https://youtu.be/_-6CyEYetxM How is something to be owned by “the community as a whole?” Ownership means that you get to decide what is done with something. If you and I disagree on who gets to eat your apple, then whatever you decide will take precedence, because it...
Join the Official Libertarian Institute Discord ServerDiscord is a free community chat application for Android, iPhone, Browser and Computer. It has a lot of great features like text, voice and video chat, screen sharing and more.Visit the Apple Store, Google Play or...
How about we do something novel in the new year? Let's stop worrying about the stuff most politicians, pundits, and activists want us to worry about and instead think about ourselves, our families, our friends, and whatever communities we choose to be part of. Let's...
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....
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...
Since the first assault on Turkey’s finances in 2018, which I wrote about multiple times (here, here, and here), I’ve been the lone voice telling everyone that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a lunatic but he’s a lunatic with a plan. That plan is to de-dollarize the...
Covid Massachusetts halts all elective procedures. [Link] The USS Milwaukee will remain in Cuba after several sailors tested positive for Covid. [Link] USAID is running out of money to distribute covid vaccinations. [Link] The US donates 1.5 million vaccine doses to...
Reed Coverdale joined me to have a semi-conscious conversation about things. I was honestly so tired I don't remember much. And before you judge me for not listening back to jog my memory, listen to yourself talk for a fucking hour and report back with how much fun it...
https://youtu.be/RldpvhquEyM In politics, whenever I hear the word “unity,” to paraphrase the famous words of a German politico of the 1930’s, “I reach for my revolver.” For almost always, “unity” is a scam, a call to abandon principle and follow the leader into some...
First step: Label all radical right-wing dissent "terrorism." Step two: outlaw the most popular rifle in America. Step three: ??? Step four: Unity and Stability!...
Read it and weep: If no court has ruled that you have the right to breathe, then no court can rule that you have the right to breathe. Neat trick. "the only right plaintiffs can assert would be the right of an out-of-breath arrestee to not have his hands cuffed behind...
An entirely innocent, unarmed man; a "pillar of the community" who had stopped to break up a fight. It is already a foregone conclusion of course that there will be no accountability whatsoever for this heinous murder because the guilty criminal perpetrator is a...
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Billy Binion in Reason.
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