4 minutes of analysis of the Republican primaries by MSNBC. Ron Paul is not mentioned until the very end. And as soon as his name is uttered, the host says "oh dear".
It is as though they are operating on the principle that Ron Paul is to be ignored as much as possible. This host sounds as though the mention of Ron Paul has cost her something. Maybe she gets a cookie from her boss every time they have a segment where no one mentions the name Ron Paul.
Skip to 3:39.
Journal of a Libertarian Anarchist and Austrian Economist
Showing posts with label Ron Paul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ron Paul. Show all posts
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Ron Paul and the six kinds of libertarian (video)
Ron Paul does the impossible: he unites libertarians!
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Where do Ron Paul's ideas come from?
Quotes and Audio Clips
0:04-0:09 - quote from Mises and Austrian Economics: A Personal View by Ron Paul
0:07-0:11 - audio from Ron Paul at the MSNBC debate, 3rd May 2007. Full video.
0:11-0:16 - quote from Ron Paul from Time Magazine.
0:26-0:29 - quote from Mises and Austrian Economics: A Personal View by Ron Paul
0:31-0:42 - quote from Human Action by Ludwig von Mises.
0:46-1:39 - quote from The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul.
2:00-2:05 - quote from The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul.
2:07-2:12 - quote from Lew Rockwell in an interview for The Liberal Post.
2:21-2:38 - quote from Murray Rothbard: In Memoriam chapter by Ron Paul.
2:40-2:52 - quote from The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard.
2:53-3:25 - quote from Ron Paul: A Most Unusual Politician by Murray Rothbard.
4:46-4:49 - audio from Ron Paul interview with Adam Kokesh for Adam vs. The Man. Full video
4:46-4:53 - quote from Freedom Under Siege by Ron Paul.
4:55-5:03 - quote and audio from The Arena with Eliot Spitzer, CNN, 13th May 2011. Full video.
5:06-5:13 - quote from Liberty Defined by Ron Paul.
5:11-5:20 - audio of Ron Paul being interviewed for Motorhome Diaries. Full video.
5:22-5:32 - quote from What is to be done? - 1961 Confidential Memorandum to the Volker Fund by Murray Rothbard.
5:37-5:41 - quote from Ron Paul from Time Magazine.
5:42-5:44 - audio from Ron Paul and Rand Paul interview by Neil Cavuto. Full video.
5:42-5:47 - quote from Liberty Defined by Ron Paul.
5:57-6:02 - quote from The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul.
6:03-6:07 - quote from End The Fed by Ron Paul.
6:13-6:21 - quote from No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority by Lysander Spooner.
6:20-6:33 - quote and audio from question posed to Ron Paul after his speech at the New Hampshire Lincoln-Regan Dinner, 25th March 2011. Full video.
6:23-6:33 - quote from Liberty Defined by Ron Paul.
6:41-6:48 - audio of Ron Paul being interviewed for Motorhome Diaries. Full video.
6:57-7:08 - audio of Ron Paul's speech at the Rally for the Republic. Full video.
7:07-7:29 - quote from The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard.
7:27-7:36 - audio from CNN Presidential Debate, 5th June 2007. Full video.
7:38-7:47 - quote from Liberty Defined by Ron Paul.
Links
The Ludwig von Mises Institute
LewRockwell.com
V for Voluntary
Man Against The State (blog of the creator)
Music
0:00-3:25 - "Ron Paul Free" by Carolyn Kruger. Full song.
3:27-7:48 - "Ready or Not (Instrumental)" by The Fugees. Full song.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Vote For Peace (video)
Videos like this make it clear why, if Ron Paul wins the Republican nomination, he will easily beat Obama for the White House.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
The Ron Paul Revolution: Be a part of it (video)
Recollection of the Ron Paul 2008 campaign, looking forward to the 2012 presidential election, and the continuation of the Ron Paul Revolution.
Presented chronologically, the video highlights:
- The first (MSNBC) debate, 3rd May 2007, where Ron Paul's message of peace and liberty first reached millions of ordinary people, eager for real change.
- The Fox debate, 15th May 2007, which was lit up by the confrontation between Ron Paul and Rudy Guiliani over the reasons behind 9/11. Ron Paul seized the moment by explaining the concept of blowback: that terrorists attack us because of our foreign policy of invading and meddling in the affairs of the Middle East.
- The first major Moneybomb, on 5th November 2007, where $4.2 million was raised in one day, bringing him more mainstream coverage and discussion.
- The Tea Party Moneybomb, on 16th December 2007, where $6 million was raised in one day, sparking the Tea Party Movement, dedicated to ending the wars and ending the Fed, and restoring the Constitution.
- Ron Paul's withdrawal from the Presidential race in June 2008, saying: "We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long term projects... Our job now is to plan for the next phase."
Presented chronologically, the video highlights:
- The first (MSNBC) debate, 3rd May 2007, where Ron Paul's message of peace and liberty first reached millions of ordinary people, eager for real change.
- The Fox debate, 15th May 2007, which was lit up by the confrontation between Ron Paul and Rudy Guiliani over the reasons behind 9/11. Ron Paul seized the moment by explaining the concept of blowback: that terrorists attack us because of our foreign policy of invading and meddling in the affairs of the Middle East.
- The first major Moneybomb, on 5th November 2007, where $4.2 million was raised in one day, bringing him more mainstream coverage and discussion.
- The Tea Party Moneybomb, on 16th December 2007, where $6 million was raised in one day, sparking the Tea Party Movement, dedicated to ending the wars and ending the Fed, and restoring the Constitution.
- Ron Paul's withdrawal from the Presidential race in June 2008, saying: "We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long term projects... Our job now is to plan for the next phase."
