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Free Market Fundamentals

Property and ownership imply the right to trade with others. Market is a word people use to describe the conditions of trade. Conditions under which people are allowed to trade …

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Psychoanalysis and Pathological Voting

Politics is just an ongoing Rorschach test. Government rulers and media puppets paint pictures of the world, and the great majority of people respond with their own insecurities and fears …

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Why I Don’t Vote

“If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are …

Liberal and Conservative Crossroads
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I’m Liberal and Conservative (and So Are You)

The failure of the terms “liberal” and “conservative” to stand meaningfully on their own is obvious. Everyone is both liberal and conservative to different degrees on different issues from different …

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Consent is Crucial

There are two principles between which there can be no compromise: liberty and coercion. -Frederic Bastiat Without mutual consent, voluntaryism is impossible. It gives legitimacy to human interactions. Consent is …

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Total Anarchy

Anarchy is not lawless chaos – it is simply the absence of controlling rulers. Think “no rulers”, not “no rules”. Natural law is the only valid law, regardless of which …

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Natural Law in a Nutshell

Natural Law is the source of your rights. It does not depend on humankind, and it is universally valid. It cannot be voided or amended by kings, constitutions, or legislatures. …

Ode to Government
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Statist Stockholm Syndrome

Stockholm syndrome is a psychological condition of traumatic bonding in which a victim comes to empathize with an abuser so much that they will identify with and defend them. It …

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I Am a Voluntaryist

I am a voluntaryist. Voluntaryism: the doctrine that relations among people should be by mutual consent, or not at all. I am also an anarchist and libertarian. Anarchy: the absence of …

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