And just like with the Climategate emails, the greens have hammered it in themselves with a star-studded ad that portrays the totalitarian mindset so perfectly and so disgustingly, that it stands alone, and without comment as a self-indictment. Warning: the video is very graphic in terms of gore.

The backlash was so quick and so universal, that the “10:10″ campaign responsible for it pulled it within hours. Thankfully, in the age of the internet, that will do nothing to stop its dissemination.

Franz Oppenheimer explains in detail the manner in which the state seizes control of society, one stage at a time.

As a followup to my posts Freebankers Debate Baxendale Banking Reform Proposal, Jesús Huerta de Soto’s LSE Hayek Lecture on Banking Reform; UK Parliament Speech Invokes Mises Institute re Honest Money and Sound Banking and

Rising healthcare costs and continuing recession-related fiscal problems have impelled numerous world governments to introduce a “fat tax.”1 Support for a similar policy is growing in the United States, which according to leading intellectuals suffers from a collective “weight problem.”

Brick and mortar institutions of higher learning, while still in their early stages, are dying. You need only look at your recent Wall Street Journal or Financial Times newspapers for an example of discouraged companies refusing to hire overpriced labor. Colleges are simply churning out graduates who demand wage compensation for skills they haven’t developed. As an example, look at the unemployment rate of MBA’s in 2009 versus 2007.

Unemployment Rate among US MBA Graduates

[Excerpted from chapter 1 of The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically]

One single force impels all life; one force developed it, from the single cell, the particle of albumen floating about in the warm ocean of prehistoric time, up to the vertebrates, and then to man. This one force is the tendency to provide for life, bifurcated into “hunger and love.”

An incredible article appeared on Times Live today, authored by Iv0 Vegter, featuring a quote by Per Bylund. The piece addressed the issue of Zimbabweans illegally immigrating to South Africa to escape the economic hardship imposed by their dictator. The piece not only addresses the specific case of South Africa but also migration as a whole.

Vegter concludes that free, unrestricted, unconditional movement of labor is in the best interest of consumers and allows for a higher standard of living.

As a followup to my posts Jesús Huerta de Soto’s LSE Hayek Lecture on Banking Reform; UK Parliament Speech Invokes Mises Institute re Honest Money and Sound Banking and UK Proposal for Banking Reform: Fractional-Reserve