"They push the human race forward" (video)
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or villify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or villify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Saturday, 27 August 2011
MSNBC to Ron Paul: How Could It Be That You Knew This Would Happen?
Here is what Ron Paul said in 2003:
Ron Paul explains in the video below how he was able to make this prediction. Austrian economics.
"The special privileges granted to Fannie and Freddie have distorted the housing market by allowing them to attract capital they could not attract under pure market conditions... like all artificially-created bubbles, the boom in housing prices cannot last forever. When housing prices fall, homeowners will find it difficult as their equity is wiped out. Furthermore, the holders of the mortgage debt will also have a loss. These losses will be greater than they would have otherwise been had government policy not actively encouraged over-investment in housing."
- Ron Paul to House Financial Services Committee, 10th September 2003.
Ron Paul explains in the video below how he was able to make this prediction. Austrian economics.
Friday, 26 August 2011
Saturday, 20 August 2011
The Political Importance of Murray Rothbard (by Ron Paul)
It would be difficult to exaggerate Professor Murray N. Rothbard's influence on the movement for freedom and free markets. He is the living giant of Austrian economics, and he has led the now-formidable movement ever since the death of his great teacher, Ludwig von Mises, in 1971. We are all indebted to him for the living link he has provided to Mises, upon whose work he has built and expanded.
But many are less aware of Rothbard's political influence. Some would say that while he is undoubtedly an excellent economist, his political efforts have been less than successful.
I would deny this. Rothbard is the founder of the modern libertarian movement, and of the Libertarian Party which is its political incarnation, and he thus has built the necessary foundation for liberty by inspiring the most important third-party movement ever. And in my own political work, I have been profoundly influenced by the lucid and brilliant works of Rothbard.
In his first correspondence with me after I was elected to office, Rothbard expressed surprise and delight to find a real Congressman who wrote that "taxation is theft," and approvingly quoted his article, "Gold vs. Fluctuating Exchange Rates." I, of course, was thrilled to hear from someone whose works I had studied and admired for so many years.
The aura that has traditionally surrounded American politics in this century has turned to suspicion during the past decade. The scandals of Watergate (and, let us hope, Iran-Contragate as well) convinced the public, for a time, that it is naive to trust any mainstream politician. Rothbard was delighted with the whole event, saying in 1979 that, "it is Watergate that gives us the greatest single hope for the short-run victory of liberty in America. For Watergate, as politicians have been warning us ever since, destroyed the public's 'faith in government'—and it was high time, too."
Rothbard rejoices, saying, "government itself has been largely desanctified in America. No one trusts politicians or government anymore; all government is viewed with abiding hostility, thus returning us to that State of healthy distrust of government that marked the American public and the American revolutionaries of the eighteenth century." For the sake of liberty, let us hope this hostility isn't just a passing phase.
Most understand that what a politician says during his campaign is rarely compatible with his performance. Still, this broad—and healthy—cynicism does not translate into clear public understanding of the lies of the average politician.
It is incredible how a politician can maintain an image while the facts clearly point in the opposite direction. Many still see President Reagan as a budget-cutter while he has proposed the largest budgets and deficits in our history.
While it is perhaps understandable that the public remains naive about the realities of politics, given the Establishment-media conspiracy to hide the t ruth, but the tendency of scholars to gloss over facts and misrepresent realities is absolutely inexcusable. Academics tend to cling to old interpretations, or worse, old Statist ideals which blur their view of reality. And when prevailing historical orthodoxy is challenged, those who have an interest in maintaining myths attempt to silence their opponents.
Just one example from his works is the case of Murray Rothbard's revisionist analysis of Herbert Hoover's pre-Depression years. When Rothbard set out to tell the story of Hoover, consider what he was up against. Republicans, who for the most part opposed Roosevelt's New Deal, blame the enormous growth of government that occurred duringthose years on the Democrats. Conversely, the Democrats, who are proud of the New Deal, take credit for it. Thus Republicans are taught that "Hoover's only problem was that he did not have a Republican Congress," and Democrats are taught that government should solve any crisis that "socially Darwinian free markets inevitably cause," just as Roosevelt did. And intellectuals are notoriously stubborn about accepting new historical interpretations, especially if the revision favors free markets over government planning.
It is a tough job to change historical interpretations—no matter how false—which have been solidified for generations in the minds of State-protecting partisans. Nevertheless Rothbard announced in 1963: "Herbert Clark Hoover must be considered the founder of the New Deal in America." And in fact "Franklin D. Roosevelt, in large part, merely elaborated the policies laid down by his predecessor."
Rothbard's analysis is stunning and exhaustive. He set out to prove his proposition and did so without question. Hoover was an interventionist. He was philosophically committed to using the coercive machinery of government to bring about full employment, insure the survival and influence of labor unions, manipulate the price level for farmers' benefit, maintain wage levels and deport immigrants, prevent bankruptcies, and above all to inflate the money supply. Hoover did this in spite of the"bitter-end liquidationists" who thought the Depression represented a necessary correction in the malinvestment of the previous decade.
And indeed, against all odds, Rothbard has made inroads to changing the way history treats Hoover. The eminent British historian Paul Johnson, who became the darling of the conservative movement with his massive study on the history of Christianity and his history of the world during the twentieth century, Modern Times, was directly influenced by Rothbard's reconstruction of Hoover. In Modern Times, Johnson calls Hoover's fiscal and monetary policies "vulgar Keynesianism," a point upon which Rothbard had previously elaborated.
Idols for Destruction, a scholarly work by Herbert Schlossberg now causing much talk in conservative and evangelical circles, enthusiastically echoes Rothbard's historical revision of Hoover. "Herbert Hoover, amazingly referred to even by historians as a partisan of laissez-faire, energetically supported . . . a powerful central State that would coordinate the efforts of business."
