Author: one80Admin

06 Jul The Will to Power and the Specter of Hubris

Posted at 21:58h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

There’s a specter haunting the West, the specter of hubris.  We think we know everything, and what we know to be morally right today was always universally so. Available for our predecessors to discover, we’re actually the ones who did so and embraced it while they...

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06 Jul Crimes Against Prosperity

Posted at 21:56h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The advent of the modern state has subjected humanity to a great many social experiments, some with glorious results, most absolutely horrific. We have seen all too often genocide, artificial famines, war, repression, and the disruption of social fabrics through poorly thought out social programs....

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06 Jul Train a child, secure the future: Educating our kids about the free market

Posted at 21:55h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6 […] Read More… Like most children, I had training wheels when I first learned to ride my bike. Before riding without them, I...

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06 Jul A Declaration of Independence from Tyrannical Government

Posted at 21:50h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The Declaration of Independence, proclaimed by members of the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, is the founding document of the American experiment in free government. What is too often forgotten is that what the Founding Fathers argued against in the Declaration was the heavy...

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06 Jul Big Business Loves Big Government

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Politicians say they pass laws to “protect Americans from big business.” People like hearing that. Many don’t like big business. Unfortunately, most people don’t realize that those laws often help big business while hurting consumers. “Big business and big government are not enemies like a lot of people...

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06 Jul Some Comments on the Issue of American Slavery

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Condemning slavery is morally right. Slavery is an evil institution because it is a total violation of individual rights. However, before one judges America and its founding fathers, it is important to be aware of history. Condemning slavery is morally right. Slavery is an evil...

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06 Jul Should Anything be Prohibited in a Free Society?

Posted at 21:49h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Covid triggered a massive upswing in government prohibitions in America. Many were prohibited from keeping their firms open. Many were forced to stop working. Many of our normal freedoms of association and travel were eliminated. Many rights—such as access to due process or to contract...

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06 Jul The Founding Fathers Thought America Was Doomed

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“The fact that it hasn’t ended in the past 230 years suggests that maybe [it will] last a good deal longer,” says historian Dennis C. Rasmussen, author of "Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders."------------------Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_confirmation=1Like us on...

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06 Jul Meet the Only US President Born on the 4th of July

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Of America’s 46 presidents, only one shares a birthday with the country itself—and he was a mighty fine one at that. Calvin Coolidge, our 30th, was born on July 4, 1872. In the summer of 2023, we will note the centennial of his assuming the...

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05 Jul A Declaration of Independence from Big Government

Posted at 21:12h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The Declaration of Independence, proclaimed by members of the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, is the founding document of the American experiment in free government. What is too often forgotten is that what the Founding Fathers argued against in the Declaration was the heavy...

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