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This week we are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of one of the 20th Century's most shining moments - the Fall of the Berlin Wall. A barrier that represented far more than an edifice of concrete and steel. The Berlin Wall represented a rift across Europe and a major ideological divide between East...
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Tue, Nov 10 2009
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Filed under: Lemmings, socialism, capitalism, Freedom, Republican, democrat, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Pelosi, Berlin Wall, Harry Reid, totalitarianism, Communist, Barack Obama, lemming, liberalty, opperssion
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In his article in The Observer on October 4th, Paul Harris asks the question, "Will California Become America's First Failed State?" Governor Schwarzenegger's specious California Vacation commercials notwithstanding, this is a question that needs asking. Indeed, in a scene reminescent...
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Socialism inevitably leads to destitution and famine in direct proportion to the thoroughness with which it is applied. This has been shown to be true historically, with or without Marxist ideology or 20th century totalitarianism. It has starved 17th century colonists in Virginia and Plymouth just as...
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Dinosaurs were big. They were the largest land creatures to ever walk the Earth. The largest were nearly a hundred feet long. But as large as they were there is a good reason they didn't get any bigger. In fact, there is an absolute limit to the size an Earth-bound creature can grow without collapsing...
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Wed, Aug 19 2009
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Filed under: socialism, Obama, Healthcare, health care, Germany, England, single payer, Sweden, France, Norway, Europe
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Welcome to my new blog here on Mises.org. It's been a few years since I've had the inspiration to speak to the world on a regular basis. When I last blogged regularly, the future looked brighter than ever as capitalism was spreading across the planet in a seemingly-unstoppable avalanche. China...
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The late George Carlin had seven dirty words. Seven words that you weren’t allowed to say on TV. The list is probably larger now, but you can also say them on TV. At least I hear them on TV regularly. If you are intersted in what they are you can look here . A dirty word is a strange thing. In...
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Tue, Mar 17 2009
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Filed under: socialism, Communism, Liberal, Conservative, bonuses, investor, speculator, nationalism, Bolshevik, Soviet Union, AIG
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Since the election of Ronald Reagan as President in 1980 the United States has seen a monumental shift of political power. Prior to this the South had been a Democratic stronghold as a result of the Civil War. Even a hundred years after, it had not been forgotten that Lincoln, a Republican, had invaded...
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One of the selling points of Mr. Obama as leader of the ‘free’ world was that he was/is in touch with reality. By this, of course, it is meant that his struggles have been similar to ours so he shares our values, ideals, and sensibilities. Naturally we assume this about him because he did...
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Mon, Feb 9 2009
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Filed under: Bail out, Bailout, socialism, banks, capitalism, feudalism, greed, bonuses, reality check, executives, masses
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They say things come to you in the shower. That doesn’t usually happen with me. More often, during the act of climbing into bed. Then I have to get up and write the idea down, for experience has taught me if I don’t write it down, no matter how Earth-shattering the thought, it will be gone...
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Fri, Feb 6 2009
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Filed under: Bail out, Bailout, socialism, economy, Communism, capitalism, government, retirement, feudalism, greed, mutual fund, FICA, taxes, Social Security, stock market, swindle, 401K, swindler
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Mikhail Bakunin was the Russian father of the strain of anarchism known as collectivist anarchism. He was initially loosely associated with both Karl Marx and Pierre Joseph Proudhon, and eventually he developed anarcho-collectivism using both of them as influences while deviating from them both at the...
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Brainpolice
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Sat, Jan 31 2009
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Filed under: Anarchism, Collectivism, Propaganda, Religion, Socialism, Philosophy, Free Association, History, Marxism, Communism, Proudhon, Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin
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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 such as Lysander Spooner, Stephen Pearl Andrews...
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Thu, Jan 29 2009
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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
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Many contemporary libertarians may be mystified at Proudhon being considered a libertarian, but Proudhon was undoubtably the first genuinely libertarian socialist. Proudhon's political philosophy represents a synthesis of sorts between classical liberalism and socialism, without yielding any ground...
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Tue, Jan 27 2009
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Filed under: Anarchism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Philosophy, History, Mutualism, Communism, Proudhon, Kropotkin, Bakunin
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An opinion piece at TPM Cafe by liberal economist Robert Reich - the Harvard (now Berkeley) econ. prof. who is a member of Pres. Barack Obama 's economic advisory team and was Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton - has caught my eye. In it, Reich correctly, on behalf of the American taxpayer, expresses...
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From the ruins (or at least in the near future) I am trying to write something that captures what I am living and at the same time reflects what I am thinking, but none of the experiences I am about to live in this year will compare to what I have lived so far. The Venezuelan government and the citizens...
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It has become unfashionable in some circles to speak out against the rich. Of course it is a hobby on the left, and it is not at all uncommon for a wealthy congressman or actor to rail against excess, such as former South Carolina Senator Ernest Hollings’, famous statement that, “There’s...
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Thu, Jan 1 2009
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Filed under: Bail out, Bailout, fraud, socialism, theft, corruption, Communism, toxic loans, mortage crisis, capitalism, fascism, government