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August 2011
63 posts
“Agorism - Because asking permission to be free proves you are not.”
—John Bush
“The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up for our mistakes, neither does our neighbor have any right to tell us how to live, so long as we aren’t infringing on their rights. Freedom to make bad decisions is inherent in the freedom to make good ones. If we are only free to make good decisions, we are not really free.”
—Ron Paul (via thecheekylibertarian)
“We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson. (via libertarians)
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Libertarianism in Firefly
Nope, it’s been seen before! :) Check out my blog on a couple of points in an essay by Gardner Goldsmith concerning all the libertarianism/anarchy in the series: http://shinyletsbebadguys.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/freedom-in-an-unfree-world/
Libertarian themes in Joss Whedon’s Firefly franchise;
Am I the only one who picked up on this?
everything about firefly is libertarian. Its agorist, the crew provides valued services through the black market while cleverly avoiding government laws. They are responsible for themselves and are always fair in their dealings.
Black and Yellow Pages - Indigo Agora →
indigoagora.com
Where the free market reigns! List your business here and meet other agorists and free market people…
Liberty and Life: Libertarianism →
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A normative theory that sees people as good and rational and able to judge good ideas from bad.
Incorrect. Please see here.
I feel like two quotations cover this topic really well.
1. Milton Friedman: “You think – excuse me, if you’ll pardon me – do you…
In Search of a New Renaissance →
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My new profile at Mises - big things happening for me there in the next couple of weeks!
