Nihilism isn’t necessarily “post” anarchism, but it seems like the best place to house it on this site as Mikhail Bakunin and Kropotkin espoused the philosophy of science, reason, and the rejection of tradition and romanticism. Below are some thoughts on Nihilism. Nihilism: Ethical map PDF Foundations of Libertarian Ethics …
source What’s the difference between liberalism and radicalism? Which is “better?” How is “better” determined? Liberalism is the belief that the king has the right to rule and that when we want him to make decisions different from those he is currently making, we ask him respectfully, even firmly, but …
Tariffs were considered one of the big four by Benjamin Tucker many moons before Trumpian Fake-o-nomics: “the tariff monopoly, which consists in fostering production at high prices and under unfavorable conditions by visiting with the penalty of taxation those who patronize production at low prices and under favorable conditions. The …
source To speak of a 19th-century libertarian critique of fascism might seem anachronistic, since fascism is generally understood as a 20th-century phenomenon. But it did not spring from nothing, and the libertarians of the 19th century saw it in the making. Fascism differs from its close cousins, Communism and aristocratic …
Also see no tariffs Taxes are a form of capitalism, in that it is privilege or gratuitous appropriation, i.e. usury, with artificial “rights” which similarly sanction or operate on theft. In the case of taxes though, the theft is not a portion of output or product siphoned off by bosses, …
For a start, AVs [autonomous vehicles] will record everything that happens in and around them. When a crime is committed, the police will ask nearby cars if they saw anything. Fleet operators will know a great deal about their riders. In one infamous analysis of passenger data, Uber identified one-night …
“Contingent” work arrangements like the “Sharing Economies” and “Gig economies” are on the rise, but it seems this is mostly cosmetic as its mostly a name and style change, not necessarily a change in substance. At the core they still alienate labor, albeit differently. the shift to contingent work wasn’t …
source Is Labor Peculiar? David Ellerman It is remarkable that the human science of “Economics” has not been able to find or recognize any fundamental difference between the actions of human beings (i.e., “labor”) and the services of things. Attempts by economists to recognize the “peculiarities” of labor have …
An Anarchist Look at World Trade Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade source Many of those who oppose the World Trade Organization (WTO) advocate something they call “fair trade,” in contrast to the “free trade” the WTO advocates. In fact, the kind of commerce promoted by the WTO is anything but free, …
Libertarianism has nothing to do with national interests. Libertarianism is about individual liberty. The liberty to live your own life, to pursue your own livelihood, and to come and go as you please to anywhere that’s open to you or anywhere you’re invited to go. The implications for immigration policy …