The New Deal was not new after all. It has hatched in the decade prior to Roosevelt's ascension to power. Rothbard's analysis, directly and indirectly, has led many to be more objective when evaluating partisan politics, both now and in the past.
Years before I ever thought of running for Congress, I came across Rothbard's America's Great Depression. Before reading it, my thinking was clouded by the temptation to divide these issues and ideas in partisan terms. Rothbard fixed that.
America's Great Depression was a key book in my conversion to pure free-market, libertarian thinking. The confidence I gained with ammunition supplied by Rothbard encouraged my entry into politics, since I needed the reassurance that my intuitive allegiance to liberty was shared by great thinkers. Rothbard taught me to always keep the distinction between peaceful market activity and State coercion in my mind. It served as a constant guide once I was in office.
I wanted to see the brilliant writings of theoreticians such as Rothbard translated into practical political action. To my surprise there was a strong constituency for these views, and I was elected to four terms. Even a person familiar with only a small part of the vast work Rothbard has produced during his career knows his attitude towards politics. Like Mises, he labels the State as the "social apparatus of violentoppression."
How do we minimize the role of the State? To bring about radical and permanent change in any society, our primary focus must be on the conversion of minds through eduction. This is a task to which Rothbard has dedicated his life. That's why he was such a willing participant on so many occasions in the educational functions I held for interns, staffers, and Members of Congress. After speaking at a seminar I held, he expressed delight at the large turn-out, saying it "shows the extent to which our ideas have permeated politics and public opinion, far more than I had hoped or believed."
But because Rothbard sees education as the primary vehicle for change, that does not mean, of course, that he is opposed to getting directly involved in political action towards a libertarian society. As he had said, "since the State will not gracefully convert itself out of power, other means than education, means of pressure, will have to be used."
That's why I asked his help when I was appointed to the U.S. Gold Commission, and Rothbard produced brilliant material on American monetary history in the nineteenth century, especially as related to gold and the evils of central banking. These are issues that Rothbard has refused to compromise on, despite enormous pressure from inside and outside the movement. To this day, he remains the most persuasive monetary theorist and consistent critic of inflation and fiat paper money. When gold is once again restored to a central place in our monetary system, we will owe a gigantic debt to the work of Rothbard.
In fact, Rothbard's work with the Gold Commission helped us get on the road to a gold coin standard, because out of the Gold Commission came support for my legislation to mint the American Eagle Gold Coin. And his encouragement and support helped me make up my mind to run for the Presidency of the United States on the LibertarianParty ticket.
In a multitude of ways, Rothbard's work has given not only me but all of us the ammunition we need to fight for the American dream of liberty and prosperity for all mankind.
Chapter 22: http://mises.org/books/maneconomyliberty.pdf
But many are less aware of Rothbard's political influence. Some would say that while he is undoubtedly an excellent economist, his political efforts have been less than successful.
I would deny this. Rothbard is the founder of the modern libertarian movement, and of the Libertarian Party which is its political incarnation, and he thus has built the necessary foundation for liberty by inspiring the most important third-party movement ever. And in my own political work, I have been profoundly influenced by the lucid and brilliant works of Rothbard.
In his first correspondence with me after I was elected to office, Rothbard expressed surprise and delight to find a real Congressman who wrote that "taxation is theft," and approvingly quoted his article, "Gold vs. Fluctuating Exchange Rates." I, of course, was thrilled to hear from someone whose works I had studied and admired for so many years.
The aura that has traditionally surrounded American politics in this century has turned to suspicion during the past decade. The scandals of Watergate (and, let us hope, Iran-Contragate as well) convinced the public, for a time, that it is naive to trust any mainstream politician. Rothbard was delighted with the whole event, saying in 1979 that, "it is Watergate that gives us the greatest single hope for the short-run victory of liberty in America. For Watergate, as politicians have been warning us ever since, destroyed the public's 'faith in government'—and it was high time, too."
Rothbard rejoices, saying, "government itself has been largely desanctified in America. No one trusts politicians or government anymore; all government is viewed with abiding hostility, thus returning us to that State of healthy distrust of government that marked the American public and the American revolutionaries of the eighteenth century." For the sake of liberty, let us hope this hostility isn't just a passing phase.
Most understand that what a politician says during his campaign is rarely compatible with his performance. Still, this broad—and healthy—cynicism does not translate into clear public understanding of the lies of the average politician.
It is incredible how a politician can maintain an image while the facts clearly point in the opposite direction. Many still see President Reagan as a budget-cutter while he has proposed the largest budgets and deficits in our history.
While it is perhaps understandable that the public remains naive about the realities of politics, given the Establishment-media conspiracy to hide the t ruth, but the tendency of scholars to gloss over facts and misrepresent realities is absolutely inexcusable. Academics tend to cling to old interpretations, or worse, old Statist ideals which blur their view of reality. And when prevailing historical orthodoxy is challenged, those who have an interest in maintaining myths attempt to silence their opponents.
Just one example from his works is the case of Murray Rothbard's revisionist analysis of Herbert Hoover's pre-Depression years. When Rothbard set out to tell the story of Hoover, consider what he was up against. Republicans, who for the most part opposed Roosevelt's New Deal, blame the enormous growth of government that occurred duringthose years on the Democrats. Conversely, the Democrats, who are proud of the New Deal, take credit for it. Thus Republicans are taught that "Hoover's only problem was that he did not have a Republican Congress," and Democrats are taught that government should solve any crisis that "socially Darwinian free markets inevitably cause," just as Roosevelt did. And intellectuals are notoriously stubborn about accepting new historical interpretations, especially if the revision favors free markets over government planning.
