The “laws” against speeding and drunk driving are every bit as illegitimate as those against gun ownership, and for exactly the same reasons. Those caught and punished under those “laws” have usually caused exactly zero damage before they are “caught”.
Tag: property
Statism is the Ultimate Embodiment of Vice
Pride is the worst kind of vice, power is the worst kind of pride, political power is the worst kind of power, and state power is the worst kind of political power.
Could I Be Wrong?
Yes, I could. How might I be wrong? This is a question everyone needs to ask of themselves now and then. And, it’s a question which needs to be considered carefully enough that the answer makes itself known to you. Making sure you know how you might be wrong isn’t self-absorption. It’s self awareness and a recognition that you can be wrong. Anyone can.
Because You’re a Moral Human Being
“Logic,” according to the border-fetish crowd: If you don’t approve of pointing a gun in some stranger’s face just because he wanted to step across an imaginary, arbitrary line…
Censorship by Social Sanction is Douchey
We lovers of liberty overwhelmingly give an emphatic NO to the idea of political, ie. violent, reaction to speech. Political censorship is a grave injustice, in every case, no exceptions, in my opinion. But what about this other kind of censorship, by social sanction?
Borderists Don’t Understand Property Rights, Part Infinity
This is just one example of where the borderists go wrong; the examples are seemingly endless. And frustrating. All calculated to reach the conclusion that “feels” pragmatic and cozy, while avoiding the truth.
Rights – Reciprocal or Absolute?
First off, let’s get this out of the way: if rights are imaginary, then no one has any rights, including the right to rule, so that gets rid of the specter of “legitimate government” (among other atrocities) right off the bat. Go in peace and do what you’re going to do– subject to what others are willing to put up with.
The Voluntaryist Constitution, an Oxymoron?
Trey Goff had an interesting article published at Mises.org outlining what he is calling a “voluntaryist constitution.” Can such a thing even exist? I don’t believe it could exist as anything more than an ideological creed. I thought it’d be fun to scrutinize the so-called voluntaryist constitution from my particular voluntaryist perspective.
Logical and Factual
If you can’t archate and remain a good person, and cops have to archate to keep their “job”, then cops who continue to be cops can’t be good people.
Uniquity III
Where were you today? Was your day like mine? I don’t think so. I was at the Kentucky state cross country meet today watching my granddaughter run. Afterwards my wife and I went to eat at a Mexican restaurant.