February 2012
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For the aspiring Austro-Libertarian: What to read?...
I thought I would recommend some of the not so well known but nevertheless mind-blowing journal articles that should be read by everyone in the movement, especially by those outside it. This is the third in a series of many.
“Causation and Aggression” by Stephan Kinsella and Patrick Tinsley
Sections:
Praxeology and Legal Analysis: Action vs. Behavior
Aggression and the...
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“[S]tatistics are, in a crucial sense, critical to all interventionist and...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, The Logic of Action Vol II, pp. 182-83.
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libertarians asked: Jeffrey Tucker just posted a video on Facebook from your YouTube account!
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The Meaning of War
A suggestion from Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), signer of the Declaration of Independence and pioneer psychiatrist.
Signs of War
In order more deeply to affect the minds of the citizens of the United States with the blessings of peace, by contrasting them with the evils of war, let the following inscriptions be painted upon the sign, which is placed over the door of the War Office.
An...
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“While the purely free and laissez-faire society arises unselfconsciously where...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, Capitalism versus Statism
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“How can it (i.e. the government, the state) know whether to build road A or road...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, Power and Market, p. 176.
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Objective or Subjective... Truth for who?
This is an excerpt from Action-Based Jurisprudence: Praxeological Legal Theory in Relation to Economic Theory, Ethics, and Legal Practice by Konrad Graf, pg 44. Understanding this helps comprehend the structure of reality and it’s categories. Certain fields of knowledge fall within certain sectors.
Note on “objective, intersubjectively ascertainable”
The term “intersubjectively...
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For the aspiring Austro-Libertarian: What to read?...
I thought I would recommend some of the not so well known but nevertheless mind-blowing journal articles that should be read by everyone in the movement, especially by those outside it. This is part two of the series.
“The Role of Subscription-Based Patrol and Restitution in the Future of Liberty” by Gil Guillory & Patrick C. Tinsley
Market anarchists are often keen to know how we might...
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The Valentines Countdown
Working on the vague theme of ‘love’ this is probably best viewed from the page, not your dash. Describing music is generally pretty hard. However, I really enjoy sharing songs I like. * Indicates a film-clip, otherwise it’s just audio. Youtube is easier to embed than soundcloud. The below songs are a mix of different genres that even I find hard to categorize; indie-dance,...
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“In short, man’s will is here severely limited by the workings of - to use...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, Why Be Libertarian?
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“Those who claim that taxation is, in some mystical sense, really...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, Tax Day
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“Property does not exist because there are laws, but laws exist because there is...”
– Frédéric Bastiat, Property and Law.
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To the monopolists...
How can the state say it protects property, when it must violate property to exist?
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“The more subsidized it is, the less free it is. What is known as “free...”
– Frank Chodorov, “Why Free Schools Are Not Free”
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Call the PC Police... Why "Honest" Rape?
“Rape or ‘Rape’”? by Murray N. Rothbard
“…It is true, very true, that rape is coercion, and that rape is a crime, regardless of the sexual or virtuous status of the victim, that is, whether she is a nun, a monogamous wife and mother, a swinging single, or a hooker. But the virtuo-status of the rape victim is relevant to important considerations: (1) the...
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Say you had the opportunity to pitch a liberty specific project idea to an organisation with the possibility of them providing full funding (i.e all expenses paid, travel and costs), with a guideline of 4-6 weeks travel between 1st September 2012 - 31st August 2013. The very brief framework:
Project Title: Info: Proposed Itinerary:
Max. of five countries is suggested, as is not crowding your...
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“If, then, taxation is compulsory, and is therefore indistinguishable from theft,...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty, p.166.
January 2012
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“Money … is the nerve center of the economic system. If, therefore, the...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar
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For the aspiring Austro-Libertarian: What to read?
I thought I would recommend some of the not so well known but nevertheless mind-blowing journal articles that should be read by everyone in the movement, especially by those outside it. This will be the first in a series of many.
If you’re just starting out it is probably best to study the classics and introductory books. However, understanding the framework of knowledge, praxeology — the...
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WatchJon Stewart On Newt’s Moon Base
Stewart lambasted Gingrich for proposing such an idea and at the same time, suggesting that nobody takes Ron Paul seriously.
“You’re right, Mr. Moon Base, they won’t take Ron Paul seriously. And that’s why I’m going to make Ron Paul my first ambassador to Moonlandia! He’s out there! So what exactly are we supposed to do with this moon base?!”
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Who are the two most historically important people to Western Civilization?…
Arguably, but I think agreeably - Socrates and Jesus Christ…
What killed Socrates and Jesus Christ?
… Democracy did.
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“Economic power,” then, is simply the right under freedom to refuse to make an...”
– Murray N. Rothbard, Power and Market: Government and the Economy (Menlo Park, Calif.: Institute for Humane Studies, 1977), p. 229.
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Language, Logic, Knowledge and Action
In explicitly understanding knowledge as displayed in argumentation as a peculiar category of action, it becomes clear immediately why the perennial rationalist claim that the laws of logic—beginning here with the most fundamental ones, i.e., of propositional logic and of Junctors (“and,” “or,” “if-then,” “not”) and Quantors (“there is,”...
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