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On the surface, a recent post on Walking Upstream called “Libertarianism: Coercion Seen Through a Fun House Mirror” may not look like something libertarians should embrace. Upon deeper reflection though, it is exactly the kind of thinking about our current corporatist economic system that libertarians need to embrace (and are doing more of) [...]
Francios Tremblay’s Feb. 6 line that “Our society is built on the principle of generalized competition” is sort of the inspiration for the comments below, but I do not mean for this to be a rebuttal of Tremblay’s entire post, if only because he nevertheless makes many valid points about the present nature of [...]
Probably the most common objection to a stateless society is that invading armies will occupy the country and establish a new state. The idea is that a minimal state could ward off that threat in the same way that a flu shot, which contains a vastly weakened form of the flu virus, theoretically prevents an [...]
I was asked how I might resond to a political liberal sincerely concerned with the plight of the less fortunate in a liberatian society.
The first thing I want to know is if it would be better just to save my breath. I first have to know if the person I am are communicating with [...]
It is typically conceded that a starving man is not free, and this marks the alleged defining flaw of a free market, the commoditization of labor. The contention is that the relationship between employers and employees is really no different than the relationship between muggers and their victims: obey or die. Typically, market opponents [...]
Generally, I agree that the terms “left” and “right” in the mainstream political vernacular are a false alternative. Both liberals and conservatives support a violent organization that usurps individual rights and autonomy by its very existence. They may do so for different reasons, but both are reactionary hypocrites or at least very confused.
I do [...]
Sometimes when discussing how society might function without an overbearing threat of violence imposed on ordinary people, anarchist libertarians are on a completely different wavelength during most political discussions. Typically, political discussions revolve around who to stab and how deep should the blade go. And anyone who questions why anyone has to be stabbed at [...]
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Why Not the Welfare State?
As I understand it, the case for the welfare state is the sense that “negative” liberty (being free from the coercive interference of others) is not an adequate condition for achieving a successful, flourishing life. Rather, “positive” liberty — the notion that liberty has its genuine virtue to the extent that one possess the power [...]