daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 5 years agoIs It Okay To Use Government Services (aka Take Money From The State)?Is It Okay To Use Government Services (aka Take Money From The State)? One of the many accusations that statists accuse libertarians of is being hypocrites. Here we say that…daniel030 (56)in #abortion • 5 years agoAbortion is Murder and Should be LegalIs An Abortion A Victimless Crime or Does the Fetus Have a Right to Life? When it comes to the issue of abortion there are a few views that people have. One view is that…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 6 years agoWhy Businesses Should be Free to DiscriminateA law that says a business can’t discriminate against people based on race, color, gender, or creed is not an anti-discrimination law, but an anti-business law. Those that…daniel030 (56)in #libertarian • 6 years agoThe Answer to the Trolley ProblemThe trolley problem is one of the most widely cited thought experiments. The trolley problem for those who have never heard of it goes like this: You are in control of a trolley…daniel030 (56)in #libertarianism • 8 years agoVulgar LibertarianismLibertarianism (or anarchism, I use the words interchangeably) is an attempt to answer one question and one question only: When is the use of force justified? In other words…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoThe Impossibility of Voting for the Lesser of Two EvilsThe state is a legitimized monopolization of force within a given territorial area. While the state is a coercive monopoly, its power (and the extent of its power) ultimately…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoThe Employment FetishPoliticians and pundits from both major political parties are arguing about creating more jobs. Democrats typically brag about how many jobs they've created. Republicans, who at…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoThe Roving Bandit vs. The Stationary Bandit: A Justification for the Existence of a Nation-StateLudwig von Mises explains that the problem with socialism is a lack of economic calculation. Without a pricing system there is no way to determine who should produce what, how…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoWhy Do Most Nations Fail and Why Has Exporting Democracy Abroad Failed?The great economist Thomas Sowell once asked, not why are so many people poor, but why are so few able to become rich? For most people in the world, freedom is not the norm. The…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoThe Libertarian Case for Debt ForgivenessOne of Leftist Jill Stein's proposals as running for president is to forgive student loans, where those who took out student loans don't have to pay them back. Dr. Stein's way to…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoGame Theory and AnarchyDavid Friedman asks the question: If both parties are unable to verbally communicate with each other what determines how they interact with each other? For example, suppose two…daniel030 (56)in #anarchism • 8 years agoExistentialism: The Philosophy of Freedom and Personal ResponsibilityIf there's a philosophical school of thought I most align with it would be existentialism. I consider myself a philosophical anarchist, but anarchism addresses the normative…daniel030 (56)in #utopia • 8 years agoAnarchy: The Anti-Utopia"Utopia is not an option." -David Friedman Utopia literally means "no place." Thomas More's Utopia is a novel about a place that can't exist and is impossible to ever occur.…daniel030 (56)in #war • 8 years agoDear Soldiers, Thank You For Fighting to Take Away Our Freedoms (or The Myth of the Freedom Protecting Soldier)It seems that pretty everyone but anarchists believe that without the soldiers dying our freedoms would be taken away. We are only free because people risked (and gave) their…daniel030 (56)in #socialism • 8 years agoThere's No Such Thing As Crony CapitalismWhile there are a few avowed full-blown socialists who want the government to control pretty much everything, with the only freedom being the right to kill your unborn child…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoHooray for Apathy!The great comedian and philosopher George Carlin once said, "It's important in life if you don't give a shit. It can help you a lot in life." He also once said that if there is a…daniel030 (56)in #anarchism • 8 years agoI Don't Know: The Key To FreedomThe famous parable goes something like this: Socrates went to the all-knowing Oracle and asked, "Who is the smartest person in the world?" The Oracle replied, "You, Socrates are…daniel030 (56)in #anarchism • 8 years agoHello, This is Daniel Rothschild (Yep, the Evil Banker)For some stupid reason (I don't know the real reason, but I'm claiming it's stupid anyway), Steemit doesn't seem to let you change your username. It's kind of annoying. So I…daniel030 (56)in #anarchy • 8 years agoUncle Sam is Like the Uncle that Molested You When You Were 12 Years OldStatism, the belief in authority and that certain people living by a separate moral code from the rest of us is the way to a better society, is a death cult. Government is the…daniel030 (56)in #steemit • 8 years agoDying is Easy, Steeming is HardNew to Stemmit? Writing tons of content, only to make no money in return? Congratulations, you are like many people on here. The following is a recommended guide on how to…