Even if you cringe at last week's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, it would be wrong to say that the five Supreme Court justices took away women's right to have abortions. I say this because the Supreme Court, unfortunately, never actually recognized a...
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The Moral and Economic Case Against the Minimum Wage #FightAgainst15
by Keith Knight | Jan 18, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/I5CJv00aojU Minimum wage laws tragically generate unemployment, especially so among the poorest and least skilled or educated workers... a minimum wage, of course, does not guarantee any worker’s employment; it only prohibits, by force of law, anyone...
Consent is Morality. Sean Leal & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Jan 8, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/qVgi52Og4KM Each individual should have the freest possible scope for the development of his faculties and his personality. In order to have this scope, he must have freedom from violence against himself. Violence can only repress and destroy human...
How Walter Williams Made the Bulletproof Case for Free Markets
by Keith Knight | Dec 12, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/l7movaUqfEI Find Kyle at The Libertarian Institute: : https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/ Essay discussed: https://lbry.tv/@libertariantruther:0/MORALITY-vs.-EFFICIENCY-Walter-E.-William:4...
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...
Episode 335: Responding to an ‘Objectivist’s’ Claim That Self-Ownership Doesn’t Exist
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 8, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
56 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Pete noticed someone calling themself an objectivist on Twitter making the claim that people don't own themselves, so Pete invited Vin Armani to return to the show to talk about the concept. Vin wrote a book entitled "Self-Ownership:...
The Cancer of Absolutism
by Ryan Burgett | Apr 28, 2019 | Blog
At its heart, Agorism is a pragmatic philosophy. It is about doing what is best for you and your family. It doesn't waste time worrying about the silly people who try and hold us back. But, even though we try and live outside of the system, it is possible for even an...
TGIF: Who Owns You?
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF, Will Grigg Radio
“The issue comes down to whether the individual is viewed as a private person or as public property: the former has no obligation to the community to be or stay healthy; the latter does.” “Virtually everything the Founding Fathers sought to achieve by separating...
Episode 159: “Things are not Going to Change, Until I’m Ready to Change”
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 24, 2018 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall
55 Minutes NSFW Language Mance welcomes Quincy Johnson to the show. Mance discovered Quincy through Twitter and they have been following each other and interacting for almost 2 years. Quincy is an anomaly on social media in that he keeps it positive and only has a...
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The US Government Has Been Lying About How to Lose Weight for Decades
https://youtu.be/TUADs-CK7vI Fat Fiction Movie Website Research by Ann F. La Berge: How the Ideology of Low Fat Conquered America Turns out a low-carb diet does far more to help people lose weight than a low-fat diet.
The “Rich Get Richer” Myth
Some 94 percent of Americans who reach “top 1 percent” income status will enjoy it for only a single year. Approximately 99 percent will lose their “top 1 percent” status within a decade. Now consider the top 400 U.S. income-earners—a far more exclusive club than the...
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...
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