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The Private Property Constitution

“In conjunction with the privatization of all assets according to the principles outlined, the government should adopt a private property constitution and declare it to be the immutable basic law of the entire country. This constitution should be extremely brief and lay down the following principles in terms as unambiguous as possible: Every person, apart from being the sole owner of his...

Oct 30th

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Oct 29th

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“In the long run even the most despotic governments, with all their brutality and...”

– Ludwig von Mises, Theory and History, p. 372.

Oct 28th

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Anonymous asked: Man stop being so American-centric. You don't have to rephrase everything in terms of American notions. It's not even correct to say Liberal Party =/= Republican Party. There's some comparison, but that's it. It comes across as if you're apologising for being Australian. You really don't have to. Forge your own path. Australian libertarianism is as valid as its...

Oct 27th

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The week that was... Cont.

The week that was…. Got results back for International Corporate Finance essay.. 18.5/20, even though I handed it in late? I don’t understand that one.. They finally found me. I have been summoned for Jury Duty. I’m obligated to reply to their letter apparently, or else involuntary servitude! Oh wait, that’s what happens regardless. So I have to indicate my...

Oct 27th

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The week that was...

Big farewell for two close mates who are now in the UK, and will then be bumping round Europe for quite some time.. possibly doing a ski season somewhere. One managed to get a 5 year visa (some long lost relative) just to be dramatic, and bought a one way ticket to amp it up even more haha. The joke is he’ll be back before Christmas. Great night, basically had the whole place to ourselves...

Oct 27th

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a response to: To Begin With, Everything: consent? →

graceinmyheart: how much is our body our property? or more specifically, when does it stop being ours? if you are in a doctor’s office and they need to take your blood/cells/etc and later use them for commercial gain is that okay? do they need your consent at that point? the tissue is no longer attached to/physically part of your body, so do you still have rights to it? should doctor’s be...

Oct 24th

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The Homesteading Principle Proper

The comparative, ordinal nature of the “better claim” test Under the homesteading principle, it is not necessary to establish a first appropriation claim that lives up to any absolute standard of evidence of what is “sufficient” to be a valid claim. It is only necessary to establish that one party has the better or best claim when compared with conflicting claims. This is analogous to Mises’s...

Oct 24th

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Oct 23rd

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Oct 23rd

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Oct 21st

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Oct 20th

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Jon Stewart dissects the GOP debate: "Fear and... →

Stewart pulled no punches, calling Michele Bachmann “crazy” for her promise to build a “double wall” along the border. And then there’s Mitt Romney, who entered into such a shouting fest with the other candidates that he was able to inspire a look of shock on an audience member. Rick Perry: Calling Herman Cain “brother”? Is maybe not a good thing to do. Ron Paul also gets a good mention. Here’s...

Oct 20th

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Ron Paul Would Erase Billions in [State] Research... →

dreetree: Ron Paul Would Erase Billions in Research Spending I really wanted to like this guy but taking funding away from science? I just don’t know anymore… Don’t worry, you can still like him :). I think what needs to be asked when proposing any kind of funding: How is it funded? [Voluntarily, or through force?] What sort of incentive structure will this create? How will actual...

Oct 19th

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Read Hoppe

libertariangirl: I’m currently working my way through Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. It’s kind of blowing my mind. Ron Paul has it in his recommended reading list (in the Democracy section of Liberty Defined). For all those who are interested, here is the bootleg free pdf. One argument made is presented here in this video, it is a compared to argument. Democracy is not...

Oct 18th

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Simple explanation of the business cycle

“The reason for the business cycle is as elementary as it is fundamental. Robinson Crusoe can give a loan of fish (which he has not consumed) to Friday. Friday can convert these savings into a fishing net (he can eat the fish while constructing the net), and with the help of the net, then, Friday, in principle, is capable of repaying his loan to Robinson, plus interest, and still earn a...

Oct 17th

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Oct 17th

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Oct 15th

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Mille - Crysteena (Fear of Tigers Remix) A...

Oct 14th

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Oct 14th

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Hoppe on John Rawls "A Theory of Justice"

Behind the Veil of Ignorance [Intro to TEOL] “While one would think that scarcity ranks among the general facts of society and economic theory, Rawls’s parties, who supposedly knew about scarcity were themselves strangely unaffected by this condition. In Rawls’s construction of the “original position,” there was no recognition of the fact that scarcity must be...

Oct 13th

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Watch

Meanwhile in Romania.. The market in action, making peoples lives better. Hilarious.

Oct 13th

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Oct 11th

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Oct 11th

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evokit asked: What is your view of government regulators like the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) who can prevent mergers which would create monopolies or an anti-competitive environment?

Oct 10th

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Anonymous asked: sweet blog! Thanks for spreading the message of peace and freedom! You mentioned you like 80's style music and I thought I'd share this song/band with you, in case you haven't heard 'em: youtube - watch?v=TC3ZktGtPvk. Thank you! Chip thinkchip at gmail

Oct 10th

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“No better is the propensity, very popular nowadays, to brand supporters of other...”

– Ludwig von Mises. Human Action, Chapter 9 Sec 2, The Role of Ideas: World view and ideology. *For the next time you are called either ‘crazy’ or ‘insane’.

Oct 7th

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Oct 7th

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A Libertarian visits Occupy Wall Street →

What real independent journalism looks like. A must read from the start, click the link. Otherwise here are some excerpts: […] Eventually the errant protesters were given summons for causing a public disturbance. Protesters accuse the police of causing the problem by letting protesters out onto the roadway in the first place rather than informing them to take the pedestrian way. They...

Oct 6th

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