libertarianism

Today I spoke with Media Roots co-host (and filmmaker behind “A Very Heavy Agenda”) Robbie Martin. Robbie and I talk about the seemingly improbable rise of the Neocons and the impact they are having on the election cycle. We discuss the Neocon love-fest going on right now with Hillary Clinton, as well as their disgust with all things Trump. Later, we explore the DNC leak and throw in a few of our theories about who might have been behind it. We also consider the notion that Putin and Trump are working together.

They're not seeing this as a "lesser of two-- or even three-- evils" election because they see overwhelming evil on both sides of the aisle-- and everywhere else. They want to re-litigate the "murder" of Vince Foster and talk about Hillary's "aggressive" lesbianism. I mean we're talking about the real brainwashed crazy here. But ... don't you want to hear what the whack-job libertarians are talking about? Some of it has grains of truth, you know.

Stephan Kinsella, “The Undeniable Morality of Capitalism” (pdf; text version), St. Mary’s Law Journal 25, no. 4 (1994): 1419–47  (review essay of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Economics and Ethics of Private Property (1993)). Revised version to be included in Legal Foundations of a Free Society (forthcoming 2023).

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 214. www.stephankinsella.com/kinsella-on-liberty-podcast/ I was a guest on the fun and zany libertarian podcast “Johnny Rocket Launch Pad,” Episode 97. They fired questions at me one after another, and I did my best to field them. The sound effects were added later. From the shownotes page: What are some things libertarians commonly get […]

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 213. www.stephankinsella.com/kinsella-on-liberty-podcast/ This is a debate between me and one Todd Lewis, hosted by Keith Preston, about self-ownership and the non-aggression principle. Lewis had participated in a decent debate with Walter Block previously, so I agreed to discuss with him, even though he was not clear where he was coming from, what his own position […]

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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 212. www.stephankinsella.com/kinsella-on-liberty-podcast/ This is my interview, mostly on various anarcho-capitalism issues, by Josh Havins, of the Lafayette County (Mississippi) Libertarian Party: Their episode: “Ask a Libertarian #8 – Stephan Kinsella – Anarcho-Capitalism” (video embedded below). For related material see: What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist The Irrelevance of the Impossibility of Anarcho-Libertarianism […]

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 211. My interview on the Wake Up Call podcast, Episode 44: Corporations and the Corporate Form. From the shownotes page: Episode Summary Stephan Kinsella joins Adam Camac and Daniel Laguros to discuss corporations and the corporate form, common objections, and state interventions in the area.   Related Articles 1. In […]

A few years back, I had a disagreement with left-libertarian Kevin Carson who implied, I thought, that anyone who is “rich”—say, who earns more than $250k a year—earns his money illegitimately, by being part of the state’s exploiting class, and it would be just to confiscate his wealth. See, for example, our interchange in the comments […]

My memoriam for Tibor Machan, R.I.P., was published today at FEE.org: Remembering Tibor Machan, Libertarian Mentor and Friend: Reflections on a Giant. A local copy is repixeled below. Update: Jack Criss’s touching tribute is available here. And here is one by Pater Tenebraram. *** One of my long-time friends, libertarian philosopher Tibor Machan, passed away last month, […]