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Why You Are a Libertarian by Harry Browne http://harrybrowne.org/articles/WhyYoureALibertariam.htm You’re a libertarian because you abhor violence . . . When a neighbor isn’t willing to contribute as much to a social project as you are, you’d never think of: Using a gun to force him to contribute; Hiring...
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My progression of influences went roughly from Jesus to Bill Maher and John Stossel, then to Harry Browne (with a pinch of Michael Badnarik, introducing me to the concept of natural rights), on to Murray Rothbard. But of course there are hundreds of others that had influences upon me, including Bastiat...
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Dynamix , A) One does not need to be a statist of any sort to believe that it is not unethical to use electoral politics as a tool (among many legitimate tools) for attacking the state, as a tool of defense. Counter-economics, think-tanks and educational institutions, and elections are all fair-game...
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CShirk: It's a generally good thing for the LP to run presidential candidates, even if said candidate has no shot at winning, because the LP presidential candidate usually gets far more media attention than local and state candidates. The presidential candidate is therefore better suited to A) teach...
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1. What is presented in this thread is an argument that individual liberty cannot exist without economic liberty. One could also make the argument that economic liberty cannot exist without personal liberty, as I do here . 2. Economics in One Lesson is an amazing book, I recommend it to every man, woman...