Other Schools of Thought

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Despite the fact that he thought the advent of socialism would lead to a utopian state of personal liberty, he still manages to perceive with all the force of a great satirist the problems of state power.

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It probably doesn't matter whether these kids can add, subtract and multiply. After all, social justice demands that society provide for them from cradle to grave.

Redistribution is not ethical; it's theft and destruction. It is simply a means to satisfy the envy of some who seek to harm those who have obtained greater wealth through the satisfaction of the wants of consumers.

Environmental policy has operated on the assumption — as so eloquently stated by Lew Rockwell — that "private ownership is the enemy."

On the surface, as the war came to an end, there seemed to be as little hope as ever for the individualist, free-market cause as there had been during the war.

The government is thus able to anesthetize the public to tolerate — and indeed expect — decisions that are made without regard to right or wrong, but solely on the basis of the relative political influence of rent seekers and property owners.

Of course Podhoretz's argument is wrong: it does not follow from the instability of a government that a successor regime can be easily established.

Yes, we do pay taxes. And, perhaps, "everyone does it." But I believe that as libertarians, we should never do anything to support the validity of these programs — and "getting back what's mine" is not only a fallacy but a way for the state to add you to the rolls of "those who needed this program."