It is a tough job to change historical interpretations—no matter how false—which have been solidified for generations in the minds of State-protecting partisans. Nevertheless Rothbard announced in 1963: "Herbert Clark Hoover must be considered the founder of the New Deal in America." And in fact "Franklin D. Roosevelt, in large part, merely elaborated the policies laid down by his predecessor."
Rothbard's analysis is stunning and exhaustive. He set out to prove his proposition and did so without question. Hoover was an interventionist. He was philosophically committed to using the coercive machinery of government to bring about full employment, insure the survival and influence of labor unions, manipulate the price level for farmers' benefit, maintain wage levels and deport immigrants, prevent bankruptcies, and above all to inflate the money supply. Hoover did this in spite of the"bitter-end liquidationists" who thought the Depression represented a necessary correction in the malinvestment of the previous decade.
And indeed, against all odds, Rothbard has made inroads to changing the way history treats Hoover. The eminent British historian Paul Johnson, who became the darling of the conservative movement with his massive study on the history of Christianity and his history of the world during the twentieth century, Modern Times, was directly influenced by Rothbard's reconstruction of Hoover. In Modern Times, Johnson calls Hoover's fiscal and monetary policies "vulgar Keynesianism," a point upon which Rothbard had previously elaborated.
Idols for Destruction, a scholarly work by Herbert Schlossberg now causing much talk in conservative and evangelical circles, enthusiastically echoes Rothbard's historical revision of Hoover. "Herbert Hoover, amazingly referred to even by historians as a partisan of laissez-faire, energetically supported . . . a powerful central State that would coordinate the efforts of business."
The New Deal was not new after all. It has hatched in the decade prior to Roosevelt's ascension to power. Rothbard's analysis, directly and indirectly, has led many to be more objective when evaluating partisan politics, both now and in the past.
Years before I ever thought of running for Congress, I came across Rothbard's America's Great Depression. Before reading it, my thinking was clouded by the temptation to divide these issues and ideas in partisan terms. Rothbard fixed that.
America's Great Depression was a key book in my conversion to pure free-market, libertarian thinking. The confidence I gained with ammunition supplied by Rothbard encouraged my entry into politics, since I needed the reassurance that my intuitive allegiance to liberty was shared by great thinkers. Rothbard taught me to always keep the distinction between peaceful market activity and State coercion in my mind. It served as a constant guide once I was in office.
I wanted to see the brilliant writings of theoreticians such as Rothbard translated into practical political action. To my surprise there was a strong constituency for these views, and I was elected to four terms. Even a person familiar with only a small part of the vast work Rothbard has produced during his career knows his attitude towards politics. Like Mises, he labels the State as the "social apparatus of violentoppression."
How do we minimize the role of the State? To bring about radical and permanent change in any society, our primary focus must be on the conversion of minds through eduction. This is a task to which Rothbard has dedicated his life. That's why he was such a willing participant on so many occasions in the educational functions I held for interns, staffers, and Members of Congress. After speaking at a seminar I held, he expressed delight at the large turn-out, saying it "shows the extent to which our ideas have permeated politics and public opinion, far more than I had hoped or believed."
But because Rothbard sees education as the primary vehicle for change, that does not mean, of course, that he is opposed to getting directly involved in political action towards a libertarian society. As he had said, "since the State will not gracefully convert itself out of power, other means than education, means of pressure, will have to be used."
That's why I asked his help when I was appointed to the U.S. Gold Commission, and Rothbard produced brilliant material on American monetary history in the nineteenth century, especially as related to gold and the evils of central banking. These are issues that Rothbard has refused to compromise on, despite enormous pressure from inside and outside the movement. To this day, he remains the most persuasive monetary theorist and consistent critic of inflation and fiat paper money. When gold is once again restored to a central place in our monetary system, we will owe a gigantic debt to the work of Rothbard.
In fact, Rothbard's work with the Gold Commission helped us get on the road to a gold coin standard, because out of the Gold Commission came support for my legislation to mint the American Eagle Gold Coin. And his encouragement and support helped me make up my mind to run for the Presidency of the United States on the LibertarianParty ticket.
In a multitude of ways, Rothbard's work has given not only me but all of us the ammunition we need to fight for the American dream of liberty and prosperity for all mankind.
Chapter 22: http://mises.org/books/maneconomyliberty.pdf
Anarcho-Capitalist Resources (by Wesker)
General/Introductions to Anarcho-Capitalism
Antimarket Ethics: A Praxeological Critique by Murray Rothbard (Rothbard destroys many common criticisms against the market, absolutely a must read, for minarchists too.)
The State is Not Great by Jacob Spinney (best video intro in existence. VERY GOOD.)
Anarcho-Capitalist FAQ by Hogeye Bill
The Obviousness of Anarchy by John Hasnas
Evil Monopolies Are Fairy Tales In Free Markets by Jacob Spinney (great video)
Fear of Monopoly by Brad Edmonds
Monopolies by D.T. Armentano (In an economy free of governmental regulation, wouldn't a firm or group of firms obtain a monopoly over some vital resource or product?)
The Myth of Natural Monopoly by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Taxes are the price we pay to... by Mike P (taxation, self ownership, democracy)
What Is Anarchy? by Butler Shaffer
What Libertarianism Is by Stephan Kinsella
Disproving the State by Stefan Molyneux
The Non-Aggression Axiom of Libertarianism by Walter Block
The Death Wish of the Anarcho-Communists by Murray Rothbard
The Stateless Society: An Examination of Alternatives by Stefan Molyneux
Introduction to a Stateless Society Introduction list with multiple articles and authors
The Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard
Society Without a State by Murray Rothbard (Rothbard defines the State and Anarchy here)
Forget The Argument From Efficiency by Stefan Molyneux
War, Peace, and the State by Murray Rothbard (philosophy on nukes here)
Why We Couldn't Abolish Slavery Then and Can't Abolish Government Now by Robert Higgs
Anarchy and the 'Problem of the Commons' by Stefan Molyneux
Toward a Universal Libertarian Theory of Gun (Weapon) Control:a Spatial and Geographical Analysis by Walter Block (theory on nukes included)
Arguments Against Anarchy by Jarret B. Wollstein (warring defense agencies)
Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections by Roderick T. Long
Objectivism and The State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand by Roy A. Childs, Jr.
