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Lysander Spooner: Libertarian Hero
The American individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner was one of the last natural law philosophers of the 19th century, and his crowning achievement is arguably the total demolition of the myth of the social contract. Spooner applied a libertarian theory...
Posted Wed, Jan 28 2009 by Brainpolice | with no comments
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The Myth of "The Rule of Law"
The theory of a republic is essentially that, in contrast to democracy in which there is tyranny of the majority and in contrast to monarchy in which there is the rule of a single man or oligarchy, the law itself is what rules rather than men. In essence...
Posted Mon, Apr 28 2008 by Brainpolice | 10 comment(s)
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Definitions
So I put together some relatively witty definitions of my terms. If you're not offended by at least one of these, then you are awesome! Constitutionalism - The belief that a piece of paper drafted and signed by a tiny aristocracy of men is a legitimate...
Posted Fri, Apr 18 2008 by Brainpolice | 5 comment(s)
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PaleoConservaNationalistTarians
There has been a lot of hooting and hollering lately in libertarian circles, particularly as it relates to the Ron Paul campaign. This seems to be representative of a broader conflict between "culturally left" and "culturally conservative"...
Posted Tue, Jan 29 2008 by Brainpolice | 10 comment(s)
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The Myth of the Social Contract
One of the most erroneous political ideas is the notion of the social contract. The idea is that the legitimacy of a government is based on a social contract between the people and the government. In America, the constitution is supposed to be our social...
Posted Mon, Dec 17 2007 by Brainpolice | 14 comment(s)
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