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The Socio-psychological Foundations of Socialism or The Theory of The State by Hoppe10 Dec 202400:55:52

There can be no socialism without a state, and as long as there is a state there is socialism as socialism rests on aggressive violence directed against innocent victims, aggressive violence is the nature of any state.

The Ethical Justification of Capitalism and Why Socialism Is Morally Indefensible by Hoppe05 Dec 202400:45:17

in this episode we delineate the prior user-latecomer distinction.

how argumentation of any sort presupposes this normative claim .

how capitalism is the only justifiable economic process that adheres to this principle.

The Divine Right of Stagnation by Nathaniel Branden, Racism by Ayn Rand17 Jul 202400:53:45

Leaving men free to think, act, produce, attempt the untried & new creates the system to reward effort and achievement & penalizes passivity


https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refld=Axioms

The Nature Of Government, Government Financing in Free Society by Ayn Rand27 Jun 202400:46:47

what Is the nature of government?

can there be more than one government over a geographical area?

how can government be funded in a free society?

should government exist in a free society?

we ask all these and more on today episode

Mans Rights, Collectivized "Rights" by Ayn Rand26 Jun 202400:49:36

What subjectivism is in the realm of ethics, collectivism is in the realm of politics anything society does is right because society chose to do it is not a moral principle but a negation of moral principles & banishment of all morality from social issues.

Collectivized Ethics, The Monument Builders24 Jun 202400:38:19

There is no such dichotomy such as human rights VS. property rights no human rights can exist without property rights since goods are produced by men's mind and effort if he does not own the results he does not own his life.

Doesn't Life Require Compromise?, How Does One Lead A Rational Life in an Irritational Society?, The Cult Of Moral Grayness17 Jun 202400:46:12

there can be no compromise on moral principles, any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can benefit.

It is the fear of moral responsibility the leads men to adopt an attitude of morale neutrality.

Isn't Everyone Selfish?, The Psychology of Pleasure by Nathaniel Branden 10 Jun 202400:36:59

to be selfish is to be motivated by concern for ones own interest this requires that one consider what constitutes ones self interest and how to achieve it, one cannot be concerned with one desire that of which one does not know.

The Conflicts Of Men's Interests by Ayn Rand 03 Jun 202400:29:01

A rational man never holds a desire or pursues a goal which cannot be achieved by his own effort. He trades value for value. If a man pursues a goal the requires the effort of others, he seeks not anything but his own ability to persuade them to his goal.

The Ethics Of Emergencies by Ayn Rand 12 May 202400:23:53

Advocates of altruism are unable to base their ethics on any facts of men's normal existence and only offer "lifeboat" situations as examples in which to derive moral conduct.

- Ayn Rand

Mental Health Vs. Mysticism and Self Sacrifice by Nathaniel Branden 08 May 202400:27:24

Mans life and self esteem require that a man take pride in his power to think, pride in his power to live- but morality, men are taught, holds pride, and specifically intellectual pride, as the gravest of sins. -N.B.

The Virtue Of Selfishness By Ayn Rand intro and Chp1 29 Apr 202401:30:34

We begin our reading of Ayn Rand's book the introduction and first chapter


https://archive.org/details/AynRandTheVirtueOfSelfishness

The Socialism of Social Engineering and The Foundations of Economic Analysis by Hoppe25 Nov 202401:21:46

In any case, since the socialism of social engineering does not differ in principle from any of the other versions of socialism, in that it implies a redistribution of property titles away from the users and contractors of scarce resources and onto nonusers and noncontractors, it, too, raises the cost of production and so leads to a reduction in the production of wealth


"Human Rights" Are Property Rights by Murray N. Rothbard25 Apr 202400:25:28

Is Privacy a human right?

is free speech a human right?

what entails a right?

how are rights derived?


https://mises.org/mises-daily/human-rights-property-rights

Anatomy Of The Constitution By Derek Wills (@ancapair) 22 Apr 202400:29:19

why should we disregard the constitution of the united states?

how are constitutions socialist?

does the constitution actually protect anything at all?


