The Anti-Flock Revolution
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho talk about the growing populist backlash to Flock cameras and the AI-powered security state.
The Police State
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The Flock Camera Backlash Is a Very Good Sign
The backlash against automated license plate readers is not really about traffic cameras. It is about a public that no longer assumes the people in charge are acting in good faith.
The Flock Camera Backlash Is a Very Good Sign
The backlash against automated license plate readers is not really about traffic cameras. It is about a public that no longer assumes the people in charge are acting in good faith.
Freedom of Speech Dying a Slow Death in Europe
By branding censorship as “safety,” surveillance as “protection,” and political conformity as “civic duty,” European states have constructed a system where dissent is pathologized and criminalized. The UK is following the same dystopian path.
Foucault, Panopticism and the Carceral Society; the Rise of the Surveillance State
The standard narrative is that policing and imprisonment are necessary tools to keep the public safe from criminals. But it also would seem that these things are useful tools for a state that wishes to dominate its citizens.
Foucault, Panopticism and the Carceral Society; the Rise of the Surveillance State
The standard narrative is that policing and imprisonment are necessary tools to keep the public safe from criminals. But it also would seem that these things are useful tools for a state that wishes to dominate its citizens.
The Latest Model Cars: Big Brother Is Watching You
What was once a symbol of American freedom and independence, automobiles are rapidly transforming into a high-tech cage that watches their every move and can override their decisions at will.
Nationalism, Socialism, and Violent Revolution
How Marxism claims that truth itself is attainable only in a classless society, and how the cult of “action” and violence—by way of Georges Sorel and French syndicalism—fed into Leninism, fascism, and Nazi racial doctrine.
Class Conflict and Revolutionary Socialism
Marx’s doctrine of class and class conflict: the claim that class interests determine how people think and set the classes in irreconcilable conflict—with Mises noting that Marx never actually defined what a class is.
Hantavirus: Market versus Government Disease Control
Pandemics offer an alleged challenge to libertarians, as some argue that governments should have the power to order quarantines and impose vaccine requirements. It turns out that statism makes things worse—and that free markets offer the best solutions.
