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Gustave De Molinari and The Production of Security: Gustave De Molinari was a radical classical liberal associated with Frederic Bastiat and the French liberal school of economics. In his work "The Production of Security", Molinari was the first economist to propose the possibility of free competition...
Posted Fri, Jan 30 2009 by Brainpolice | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: Anarchism, Minarchism, Competition, Monopoly, Libertarianism, Economics, Free Trade, History, Anarcho-Capitalism, Murray Rothbard, Frederic Bastiat, Gustave De Molinari

Benjamin Tucker: American Anarchist: Benjamin Tucker was arguably the leading figure of individualist anarchism in America in the 19th century. He was the editor and chief of the classic anarchist periodical "Liberty", which involved many key figures in early individualist anarchism...
Posted Thu, Jan 29 2009 by Brainpolice | 2 comment(s)
Filed under: Anarchism, Coercive Monopoly, Natural Rights, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics, Labor, Free Trade, History, Anarcho-Capitalism, Mutualism, Murray Rothbard, Egoism, Max Stirner, Proudhon, Benjamin Tucker, Natural Law

Transcending Anarcho-Semantics: There is a reoccuring problem that occurs within internal libertarian and anarchist discourse that I like to call the anarcho-semantics problem. The anarcho-semantics problem most often occurs in discussions and debates between socialist oriented anarchists...
Posted Sat, Sep 6 2008 by Brainpolice | 11 comment(s)
Filed under: Anarchism, Collectivism, Capitalism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics, Vulgar Libertarianism, Anarcho-Capitalism

The Headroom Between Mutualism and Anarcho-capitalism: I find it inaccurate to use either the terms "anarcho-capitalism" or "mutualism" to describe my own viewpoint. Being a pluralist as well as a person with a fairly complex and subtle heirarchy of preferances that may situationally change...
Posted Sun, Aug 24 2008 by Brainpolice | 827 comment(s)
Filed under: Anarchism, Libertarianism, Economics, Labor, Anarcho-Capitalism, Mutualism

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)
Filed under: Anarchism, Objectivism, Minarchism, Non-Aggression Axoim, Racism, Collectivism, Democracy, Altruism, War, Constitution, Social Contract, Religion, Libertarianism, Economics, Philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, conservatism, Environmentalism

The Anarcho-Statists: For quite some time now, Kevin Carson has critisized what he calls "vulgar libertarianism". Vulgar libertarian is a tendency of some libertarians, particularly those with an affinity for "the right", to function as apologists for currently...
Posted Thu, Apr 17 2008 by Brainpolice | 14 comment(s)
Filed under: Anarchism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics, Corporatism

"Vulgar" Libertarianism and Voluntary Socialism: From what I've been able to gather, "vulgar" libertarianism is a label applied to the tendency of some libertarians, particularly with right-wing sympathies, to defend currently existing property arrangements and corporations as if they...
Posted Sat, Dec 29 2007 by Brainpolice | 6 comment(s)
Filed under: Anarchism, Competition, Capitalism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics