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Regarding Libertarian Strategy: A Reply to Ross Kenyon

by Akiva August 31, 2010

Although I find Kenyon’s analysis of the radical socialists interesting, ultimately I disagree with his categorization of libertarianism’s 3 options: Libertarians can allow themselves to be absorbed into the Republican Party and work to expand the Liberty caucus. Libertarians can abandon the Republican Party to work exclusively through the Libertarian Party. Libertarians can jettison electoral politics altogether and refuse to [...]

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Is Libertarian Legal Activism Worthwhile?

by Jacob Huebert July 12, 2010

These quotes from 1976 and 2010 (via “Snowflakes in Hell“) suggest an answer: Then: “Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time. My estimate is seven to ten years. The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced and sold [...]

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TLS Podcast Picks: The Disrupters on Google Tablet and Online Office

by Stephan Kinsella May 13, 2010

Recommended podcasts: The Slate Disrupters podcast for May 13, 2010, discussing the Google tablet versus iPad, and Google Docs versus Microsoft’s online Office. Shameless self-plug: TLS bloggers Stephan Kinsella and Rob Wicks were on The Peter Mac Show on May 12, 2010, discussing whether libertarians should use the word “capitalism,” anarchy, IP and other topics. The MP3 [...]

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Future of Freedom Fund

by Stephan Kinsella May 6, 2010

Besides traditional activism such as politics and writing and speaking, on occasion intellectual entrepreneurs try to find more innovative and creative ways to work for a free society. Examples  include various forms of “new libertarian nation” projects (like Patri Friedman’s Seasteading Institute, and the Free State Project), as well as the idea of subscription-based patrol [...]

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Three (very) common libertarian mistakes

by Juan Fernando Carpio April 19, 2010

The fundamental clash throughout human history, Liberty vs. Power, can only be properly understood when the basics are property identified.

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Capitalism, Socialism, and Libertarianism

by Stephan Kinsella April 16, 2010

There’s been a good deal of debate recently in libertarian circles about the word capitalism. Is it compatible with libertarianism? A synonym for it? Should we use it? For example: Voice of Radical Dissent podcast, Episode 109: “Capitalism; an interview with Walter Block and Brad Spangler” Walter Block: Say ‘Yes’ to Capitalism and ‘Capitalism’ Yesterday, [...]

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