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This is my first time posting on the forum. In all seriousness, I have been plagued in recent weeks with the title of this post. Let's suppose that a young man living with his parents in the apartment in which he was raised has just turned 18. His parents move out and leave him to pay for the rent...
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So I'm reading Ethics of Liberty , and Rothbard makes a distinction between freedom of choice and power or abundance of choice. If man is stranded on a deserted island, he has a completely unrestricted freedom of choice. Unfortunately, he doesn't have much of an abundance of choice: he can either...
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It occurred to me recently, reading arguments against libertarianism/anarcho-capitalism, that the majority of opposition to it seems to stem from people's beliefs in objective moralities. To elaborate, I'm referring to when people take their own subjective moral preferences to be an absolute...
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In this video, using Ron Paul's own words from his books and interviews, it is shown that Ron Paul's goal is voluntaryism. He adopts limited-government positions and appeals to the U.S. Constitution as part of a long-term strategy for achieving a completely free society, absent any State.
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The question is bascially just that simple. This was prompted by my viewing another post on child pornography in a libertarian society, and whether the making and sale of it should be permited. One poster basically said that parents own their children until those children reach the age of consent (thus...
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Besides the mandatory vs. voluntary difference between the two hypothetical situations, one must remind the fact that having a government as the only owner of a particular territory raises other relevant issues. The state is not “one individual capable of intentional action”. Its unpredictability...
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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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What Mr. WhoRU wrote that Mr. Vieira purports to comment on: [1] I have fairly well addressed this myth above but I hear this claim quite often and I challenge anyone who makes this claim to set forth a detailed explanation of the means whereby the Fed has any ability to cause Federal Reserve Notes to...
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FALSE Myth # FIVE - Federal Reserve Notes are evidence of debt – being nothing but worthless IOUs What Mr. WhoRU wrote that Mr. Vieira purports to comment on: [1] What is it that actually constitutes "evidence of debt"?? If we were on a 100% gold coin money system and borrowers borrowed...
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Ten FALSE Patriot Myths Regarding Paper Money v. Gold Plus Dr. Edwin Vieira's Error Laced Adversarial Memorandum Which Is Totally Rebutted by Eric WhoRU Statement of Eric WhoRU in regard to Mr. Vieira's "MEMORANDUM" castigating my paper on the Federal Reserve by Mr. Vieira's totally...