<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:13:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/fredericbastiat/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Government Involvement in Public Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[GEM Report(2017). Does School Choice Really Exist? [Cartoon] As we know, public schools in the United States are largely controlled and funded by federal, state, and local governments. Since public education]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/government/@brookannd/government-involvement-in-public-schools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/government/@brookannd/government-involvement-in-public-schools</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookannd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHA36VamSDJUFSZsEavmWh6gxGsSTKfuC1xB5T8EHjGTgxzDpHqWSREaDCbjZZA7pCgRVNFzyN9TCyABe95ULBn1QhrGnQAGWmre8vwakoTf5JKhQHew?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Government and Legalized Plundering ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Government and Legalized Plundering Image Source Introduction In the essays written by Frederic Bastiat, he shares his clear perspective of what government means and how it has been greatly affected]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/government/@aimey.schmidt04/the-government-and-legalized-plundering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/government/@aimey.schmidt04/the-government-and-legalized-plundering</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aimey.schmidt04]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:22:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQycLXkoBzHiw4HrTtjk5H8HeM5Xavg3wVzRDWG71RdDnE3gTTJF7qvM5AGi9DMDJt45bMKWAPvfXKatw125yoDqHxxmuwZds2eVr1rBusEyGC1eQGm2vtpvJz9KPt5AJZq1e8a88KCs9N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law and Government: Where Does it End?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent years, there has been a surge in discourse surrounding the role of government, its current powers and limitations, and how it carries out justice effectively. In the United States in particular,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@w2g0h/law-and-government-where-does-it-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@w2g0h/law-and-government-where-does-it-end</guid><category><![CDATA[fredericbastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[w2g0h]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:47:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VvPRgKaSuHgcAviWnKqaGCMwuqiLQgFQqLKkXJLPyt5bhirFh88QAP4kXkcABkWNdg21oDBQZUpwErxdqaz8DzCTQZgZYS4XFmBr8QyUdjcFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frederic Bastiat, his thoughts, and my thoughts about his thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Law - Bastiat Introduction After reading Bastiat’s comments on Law and Government and The Petition, I have several thoughts I’d like to discuss. I really liked Bastiat’s writing style—I enjoyed his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@elvsoto/frederic-bastiat-his-thoughts-and-my-thoughts-about-his-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@elvsoto/frederic-bastiat-his-thoughts-and-my-thoughts-about-his-thoughts</guid><category><![CDATA[fredericbastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[elvsoto]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:39:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3LxrHFUF5NKfWHQbNvB4M68B85ncUFWi9HPXS2gtEshEVXw8ySfaT3VX3oXTg7r2kYCkymgdBP3hKoEzFbL3EEyuhKkBVU2sXZyuFK2bTcq826VWaFL71mRhsd1wG3MooHoakejjnsww7q7fFwpedpyRgPqQvUid7DRaQxGBgjDrnZvHVHvvjBiV3UFP23jMaWeUPsdA5VjJ3ssD8EHqvaGSQRGjm4aTzS52sY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frederic Bastiat's Essays: Government, The Law, and A Petition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reviewing the Essays of Frederic Bastiat: Government, The Law, and A Petition Image Source Introduction of Frederic Bastiat Frederic Bastiat during the year 1848 had endeavored to write according to changes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@jakewarner6/frederic-bastiats-essays-government-the-law-and-a-petition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@jakewarner6/frederic-bastiats-essays-government-the-law-and-a-petition</guid><category><![CDATA[fredericbastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakewarner6]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 03:33:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNdGay3d9NXMaMpoktt7YxBcESmrd4aS9SFR8Hm1BHpSwCVWEWWrF2cfZhmYKVFrNn2RpcZpgznnLav2fQu41bzxeJWEEtWW15VLKcN3a2zZdq?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frédéric Bastiat  - The Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear HiveansLiebe HiverQueridos Hiveanos Today I'd like to share my favourite excerpts from the book "The Law" (goodreads) by Frédéric Bastiat, who was a French economist, thinker and writer,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/frederic-bastiat-the-law</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/frederic-bastiat-the-law</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:07:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGxaTVT8US2jvaVgxTMJntkg46pgiadgp6Mi7XLECbV4eqJNtPHKTw6E6Qky6aXzen9W5ZkcHtcePBUuqDA9x38jppT2evoAKp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony In a Defintion]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Government? That is the question that Frederic Bastiat, a 1800’s French economist published three essays about that question. I know that my own personal definition of the term is a group of elected]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@kathryn.burton/irony-in-a-defintion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@kathryn.burton/irony-in-a-defintion</guid><category><![CDATA[fredericbastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kathryn.burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 