Tag: Statism

1160: Friedrich Hayek – Democratic Socialism Produces Something Different

W1160: Friedrich Hayek - Democratic Socialism Produces Something Different
Democratic Socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something that many will not believe until the connection has been laid bare in all its aspects. —F.A. Hayek

Democratic Socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something that many will not believe until the connection has been laid bare in all its aspects. —F.A. Hayek

1138: Raylene Lightheart – Reject the Cult of the Omnipotent State

W1138: Raylene Lightheart - Reject the Cult of the Omnipotent State
Open your eyes… Anyone who encourages others to reject the State will be defamed, vilified, and ruined. Reject the cult of the omnipotent State. Be free. —Raylene Lightheart
Open your eyes… Anyone who encourages others to reject the State will be defamed, vilified, and ruined. Reject the cult of the omnipotent State. Be free. —Raylene LightheartDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.55MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 262KB
Open your eyes… Anyone who encourages others to reject the State will be defamed, vilified, and ruined. Reject the cult of the omnipotent State. Be free. —Raylene LightheartDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.08MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 335KB

Open your eyes… Anyone who encourages others to reject the State will be defamed, vilified, and ruined. Reject the cult of the omnipotent State. Be free. —Raylene Lightheart

1094: Murray Rothbard – There are No Utilitarian Revolutionaries

F1094: Murray Rothbard - No Utilitarian Revolutionaries
It is rare to find a utilitarian who is also radical, who burns for immediate abolition of evil and coercion. Utilitarians, with their devotion to expediency, almost inevitably oppose any sort of upsetting or radical change. Hence, utilitarians are never immediate abolitionists. They became mere gradualist reformers. But in becoming reformers, they also put themselves inevitably into the position of advisers and efficiency experts to the State. In other words, they inevitably came to abandon libertarian principle as well as a principled libertarian strategy. The utilitarians wound up as apologists for the existing order, for the status quo. Thus, they wound up as the image of the thing they had fought. —Murray Rothbard (For a New Liberty)
It is rare to find a utilitarian who is also radical, who burns for immediate abolition of evil and coercion. Utilitarians, with their devotion to expediency, almost inevitably oppose any sort of upsetting or radical change. Hence, utilitarians are never immediate abolitionists. They became mere gradualist reformers. But in becoming reformers, they also put themselves inevitably into the position of advisers and efficiency experts to the State. In other words, they inevitably came to abandon libertarian principle as well as a principled libertarian strategy. The utilitarians wound up as apologists for the existing order, for the status quo. Thus, they wound up as the image of the thing they had fought. —Murray Rothbard (For a New Liberty)

1075: Ayn Rand – Statists and Control

W1075: Ayn Rand - Statists and Control
One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary. —Ayn Rand
One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary. —Ayn Rand

1057: Jacob Hornberger – Statists and Their Beliefs

W1057: Jacob Hornberger - Statists and Their Beliefs
The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the United States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as Christians view their God; they worship and adore the state and they render their lives and fortunes to it. Statists believe that their lives—their very being—are a privilege that the state has given to them. They believe that everything they do is, and should be, dependent on the consent of the government. —Jacob Hornberger
The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the United States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as Christians view their God; they worship and adore the state and they render their lives and fortunes to it. Statists believe that their lives—their very being—are a privilege that the state has given to them. They believe that everything they do is, and should be, dependent on the consent of the government. —Jacob HornbergerDownload Print Quality (7680×4020)   |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 106KB
The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the United States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as Christians view their God; they worship and adore the state and they render their lives and fortunes to it. Statists believe that their lives—their very being—are a privilege that the state has given to them. They believe that everything they do is, and should be, dependent on the consent of the government. —Jacob HornbergerDownload Print Quality (6146×7680)   |  Normal Quality (3073×3840) 125KB
The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the United States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as Christians view their God; they worship and adore the state and they render their lives and fortunes to it. Statists believe that their lives—their very being—are a privilege that the state has given to them. They believe that everything they do is, and should be, dependent on the consent of the government. —Jacob Hornberger