Editor’s Pick. Written by Rollo McFloogle. One of the recurring criticisms I hear regarding libertarianism is this: “What you’re describing is utopia.” Is it? To me, this dismissal demonstrates a basic lack of understanding of liberty, economics, and praxeology. Then there’s also the irony that those who feel this way and advocate for some degree…
Category: Voluntaryism
Classical Liberalism’s Impossible Dream
Editor’s Pick. Written by Robert Higgs. I can understand why someone might embrace classical liberalism. I did so myself more than forty years ago. People become classical liberals for two main reasons, which are interrelated: first, because they come to understand that free markets “work” better than government-controlled economic systems in providing prosperity and domestic…
The Real Problem with Conspiracy Theories
Editor’s Pick. Written by Paul Rosenberg. It seems that applying the tag “conspiracy theory” to something is the new way to get rid of it quickly. Evidently, people have been trained to stay away from anything given that title, assured that they will be embarrassed and ridiculed if they don’t gain some distance. But, while…
Libertarianism: How it Works
Editor’s Pick. Written by Paul Miller. Libertarianism is a political philosophy, that has “non-aggression principle” in its basis. Basically the idea is that it is both a) immoral b) counterproductive to use coercion instead of voluntary associations. With this logic, modern governments are aggressors that are not different from burglars and thieves and should be…
Why Libertarianism Is So Dangerous
Editor’s Pick. Video by SchoolSucksPodcast.
You Can Always Leave
Editor’s Pick. Video by bitbutter.
Anarchist Kid
Editor’s Pick. Video by nptraveller.
The Power of the State versus the Power of Love
Editor’s Pick. Written by Robert Higgs. Hardheaded people mock the idea that “love is the answer” to the people’s dire situation. They insist that evil forces and evil men are afoot in the world, men who care nothing for love and seek only vile ends, and that such malevolence can be fended off effectively only…
Freedom versus Mandatory Charity
Editor’s Pick. Written by Jacob Hornberger. Imagine if Congress enacted a law requiring everyone to attend church on Sunday. The idea would be that mandatory church attendance would be good for American society. With everyone being inculcated with moral and religious principles once a week, our society would be less drug-ridden, violent, and dysfunctional. The…
The Right to Ignore the State
Editor’s Pick. Written by Herbert Spencer. As a corollary to the proposition that all institutions must be subordinated to the law of equal freedom, we cannot choose but admit the right of the citizen to adopt a condition of voluntary outlawry. If every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes…