libertarianism

Nullification: Interview with a Zombie A zombie sits down to interview Tom Woods on Tom's latest book, "Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrcM5exDxcc&feature=player_embedded#! This sounds like a great book! :h1:

Are there any libertarians left in Europe? It seems like, I guess from across the Pond, that both left-wingers and right-wingers all accept a lot of the same stuff, being the strong welfare-state, environmental rules, economic regulations, etc. Though right-wingers tend to be...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100520/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2154 is this because he is a true Libertarian? I'm not so sure. I am very very proud to live in a country where is it totally illegal and immoral, to discriminate against customers and employees based on race, ethnicity, religion...

I keep coming across supporters of Ron Paul who claim they support all kinds of intervention in the economy. For example, there's this guy who claims he will be running for Illinois congress in 2012. He calls Paul a "new founding father of America", but then goes on here...

here's some good news that has come down the pike: Rand Paul raises nearly $650,000 in fourth quarter! By Steve Adcock ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ Other articles that you may enjoy http://www.smallgovtimes.com/2010/01/rand-paul-raises-nearly-650000-in-fourth-quarter/ :dc_angry: :dc_furious...

How do you intend on keeping government from expanding its powers? There are a lot of governmental forms out there, so let's keep it to the American one.

How exactly do Libertarians square their theory of Government with the march of AGW? Is the free market relied on to deliver us from disaster?

After trying to read through some of the recent threads on the 'Tea Party' (aka, tea baggers), I became more confused. I'm sure there is a useful discussion to be had somewhere in there, but it's difficult to find where. What is the 'Tea Party Movement' platform? As far as I was able to tell...

This thread presents a thought experiment about the philosophy of government. I was going to post it in the thread about being "too liberal", but I thought it would be too much of a derail. Let us imagine a planet very much like our own, and on it is a species very much like our own. They...

Sorry for this general political post, but I feel I needed to do this. I was raised in a republican household. Both of my parents vehemently voted republican. I thought I was a republican until I was 21 years old. I voted for George W. Bush! I liked what he had to say, I paid attention (Or so I...

...if so, what were the results?

Noam Chomsky describes himself as a "libertarian Socialist" But isn't individualist collectivism an oxymoron?

Ah, I see. So I can secede myself from the jurisdiction of every court in the world -- and then I can rob, pillage, and murder to my heart's content, simply because I'm legally untouchable. Finally, we see the true Libertopian fantasy come out.

A classical liberal or a libertarian would be likely to agree in a limited government, that is a night watchman state. The government’s job is to 1) Protect the people from foreign enemies 2) Protect the people from harming each other 3) Protect the people from government itself To fulfill...

The harm principal or freedom principal or whatever you would like to call it, is hated (very much) on this forum. So, I’d like to hear from the critics: when it is ok to use force against another?

It's been posted elsewhere, but his baffling action to refuse to sign a statement condemming the Iranian Government surely deserves it's own thread. He was the sole vote in the House, again. I believe he made (link?) an excuse saying we had no right to judge what is going on thousands of miles...

An interesting post on Cato's site points to some interesting trends with America's Northern neighbor that look like something from Ronald Reagan's wet dream: Some contrast with the USA, even in Reagan's peak years. Not only that, Canada shames the US with it's liberal immigration and trade...

Is "seasteading" the way to achieve a libertarian utopia? Seasteading This is a video of a talk on "seasteading" at the libertarian Cato Institute. The featured speaker is Patri Friedman, grandson of Milton Friedman. I loled. :newlol

Out of interest, what is the Libertarian opinion on jury duty?

I was speaking with a friend of mine who is strongly libertarian and a big supporter of Ron Paul and he was talking about how government shouldn't be infringing on other's property rights. So I asked him about an employer who owns a work place and refuses to hire black people. Would you allow...

Let me preface this by saying that I am not a conspiracy theorist, or, a NWO theorist. About 5 years ago at the age of 30 I finally was able to break from my fundamentalist Christian upbringing and truly examine my beliefs in the light of reality. I tried to remain as objective as possible...

Hey guys, For my politics class soapbox speech, I choose the topic "There cannot be a democracy without large scale private enterprise." and I figured that I would probably end up forgetting some important points that would be raised in a lively discussion on here. I'd consider it a libertarian...

Jacob Weisberg writes in Slate that just as the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 finally proved for good that communism was an unworkable ideology, the financial crisis of 2008 proves that libertarianism is also dead.

I am quite attracted from libertarians, and I like Ron Paul quite a lot, as you can see from my avatar. One thing I do not understand. How can such pacific people can be against gun control? I mean, this is the reason to be against gun control, according to RP: But, how can you rule out that a...

So apparently Bob Barr is gearing up to declare his candidacy for President on the Libertarian ticket. For those not familiar, while in office, Barr never saw a right-wing policy he didn't like; he was all about the evangelicals, he helped spearhead the Clinton impeachment, he hated gays (and...

In an email debate I'm having right now, I was sent the following youtube clips as evidence AGAINST Friedman and my own side (I've been asked to defend certain aspects of libertarian philosophy). To me, these videos SUPPORT Friedman's arguments, but for some reason my opponent refuses to agree...

All secular ethics are rooted in humanism. If you don't value human life, why even care about what's right and wrong? Libertarian ethics (especially those with regard to anarchism) are inconsistent because they are thoroughly dehumanized. The evidence is the fact that so many of them put forth...

I came accross Ron Paul's maybe a year or so ago. As I do have an economics background and my specialty being monetary systems, I could assess what he says. Since I'm not living in the US, (you may have noticed I write with an accent) I however know fairly little actually about him. With this...

There is a long thread on why someone hates libertarians. At the beginning there seems to be alot of bad definitions. I will try to define libertarian beliefs here. I am not going to contribute to long, long thread. I don't know everything. I am not good at debating. I promise nothing. A...

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. I've recently been thinking about Bill Maher's political ideology. I've heard him self-identify as a Libertarian but the more I listen to him it just sounds like he's a Liberal. While his social views tend to be...