Demystifying Libertarianism and Austrian Economics

It’s really not that hard as soon as you realize it’s a cult like the Manson Family, Jim Jones or Scientology.  It helps explain Ron Paul and his acolytes quite nicely, actually. From The Austrian Disease — Poor Scholarship, A Priori Bias Despite its efforts to reach a broader audience, libertarianism…

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Oh Dear! I’ve Upset the Queen!

I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered a blogger who asked me to stop commenting on his posts because I was upsetting his… “fans.”  Really? Fans? Blogger fans? Are there really such sycophantic creatures as “blogger fans?“ Well, I suppose if your blog has T-Shirts, it may as well have fans……

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A Correction: Dr. Tim Nerenz

Sometimes my zeal gets the best of me.  I would like to issue an apology and a correction to my piece on Dr. Nerenz, Libertarian Hypocrite of the Week.  He did indeed write a dissertation for his Ph.D.  I was mistaken and I apologize for calling into question his bona fides…

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Libertarian Hypocrite of the Week [UPDATED]

[UPDATE: I have issued a correction and apology to Dr. Nerenz. My assertions regarding his academic bona fides were incorrect and I would like to correct the record accordingly] At the American’s for Prosperity Bund Rally in Waukesha on Saturday (full details here), the audience was subjected to the Randian…

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Ron Paul Believes in the Freedom To Sexually Harass People

The more time Ron Paul spends in the spotlight, the more people are exposed to the fraud that is libertarianism.  Libertarianism is simply the freedom to be a school yard bully without the consequences of a teacher or parent calling you on it, nothing more.

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Ron Paul: The Candidate of Hate

I’ve made no effort to hide my extensive contempt for Ron Paul and the “Paultards” who support his lunacy.  He is a racist, ignorant little homunculus who has no business being in public service.  His economic philosophy is Neanderthal and his foreign policy is naive to the point of reckless.  It’s just…

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The Libertarian Mind

Best takedown ever.  This is the mind of the modern conservative dissected in a few words.  A beautiful thing to see…

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Why “Free Markets” are neither Free nor Markets

In what has to be the best dissection and exposition of Libertarian philosophy I’ve seen in some time, Philip Pilkington exposes the “Free Market” libertarian world view as a political and economic cult very much akin to Bolshevism in it’s structure and function.

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Matt Damon – Behind the Scenes

A quick follow up to yesterday\'s post regarding Matt Damons speech to the Save Our Schools Rally. This little video surfaced of a behind the scene interview by a reporter from Reason TV a ” so called” libertarian channel. Here she tries to impart right wing “logic” on to Matt…

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