Is It Okay To Use Government Services (aka Take Money From The State)? One of the many accusations that statists accuse libertarians of is being hypocrites. Here we say that taxation is theft, criticize

Is An Abortion A Victimless Crime or Does the Fetus Have a Right to Life? When it comes to the issue of abortion there are a few views that people have. One view is that abortion is a victimless crime,

A law that says a business can’t discriminate against people based on race, color, gender, or creed is not an anti-discrimination law, but an anti-business law. Those that support the law are not

The trolley problem is one of the most widely cited thought experiments. The trolley problem for those who have never heard of it goes like this: You are in control of a trolley when suddenly the brakes

Libertarianism (or anarchism, I use the words interchangeably) is an attempt to answer one question and one question only: When is the use of force justified? In other words, what should the law be?

The state is a legitimized monopolization of force within a given territorial area. While the state is a coercive monopoly, its power (and the extent of its power) ultimately rests on public support. It

Politicians and pundits from both major political parties are arguing about creating more jobs. Democrats typically brag about how many jobs they've created. Republicans, who at least in their rhetoric,

Ludwig von Mises explains that the problem with socialism is a lack of economic calculation. Without a pricing system there is no way to determine who should produce what, how much of it should be produced,

The great economist Thomas Sowell once asked, not why are so many people poor, but why are so few able to become rich? For most people in the world, freedom is not the norm. The vast majority of the population

One of Leftist Jill Stein's proposals as running for president is to forgive student loans, where those who took out student loans don't have to pay them back. Dr. Stein's way to handle this is by engaging

David Friedman asks the question: If both parties are unable to verbally communicate with each other what determines how they interact with each other? For example, suppose two people are supposed to meet

If there's a philosophical school of thought I most align with it would be existentialism. I consider myself a philosophical anarchist, but anarchism addresses the normative question of what should be.

"Utopia is not an option." -David Friedman Utopia literally means "no place." Thomas More's Utopia is a novel about a place that can't exist and is impossible to ever occur. Therefore to advocate for a

It seems that pretty everyone but anarchists believe that without the soldiers dying our freedoms would be taken away. We are only free because people risked (and gave) their lives so that others can be

While there are a few avowed full-blown socialists who want the government to control pretty much everything, with the only freedom being the right to kill your unborn child, most anti-capitalists are

The great comedian and philosopher George Carlin once said, "It's important in life if you don't give a shit. It can help you a lot in life." He also once said that if there is a God, he doesn't seem

The famous parable goes something like this: Socrates went to the all-knowing Oracle and asked, "Who is the smartest person in the world?" The Oracle replied, "You, Socrates are the smartest

For some stupid reason (I don't know the real reason, but I'm claiming it's stupid anyway), Steemit doesn't seem to let you change your username. It's kind of annoying. So I thought I'd introduce myself

Statism, the belief in authority and that certain people living by a separate moral code from the rest of us is the way to a better society, is a death cult. Government is the biggest mass murdering gang

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