Derek breaks it all down in todays read


@ancapair on twitter


Author of The Liberty Solution

Anarchy and the Law by Edward P. Stringham31 Mar 202400:55:26

What examples do we have in society today in regards to anarchism?

we dive into Edwards succinct summarization of articles and reads that are invaluable to learning more

Law And Intellectual Property In a Stateless Society by Stephan Kinsella17 Mar 202401:10:00

we go through the further iteration of the developing thesis of Stephan's arguments for how intellectual property is an indefensible position to have

Intellectual Property and Libertarianism By Stephan Kinsella 04 Mar 202400:35:39

the next installment of the curation of Stephan's thesis of the invalidity of IP.


https://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/11/intellectual-property-and-libertarianism/

Is Intellectual Property Legitimate? By Stephan Kinsella 19 Feb 202400:51:15

Is Intellectual Property a right?

how could one defend IP?

we find out today in three essays beginning to learn about the scam that is IP


https://c4sif.org/2022/08/letter-on-intellectual-property-rights-ios-journal-june-1995/


https://c4sif.org/2022/09/is-intellectual-property-legitimate-1998/


https://archive.lewrockwell.com/kinsella/kinsella2.1.1.html

Free Will...? 06 Feb 202402:20:38

do we have free will?

is such a thing even real?

were you brought here by your choices, or by your past choices?

we go down what free will entails, and the arguments for and against the idea of such a thing.


https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/

Living in the private 15 Jan 202400:28:32

what's the difference between public and private?

does the state have jurisdiction over you?

we begin to dive down the rabbit hole that is self ownership


https://livingintheprivate.blogspot.com/




Quotes from a wide variety of philosophers 08 Jan 202401:39:52

a collection of quotes from philosophers, libertarians, freedom fighters, young and old.

this is the conclusion of the Voluntaryist Handbook ! Thank you for listening!

How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis & The Imposers and the Imposed Upon 01 Jan 202401:00:29

is the current healthcare crisis an after effect of prior regulations?

how does government create the facade of being imposed upon where it very much operates within the realm of imposers?


How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis Roderick T. Long The Imposers and the Imposed Upon Jeff Deist


The Socialism of Conservatism by Hoppe18 Nov 202401:20:32

what can be socialist about conservatism?

would conservation be to retract all innovation?

what methodologies does conservatism use to keep the economic order in check ?

The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery by Phillip W. Magness, From Marine to Voluntaryist Shane Hazel, The Law by Frédéric Bastiat27 Dec 202300:36:04

can a marine become a Voluntaryist?

how does the news invoke a sinister identity towards capitalism?

if laws are created to protect plunder would it not be true that laws are unjust?

Fallacies You Need to Be Told About by Michael Huemer21 Dec 202300:39:52

what are some of the fallacies that occur in argumentative positions? we learn today about 14 different ways your mind is being mislead.

Right-Wing Critique of the Police State, The Only Police Reform That Matters ,Welfare Before the Welfare State 11 Dec 202300:32:41

If enforcing more laws and locking up more bad guys creates a more safer society, Why is society more unsafe than it has ever been with prisons full to the brim?

why can a police officer enforce violence against you but nobody can enact violence against his violence?

how did the needy seek help before welfare?


Chp#39 Right-Wing Critique of the Police State by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr

Chp#40 The Only Police Reform That Matters By Jason Brennan

Chp#41 Welfare Before the Welfare State by Joshua Fulton


How Markets Have Delivered More Economic Equality ,The State Is Too Dangerous to Tolerate, An Invisible Enemy Turned Inward05 Dec 202300:29:38

chp 36 How Markets Have Delivered More Economic Equality by Antony Sammeroff chp 37 The State Is Too Dangerous to Tolerate by Robert Higgs chp 38 An Invisible Enemy Turned Inward

by Clint Russell


Government Itself Is Immoral & The Obviousness of Anarchy 30 Nov 202301:30:27

chp 33 Government Itself Is Immoral James Corbett

chp 34 The Obviousness of Anarchy

John Hasnas


Chaos theory, The Power Vacuum Argument, So Tell Me, Do You Hate the State 2023 redux 27 Nov 202300:40:46

Chp #30 Chaos Theory (Excerpts) Robert P. Murphy Chp #31 The Power vacuum Argument

Larken Rose

Chp #32 So Tell ME, Do You Hate The State? 2023 redux

Peter R. Quiñones


Greatest superstition (excerpts) & can anarcho- capitalism work? 21 Nov 202300:24:51

is the belief in authority a religion?

how can we put forth a world without government?



Ch#28 the Greatest Superstition by Larken rose

Ch#29 Can Anarcho-Capitalism Work? Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr


Persuasion vs. Force Mark and Jo Ann Skousen16 Nov 202300:24:46

does persuasion work in the real world? are there instances where force is necessary? today we compare and contrast these two methods.

The Ultimate Justification for the Ethics of Private Property by Hans Herman Hoppe 16 Nov 202300:28:35

are property rights intrinsic to ones own being?

can the utilitarian or the natural rights theories disprove the presence of property rights?

Hans takes us down the intellectual road of why and how in todays read.