Anarchism and Minarchism; No Rapproachment Possible: Reply to Tibor Machan by Walter Block
Anarchy by Pete Leeson (very good video.)
Introduction: The Six Questions, and FAQ by Stefan Molyneux, added 6/04/11
Are Libertarians "Anarchists"? by Murray Rothbard added 6/15/11
What Are You Calling 'Anarchy'? by Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist by Stephan Kinsella added 6/16/11
Market Anarchism: Are You Guys Crazy, or Just Nuts? by Stefan Molyneux added 6/16/11
Anarchy, Government, and the State by Sentient Void added 6/28/11
Privatize the Highways — and All Roads for That Matter by by Zachary Slayback added 8/03/11
Anarchy,Law, and Security
Chaos Theory (Private Law and Defense) by Bob Murphy added 6/09/11
The Myth of the Rule of Law by John Hasnas
Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution by Murray Rothbard
Customary Law with Private Means of Resolving Disputes and Dispensing Justice: A Description of a Modern System of Law and Order without State Coercion by Bruce L. Benson
Anarchism and the Public Goods Issue: Law, Courts, and the Police by David Osterfeld
Justice Entrepreneurship In a Free Market by George H. Smith
The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari
Defense Services on the Free Market by Murray Rothbard
How Would An Anarchist Society Handle Child Abuse? by Walter Block
But Wouldn't Warlords Take Over? by Robert P. Murphy
Criminal Private Courts by Murray Rothbard (awesome video, 10 mins)
Justice Without the State by Bruce L. Benson (short 3 min intro to private order)
How a Free Society Prevents the Re-emergence of a Government by Stefan Molyneux
The Stateless Society and the Protection of Children by Stefan Molyneux
Pollution by Murray Rothbard
Outlaw Protectors by Murray Rothbard (text of Criminal Private Courts)
Collective Defense by Stefan Molyneux
Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella ( Audio Book ) added 6/15/11
Polycentric Governance by Bruce L. Benson added 6/15/11
Anarchy Unbound, Or: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think by Pete Leeson added 6/15/11
The Possibility of Private Law by Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
Law and Appeals in a Free Society by Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
Warring Defense Agencies and Organized Crime by Morris and Linda Tannehill added 6/15/11
Private Defense Is No Laughing Matter By Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
Legislation and Law in a Free Society by Stephan Kinsella added 6/21/11
Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society by Stephan Kinsella added 6/21/11
State or Private Law Society? by Hans-Hermann Hoppe added 6/21/11 (video)
Answering the Warring Defense Agencies Objection by Murray Rothbard added 7/22/11
Legislation and Objective Law by Morris and Linda Tannehill added 8/02/11
The Market for Security by Robert Murphy (video) added 8/12/11
Social Contract Debate: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3445947 + http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3447710 + http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3449042 + http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3452382 added 8/14/11
Historical Examples
Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government by Thomas Whiston
The Mild, Mild West by John Tierney
An American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West by Terry L. Anderson and P.J. Hill
Ireland's Success with the Free Market and Anarchism from For a New Liberty, I think.
Property Rights In Celtic Irish Law by Joseph R. Peden
Pennsylvania's Anarchist Experiment: 1681-1690 by Murray Rothbard added 6/16/11
Miscellaneous/Philosophy
Living in a State-Run World by Murray Rothbard
May a Libertarian Take Money From the Government? by Walter Block
Is there a Human Right to Medical Insurance by Walter Block
Hobbes, Minarchism, and Anarchy by Stephen Krogh (short audio, 12 mins)
Anarchy and Democracy by Stefan Molyneux (video)
Taking Care of the Poor in a Free Society by Stefan Molyneux (video)
Mises Panel Discussion Live FAQ with Roderick Long, Walter Block, Jacob Huebert, Yuri Maltsev and Doug French (video)
Wage Slavery by Stargazer5781 (video)
The Immaculate Conception of the State by Murray Rothbard (The most important attempt in this century to rebut anarchism and to justify the State fails totally and in each of its parts.-Rothbard)
Somalia by Pete Leeson (short video.)
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Lysander Spooner added 6/10/11
Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau added 6/10/11
Vices Are Not Crimes by Lysander Spooner added 6/15/11
Anarchy in Somalia by Bob P. Murphy added 6/30/11
Understanding Somalia and Anarchy (1:10:00 to 1:32:00) by Peter Leeson (The whole presentation is great, highly recommended.) added 6/30/11
The Tale of the Slave by Robert Nozick added 7/05/11
The Inner Contradictions of the State by Murray Rothbard (video) added 8/10/11
Various Informative Forum Discussions and Posts
How might child abuse be handled in a stateless society? http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/...px?PageIndex=1
Minarchists or Anarchists? http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/...px?PageIndex=1
Some problematic scenarios (for anarchy) http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/23271.aspx
Two reputable courts producing different decisions http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/...px?PageIndex=1
Short FAQ (funding,children,roads) http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3188946
Dispute Resolution System in a Libertarian Society http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/21460.aspx
Somalia, Criminal Courts, Anarchic Ireland http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3247815
Help me understand anarcho-capitalism... (basically a FAQ thread) http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...cho-capitalism...
