The first myth one has to debunk in order to assess the relationship between the provision of law and order and the rise of the (modern) State is that this political institution is merely a natural and organic outgrowth of political power, as old as the history of mankind or of organized society. Actually, it would be wise to dispose of the
New from the Journal of Libertarian Studies: ABSTRACT: This article will show that there is nothing innocent about taxation. While coercion had various and rather ruthless forms in premodern times, with the birth of the state, the expansion of taxation has increasingly become the repudiation of a visible brutality. The Enlightenment period marks
[The State] forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal scale. It punishes private theft, but itself lays unscrupulous hands on anything it wants, whether the property of citizen or alien. —Albert Jay Nock, 1928, On Doing the Right Thing LIBERTARIANISM AND THE STATE: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT Libertarianism has proved to be a
Most people believe that they know something about Thomas Jefferson’s political thought. If the object of study has been Jefferson’s own writings, this may be true. If, however, people read only the usual accounts of Jefferson’s that are made available to students, they are likely to be burdened with some serious misunderstandings. A typical
Edtor’s Note: This is a selection from “The Problem of Security: Historicity of the State and ‘European Realism’” found in the collection The Myth of National Defense edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe . The constitutionalist claim to justify the State’s monopoly of violence has been challenged directly by the radical libertarian tradition (Molinari)
Surveys of libertarian-leaning individuals in America show that the intellectual champions they venerate the most are Thomas Jefferson and Ayn Rand. The author of the Declaration of Independence is an inspiring source for individuals longing for liberty all around the world, since he was a devotee of individual rights, freedom of choice, limited
Presented at the 6th Austrian Scholars Conferece, Auburn, March 24–26, 2000. Abstract : A recent survey of rank and file libertarians in America shows that the top intellectual heroes of the past they venerate are Thomas Jefferson and Ayn Rand (the Mises-Rothbard dyad would be much better, but that is another story). Most of these people are not
El primer mito que hay que derribar para evaluar la relación entre la provisión de la ley y el orden y el surgimiento del Estado (moderno) es que esta institución política no es más que una consecuencia natural y orgánica del poder político, tan antigua como la historia de la humanidad o de la sociedad organizada. En realidad, sería prudente
Novedad del Journal of Libertarian Studies: RESUMEN: Este artículo mostrará que la fiscalidad no tiene nada de inocente. Mientras que la coerción tenía formas diversas y bastante despiadadas en la época premoderna, con el nacimiento del Estado, la expansión de la fiscalidad se ha convertido cada vez más en el repudio de una brutalidad visible. El
[El Estado] prohíbe el asesinato privado, pero organiza él mismo el asesinato a una escala colosal. Castiga el robo privado, pero él mismo pone sus manos sin escrúpulos en todo lo que quiere, ya sea propiedad del ciudadano o del extranjero. —Albert Jay Nock, 1928, On Doing the Right Thing LIBERTARISMO Y ESTADO: UNA EVALUACIÓN CRÍTICA El
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