05:33:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frédéric Bastiat Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frédéric Bastiat Reflection Socialism is Plunder Bastiat begins by highlighting the importance of the individual to defend their person, liberty, and property. He states that since individuals cannot use]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@jennaaa/frederic-bastiat-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@jennaaa/frederic-bastiat-reflection</guid><category><![CDATA[fredericbastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jennaaa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:10:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWBs4Ls8EvCiRRGtojDh7DME7Jy4d7VimiDAmrNhtBTNm71ypm34R4uYDtVxTf3QcEyB651m8YXuvV41eUQJLmdzMfGdcViJ2nTKBGYmdk4m?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Reflection on the Essays of Frederic Bastiat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Frederic Bastiat wrote his essay on government a few months after the French Revolution. The constitutional monarchy was recently overthrown, and a new republic was now in place. These times]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/government/@emilynlaw10/a-reflection-on-the-essays-of-frederic-bastiat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/government/@emilynlaw10/a-reflection-on-the-essays-of-frederic-bastiat</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[emilynlaw10]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:30:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPCrrgu2RkVzgrxhaWbRBhXAXLgYJTRUxx9DvxXtb8m1sVyc5cS5aAFgMJovWYxAxW59AKK2gEM9BtxzJWadHH3Su31m7e4qb7Kn1c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Law With Bastiat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source The Petition Bastiat explains to us in a sarcastic manner that the men making this invention could care less to put in a lot of work into their work. The author tells us that these men want]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thelaw/@faith.beach/the-law-with-bastiat-rqf1dg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thelaw/@faith.beach/the-law-with-bastiat-rqf1dg</guid><category><![CDATA[thelaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[faith.beach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:46:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VSNEiyAB77Dy8SLMENoGay5J9VB7QW6YoPPRJeJp2ZCHEdB6SMy2Jz6ZAxmbSdUC6BKg6KnC6vh?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Module 02 Essay ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nick De Los Santos CWID: A20317844 Professor Trost EEE- 2083-30940 February 6, 2023 Module 02 Essay Frederic Bastiat was a French economist, political philosopher, and writer of the 19th century; he was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@nickdls18/module-01-essay-rpp2iz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@nickdls18/module-01-essay-rpp2iz</guid><category><![CDATA[fredericbastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nickdls18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Law with Bastiat ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Coming of Age During this period in the world, people wanted to see change. Men had to sacrifice everything to see new things come to light. The people gave up everything to produce new things for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@faith.beach/the-law-with-bastiat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fredericbastiat/@faith.beach/the-law-with-bastiat</guid><category><![CDATA[fredericbastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[faith.beach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:09:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ3trsLyqCT8gWXbaRzq272BDBCGpYuL1v993b8NgyU1d3htB2TBjhEqmpscv7FhZr8VUSvDVwRSWL5gLjZahqFChLXVi3A1zzK5cig2KRYg8CvoHyo9YqC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frédéric Bastiat Quotes You Can Legally Plunder]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@libertasbella/frederic-bastiat-quotes-you-can-legally-plunder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@libertasbella/frederic-bastiat-quotes-you-can-legally-plunder</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[libertasbella]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:57:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3YtkFT7pbceBPYnUeybwuQAxnD3ohC4RGLyNaPjv3WVZ4hzZyb9Bmk2Pufzt34crKWvfdHt2MXQB8DdCWAPUCSDfFrZtmA6k3jYS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 0150]]></title><description><![CDATA[The solution to the problems of human relationships is to be found in liberty #FredericBastiat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/human/@helices/2mpvkr-politics-0150</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/human/@helices/2mpvkr-politics-0150</guid><category><![CDATA[human]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:46:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 0164]]></title><description><![CDATA[The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended #FredericBastiat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cause/@helices/politics-0164</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cause/@helices/politics-0164</guid><category><![CDATA[cause]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:43:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics 0158]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it #FredericBastiat The Law]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@helices/politics-0158</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@helices/politics-0158</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:34:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>