Libertarianism

Libertarianism

A community portal about Libertarianism with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: In the United States, the term libertarian is usually associated with the free market philosophy of libertarianism. The first person to... [more]

A community portal about Libertarianism with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: In the United States, the term libertarian is usually associated with the free market philosophy of libertarianism. The first person to describe himself as a libertarian, however, was Joseph Dejacque, an early French anarchist communist. The word stems from the French word libertaire, and was used in order to evade the ban on anarchist publications, which were banned by law in France. In the context of the European socialist movement, libertarian has conventionally been used to describe those like Mikhail Bakunin who opposed state socialism.

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Peter Thiel , the Silicon Valley entrepreneur and libertarian , wrote an obtuse essay for CATO , that normally would have gone unnoticed, except in libertarian circles which, being more like an all night dormitory BS session than a political movement, like nothing better than arguing philosophical nuance. But, Mr. Thiel pulled an Ann Coulter , and it stuck in the craw of the ladies of the blogosphere: “The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two ... Read Full Story
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As a way of making my contribution to Women's History Month , I have been highlighting the Libertarian Chick Triumvirate of Isabel Paterson , Rose Wilder Lane and Ayn Rand . But there is a fourth libertarian chick , who was a contemporary of the Triumvirate which gave birth to modern libertarianism , who is often forgotten—perhaps because feminists and leftists also consider her a hero. That would be Zora Neale Hurston . Leftist academians ask "Why does she seem so sensibly left-wing on some issues and so horrifically right-wing on others?" One second wave feminist got down right bitchy, charging Hurston with “a ... Read Full Story
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Yesterday I was pleased, and more than a bit embarrassed, to get a comment from Dave Nalle of the Republican Liberty Caucus . I was embarrassed because, even though having spent a good amount of time over the past few years hanging with libertarians and other similar ne'er do wells—this was a group I had never heard of. They claim to be the only Republican group completely dedicated to the principles of libertarianism . As far as I know that is correct. Even though, as Ronald Reagan said “libertarianism is the heart and soul of conservatism” --it has been in short supply in the ... Read Full Story
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Yesterday I was pleased, and more than a bit embarrassed, to get a comment from Dave Nalle of the Republican Liberty Caucus . I was embarrassed because, even though having spent a good amount of time over the past few years hanging with libertarians and other similar ne'er do wells—this was a group I had never heard of. They claim to be the only Republican group completely dedicated to the principles of libertarianism . As far as I know that is correct. Even though, as Ronald Reagan said “libertarianism is the heart and soul of conservatism” --it has been in short supply in the ... Read Full Story
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The second personage of the Libertarian Chick Triumvirate is the grand duchess of liberty herself, Ayn Rand —who was a contemporary of fellow founder of modern libertarianism Rose Wilder Lane , whom I featured a couple days ago. The downside of Ayn Rand is the debating society, known as libertarianism , wastes unbelievable hours dissecting her novels , the nuances of objectivism , and the meaning and metaphysics of freedom —all of which distressingly obscures the clarity of Rand' s concept of Reason and Individualism as heroic virtues -- which is the whole point of her work The amusing thing right now is that ... Read Full Story
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My article Intellectual Property and Libertarianism was published last month in Liberty magazine (December 2009 issue). This article is based in part on a speech at Mises University 2009 (July 30, 2009; audio; video) and also on my What Libertarianism Is, which contains references not present in the Liberty paper (as does The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide). A version with endnotes is forthcoming in Mises Daily.  
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The passage of sweeping national health care legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives has set the stage for the greatest intrusion of the State into the everyday lives of the American people in the nation's history. ...  
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Kerry Howley argues that libertarians should place far more emphasis on combating cultural values that supposedly undermine freedom, while her critics (Todd Seavey and Daniel McCarthy), are skeptical. ...  
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Kerry Howley argues in Reason that libertarianism should concern itself with social coercion (the tyranny of traditions and conventions) as well as government interference. Convention creates...  
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Asks Freedom Democrats, a blog for libertarian Democrats, about libertarianism in America: "From the Cato At Liberty blog: Combining the responses to those two questions, Gallup found the ideological breakdown of the public shown below. With these two broad questions, Gallup consistently finds about 20 percent of respondents to be libertarian. Freedom Democrats continues its commentary: "Gallup finds no increase in the percentage of those...  
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