Secession, which is at the very heart of free enterprise and self-determination, has long been synonymous with libertarianism going back at least to Lysander Spooner. In the twentieth century, Frank Chodorov continued this tradition, and we should continue to do the same today.
Readers of this blog may remember previous posts about George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV adaptation, Game of Thrones. Carmen Dorobăţ and I have recently collected our writing into a forthcoming book chapter, available for free.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard details the increasing level of Greek defiance to its ECB overlords in the wake of a left-wing, populist uprising in recent Greek elections.
The opposite of secession is annexation wherein governments extend their monopolies over a greater territory.
Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE superstar "Kane", explains his journey to libertarianism and Austrian economics.
The opposite of secession is annexation wherein governments extend their monopolies over a greater territory. Just as secession naturally limits the power of states, annexation extends it, and should be opposed.
The most realistic plan for increasing freedom and free markets is not to vainly hope for a libertarian takeover of DC, but to create our own de facto independent societies right here at home.
Jeff Deist makes the case that secession starts at home with the individual.
