In Democracy—The God That Failed, Hans Hoppe shows that democracy is worse than monarchy and is the cause of the decline of civilization in the 20th century.
This article is a sequel to my previous post “Root Causes and the Libertarian Immigration Debate”. Continuing the discussion on what strategy libertarians should follow with regards to immigration, I will argue that even if we accept the Hoppean argument for closed borders, the conclusion still violates libertarian principles.
Toward a Theory of Strategy for Liberty
In [...]
11.29.08Government Against the Poor
Whenever I am arguing with someone over the merits and morality of anarchism versus the horrible tragedy of statism, I am almost always confronted with the inevitable question: “What about the poor?” These ignorant statists (I’ve yet to find one aware of economics) are operating under the assumption that the government helps the poor, and [...]
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
- Henry David Thoreau
The libertarian immigration debate is alive and well.1 Although there is no debate over the immigration policy of a free society, there is considerable controversy over the proper immigration policy in our currently existing statist [...]