Keith Knight | Feb 29, 2020 | Blog, Don't Tread on Anyone, Politics
"The Libertarian creed rests upon one central axiom: That no man or group of men may aggress against the person or property of anyone else.....Libertarians make no exceptions to the golden rule and provide no moral loophole for 'government'." - For a New Liberty by...
Libertarian Retribution Theory Ep. 127
by Patrick Macfarlane | Nov 30, 2019 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
In this episode, I review Chapter 13 of the "Ethics of Liberty" by Murray Rothbard, "Punishment and Proportionality." I also discuss my plans for the show going forward. Subscribe to Keith Knight's "Don't Tread on Anyone" Episode 127 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is...
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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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