Media and Culture

"To all collectivists, including Dickens, the idea that more wealth could be created never manages to invade their imaginations."

The Austrian, broad approach to the study of social reality is something which legal theorists could very much benefit from.

"Milton's argument that the people need free expression of thought rests not upon their inherent virtue, but upon the very fact that none of them are virtuous enough to properly decide the right books for all."

Now, under the influence of the antidiscrimination paradigm and "human rights" law, men are being told that their human dignity requires the enslavement of a woman who does not wish to provide them with a holiday tour.

When we disapprove of government support, we are supposed to disapprove of the thing itself whose support is discussed.

The paradox is that if Nock had but known it, Columbia College in his day was the nearest approximation to the ideal set forth in his lectures.

"They took care of themselves and recognized that having freedom means the freedom to fail as well as to succeed."

Producers really are slaves to their consumers. Destruction & Production can be called Power & Market. Technology like the printing press was initially feared. It would put scribes out of business. Technology describes each generation in our human-built world.

Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; Auburn, Alabama, on 18 November 2009.