Guest post by Michael Suede. I want you to imagine for a moment that the police have created a new security monitoring system that makes it impossible for anyone to commit any crime and get away with it. The minute you commit a crime, every detail about that crime is immediately transmitted to the police,…
Category: Voluntaryism
Statist Ethics 101
Guest post by Chris Dates. When using the Socratic jackhammer against statists, it’s usually not more than a couple blows of the anvil before we arrive at what the state actually is–a group of individuals exercising the use of force against other individuals. Ultimately, this is the core of the state’s power; the use of…
On “Illuminati”, “New World Order”, Etc.
Regarding “secret combinations” such as the “Illuminati” and their plan for a “New World Order“, I don’t pay much attention to these “political machinations” because I want to see it abolished in toto. Secret combinations need a power structure to infiltrate and “combine” with. I oppose any establishment of a monopoly power structure, ie. the…
The Genesis of the State
Guest post by Hamsterdam Economics. According to Franz Oppenheimer, the state is generated in a series of six stages. One or more of these stages may be omitted and still allow for the genesis of a state, as Oppenheimer attests with aid of historical evidence (his historical citations are way too involved to reproduce here,…
When Did I Sign This ‘Social Contract’?
Guest post by Tom Woods.
Self-Responsibility
Rothbardian Ethics
Guest post by Hans Hoppe. In the history of social and political thought many proposals have been advanced as an alleged solution to the problem of social order, and this variety of mutually inconsistent proposals has contributed to the fact that today the search for a single “correct” problem solution is frequently deemed illusory. Yet…
Times Change, Principles Don’t
Guest post by Lew Rockwell. [The] libertarian critique of government is not contingent on or tied to time and place, one that can be abandoned when the moment seems to call for government action. The libertarian critique of government is foundational. It says that in all times and places, the coercive power of the state…
Applying Liberty Personally
Guest post by Spencer Morgan. After several years of involvement with freedom-oriented political efforts in Utah, there are some strategic lessons that have become evident to me, and the application of which I believe will help spread and build a much more viable culture of liberty here.Taking a look at the typical approach to liberty,…
Government is Morally Wrong
Fantastic interview/discussion between Lew Rockwell and Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com on the morality of government. Check it out.