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Is Government Tyranny Built on Your Voluntary Consent? A Look at Sovereignty Theory.

Have you heard about the sovereignty movement? This is what I call the people who rally around the ideas expressed very briefly in this video. There are many lines of thought present in the movement. Some think that all unconstitutional government tyranny arises from our voluntary consent. Others think there is a second, secret constitution. […]

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To What Extent and in What Ways, if any, Does Government Exhibit the Problems Typical of other Monopolies?

Over at C4SS’ Stateless U in ATP 101 we’re reading The Market for Liberty. Here are my comments on one of the discussion questions. “To what extent and in what ways, if any, does government exhibit the problems typical of other monopolies?” Governments manifest many problems that are typical of coercive monopolies. Governments use force […]

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Small Time Pennsylvania Dictators Declare War on Yard Sales

Hazle Township, Pennsylvania supervisors have declared war on yard sales. They say too many local residents are holding too many yard sales too often. So they’ve rolled out new limits for budding entrepreneurs who use their own property to freely associate and trade with their fellow human beings. Those wishing to hold a yard sale […]

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Anti-War Teacher Scorned for Daring to Dissent

How is it that, 7 years into the Iraq War and 8 years into the Afghanistan War, a lone high school teacher can be treated with such contempt as seen in this video for taking a stand against war? Did student anti-war movements take this long to develop in response to the Vietnam War? Why […]

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Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?

Over at C4SS’ Stateless U in ATP 102, I read and critiqued “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? [PDF]” In “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?”, Alfred G. Cuzan argues that society is always in anarchy, and we don’t escape it just because a government is declared to be in existence. […]

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Spooner’s “No Treason” Ruthlessly Exposes Constitution’s Lack of Authority

Over at C4SS’ Stateless U in ATP 102, I read and critiqued “No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority.” In “No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority,” Lysander Spooner convincingly argues that the United States constitution can not possibly be said to have a binding effect on anyone, be they signers of the document, those […]

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Get your Liberty Fix with me, Today from 5-7PM EST

Liberty Fix is a libertarian talk radio show hosted by activist and blogger George Donnelly (that’s me!). On Liberty Fix, we talk about peaceful libertarian solutions to your problems, the problems created by aggression and whatever you like! You decide. After all, a spoonful of liberty helps the government go down! Get your liberty fix […]

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Wikileaks Must be Protected and Respected

WikiLeaks is a beacon of truth and liberty in a world under siege by the United States.

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Was the Wild West an Anarcho-Capitalistic Society?

Over at C4SS’ Stateless U in ATP 102, I read and critiqued “An American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West. [PDF]” Does America’s Wild West of the 19th century evidence elements of a successful anarcho-capitalist society? Is it possible to demonstrate the effectiveness of market-provided security services by applying anarcho-capitalist theory to […]

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What an Honest Supreme Court Hearing Might Sound Like

Over at FSK’s Guide to Reality, in another one of his ruthless analyses, FSK dissected the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan. He composed some dialog that might take places in an honest supreme court confirmation hearing. I thought it was funny so I dramatized it using xtranormal. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.