‘Nuff said? I voted for “Nobody” for every office: judge, district attorney, supreme court whatchamacallits, treasurer, sheriff, etc. I cast straight-ticket libertarian for university trustees, for whatever that’s worth. Doesn’t the University of Michigan need a libertarian Regent? I don’t know. I voted in favor of Proposal 1 to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana since it appears to be strictly a cause of decriminalization and does not (on its face) appear to empower...
It is a wearying but essential task to keep reminding people that the state is nothing but an agency of violence. When someone talks about “the welfare state helping the poor,” we must point out the gun in the room. When someone opposes the decriminalization of marijuana, we must point out the gun in the room. When someone supports the reduction of taxes, we must point out the gun in the room – even...
…by Matt at Without Hyphens, in A Meme for Market Anarchists, Left Libertarians, Agorists, etc. What motivated you to start looking into Anarchist/Libertarian thought? For me, the ball started rolling with Russ Roberts’ The Choice in my final year of undergrad, although I had previously been exposed to the elementary ideas of general libertarianism, the minimal state, Ayn Rand, the Second Amendment, and so on. Anyways, this book spurred my interest in Economics, so...
