"American media are divided into “respectable” and “non-respectable” media. Respectable media, which are the only ones that are read by the American political elite, and presumably are all that filters down to European readers, are completely biased in favor of social democracy." — Murray Rothbard, 1992
Data analysis can establish some information about correlations. But good thinking about causation only comes from sound logical economic theory.
In the face of an “invisible enemy,” many Western nations have implemented emergency measures that were once considered dystopian and wholly incompatible with liberal democracy.
Instead of spreading “democracy” by bombing foreign nations, America will be spreading “health” by delivering vaccines produced by untouchable pharmaceutical conglomerates.
The crisis may change, but their answer will remain the same: the sacrifice of our freedom to the whims of would-be central planners. We must keep lit the torch that Ludwig von Mises has passed down to us.
Let's stop pretending default is unprecedented. The US defaulted on debts in 1934 and again in 1979. Today it engages in de facto default through financial repression and monetary inflation.
It was a bloodless coup d’état. The Federalists, by use of countless dirty tricks, had managed to defy the wishes of the majority of the American people and create a new constitution.
"My preference would be that all state central banks would be shut down and razed to the ground, so that true money again could be produced by private firms. If not, at least the competition between national currencies should be as great as possible." –Murray Rothbard, 1993
Justin Trudeau won with a weak "victory" in Canadian elections last week, but he nonetheless claimed a "mandate" for vaccine passports and huge increases in federal spending.
As US military interventions continue across several continents, we should remember that much of US foreign policy is little more than cleaning up messes the US created.
