The video I am responding to is located here.
This is a response to an Objectivist giving what are pretty standard Randian criticisms of anarcho-capitalism. I’ll provide some quotations from the video and where I take issue with them.
“The political goal of both anarcho-capitalists and Objectivists is to ban the initiation of force in human relationships.”
While [...]
I’m sure that, like me, most of you have seen some political buzz on the internet regarding Net Neutrality. For those that haven’t, Net Neutrality is essentially a form of state regulation that requires internet service providers provide equal access to all parts of the internet, disallowing them from restricting access or bandwidth to certain [...]
So I just took this internet quiz on quizfarm.com that allegedly determines what kind of anarchist you are.
What kind of Anarchist are you?
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You scored as Anarcho-Capitalist
Anarcho-capitalism is perhaps more closely linked the libertarian tradition than anarchism as it favours a free market and a stateless society. Private businesses would replace the functions of [...]
I’ve noticed that it’s become popular for people to say things like “I don’t support the war, but I do support our troops.” This always seemed strange to me; imagine if someone said “I don’t support murder, but I do support our murderers.” You’d think he’d gone crazy, and rightly so. After all, if you [...]
Continued from Part I
The next part of Molyneux’s book is mostly epistemological, covering what he calls the “null zone.” The closest thing to a straight definition of the “null zone” that we are provided is this:
Thus we have the little truth (don’t punch) and the great truth (violence is wrong) but in the middle, we [...]
According to this article on CNN.com, in the United States more than 1 in every 100 adults (1 in every 99.1 adults to be specific) is in jail or prison. Per capita, this puts the United States ahead of every other nation on the planet.
This passage is particularly enlightening:
“We need to be smarter,” said David [...]
The question of free will vs. determinism was one that haunted me for quite a while. It wasn’t until recently that I properly understood and integrated the solution to the problem, and I hope to communicate this effectively in this post to anyone else who might be undecided or confused on the matter.
There are three [...]
Roderick T. Long recently posted this article on LewRockwell.com that basically details Alan Greenspan’s transition from Objectivism to chairman of the Federal Reserve (a very anti-libertarian and anti-Objectivist organization if there ever was one).
I found it very interesting since many people in libertarian and Objectivist circles have wondered if Greenspan was working as an “inside [...]
There is a mindset that seems to be very dominant in all cultures, and I think it is the root of why libertarian ideas have yet to fully take hold of most large populations. There is a common aversion to the formation of higher level abstractions that some have dubbed “the anti-conceptual mentality.”
Terminology
Concrete - [...]
I recently discussed and debated with Stefan Molyneux about his ethical theory, which he calls Universally Preferable Behaviour. His theory is presented in a book of the same name, and I highly encourage anyone reading this post to read the book and form their own opinion rather than take my word for it that UPB [...]
