January 2011
“Male, female, gay, straight, legal, illegal, country of origin—who cares? You...”
– So You Wanna Be a Chef— by Bourdain | Michael Ruhlman (via pookipedia)
This is great, and suitable coming from the libertarian Anthony Bourdain.
Pookipedia - the unedited version: Vote, nopes ? →
weneverjumpship:
There is no such thing as an informed voter.
Order and civilization is the result of empowering individuals to come up with creative solutions to their own problems.
Not by a bunch of presumptuous douches trying to run everyone else’s lives
How about me make a deal, I…
Here in India, we do say that we’re doing okay… nt because it’s a huge quite dysfunctional, very...
“Egypt doesn’t have control of its people the way we do here.”
– Joe Biden, today on MSNBC (via statehate)
He’s a heartbeat away from the nukes.
“The vital functions of a living creature do not wait upon permission; and unless...”
– Isabel Paterson, The God of the Machine (via iosepos)
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“All governments must retain power through consent, not coercion.”
– - President Obama in a live press conference in the situation in Egypt (via thebardofavon)
That is a beautiful statement, Barack. I wholeheartedly agree. Now, suppose I do not consent to pay taxes. What now? Will the government bureaucracy limit itself to trying to convince me without coercion to...
Salerno: It Usually Ends with Murray Rothbard →
unregulated:
I vividly recall the event that set me on a long and winding road to libertarianism and Austrian economics.
Here are some similarly styled accounts: Murray Rothbard (part autobiographical, part historical essay); Joan Kennedy Taylor (mp3 / podcast); and Ayn Rand (Jennifer Burns’s acclaimed biography).
What you whispered should be screamed.: Capitalism... →
bulletinmypocket:
It’s not capitalism when the system is plagued with incomprehensible rules regarding mergers, acquisitions, and stock sales, along with wage controls, price controls, protectionism, corporate subsidies, international management of trade, complex and punishing corporate taxes, privileged…
state hate: Open letter to liberty-minded people:... →
statehate:
Open letter to liberty-minded people:
I just wanted to take a second to air a frustration I have with blogging on Tumblr.
Lately I’ve been making an effort to check out my followers’ blogs (the ones who like and reblog my stuff) and see what they’re all about, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised…
Good post, though I don’t think Tumblr is as strongly statist as it may...
La Vie Nouvelle.: miserabilia: Seriously? Are you... →
graceinmyheart:
miserabilia:
Seriously? Are you seriously implying that the government shouldn’t have any say in SMOKING AND DRUNK DRIVING AND SAFE DRIVING?
I wouldn’t want to die of cancer by passive smoking. Or in a car accident because a guy drunk too much. I’d also like the government to make sure…
Agreed. Though I always like to point out that libertarians are not at all...
Don't Read This.: I know its not possible, but I... →
darrrby:
I know its not possible, but I wish more people were paying attention to Egypt right now. So many people are in favor of big government, but they don’t think of the negative consequences of a government with so much power that they can become oppressive. The Egyptian government turned off their…
“The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.”
– John Hay (via bulletinmypocket)
“What we’re sick of — and it’s getting even worse — is: You either like Michael...”
– Trey Parker (via nikkiover9000)
“The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will...”
– David D. Boaz (1997)
“Greedy capitalists get money by trade. Good liberals steal it.”
– David Friedman (via bulletinmypocket)
Stop saying that!
holeycynicism:
I’m incredibly sick of commentators saying that taxpayers will be getting money back from companies who received a bailout. Unless the government is going to cut refund checks based on the amount we paid in taxes the previous year (or at least using that repaid money to pay down debt, or reduce the budget deficit), we aren’t getting anything back. Say it like it is: the government...
SwBratcher: Connect Ideas, Don't Protect Them →
swbratcher:
Every day, virtually every minute, someone’s good idea is making your life better. You’re staring at one right now and later you will likely have a miniature version in your hand. Except, someone decided along the way that it could be part of a telephone, which of course used to be plugged…
whakahekeheke: Why I am opposed to nation-states... →
whakahekeheke:
Explain why you are opposed to nation states.
I’m opposed to the state in general. Nation-states happen to be the dominant form today (what most people call “governments”). I’m opposed to the state as a form of governance because it is unnecessary, coercive, and destructive to human…
“Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via suzywire)
We need to get it straight. What should be under attack is not faith, but the prescriptive simplification and reduction of what “to have faith” means.
(via sagerabelaissoul)
“I wish we could sometimes love the characters in real life as we love the...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via suzywire)
“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via adreamoftrains)
“The fact is that if you look from one domain of cognitive neuroscience to...”
