U.S. History

Lincoln thought the possibility of secession gave minorities too much power. The solution for him was for the majority to coerce the minority, negating, through force, the minority’s withdrawal of its consent.

What can libertarians learn from the strategy Andrew Jackson and his cadre deployed and the power they were willing to wield?

Support for federal conscription is contrary to principles of decentralization or a "limited republic." Early Americans would have viewed this Jacobin-inspired scheme with dismay and fear. 

The US military's turn to "wokeness" is a result of decades of high military spending and public deference toward military "experts." That gave us a military that is overfunded and highly political.

Recorded in St. Petersburg, Florida on October 21, 2021.

In a normal universe, we have a name for this sort of monetary policy: it’s called “extreme dovishness” or “extremely accommodative.” In the bizarro world of 2021, it is anti-inflationary.

Vaccine mandates are much easier to enforce thanks to the spread of government spending, government contracting, and monopolized government services.

If people decide to save rather than spend, this could lead to a fall in GDP, even though people are becoming better off beyond the short term.

Neo-Spoonerism: there is no treason against the federal government, because the federal government does not abide by the document which it claims as its foundational authority to govern.

Neo-Spoonerism: there is no treason against the federal government, because the federal government does not abide by the document which it claims as its foundational authority to govern.