In his valuable article “War and Humanitarian Intervention,” in The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism (pp. 441–56), Fernando R. Tesón raises some interesting criticisms of Murray Rothbard’s views on war as part of a more general discussion of the topic, and I’d...
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The Loneliness of Ron Paul: By the Numbers, 1975-1985
by Brandan P. Buck | Aug 2, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
In 2022, the ideological landscape of American foreign policy opposition is the most dynamic and diverse it has been in over eight decades. This newfound disorder is especially true for the right, as a new crop of libertarian-leaning and populist Republicans are...
Debate: Democratic Socialism v. Libertarianism (Dr. Phil Armstrong v. Keith Knight)
by Keith Knight | Jun 13, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/CUWH-87Sdqo Without moral argument at his disposal, a liberal is left only with the tool of cost-benefit analysis, but any such analysis must involve an interpersonal comparison of utility, and such a comparison is impossible (scientifically...
Former U.S. Navy Sailor Makes the Case for Libertarianism
by Keith Knight | May 17, 2022 | Blog
https://youtu.be/uI0iYWMK8Z8 [J]ustice is the means by which an individual who was victim to a criminal act is made whole again. If a statist society cannot perfect man’s own construct, how could a stateless society fare any better? Derek R. Wills, The Liberty...
Lessons from Fentanyl
by Laurie Calhoun | Feb 16, 2022 | Featured Articles
The use of drugs is sometimes characterized as a victimless crime, since the person who ingests them will bear the negative consequences should something go awry. Supporters of prohibition, who wish for the government to regulate and limit sales and distribution, are...
Drop Your Left vs Right Blinders
by Gary Galles | Jan 3, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
As a libertarian, I have long objected to being characterized on a left-right political spectrum (as with studies of political affiliations that group libertarians with republicans or conservatives on the right). In response to inquiries about where I fit in that...
Curtis Yarvin is Wrong About Libertarianism. Ace Archist & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Dec 29, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/Id1sERRBNZU It is absurd to believe that an agency which may tax without consent can be a property protector. Likewise, it is absurd to believe that an agency with legislative powers can preserve law and order. Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Ph.D.,...
In Defense Of Libertarianism
by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 13, 2021 | Libertarianism, Peter Quinones
They’re usually very similar. There may be hills in one place, or flat terrain in others. It could be seventy-degrees in January, or minus-twenty. With all of their aesthetic differences, these locales usually have one thing in common: the spirit of libertarianism...
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Watch Murray N. Rothbard Celebrate the Fall of Communism
It's great. The Future of Austrian Economics | Murray N. Rothbard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWdUIuID8ag
The Real Enemy: The Bin Ladenites
Probably-ISIS just attacked civilians at a theater in Moscow. I have no reason to believe the U.S. is currently backing these terrorists like back in the Clinton and Bush years, other, perhaps than that they did then, but regardless, this terrorism should be a...
On Oct 7, the IDF Abandoned Their Female Soldiers to Be Slaughtered and Kidnapped
After ignoring all their warnings about the impending, and later even the beginning of the attack, the most moral and brave army in the world climbed out the window and left them behind: the female spotters were abandoned by soldiers and officers stationed at the same...
Who’s the Real Foreign-Policy Realist?
The establishment debate over foreign policy isn't between realists and whatever their opponents call themselves. It's a debate over who's more realistic. It reminds me of the debate between the Federalists and Antifederalists. No one wanted to be considered against...
Washington, We Have a Problem
Centralized power has a problem: the individual. Every person is a potential disrupter of The Plan, and disruption must be forbidden. Otherwise, why have a central plan? This applies regardless of whether the planning is economy-wide or for particular sectors, such as...