– TPM: The Philosophers’ Magazine | Hacker’s challenge
“Peter Hacker tells James Garvey that neuroscientists are talking nonsense.” Literally.
(via triadic)
“Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.”
– Wittgenstein (via cosmic-doggerel)
all-ignorance: Acting on Human Conscience in a... →
all-ignorance:
*I usually don’t post my writing on Tumblr, but here ya go. Also, if you haven’t already read Civil Disobedience you shoulddd.
The ability to decipher the difference between good and evil comes from the human conscience and it is up to each individual to act upon their own, regardless of the…
“One of the most important things you learn on the outside looking in is how...”
– Matt Welch, The View from the Sidelines: The Pros and Cons of Self-Marginalization (via thinklauren)
“I have many [self-destructive bones], and I’ve broken a bunch. I think...”
– Courtney Love (via littlegirllullaby)
“The quality of the right’s intellectual leadership—the people who set the...”
– Brink Lindsey, Reason Magazine
[As an aside: the Left is equally guilty of entertaining the emotional ramblings of its own “gargoyles”: Keith Olbermann, Michael Moore, & Co.]
(via statehate)
From Montreal to Thailand: Bribery, Thy Name is... →
thai-madness:
BBC News reports that Alcatel-Lucent, a global powerhouse in the telecommunications industry, “will pay $137m (£88.7m) to settle US charges that it paid bribes to win Latin American and Asian contracts.” The legal strikes were in part based on Securities and Exchange Commission claims that the…
“I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of...”
– Thomas Jefferson (22 April 1820)
Fringe Elements: A Major Disadvantage of Free... →
fringeelements:
Imagine meeting Jake, who is from a land where the state controls and distributes food. They control the food production, distribution and preparation centers.
You tell him that where you are from food is dealt with on the wild and wooly marketplace. Jake is shocked at this. “The market is fine…
LIONTAMER'S BLUES: The Banning of Bans →
liontamersblues:
People don’t kill people. People who kill people kill people. On that notion, I think maybe we should just ban people. Or, if politically motivated violence is going to be a problem, perhaps we can just ban politics. If the banning of things is then found to incite violent acts, perhaps we can…
“Depression and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market, but by...”
– Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) Economist and social philosopher, escaped from NAZI Germany (via officialchoke)
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come...”
– Joseph Goebbels (via whyareyousleeping-)
Armchair Revolutionary: On the Contrary →
armchairrevolutionary:
The United States Declaration of Independence grants its citizenry the absolute power to abolish any form of government, with which they are subject, whenever it becomes destructive to the ends of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In consequence it is the right of the people to institute…
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms… disarm only those who are neither...”
– Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishment, quoted by Thomas Jefferson in Commonplace Book (via truth-be)
“If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper. When people have learned this...”
– Claude Frederic Bastiat
(via tonguesgivenromanticism)
“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the...”
– Frederic Bastiat. (via coeus)
“The winds of the world are bitter to Homo Vulgaris. He likes the warmth and...”
– H.L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, pg. 89 (via socraticapology)
Jon Stewart on why 1st and 2nd... →
hipsterlibertarian:
Some economic issues and puppy love for Obama aside, he seems to get more libertarian all the time.
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Shakespeare was a Libertarian
peglegcrumpet:
Act II Scene I of Much Ado About Nothing
BEATRICE: [Music within.] We must follow the leaders.
BENEDICK: In every good thing.
BEATRICE: Nay, if they lead us any ill, I will leave them at the next turning.
University of Queensland professor Peter Holbrook actually has a new book out, Shakespeare’s Individualism, arguing precisely that Shakespeare is best understood...
Where Is My Mind?: Principle of astrology proven... →
gadgetry:
wallflowerbusiness:
Principle of astrology proven to be scientific: planetary position imprints biological clocks of mammals
‘Skeptics must be further bewildered by the new research published in Nature Neuroscience and conducted at Vanderbilt University which unintentionally provides scientific support for…
LOL this article. On this website. Which, on the same page, makes some...
Where Is My Mind?: Principle of astrology proven... →
wallflowerbusiness:
Principle of astrology proven to be scientific: planetary position imprints biological clocks of mammals
‘Skeptics must be further bewildered by the new research published in Nature Neuroscience and conducted at Vanderbilt University which unintentionally provides scientific support for…
Wait wat
“Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of...”
– Albert Camus (via revolutionnow)
WatchHah great.
fringeelements:
THE children
The state is a slimey lie!!!