Privatizing State Security
The title of this article is an intentional contradiction. Not only is the modern state a coercive body that initiates and sustains itself through violence (thereby lying through its teeth about...
View ArticleTwelve Observations On The Catalonia Independence Vote
On September 6, the government in Catalonia announced that it was going to hold a vote on October 1 to decide whether the region should secede from Spain and become a nation-state unto itself in the...
View ArticleOn Citizenship And Casual Totalitarianism
This article expands upon an essay found in Libertarian Reaction. There are many statists who actively fight against totalitarianism. This may not seem inherently contradictory, but the key to...
View ArticleGuns Are The Only Bulwark Against Tyranny
On October 5, the New York Times published an opinion column by Michael Shermer in which he argues that the rule of law is a bulwark against tyranny, but guns are not. In this rebuttal, I will show on...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art Of Invisibility
The Art of Invisibility is a book about methods of maintaining privacy and anonymity in an age of surveillance by American hacker and cybersecurity analyst Kevin Mitnick. The book gives advice on every...
View ArticleEliminate The Debt Ceiling
The United States debt ceiling is a limit placed on the amount of money that the federal government can borrow. This is done by placing a cap on the amount of national debt that can be issued by the US...
View ArticleOn Consumerism, Corporatism, Time Preference, and Modernity
Consumerism Capitalism is often blamed for consumerism. It is almost a certainty that whenever leftists run out of other arguments, they will make an argument related to consumerism. Consumerism is...
View ArticleBook Review: Libertarian Reaction
Libertarian Reaction is a collection of fifteen essays by Insula Qui. The book explores various issues from a libertarian reactionary perspective. The book is divided into three sections; one focusing...
View ArticleBuilding Liberty in Minecraft
The defining feature of this time period is the Internet, which provides unprecedented freedom of speech and access to information. But the more things change, the more they remain the same....
View ArticleShould Libertarians Support Ethnic Nationalism?
The relationship between libertarianism and the alt-right has become a controversial issue in recent years. Views on the issue run the gamut from complete opposition to imperative alliance, with nearly...
View ArticleHow To Argue Against Modern Anti-Capitalism
Socialism is dead. This can be contended and debated, but I would assert that socialism as a pure doctrine has been defeated. The original form of socialism is barely, if at all, relevant to modern...
View ArticlePraise The Grinch Bots
This week, outlets across the spectrum of establishment media were outraged at so-called ‘grinch bots.’ These are automated programs that make bulk purchases online so that scalpers can resell the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Euro
The Euro is a book about the shortcomings of the eurozone currency project by American economist Joseph Stiglitz. The book makes a case against many of the policies pursued by European leaders thus far...
View ArticleEight Politically Incorrect Benefits of Cryptocurrency
Due to surging exchange rates in the past few months, the opening of Bitcoin futures, and the likelihood of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the near future, there is renewed mainstream interest in...
View ArticleThe Not-So-Current Year: 2017 In Review
Though the specific demarcation of the passage from one year into another is a rather arbitrary social construct, it does provide a useful annual period for self-examination and remembrance. Now that...
View ArticleOn Leftist Academics, Respectable Opinion, and Civil War
In recent times, there is a burgeoning industry in popular books on academic subjects aimed at the layperson or the educated person who is not an expert in the field discussed in a certain book. Most...
View ArticleBook Review: Reactionary Liberty
Reactionary Liberty is a book about libertarian philosophy by Robert Taylor that approaches this and related subjects from a reactionary perspective. The book is divided into fifteen chapters, with a...
View ArticleAgreeing With Statists For The Wrong Reasons: Cryptocurrency Bans
Since shortly after its invention, cryptocurrency has had the attention of central bankers and government regulators all over the world. Without the slightest hint of self-reflection, they have...
View ArticleOn Libertarianism and Statecraft, Part I: Political Strategy
<<<Introduction Part II>>> Author’s note: The main themes of this series will be further expounded...
View ArticleOn Libertarianism and Statecraft, Part II: Property and Liability
<<<Part I Part III>>> Author’s note: The main themes of this series will be further...
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