https://youtu.be/laVg3gyfitA The Moral Parity Thesis The conditions under which a person may, in self-defense or the defense of others, deceive, lie to, sabotage, attack, or kill a fellow civilian, or destroy private property, are also conditions under which a...
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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...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
TGIF: Evict the President
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 13, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
President Biden has reversed himself under pressure from his progressive flank and has given the go-ahead for a new moratorium on renter evictions throughout most of the United States for individuals making up to $99,000 a year (couples, $198,000). The twist is that...
Episode 611: The Path To A Private Property Society w/ Andrew from ‘Popular Liberty’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 1, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
93 Minutes Not Safe For Work Andrew is the host of the Popular Liberty channel on YouTube and the mind behind the concept of Archotropism. Andrew returns to the show to go over the first three of his six laws of Archotropism but this time he applies them to our...
Logic, Exploitation, Homesteading, & Freedom. Stephan Kinsella & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Feb 7, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/FPZyZ9Ueaik ... 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. Murray N....
No Sacred Ground
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism
The coverage of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week was annoying to say the least -- what went on was no insurrection or attempted coup; it was just an end-in-itself temper tantrum committed by a bunch of idiots who never believed after Nov. 3 that they would...
The Problem and Solution: Hans-Hermann Hoppe
by Keith Knight | Oct 21, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/8ogXgyC_1bI ... I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists oppose the State because it has its very being in such aggression, namely, the...
I’m Sorry, But Most Don’t Have Access to Private Protection Services
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 4, 2020 | Blog
Many may not want to hear this but if local or state police in certain cities aren't willing to protect life and private property (I know, I know, my first podcast episode detailed Warren vs. District of Columbia), they will beg for Trump to send in federal forces and...
The Choice We Don’t Face
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog, Libertarianism
Despite what some people suggest, our choice today is not between black lives and private property. Quite the contrary: respect for black lives logically entails respect for all persons, their possessions, and their peaceful projects. The first property right is...
87 people Arrested At Breonna Taylor Protest
by Steven Woskow | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog
From CBS News "In total, 87 people were arrested," LMPD said in their statement. "Due to their refusal to leave the property and their attempts to influence the decision of the Attorney General with their actions, each person was charged with Intimidating a...
Establishing Facts on the Ground
by Scott Horton | Nov 14, 2018 | Blog
That's what they call it. So, you see, the "peace process" is just Israeli PR cover for continuing to steal the private property of the individual human beings of Palestine.
Open Ideas
by Logan Chipkin | Oct 15, 2018 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
If one takes the anarcho-libertarian concept of private property seriously, then there is no ‘freedom of speech’ in any fundamental sense. Rather, the only genuine rights are private property rights.1 Owners of private property may allow or forbid whatever speech they...
Property Rights: The Individual Over the State
by Jonathan Wright | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Philosophers have often made the claim that individuals have a natural right to property. For example, John Locke wrote: “Though the earth, and all inferior creatures, be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person: this no body has any right to...
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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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