Tag: Philosophy

1213: Michael Malice – The Illusion of Choice

W1213: Michael Malice – The Illusion of Choice
People will say with a straight face that having one choice for dear leader is tyranny – but having two is freedom. ―Michael Malice
People will say with a straight face that having one choice for dear leader is tyranny – but having two is freedom. ―Michael MaliceDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.16MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 201KB
People will say with a straight face that having one choice for dear leader is tyranny – but having two is freedom. ―Michael MaliceDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.90MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 284KB

People will say with a straight face that having one choice for dear leader is tyranny – but having two is freedom. ―Michael Malice

1200: Lew Rockwell – Truth Needs Champions

W1200: Lew Rockwell - Truth Needs Champions
We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs champions... —Lew Rockwell
We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs champions... —Lew RockwellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.55MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 180KB
We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs champions... —Lew RockwellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.96MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 225KB

We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs champions… —Lew Rockwell

1192: Caryn Ann Harlos – Make the Libertarian Party Libertarian Again

W1192: Caryn Ann Harlos - Make the Libertarian Party Libertarian Again
All they really mean by the takeover language is they want to re-radicalize the Libertarian Party and make it libertarian again. Let me tell you something… I sure hope that takeover happens in Reno. —Caryn Ann Harlos
All they really mean by the takeover language is they want to re-radicalize the Libertarian Party and make it libertarian again. Let me tell you something… I sure hope that takeover happens in Reno. —Caryn Ann HarlosDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.99MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 244KB
All they really mean by the takeover language is they want to re-radicalize the Libertarian Party and make it libertarian again. Let me tell you something… I sure hope that takeover happens in Reno. —Caryn Ann HarlosDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.81MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 303KB

All they really mean by the takeover language is they want to re-radicalize the Libertarian Party and make it libertarian again. Let me tell you something… I sure hope that takeover happens in Reno. —Caryn Ann Harlos

1186: Murray Rothbard – We are Libertarians of the Will and Intellect

W1186: Murray Rothbard - We are Libertarians of the Will and Intellect
We are libertarians of the will as well as the intellect, of activity as well as theory, of real-world struggle as well as idealistic vision. Our goal is nothing less than the victory of liberty over the Leviathan state, and we shall not be deflected, we shall not be diverted, we shall not be suborned, from achieving that goal. Secure in the knowledge that we are in the right, inspired by the vision, determination and courage of our forbears, we dedicate ourselves to the noblest cause of all, the old American cause, of individual liberty. —Murray Rothbard

We are libertarians of the will as well as the intellect, of activity as well as theory, of real-world struggle as well as idealistic vision. Our goal is nothing less than the victory of liberty over the Leviathan state, and we shall not be deflected, we shall not be diverted, we shall not be suborned, from achieving that goal. Secure in the knowledge that we are in the right, inspired by the vision, determination and courage of our forbears, we dedicate ourselves to the noblest cause of all, the old American cause, of individual liberty. —Murray Rothbard

1155: Kerry McDonald – Critical Race Theory is a Harmful Ideology

W1155: Kerry McDonald - Critical Race Theory is a Harmful Ideology
Critical race theory is the practice of viewing all social and cultural issues through the lens of race. [It] is a harmful and divisive ideology influenced by Marxism that moves us further away from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a nation that focuses on individual character, not color. It is important to speak out against this ideology that places group identity above individualism. —Kerry McDonald

Critical race theory is the practice of viewing all social and cultural issues through the lens of race. [It] is a harmful and divisive ideology influenced by Marxism that moves us further away from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a nation that focuses on individual character, not color. It is important to speak out against this ideology that places group identity above individualism. —Kerry McDonald

1151: It Deserves to be Destroyed by the Truth

W1151: It Deserves to be Destroyed by the Truth
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.77MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 245KB
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.57MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 290KB

If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.

1130: Julie Borowski – Nothing Virtuous About Stealing

W1130: Julie Borowski - Nothing Virtuous About Stealing
There is nothing virtuous about spending other people’s money without their consent—no matter how well-intentioned the cause. Most of us would never dream of stealing money from a neighbor to give to someone less fortunate. Why then do some people demand that the government do it for them? —Julie Borowski

There is nothing virtuous about spending other people’s money without their consent—no matter how well-intentioned the cause. Most of us would never dream of stealing money from a neighbor to give to someone less fortunate. Why then do some people demand that the government do it for them? — Julie Borowski

1108: John Stuart Mill – Dare to be Different

F1108: John Stuart Mill - Dare to be Different
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart Mill
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart Mill

1087: Murray Rothbard – How Do We Define Rights?

F1087: Murray Rothbard - Define Rights?
"Right" has cogently and trenchantly been defined by Professor Sadowsky:“When we say that one has the right to do certain things we mean this and only this, that it would be immoral for another, alone or in combination, to stop him from doing this by the use of physical force or the threat thereof. We do not mean that any use a man makes of his property within the limits set forth is necessarily a moral use.”Sadowsky's definition highlights the crucial distinction between a man's right and the morality or immorality of his exercise of that right. —Murray Rothbard (The Ethics of Liberty)
“Right” has cogently and trenchantly been defined by Professor Sadowsky: “When we say that one has the right to do certain things we mean this and only this, that it would be immoral for another, alone or in combination, to stop him from doing this by the use of physical force or the threat thereof. We do not mean that any use a man makes of his property within the limits set forth is necessarily a moral use.” Sadowsky’s definition highlights the crucial distinction between a man’s right and the morality or immorality of his exercise of that right. —Murray Rothbard (The Ethics of Liberty)

1082: Ludwig von Mises – Why Some are Unhappy Under Capitalism

F1082: Ludwig von Mises - Unhappy Under Capitalism
What makes many feel unhappy under capitalism is the fact that capitalism grants to each the opportunity to attain the most desirable positions which, of course, can only be attained by a few. In order to console himself and to restore his self-assertion, such a man is in search of a scapegoat. He tries to persuade himself that he failed through no fault of his own. They sublimate their hatred into a philosophy, the philosophy of anti-capitalism, in order to render inaudible the inner voice that tells them that their failure is entirely their own fault. The suffering from frustrated ambition is peculiar to people living in a society of equality under the law. It is not caused by equality under the law, but by the fact that in a society of equality under the law the inequality of men with regard to intellectual abilities, will power and application becomes visible. The gulf between what a man is and achieves and what he thinks of his own abilities and achievements is pitilessly revealed. —Ludwig von Mises
What makes many feel unhappy under capitalism is the fact that capitalism grants to each the opportunity to attain the most desirable positions which, of course, can only be attained by a few. In order to console himself and to restore his self-assertion, such a man is in search of a scapegoat. He tries to persuade himself that he failed through no fault of his own. They sublimate their hatred into a philosophy, the philosophy of anti-capitalism, in order to render inaudible the inner voice that tells them that their failure is entirely their own fault. The suffering from frustrated ambition is peculiar to people living in a society of equality under the law. It is not caused by equality under the law, but by the fact that in a society of equality under the law the inequality of men with regard to intellectual abilities, will power and application becomes visible. The gulf between what a man is and achieves and what he thinks of his own abilities and achievements is pitilessly revealed. —Ludwig von Mises