Voluntaryist Handbook Chp 24 &25 06 Nov 202300:25:50

why during war time is the collectivist ideals brought about?

what happens when a police officer recognizes his wrong doings in his job?


chp 24 Individualism vs. War Scott Horton chp 25

I Was a Police Officer, Now I’m a Voluntaryist Shepard Oakley



Socialism Social-Democratic Style by Hans Herman Hoppe14 Oct 202401:15:13

somewhat ironically for a socialist party which argued that equalizing educational opportunities would imply an income transfer from the rich to the poor, in effect to a subsidy paid to the more intelligent at the expense of a complementary income reduction for the less intelligent


https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refId=Axioms


The Reluctant Anarchist Joseph Sobran06 Nov 202300:31:55

a story of one conservatives journey from conservatism to anarchist

I Am God & So Are You by Steven Michaels 30 Oct 202300:32:31

a nice short book on the basic principles to live by if you so choose listen and decide for yourself.

The Case for Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections By Roderick T. Long23 Oct 202301:18:09

what are some of the objections to an anarchist society?

wont government be created out of the new protections agencies?


we find out from Robert Long

Is ‘Equality’ a Worthy Goal?, How I Changed My Mind on Intellectual Property18 Oct 202300:27:05

Can we bring about a would of TRUE equality?

Is it worthy of pursuit?

is IP a scam?

how can you defend IP?

lets find out in todays reads


Chp 20 Is ‘Equality’ a Worthy Goal? Bradley Thomas Chp 21 How I Changed My Mind on Intellectual Property by Isaac Morehouse


Marxist and Austrian Class Analysis by Hans-Hermann Hoppe,16 Oct 202300:57:03

does Marxists and Austrians agree on anything?

are there similar views in the theses?

we find out today in today read



Privatize the Roads & The Utilitarian Case for Voluntaryism11 Oct 202300:28:20

can private ownership of roads INCREASE overall econmic output?

is there a utilitarian case for voulntaryism?


chp17 Privatize the Roads by Walter Block, Ph.D.

chp18 The Utilitarian Case for Voluntaryism by Danny Duchamp


How Private Governance Made the Modern World Possible & The Misplaced Fear of “Monopoly” 02 Oct 202300:36:48

do we need a gov to help enforce contracts?

do monopolies actually occur in markets?


chp 16

How Private Governance Made the Modern World Possible Edward P. Stringham chp17

The Misplaced Fear of “Monopoly” Thomas E. Woods



The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State & No Treason 28 Sep 202300:43:20

can not supporting the USA count as treason?

does a majority of as group have a right to dictate the rights of the minority?


chp 12 The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State Auberon Herbert

chp 14 No Treason Lysander Spooner


Homelessness, Regulation, and Minimum Wage22 Sep 202300:25:21

a collection of quotes regarding wages, regulations surrounding zoning and pollution, homelessness and poverty.

Social Cooperation & The Central Banking Scam18 Sep 202300:25:21

is social cooperation a better ideal for the libertarian movement than the individualism ideal? sheldon brings forth his ideas in this read

what is money? why is money not taught in school? Patrick succinctly summarizes the scam that is central banking



Chp 9 Social Cooperation Sheldon Richman Chp 10

The Central Banking Scam Patrick MacFarlane, J.D


Russian Style Socialism By Hans Herman Hoppe07 Oct 202400:54:51

what kind of outcomes can we deduce when the means of production are socialized?

does changing the private property incentive structure change how a society operates?


No waste BTC signs geyser page : https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refId=Axioms

The Argument for Free Markets: Morality vs. Efficiency Walter E. Williams, Ph.D. 14 Sep 202300:39:17

does minimum wage laws make life better? does import restrictions actually save jobs? who are the invisible victims of such legislation? walter walks us through these questions and more in todays episode

What It Means to Be an Anarcho-Capitalist & Six Questions for Statists14 Sep 202300:32:06

can we apply the state intervention into other sections of the society?

does believing in anarchy mean total dissolution of the state?

chp 6 What It Means to Be an Anarcho-Capitalist Stephan Kinsella, J.D. chp 7

Six Questions for Statists Stefan Molyneux, M.A


Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? by Alfred G. Cuzán, Ph.D08 Sep 202300:26:27

Is there such a thing as NO anarchy ? does the existence of government destroy all anarchy? Alfred answers these questions and more on todays episode

Coercivists and Voluntarists & Three Thought Experiments07 Sep 202300:15:18

Chp.3

Coercivists and Voluntarists Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D. Chp.4

Three Thought Experiments Jason Brennan, Ph.D


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