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I would be interested in seeing a post, blog, website, etc that is devoted to defining political terms. I was at a Tea Party where I saw signs calling Obama a communist, a socialist, and a fascist. Which sign was correct? All three? What about Bush, what would we classify him as? I believe there are...
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I'm going to play devil's advocate here for a little while. While I am vehemntly opposed to all forms of government, it seems as though many of the arguments made by Austrians don't hold up. It is my hope that by posting on this forum, I can generate a discussion that solves or circumvents...
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I have a few issues with some of what you said, but instead of giving one lined answers, & pleas to stop "trolling", I will try and answer them: [quote user="mr1001nights"] It is capitalists who will shoot you or force you to starve unless you subordinate yourself to their illegitimate...
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I know this sounds like a dumb idea at first, but it's vital, due to the massive amounts of people, especially young people, that use the website for information. I've already edited the Panic of 1837 and the New Left wiki entries. In the example of hte Panic of 1837 website, we could possibly...
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I was at youTube today (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24nVarM20KQ) and got into a debate with someone who brought up the issue of Walter Block's support of voluntary slavery. He brought up the issue that in an anarcho-capitalist society, that there would be a risk of people signing their lives away...
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Hi there a signed fellow man here. I'm a 17 year old male who have been in the background of your forum reading everything :P. I'm trying to get a hold of some books from Ludvig von Mises and others that you recommended in the thread "Praxeology:reading list" but it's 3 months waiting...
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That verse was pretty eye-catching when I first read it as part of "Discovering Self-Government: A Bible-Based Study Guide." The entire 1st Samuel 8:4-20 seems to support full out anarchy, and also points out that as with ancient Israel, people want a government so they can be like all other...
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Well, there is a government built park in my vincity and there alway seem to be a lot of people(and kids) there all the time. I was thinking of getting supplies for making lemonade and set up shop there during the summertime. I was also thinking of exchanging lemonade not with state currencies but with...
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First of all, I would like to introduce myself. I am a computer programmer from the Netherlands. I am working on a theory of money and banking derived from the "Natural Economic Order" of Silvio Gesell. "Natural Economic Order" clearly states that the root the economic and monetary...
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I haven't seen any discussion on Hoppe's view of argumentation ethics, so I'll post a few links (first two are PDFs): Justice of Economic Efficiency, by Hoppe The Ethical Foundation of Capitalism and Why Socialism is Morally Indefensible by Hoppe A Defense of Argumentation Ethics, by Kinsella...