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14 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LibertasBella
“We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavourable opinion of any one, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.”– On Liberty pg. 70John Stuart Mill was one of his era’s preeminent philosophers concer...
11 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LibertasBella
“War is mass murder. Conscription is slavery. Taxation is robbery.” Austrian School economist Murray Rothbard believed the private sector could do anything the government does – only better. He didn’t just promote anarcho-capitalism. He began the ent...
30 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LibertasBella
Are libertarianism and socialism diametrically opposed? The libertarian socialist would say no. The political philosophy of libertarian socialism categorically rejects state interference in social affairs and instead proposes the abolition of authori...
21 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LibertasBella
Can libertarians be of the Left? Many would laugh at such a question. After all, libertarianism tends to be a fervently pro-free market ideology. But all ideologies have their shades of grey. With libertarianism being no exception to the trend. The...
11 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LibertasBella
“The fact is, America is a country fundamentally shaped by libertarian values and attitudes. Our libertarian values helped to create the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and those documents in turn shape our thinking about freedom and the limited...
11 Apr 2022 3 minute read 1 comment LibertasBella
Robert Nozick was one of Harvard’s most distinguished professors, a president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, and the author of several influential books. Robert Nozick quotes, while not as numerous as those of bett...
28 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
If you hold an open mic for just any old dingus to walk up and talk for however long they want, you'll get exactly that. The signal:noise goes to 1:∞. All the US school board meetings where people have public comments railing against critical race th...
22 Apr 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Studio8424
I Was Wrong About Anarchy and Libertarianism by Mark R. Watson If you ask nearly any good libertarian, what is the essence of libertarianism, they will tell you: 1. The NAP (Non-Aggression Principle) or NAA (Non-Aggression Axiom) 2. Private Property...
9 Oct 2020 1 minute read 3 comments TheDesertLynx
Why have so many libertarians, who are supposed to be above the left-right paradigm, nonetheless fallen neatly into a left-vs.-right mentality? Why are they so invested in who wins the 2020 US presidential election, and attack people they would othe...
27 Sep 2020 1 minute read 8 comments Fingolfin
Like a lot in the crypto community I definitely lean libertarian and libertarians tend to get short changed on media coverage, be it social media or the traditional kind. Generally I find it pretty difficult to condense a complicated topic like polit...
