February 2012
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miraclesawake asked: I'm a Marxist - you clearly are not! But you're page is well-thought and intelligent. Nice job! I enjoyed reading it. I'm a little surprised you liked me poking fun at your Libertarian saint Mieses, but I guess you can laugh at yourself a little too, which is again impressive. Nice to meet you!
Feb 5th
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January 2012
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December 2011
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“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the “transcendent” and all who...”
– Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
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“I find myself more and more relying for a solution to our problems on the...”
– John Maynard Keynes, ten days before he died
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“We don’t want to do business with the government because they make bombs...”
– Steve Jobs (in the 1970s)
Oct 5th
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“Conspiracies are much more fun than the truth of the matter, which is that the...”
– Steve Jobs, Excerpts from an Oral History (Smithsonian, 1995)
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The Skeleton of Marxism
All of Marx’s important prophecies have turned out to be false. First, he predicted growing class polarization and the disappearance of the middle class in societies based on a market economy. Karl Kautsky rightly stressed that if this prediction were wrong, the entire Marxist theory would be in ruins. It is clear that this prediction has proved to be wrong; rather, the opposite is the case....
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July 2011
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mariocnes asked: you are so hot i lvoe it
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If you could eliminate one race, which race would...
Me? 800 meter dash. It’s a grueling nightmare: the perfect storm of maxing out speed and gut wrenching endurance.
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Humans are superior animals. Viva speciesism.
Human beings are unique. You are not mere animals. People are special. True… We tend to (correctly) identify “intellect” “ethics”  “planning”  “second-order desires”  “complex written language”  “art”  “theory of mind”  and other characteristics as categorically distinguishing homo sapiens from...
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libertarian movie review: The Way Back (2010)
Peter Weir’s The Way Back reminds us of something that has been unfortunately neglected in American film: the incredible human tragedy of 20th century communism. Here we see the stupid cruelty of the Soviet state, the slave labor of the Siberian gulag, and finally an attempt to escape on foot to India. This is a quality production whose libertarian themes are unambiguous and unapologetic....
May 29th
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“Liberty is the most precious possession of all mankind. Food and water are...”
– Victor Hugo Here, the French novelist and author of Les Misérables (1862) eloquently expresses what we’d today call the deontological libertarian sentiment: freedom for freedom’s sake.
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“A criticism that can be brought against everything ought not be brought against...”
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Americans, please stop using "liberal" as a...
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1. Statist Modern day supporter of political slavery; a secular State-Worshiper; Member of the cult of the State; An irrational, immoral, collectivist parasite which leeches off the productive private sector at the point of a gun, while attempting to justify such behavior through invalid, unethical arguments. Uses statist law (oppressive edicts backed by criminal violence) to intimidate and run...
May 19th
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Jajaja gracias, Mexican. I remember when I was aware of only 20 or so libertarian tumblrs and yours was the most well-known and consistent, after fringeelements maybe. Times have changed. I’ve lost count of libertarian tumblrs, but it’s well over 1000 now.
May 18th
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On libertarian interventionism
Libertarian interventionism means advocating intervention (usually military) for the purposes of defeating especially statist, totalitarian, and violent governments around the world. I.E. for giving people more freedom. It’s similar to humanitarian intervention, which is the same for alleviating any mass human tragedy (e.g. using the US military to aid in Haiti relief). I don’t...
May 18th
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Good to hear it.
May 18th
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Peter Hitchens vs. Christopher Hitchens
Hah I assume you mean Christopher Hitchens? Peter Hitchens is Christopher’s brother. It’s pretty interesting to look at how the two brothers differ given that they’re both prominent (and quite good) political writers. Peter and Christopher both started as Marxist socialists within the New Left movement in 1960s England. Christopher moved to the United States and gradually...
May 18th
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More young libertarians
Thankyou, ma’am. There are more young libertarians all the time, as libertarianism is growing fast and rising in social status among the 15-25 age group. So I expect more like me will exist and more do exist than we realize. Anyway, I think I’ve followed you a few times as you’ve gotten new names. I remember kindracantspell.
May 18th
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How could we get from here to human freedom? 30...
I’ve been asked many times how we can (or could or should) transition from our current political organization (nation-states) to a libertarian post-state society. This is my if I ran the world plan for a transition. It’s what I would try to do if I controlled the American federal government. The end goal is that you get 100,000 dollars! In the simplest formulation, this is what I...
May 13th
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“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the “transcendent”...”
– Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
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Yeah, I suspect Hitchens is more well-known these days as a prominent atheist (and anti-theist) than a political writer or journalist. Seems unfortunate to me as I think his work as a political writer and journalist is of much higher quality and note than his stuff on religion.
May 12th
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"Nature vs. Nurture" debates are nonsense, see...
One of the most pernicious misconceptions in cognitive science is the belief in a dichotomy between nature and nurture. Many psychologists, linguists and social scientists, along with the popular press, continue to treat nature and nurture as combatting ideologies, rather than complementary perspectives. For such people, the idea that something is both “innate” and...
May 12th
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