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[quote user="liberty student"] [quote user="William Green"]The rational part can overcome the animal, but it doesn't often do so.[/quote] All human action is rational . [quote user="William Green"]It seems clear that most of humanity is typically governed by the "animal"...
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If you have read Lew Rockwell's article today , you may be discouraged as I am. It raises a question I have been wrestiling with. I will try to put it into words: If freedom is the path to greater human fulfillment (and I believe it is), and if people naturally seek higher satisfaction (fulfillment...
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So this Raymond Lotta guy, of the Revolutionary Communist Party of America, is coming to my school this week to give a speech ( http://thisiscommunism.org/ ). I need some help preparing some questions/comments that will prevent anyone from buying into his nonsense. I am somewhat familiar with cost accounting...
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Before watching prepare a barf-bag or some type of receptical, you'll need it.
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Hey all, This question was recently raised on the Mises Institute's Facebook page and I found the responses incredibly inspiring. Most surprising to me was that most people there came from a traditionally socialist philosophy. This is encouraging. I'd love to hear how members of this forum came...
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There should be tee shirts. Walter Block’s upcoming speeches: Sept 12 Bellevue, WA, Mises Institute, Mises Circle, “Ticka, ticka, ticka, you need good timin’” http://mises.org/events/121 Sept 22 Baton Rouge, LA. Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, near the intersection...
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I am relatively new to this libertarian way of thinking and I have to say on the surface it is very appealing to me. One major question I have though which I haven't gotten a clear answer on is, "What place, if any, is there for the severely disabled in a libertarian nation"? I mean, I...
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I'm new to this forum, but I don't plan on staying for very long. I've just come to introduce my blogel (blogged novel, if you didn't know). I'm calling it " Everywhere in Chains ", after the infamous Rousseau quote, "Man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains...
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In many ways, however, the soviet union was financed and otherwise supported by various american businesses and intellectuals. the progressive state in america, during the first world war, was in many ways a direct inspiration for the various socialist revolutionary movements.