Voluntary Law Society Questions Answered http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3425413 and http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3430302 and http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3431569 added 8/06/11
Law Without Government http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/...19.aspx#427619 and http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/...46.aspx#427646 added 8/06/11
Antimarket Ethics: A Praxeological Critique by Murray Rothbard (Rothbard destroys many common criticisms against the market, absolutely a must read, for minarchists too.)
The State is Not Great by Jacob Spinney (best video intro in existence. VERY GOOD.)
Anarcho-Capitalist FAQ by Hogeye Bill
The Obviousness of Anarchy by John Hasnas
Evil Monopolies Are Fairy Tales In Free Markets by Jacob Spinney (great video)
Fear of Monopoly by Brad Edmonds
Monopolies by D.T. Armentano (In an economy free of governmental regulation, wouldn't a firm or group of firms obtain a monopoly over some vital resource or product?)
The Myth of Natural Monopoly by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Taxes are the price we pay to... by Mike P (taxation, self ownership, democracy)
What Is Anarchy? by Butler Shaffer
What Libertarianism Is by Stephan Kinsella
Disproving the State by Stefan Molyneux
The Non-Aggression Axiom of Libertarianism by Walter Block
The Death Wish of the Anarcho-Communists by Murray Rothbard
The Stateless Society: An Examination of Alternatives by Stefan Molyneux
Introduction to a Stateless Society Introduction list with multiple articles and authors
The Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard
Society Without a State by Murray Rothbard (Rothbard defines the State and Anarchy here)
Forget The Argument From Efficiency by Stefan Molyneux
War, Peace, and the State by Murray Rothbard (philosophy on nukes here)
Why We Couldn't Abolish Slavery Then and Can't Abolish Government Now by Robert Higgs
Anarchy and the 'Problem of the Commons' by Stefan Molyneux
Toward a Universal Libertarian Theory of Gun (Weapon) Control:a Spatial and Geographical Analysis by Walter Block (theory on nukes included)
Arguments Against Anarchy by Jarret B. Wollstein (warring defense agencies)
Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections by Roderick T. Long
Objectivism and The State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand by Roy A. Childs, Jr.
Anarchism and Minarchism; No Rapproachment Possible: Reply to Tibor Machan by Walter Block
Anarchy by Pete Leeson (very good video.)
Introduction: The Six Questions, and FAQ by Stefan Molyneux, added 6/04/11
Are Libertarians "Anarchists"? by Murray Rothbard added 6/15/11
What Are You Calling 'Anarchy'? by Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist by Stephan Kinsella added 6/16/11
Market Anarchism: Are You Guys Crazy, or Just Nuts? by Stefan Molyneux added 6/16/11
Anarchy, Government, and the State by Sentient Void added 6/28/11
Privatize the Highways — and All Roads for That Matter by by Zachary Slayback added 8/03/11
Anarchy,Law, and Security
Chaos Theory (Private Law and Defense) by Bob Murphy added 6/09/11
The Myth of the Rule of Law by John Hasnas
Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution by Murray Rothbard
Customary Law with Private Means of Resolving Disputes and Dispensing Justice: A Description of a Modern System of Law and Order without State Coercion by Bruce L. Benson
Anarchism and the Public Goods Issue: Law, Courts, and the Police by David Osterfeld
Justice Entrepreneurship In a Free Market by George H. Smith
The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari
Defense Services on the Free Market by Murray Rothbard
How Would An Anarchist Society Handle Child Abuse? by Walter Block
But Wouldn't Warlords Take Over? by Robert P. Murphy
Criminal Private Courts by Murray Rothbard (awesome video, 10 mins)
Justice Without the State by Bruce L. Benson (short 3 min intro to private order)
How a Free Society Prevents the Re-emergence of a Government by Stefan Molyneux
The Stateless Society and the Protection of Children by Stefan Molyneux
Pollution by Murray Rothbard
Outlaw Protectors by Murray Rothbard (text of Criminal Private Courts)
Collective Defense by Stefan Molyneux
Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella ( Audio Book ) added 6/15/11
Polycentric Governance by Bruce L. Benson added 6/15/11
Anarchy Unbound, Or: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think by Pete Leeson added 6/15/11
The Possibility of Private Law by Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
Law and Appeals in a Free Society by Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
Warring Defense Agencies and Organized Crime by Morris and Linda Tannehill added 6/15/11
Private Defense Is No Laughing Matter By Robert P. Murphy added 6/15/11
Legislation and Law in a Free Society by Stephan Kinsella added 6/21/11
Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society by Stephan Kinsella added 6/21/11
State or Private Law Society? by Hans-Hermann Hoppe added 6/21/11 (video)
Answering the Warring Defense Agencies Objection by Murray Rothbard added 7/22/11
Legislation and Objective Law by Morris and Linda Tannehill added 8/02/11
The Market for Security by Robert Murphy (video) added 8/12/11
Social Contract Debate: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3445947 + http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3447710 + http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3449042 + http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3452382 added 8/14/11
Historical Examples
Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government by Thomas Whiston
The Mild, Mild West by John Tierney
An American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West by Terry L. Anderson and P.J. Hill
Ireland's Success with the Free Market and Anarchism from For a New Liberty, I think.
Property Rights In Celtic Irish Law by Joseph R. Peden
Pennsylvania's Anarchist Experiment: 1681-1690 by Murray Rothbard added 6/16/11
Miscellaneous/Philosophy
Living in a State-Run World by Murray Rothbard
May a Libertarian Take Money From the Government? by Walter Block
Is there a Human Right to Medical Insurance by Walter Block
Hobbes, Minarchism, and Anarchy by Stephen Krogh (short audio, 12 mins)
Anarchy and Democracy by Stefan Molyneux (video)
Taking Care of the Poor in a Free Society by Stefan Molyneux (video)
Mises Panel Discussion Live FAQ with Roderick Long, Walter Block, Jacob Huebert, Yuri Maltsev and Doug French (video)
Wage Slavery by Stargazer5781 (video)
The Immaculate Conception of the State by Murray Rothbard (The most important attempt in this century to rebut anarchism and to justify the State fails totally and in each of its parts.-Rothbard)
Somalia by Pete Leeson (short video.)
