Secession

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho celebrate Independence Day, respond to the revolution's critics, and explain why Rothbard viewed it as an example for libertarian strategy.

By the logic of "we tried it before," the Soviet victory over Lithuania in 1953 meant that the question of independence was settled forever, and that Irish secession was forever verboten after the Easter Rebellion failed. 

Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his recent talk on secession at Oklahoma State University.

"How do I explain why private ownership and decent​ralized ownership of weapons is a good thing without using the Second Amendment?"

Ryan McMaken takes a broad theoretical and international view of the topic of secession.

As Murray Rothbard has noted, there is an important distinction between nation and state. The former is a voluntary association of people while the latter is coercive and predatory. Progressives, of course, claim the opposite.

As the State continues to grow in power and intrude on the lives of citizens, the states have begun to cling power back from the Federal Government. 

David Gordon reviews Paul C. Graham’s Nonsense on Stilts: The Gettysburg Address and Lincoln’s Imaginary Nation, examining Lincoln's logic and finding it wanting.

As Murray Rothbard has noted, there is an important distinction between nation and state. The former is a voluntary association of people while the latter is coercive and predatory. Progressives, of course, claim the opposite.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho recap Ryan's debate at LibertyCon on the question of national divorce.