2016-03-19 18:53
Checks and balances should be a fairly familiar concept to Americans. The standard definition of checks and balances is that the state must be broken up into multiple segments that function… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Coming Soon...New website at liberty-space.com Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Great article by Anthony Gregory.Excerpt: "When most children are fairly young, just as they learn that the world operates according to some basic principles of physics, they are taught that… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The arguements given by people to justify unethical acts are usually utilitarian, which is to say that a given act is defended on the grounds that it is beneficial to someone. This is common… Read More
2007-08-12 02:40
State Interferance by William Gramn Sumner[Excerpted from "War and other Essays"]I desire, in this paper, to give an explanation and justification of extreme prejudice against State interfer… Read More
2007-08-11 18:25
"...the real struggle that disturbs the enjoyment of life is not between economic classes but between Society as a whole and the political power which imposes itself on Society. The class-st… Read More
2007-08-11 03:21
http://agorism.info/docs/AgoristClassTheory.pdf Read More
2007-08-08 17:38
An interesting topic is which cultural values are compatible or incompatible with libertarianism. On one hand, some Libertarians such as Walter Block maintain that libertarianism does not re… Read More
2007-08-07 10:48
by Anthony Gregory over at LewRockwell.comControversy on war and foreign policy still persists within some libertarian circles. The apparent difficulty seems to come with the assumption that… Read More
2007-08-06 21:23
by Herbert Spencer[Exerpted from "Man Versus the State" by Herbert Spencer, written in 1884]Most of those who now pass as Liberals, are Tories of a new type. This is a paradox which I propos… Read More
2007-08-05 14:01
The political left, including the anarcho-socialists, are very confused about the nature and origin of both property and the state as an institution. According to many left-wing anarchists… Read More
2007-08-03 15:06
by Sheldon RichmanThe great economist Ludwig von Mises showed that economics can be deduced from the axiom that human beings act: individuals consciously select ends and apply scarce means t… Read More
2007-08-02 02:16
The standard one-dimensional left-right spectrum is incredibly fallacious. It represents a false dichotomy, and therefore a two-dimensional spectrum has to be introduced in order to resolve… Read More
2007-08-01 00:17
There has always been tension within the libertarian movement in terms of methodology and philosophical foundations. On one hand, we have the field of praxeology constituting Austrian econom… Read More
2007-07-30 23:50
It's time for a little honesty about Ron Paul, particularly his position on immigration. While Ron Paul is all the rage in libertarian circles right now (for some very good reasons), on cert… Read More
2007-07-30 22:47
by Lew RockwellJittery stock markets, an economy drunk on credit, and politicians calling for varieties of dictatorship: what a sense of déjà vu! Let us recall that the world w… Read More
2007-07-27 01:01
There is some confusion in terms of how many people tend to define individualism. According to some, individualism is akin to dictatorship, where one individual controls everyone else regaur… Read More
2007-07-25 21:26
One thing that bothers me: we tend to assume that class-room-style schooling is the only kind of education. I think that's a major mistake. It's frankly quickly becoming archiac; an authorit… Read More
2007-07-24 15:36
More video responses to a socialist by XOmniverse and Kbiomech Read More
2007-07-23 15:30
Some points to consider......1. Wealth and poverty can be viewed in relative terms: wealthy or poor in comparison to what? A relatively "poor person" in modern-day America enjoys a standard… Read More
2007-07-22 09:01
Discrimination (wether it be racial, religious, or based on sexual orientation) generally does not benefit the discriminator, it hurts all parties involved. In economic terms, discrimination… Read More
2007-07-18 20:21
2007-07-16 05:08
Video by Francois Tremblay Read More
2007-07-15 04:30
The StateA state is a territorial monopoly that possesses ultimate decision-making power, a monopoly on the use of force, over the individuals who live within that territory. It is made up o… Read More
2007-07-15 01:04
It is generally assumed without proof that the status quo, the current economic system in America, is capitalism. In the current political climate, the political left accepts this assumption… Read More
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