http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/02/richman-on-the-4th-of-july-and-american-independence/ Austro-Anarchist Libertarian Legal Theory Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/02/richman-on-the-4th-of-july-and-american-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Happy We-Should-Restore-The-Monarchy-And-Rejoin-Britain Day! - Mises Economics Blog | The Ruthless Truth blog Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:48:51 +0000 http://www.stephankinsella.com/?p=1260#comment-334 [...] The celebration of the 4th of July as if it’s a libertarian holiday is a bit much to bear. Secession from Britain was a mistake. It’s easy enough to realize that the Constitution was not some libertarian achievement as conservatives and libertarians delude themselves into thinking. The Declaration of Independence in 1776 led to all the standard evils of war and raising an army–in the words of Jeff Hummel, "unfunded government debt, paper money, skyrocketing inflation, price controls, legal tender laws, direct impressment of supplies and wide-spread conscription." Hmm, doesn’t sound very libertarian to me. (See also below on the language of the Declaration.) Stealing, conscripting, enslaving, murdering. The glorification of democracy. The expansion of empire. The entrenching of corporatist interests with the state. The substitution of traditional order with worship of the democratic state. [...] [...] The celebration of the 4th of July as if it’s a libertarian holiday is a bit much to bear. Secession from Britain was a mistake. It’s easy enough to realize that the Constitution was not some libertarian achievement as conservatives and libertarians delude themselves into thinking. The Declaration of Independence in 1776 led to all the standard evils of war and raising an army–in the words of Jeff Hummel, "unfunded government debt, paper money, skyrocketing inflation, price controls, legal tender laws, direct impressment of supplies and wide-spread conscription." Hmm, doesn’t sound very libertarian to me. (See also below on the language of the Declaration.) Stealing, conscripting, enslaving, murdering. The glorification of democracy. The expansion of empire. The entrenching of corporatist interests with the state. The substitution of traditional order with worship of the democratic state. [...]

]]> http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/02/richman-on-the-4th-of-july-and-american-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Happy We-Should-Restore-The-Monarchy-And-Rejoin-Britain Day! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:56:44 +0000 http://www.stephankinsella.com/?p=1260#comment-311 [...] celebration of the 4th of July as if it’s a libertarian holiday is a bit much to bear. Secession from Britain was a mistake. [...] [...] celebration of the 4th of July as if it’s a libertarian holiday is a bit much to bear. Secession from Britain was a mistake. [...]

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