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Lysander Spooner added 6/10/11
Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau added 6/10/11
Vices Are Not Crimes by Lysander Spooner added 6/15/11
Anarchy in Somalia by Bob P. Murphy added 6/30/11
Understanding Somalia and Anarchy (1:10:00 to 1:32:00) by Peter Leeson (The whole presentation is great, highly recommended.) added 6/30/11
The Tale of the Slave by Robert Nozick added 7/05/11
The Inner Contradictions of the State by Murray Rothbard (video) added 8/10/11
Various Informative Forum Discussions and Posts
How might child abuse be handled in a stateless society? http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/...px?PageIndex=1
Minarchists or Anarchists? http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/...px?PageIndex=1
Some problematic scenarios (for anarchy) http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/23271.aspx
Two reputable courts producing different decisions http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/...px?PageIndex=1
Short FAQ (funding,children,roads) http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3188946
Dispute Resolution System in a Libertarian Society http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/21460.aspx
Somalia, Criminal Courts, Anarchic Ireland http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3247815
Help me understand anarcho-capitalism... (basically a FAQ thread) http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...cho-capitalism...
Voluntary Law Society Questions Answered http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3425413 and http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3430302 and http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post3431569 added 8/06/11
Law Without Government http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/...19.aspx#427619 and http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/...46.aspx#427646 added 8/06/11
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Monday, 8 August 2011
Everybody Likes Ron Paul (video)
A new Ron Paul mashup. This one demonstrates how things have changed since Ron Paul's 2008 campaign.
Monday, 25 July 2011
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Ron Paul's goal is to spread the message of liberty
This is a reply to a comment on my video Ron Paul is a Voluntaryist, posted here on the FreeDomainRadio forum.
Ron Paul is an educator and spreader of ideas first and congressman second. His goal is a voluntary society, and he has chosen the path of becoming a congressman and running for President as a way of educating people and spreading his message of liberty and peace. He has been doing this his whole life, and now we are seeing the fruits of his work. And they are incredible! Ron Paul has sparked a desire for liberty among many millions of liberals and conservatives. Most of them become Constitutionalists, or just want less government. A fraction of these millions (which is still a huge number) become voluntaryists, by thinking through what Ron Paul is saying, taking his principles ("taxation is theft") to their full conclusions. Ron Paul wants his followers to discover voluntaryism; he leaves clues everywhere as my video shows, and constantly plugs Austrian economics and the Mises Institute.
Yes, your vote is worthless in terms of trying to directly influence the political system, and Ron Paul knows full well that he cannot shrink the state from the inside. His goal is education and the spreading of ideas. He introduces bills like Audit The Fed NOT because he thinks it will pass, or that it will change anything in the government, but because it educates people. Who knew what the Fed was 10 years ago? Now one of our enemy the State's greatest source of power - the ability to create money and force acceptance of it - is being talked about finally, and the legitimacy of the State is collapsing in light of what people have learned. They were alerted to the issue by Ron Paul, the guy who talks about peace and liberty on TV.
It doesn't so much matter whether or not you vote for Ron Paul as it does if you support him. Recommend him to your Statist friends and see if they become interested in him. You just might start them off on an intellectual journey of discovery which will end with them becoming voluntaryists. Voting only matters because the truth is that people pay more attention to candidates if they are more popular, and this they judge by the results of votes and polls. It is also important for getting mainstream publicity and getting invited to debates. These are great for alerting apathetic and Statist people that libertarianism is out there, and it just might appeal to them.
For this reason, I say vote Ron Paul. While I'd love the State to lose legitimacy, not voting does not have this effect, because a principled non-vote cannot be distinguished from an apathetic non-vote. Lower voter turnout is not a sign that people consider the State illegitimate; it is a sign that they don't care who's voted in. Voting in no way means you are consenting or endorsing the State; a slave begging for better treatment from his master is in no way consenting to the slavery or endorsing it.
Ron Paul is hoping his followers pick up on that obvious hypocrisy [that he is a politician who says politicians are irrelevant]! He has great confidence in the minds of men; he trusts that we will find our way to voluntaryism, once desire for liberty has been sparked within us.
Ron Paul is an educator and spreader of ideas first and congressman second. His goal is a voluntary society, and he has chosen the path of becoming a congressman and running for President as a way of educating people and spreading his message of liberty and peace. He has been doing this his whole life, and now we are seeing the fruits of his work. And they are incredible! Ron Paul has sparked a desire for liberty among many millions of liberals and conservatives. Most of them become Constitutionalists, or just want less government. A fraction of these millions (which is still a huge number) become voluntaryists, by thinking through what Ron Paul is saying, taking his principles ("taxation is theft") to their full conclusions. Ron Paul wants his followers to discover voluntaryism; he leaves clues everywhere as my video shows, and constantly plugs Austrian economics and the Mises Institute.
Yes, your vote is worthless in terms of trying to directly influence the political system, and Ron Paul knows full well that he cannot shrink the state from the inside. His goal is education and the spreading of ideas. He introduces bills like Audit The Fed NOT because he thinks it will pass, or that it will change anything in the government, but because it educates people. Who knew what the Fed was 10 years ago? Now one of our enemy the State's greatest source of power - the ability to create money and force acceptance of it - is being talked about finally, and the legitimacy of the State is collapsing in light of what people have learned. They were alerted to the issue by Ron Paul, the guy who talks about peace and liberty on TV.
