How Democracy Fuels Senseless Violence
The lesson is stark: when moral responsibility is dispersed and accountability is nowhere to be found in a society fueled by propaganda, violence becomes more appealing.
The lesson is stark: when moral responsibility is dispersed and accountability is nowhere to be found in a society fueled by propaganda, violence becomes more appealing.
A common objection to anarcho-capitalism is that only the state can offer workable defense services to people through police and the armed forces, as private defense agencies would have an incentive to be at constant war. This objection, however, is not valid.
Thanks to massive economic intervention by South Africa’s government, both crime and poverty are soaring as the society slowly implodes. Police protection is almost nonexistent, so many South Africans are turning toward private security as an alternative.
Dr. Gordon dissects Kenneth R. Minogue’s The Liberal Mind. While Minogue has some interesting arguments, his view of rights conflicts with the views of Murray Rothbard.
While the American people may have been ignorant of the foreign policy history of the 1990s to their detriment, and politicians—whether sincere or not—expressed bewilderment, many understood the direct link between foreign policy interventionism and terrorist attacks.
Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the causes and implications of the Fed’s decision to cut interest rates.
As politics come to dominate more of our lives and young generations grow righteously disillusioned with a system designed to rip them off, we’re likely to see more violence and chaos. It’s a bad path we’re on. But there is a better one.
The recent murder of a young woman on the Charlotte, North Carolina light rail highlights the casual attitudes that progressives in government have toward violent crime. This will not change any time soon.
As politics come to dominate more of our lives and young generations grow righteously disillusioned with a system designed to rip them off, we’re likely to see more violence and chaos. It’s a bad path we’re on. But there is a better one.
M.E. Bradford, a self-described southern conservative, understood what leftist egalitarians did not: liberty cannot coexist with egalitarianism.