Ron Paul on His Libertarian Party Presidential Run
In this video from a 1989 meeting of the Libertarian Party State Chairs, Dr. Paul shares experiences from his campaign in 1988. He talks about various challenges the campaign faced and expresses optimism for the future of libertarian ideas in the United States.
Hoppe on Austrian Triumph
This is an excerpt where Hoppe talks about how we deal with the supporters of flawed economic and political doctrines, the Thomas Kuhn Theory of History vs. Whig Theory of History, what happened to the Austrians in the 30’s, the Austrian School is a “dangerous school” [to the state & special interests], Austrians can actually talk to real people, and mainstream economics is hopeless.
The Shoes - Time to Dance
Featuring Jake Gyllenhaal as a disturbed killing machine who chases his victims up fire escapes, into back alleys, and through strip clubs before he violently slays them.
Breakdown: Dance, don’t murder. Long answer: He kills people who dance because he can’t or won’t dance himself. At the end hes got the ‘murder-moves’ (energy that needs to go somewhere). He’s better off dancing. The song at the start is ‘America’. Now view full screen in HD.
Obama is Out of Change
More relevant than ever.
Rothbard on Rulers vs Ruled
This is an excerpt where he discusses the need for a rulers vs. ruled analysis. Presented at the Michigan Libertarian Party Convention, held in Southfield, Michigan, in May 1989.
Hoppe on Why Fight For Liberty
This is an excerpt where Hoppe talks about why he fights for liberty. The question of success or achievability is largely irrelevant. Footage from the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Romania, on November 8-11, 2011 “a colloquium with the author of ‘A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism’”.
Nice bit of political coverage here - Bill Shorten interviewed on Sky News Australia
Now viewable on our site - this is pretty special
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Toe the party line, all the time - Haha, classic.
Voluntarism Defined
In this video we will define the tenets of Voluntarism and contrast them with its antithesis: the State!
Hoppe on Aliens, Morality and Ostracism
This is an excerpt where Hoppe talks about rights and foreign beings, libertarianism and morality, punishment and ostracism. Footage from the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Romania, on November 8-11, 2011 “a colloquium with the author of ‘A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism’”.
Rothbard on Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics
This is an excerpt where he discusses Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s argumentation ethics.
- Nevertheless, by coming out with a genuinely new theory (amazing in itself, considering the long history of political philosophy) Hoppe is in danger of offending all the intellectual vested interests of the libertarian camp. Utilitarians, who should be happy that value-freedom was preserved, will be appalled to find that Hoppean rights are even more absolutist and “dogmatic” than natural rights. Natural rightsers, while happy at the “dogmatism,” will be unwilling to accept an ethics not grounded in the broad nature of things. Randians will be particularly upset because the Hoppean system is grounded (as was the Misesian) on the Satanic Immanuel Kant and his “synthetic a priori.”
Randians might be mollified, however, to learn that Hoppe is influenced by a group of German Kantians (headed by mathematician Paul Lorenzen) who interpret Kant as a deeply realistic Aristotelian, in contrast to the idealist interpretation common in the United States.
As a natural rightser, I don’t see any real contradiction here, or why one cannot hold to both the natural-rights and the Hoppean-rights ethic at the same time. Both rights ethics, after all, are grounded, like the realist version of Kantianism, in the nature of reality.
— Murray N. Rothbard, Beyond Is and Ought
Kinsella on the Music Industry’s Business Model
Stephan Kinsella is interviewed on Houston’s Public Affairs Public Access Live program, with host David Hutzelman about Intellectual Property. Here he discusses the music industry’s business model, as well as artists, authors, musicians and publishers.
Judge Napolitano on Nullification
The Judge discusses nullification, the constitution and anarchy at the 2010 Mises University. This is an excerpt from his lecture on “What Ever Happened to the Constitution?”
Capitalism For Hipsters
Amongst the multitude of bike shops across Manhattan and Brooklyn, 718 Cyclery stands out for their unique approach to the business. This is the “inverted bike shop”.