It doesn't so much matter whether or not you vote for Ron Paul as it does if you support him. Recommend him to your Statist friends and see if they become interested in him. You just might start them off on an intellectual journey of discovery which will end with them becoming voluntaryists. Voting only matters because the truth is that people pay more attention to candidates if they are more popular, and this they judge by the results of votes and polls. It is also important for getting mainstream publicity and getting invited to debates. These are great for alerting apathetic and Statist people that libertarianism is out there, and it just might appeal to them.
For this reason, I say vote Ron Paul. While I'd love the State to lose legitimacy, not voting does not have this effect, because a principled non-vote cannot be distinguished from an apathetic non-vote. Lower voter turnout is not a sign that people consider the State illegitimate; it is a sign that they don't care who's voted in. Voting in no way means you are consenting or endorsing the State; a slave begging for better treatment from his master is in no way consenting to the slavery or endorsing it.
Ron Paul is hoping his followers pick up on that obvious hypocrisy [that he is a politician who says politicians are irrelevant]! He has great confidence in the minds of men; he trusts that we will find our way to voluntaryism, once desire for liberty has been sparked within us.
Friday, 22 July 2011
Ron Paul is a Voluntaryist
Ron Paul is a Voluntaryist
Ron Paul has re-ignited the spark for liberty in the United States and around the world. He has generated unprecedented interest in libertarian philosophy and sound Austrian economics.
The modern libertarian movement, founded by Murray Rothbard, opposes the initiation of force by anyone. In this way, modern libertarians go further than the classical liberals, who accepted the initiation of force by the State, believing taxation to be necessary for security.
This position is known by various names including voluntaryism, self-government, anarcho-capitalism, market anarchism, and libertarian anarchism.
In this video, using Ron Paul's own words from his books and interviews, it is shown that Ron Paul's goal is voluntaryism. He adopts limited-government positions and appeals to the U.S. Constitution as part of a long-term strategy for achieving a completely free society, absent any State.
Ron Paul has re-ignited the spark for liberty in the United States and around the world. He has generated unprecedented interest in libertarian philosophy and sound Austrian economics.
The modern libertarian movement, founded by Murray Rothbard, opposes the initiation of force by anyone. In this way, modern libertarians go further than the classical liberals, who accepted the initiation of force by the State, believing taxation to be necessary for security.
This position is known by various names including voluntaryism, self-government, anarcho-capitalism, market anarchism, and libertarian anarchism.
In this video, using Ron Paul's own words from his books and interviews, it is shown that Ron Paul's goal is voluntaryism. He adopts limited-government positions and appeals to the U.S. Constitution as part of a long-term strategy for achieving a completely free society, absent any State.
Friday, 3 June 2011
Ron Paul 2012 - The Liberty Movement will be Ignited Again
Ron Paul has declared that he running for the 2012 Presidential election. In opinion polls, he is statistically tied in a one-on-one race against Barack Obama... the best result of any Republican candidate or potential Republian candidate. He is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.
The Ron Paul Revolution began in 2007 in the build up to the 2008 primaries. His main goal of running for the Presidency was, and is now again, to educate the public about the idea of liberty. The grassroots Ron Paul campaign of 2008 started from nothing and built up huge momentum. The idea of liberty was given a great rebirth in the minds of Americans and individuals worldwide who followed the campaign.
After achieving respectable results in the primaries of 2008, Ron Paul withdrew and set up the Campaign for Liberty, which would continue the Revolution and the all-important spreading of his ideas. The Tea Party grew out of an End The Fed rally organized by Ron Paul supporters. There has been a shift in the mindset of Americans in the last four years, in the direction of liberty. So much so, that many Republicans are eager to appeal to Tea Partiers. While some parts of the Tea Party have swayed from the original message of liberty, choosing instead to back un-libertarian candidates like Sarah Palin, Ron Paul's 2012 run will remind Tea Partiers, and everyone else, of the true principles of liberty.
Ron Paul is not starting from scratch this time round. His support has only grown over the past four years. His predictions that America will enter a deep recession have come true. The wars and invasions of civil liberties continue despite Obama's promises to the contrary, just as Ron Paul said they would. If we want peace and prosperity, "we have to change our ideas about what the role of government ought to be," by getting government out of our lives, as Ron Paul so eloquently explains.
Through the Ron Paul 2012 campaign, the liberty movement will be ignited again. The Ron Paul Revolution continues.
The Ron Paul Revolution began in 2007 in the build up to the 2008 primaries. His main goal of running for the Presidency was, and is now again, to educate the public about the idea of liberty. The grassroots Ron Paul campaign of 2008 started from nothing and built up huge momentum. The idea of liberty was given a great rebirth in the minds of Americans and individuals worldwide who followed the campaign.
After achieving respectable results in the primaries of 2008, Ron Paul withdrew and set up the Campaign for Liberty, which would continue the Revolution and the all-important spreading of his ideas. The Tea Party grew out of an End The Fed rally organized by Ron Paul supporters. There has been a shift in the mindset of Americans in the last four years, in the direction of liberty. So much so, that many Republicans are eager to appeal to Tea Partiers. While some parts of the Tea Party have swayed from the original message of liberty, choosing instead to back un-libertarian candidates like Sarah Palin, Ron Paul's 2012 run will remind Tea Partiers, and everyone else, of the true principles of liberty.
Ron Paul is not starting from scratch this time round. His support has only grown over the past four years. His predictions that America will enter a deep recession have come true. The wars and invasions of civil liberties continue despite Obama's promises to the contrary, just as Ron Paul said they would. If we want peace and prosperity, "we have to change our ideas about what the role of government ought to be," by getting government out of our lives, as Ron Paul so eloquently explains.
Through the Ron Paul 2012 campaign, the liberty movement will be ignited again. The Ron Paul Revolution continues.
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