The War on Drugs This one has been going on for a long time. I started with this one, not because of personal preferences of any kind, but because this is the basis for so much federal intervention into the everyday lives of the citizens and it is the one I am most familiar with. The model to enact federal...
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IrishOutlaw
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IrishOutlaw
on Sun, Jan 13 2008
Filed under: immigration, illegal, libertarian, big government, excuses, funding, Terrorism, war, free market, drugs
In the most classical definition of the word, conservatism has always stood for a defense of the status quo. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the so-called "liberal" parties were more or less interested in revolutionary change into the future and opposition to political power, while the so-called...
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Brainpolice
on Thu, Jan 10 2008
Filed under: War, Capitalism, Libertarianism, Economics, old right, conservatism, isolationism
I'm watching the Liberty Bowl on ESPN this afternoon and the commentator states that one of the players, and I paraphrase, was over in Iraq fighting for our country. We Austrians know that that is a ludicrous statement but there could be three reasons he said it: 1. He's utterly naive and stupid...
Having just stumbled across places where Lew Rockwell and others have done me the honor of posting three of my favorite quotes on war, I'd like to repeat those quotes here in the hope of increasing the likelihood that others might see them. My favorite quotes on war are from Hermann Goering and James...
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TokyoTom
on Mon, Dec 10 2007
Filed under: state, war, goering, demagoguery, Madison, quotes, president
Defining Rational Egoism Wikipedia defines rational egoism as follows: "Rational egoism is the pursuit of one's own, accurately perceived, self-interest. The term may refer either to the philosophical view that it is always in accordance with reason to pursue self-interest (a view closely related...
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Brainpolice
on Fri, Dec 7 2007
Filed under: Objectivism, Non-Aggression Axoim, Ethics, Universality, Self-interest, Rational Egoism, Altruism, War, Philosophy, Individual Sovereignt