Complete Liberty Podcast

State created and supported assets will tend to become liabilities in a free market   The fundamental difference between a system of private property and so-called public property is that the former entails accountability, consent, and jurisdiction while the latter entails unjust coercion based on collectivistic abstractions   "private property" is a redundancy and "public property" is a contradic...

The absurdity of "taxpayers" One day, everything will be privately owned Anarcho-Distributism by Daniel McCarthy  http://www.amconmag.com/mccarthy/2010/04/07/anarcho-distributism/ We'll never get rid of statism if present psychologies don't change People demand justice services in concert with their concept (or misconception) of justice A "republic" is based on the contradiction of "representation...

Recriminations grow over airline costs http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8629127.stm The monopoly on violence and the perceived "authority" of government undermines people's independence and responsibility--and regulatory ability Government is an unnecessary evil What part of your life do you want someone else to govern? The Story Of Your Enslavement by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch...

A dangerous idea whose time has come by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2010m4d5-A-dangerous-idea-whose-time-has-come We really can't determine the exact damage statism does to the economy and to our lives, but it's immense--and of course unnecessary The government is merely a destructive gang imbued with virtue by most people It's important...

Doctorow and Stross to Write Authorized Sequel to Atlas Shrugged [phil of rejectivism] http://www.locusmag.com/2010/April1st_AtlasSequel.html The nature of government is to control you, including whether you can live or not So-called intellectual property wouldn't exist in a free society http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php Doug Casey on Anarchy  http://www.lewrockwell.com/casey/casey45.1.html...

Even so-called judges are obedient to someone... Authoritarian sociopaths want more and more power (to fill the void in their self-esteem) Governmental courts foster the ultimate conflicts of interest (adjudicator and prosecutor on the same team) "Do as I say, not as I do!" is the favorite line of those living in self-conflict We need a movement of new intellectuals who ferret out contradictions N...

Twenty-one Reasons Why Statism Is a Radical and Radically Incoherent Theory by Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski http://www.strike-the-root.com/twenty-one-reasons-why-statism-is-radical-and-radically-incoherent-theory Governmental employees who regulate people are unproductive, anti-creative, and anti-entrepreneurial For many, Government is like God, and needs no explanation Since individuals can govern th...

The most progress and highest quality and lowest prices happen in the freest economic sectors Imagine A Free World http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#91 Thou Shalt Not Take Full Responsibility For Your Own Treatment—Authorities Will Handle That http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#105 Thou Shalt Not Do Business Without Joining The State Guild—Licensure http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.p...

Government doesn't respect persons and property, by definition Tax attacks: Hillcrest grudge match pits Market Anarchists against Democratic Socialists by Dave Maass  http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/tax_attacks/9008/ All the grand social projects advocated by statists, in addition to being immoral, fail miserably compared to free market standards Socialism is mass coercion with no respe...

  Why I Call Myself A Free Market Anarchist And Why I Am One by Brian Micklethwait http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/polin/polin067.pdf Unfortunately there are "Anarchists" who are nothing of the sort, because they violate property rights (or advocate violating them) Today's "capitalism" is also nothing of the sort, because of statist intervention Freedom solves all the intractable problems that...

The philosophy of pragmatism in America is killing our economy and culture http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html Evasion, rationalization, and repression are common defense mechanisms Government, being a coercive monopoly, fosters immorality and injustice The American Spectator : Just Say Snow by Doug Bandow http://spectator.org/archives/2010/02/11/just-say-snow/ Any government is inhe...

15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams by David DeGraw http://www.alternet.org/economy/144109/15_signs_american_society_is_coming_apart_at_the_seams?page=entire Our standard of living would be a great deal higher without the assorted ills of statism and central banking Taxpayer money should be left in the hands of those it was extorted from Productive individuals create jobs, not t...

