What is wrong with the following logic: Steven Grumbine advocates military spending austerity therefore wants America to get invaded, enslaved, and suffer a genocide. The unjustifiable assumption is that more military spending means we are safer. As Mr. Grumbine and I...
Progressivism
14 Times Thomas Sowell Destroyed Progressivism ft. Keith Knight Ep. 234
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/GIZrXF_u25A Keith Knight joins the show to discuss the many ways in which the great Thomas Sowell ripped apart the ideas of progressivism. Episode 234 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and...
TGIF: True Liberals Are Not Conservatives
by Sheldon Richman | May 20, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The relevance of F. A. Hayek's essay "Why I Am Not a Conservative," the postscript to his important 1960 book, The Constitution of Liberty, is demonstrated at once by the opening quote from Lord Acton: At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its...
Defining Left and Right w/LB Muniz
by Tommy Salmons | Mar 22, 2022 | Year Zero
LB of the Been Awake podcast joined me to discuss the terms left and right. LB is a great thinker and podcaster and we wanted to dig into the essence of what the terms left and right mean politically. As Orwell noted, politics neuters language and weaponizes words, so...
Hearing the Other Side: Progressivism & Voluntaryism. Steven D. Grumbine & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Dec 23, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/MHnw5F1RmLE The Jimmy Dore type of leftist (the ones who are anti-state but also support social safety nets) could have most to everything they want in an anarchist society in the form of mutual aid societies. Those are the types of leftists that are...
The Secret to Saving Progressivism!
by Keith Knight | Jan 26, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/UDodvhgygd8 Gary Chartier is a left anarchist, consultant, speaker, coach, writer, philosopher, and teacher. http://www.garychartier.net/ https://c4ss.org/...
124: Just A Different Authoritarian
by Tommy Salmons | Jul 24, 2020 | Year Zero
Tommy gives his opinion on the Portland incident before diving into the differences between Fascism, Socialism, and Progressivism. Though America displays many tenets of Fascism and Socialism it is neither. But there are those actively trying to change that....
Year Zero 98: Isms and Regulatory Capture
by Tommy Salmons | Feb 14, 2020 | Blog, Year Zero
In episode 98 Tommy takes on the idea that any one ism should be argued as superior over another. When people argue capitalism v socialism v communism v progressivism v fascism they are forgetting that they are arguing in favor of forced integration or forced...
How the left put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court
by Sam Peters | Oct 17, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
You might think that the left would have learned its lesson after blundering into the election Donald Trump in 2016, but it seems two years to reflect on their defeat has not been enough time for Progressives to rethink the strategy that handed them the biggest...
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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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