WHY AYN RAND? SOME ALTERNATE ANSWERS by MICHAEL HUEMER http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/01/22/michael-huemer/why-ayn-rand-some-alternate-answers/   Human beings should be rationally self-interested Modern politics stems from denial of self-ownership, among other things What we have is a world of deficient self-esteem Egoism doesn't demand that others sacrifice for one's own sake http://aynrandlexi...

Government and Katrina... 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 3 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuL8teeuJD8&NR=1 Governmentally controlled roads should be abolished, based on respect for property rights; highways and byways should be privately owned Imagine if all the people in government, and those they drag into their morass, were not throwing away their productivity; if go...

Civil Disobedience? - The Freedomain Radio Roundtable - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3jcon9ffNw CD activism has typically been collectivistic in nature, thus not achieving freedom for individuals Individual sovereignty is the ultimate goal of complete liberty Statist media and memes make our political situation quite difficult Most people believe that the status quo is the best way of doing thi...

Let's hope this next decade will be better than the last one regarding prospects for freedom... Back to Basics on Property and Competition by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker129.html Property rights aren't respected by governments in civilization; "laws" created by a coercive monopoly infringe on them daily People in the marketplace are the ones who respect property right...

In a world without copyright, content creators would find ways to connect with fans and give them reasons to buy Authors: Beware of Copyright by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker121.html The corporate structure wouldn't exist in a free market, so corporate "policy" and litigiousness would disappear There is no reason for books to be out of print in the digital age, other t...

Brett comes back from fraternizing with pirates on the high Caribbean seas School Sucks: Caribbean Holiday Spectacular (With Special Guests!) http://schoolsucks.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2009-12-07T09_15_19-08_00 For some reason, people can get along without overt government Fatbeard: Cartman's dream of living the life of a pirate will come true if he can just get to Somalia. http://www.southparkstud...

The prospects for liberty on the high seas aren't any better than on land, imo Any place of true freedom would entail the dissolution of governmental "jurisdiction" Any place of true freedom would attract many rights-respecting and responsible individuals Trying to enact complete liberty in a large city environment is quite problematic, though not impossible For example: http://www.meetup.com/Comp...

IP laws impose a labyrinth of restrictions on creative entrepreneurs who would otherwise bring new and interesting products and services to market Pirate Bay founders threatened with fine if site stays open http://www.macworld.com/article/143592/2009/10/piratebay_fine.html The Pirates Can't Be Stopped by Daniel Roth http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/01/14/Media-Def...

Goldman Sachs seeks Goldman sucks site suit by Austin Modine http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/10/goldman_sucks_site_suit/ further reading...Goldman Sachs in Talks to Acquire Treasury Department http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx? ID=7047 and...Wallstrip - Goldman Sachs (GS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyl46aaSWnE Peter McCandless interview with Daniel Lakemacher - 11/07/2009: Hrs. 1...

Our last episode dealing strictly with patents...next up, trademarks and copyrights Supreme Court to decide: What kind of innovations get a patent? by Warren Richey http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1108/p02s13-usju.html High court considers whether business methods can be patented by Peter Whoriskey http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110903301.html The patent indust...

The Liberty Roundtable #1: Education and the State http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_bLcxOU4ww Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes | The Onion - America's Finest News Source http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130 With the force of patent law, some producers supposedly have more rights than others? Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' by David Meyer http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,100000012...

Everyone has scary cop stories, which is on account of cops' legalized coercive monopoly Is Halloween a form of sublimation for the scary aspect of the coercive nature of our society? Police enforce arbitrary and unjust laws, regardless of the particular "state" Police don't have property rights jurisdiction The governmental system is set up for total lack of accountability (and of course appallin...

Complete Liberty chapter six was the most difficult to write: Ending Modern Day Letters Patent http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php Orthodox Objectivists tenaciously hold onto the IP meme Marx's labor theory of value is in operation with the promotion of IP Australia's Woolworths, Apple in logo dispute http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091006/bs_afp/australiaustrademarkwoolworthsapple http://digg.c...