But it’s a messed-up libertarianism that looks at that situation and says, “Man, first thing we gotta do is get rid of that welfare!”

Kevin Carson: A questão é, como chegaremos lá partindo de onde estamos hoje?

Defenders of “right to work,” arguing on [a dialectical] basis, say that such laws, while formal restrictions on freedom of contract, are really restrictions on the exercise of a prior, larger grant of monopoly privileges to unions.

Making the existing system “work better” doesn’t weaken that system, it strengthens that system. … The path of least resistance always leads away from, not toward, freedom.

Richman also discusses left and right conflationism and misplaced faith in the benevolence or adiaphorous nature of the state to solve or mitigate social problems.

The reality is considerably more complicated, with all sorts of permutations and combinations of public and private.

“The labourers have the most enormous power in their hands, and, if they once become thoroughly conscious of it and used it, nothing could withstand them”

Kevin Carson: You’d almost think there was a hidden agenda here.

For every copy of Gina Lunori’s “If You Work for Peace, Stop Paying For War!” that you purchase through the Distro, C4SS will receive a percentage.

Kevin Carson: “La función central del estado es suprimir la competencia, crear sistemas artificiales de propiedad, y permitir que las clases económicas regentes extraigan rentas”.

Gary Chartier: Let’s put it another way: They violate freedom of contract.

Gary Chartier helps place libertarianism in its proper context and dispel some understandable, unfortunate misconceptions.

For every copy of Lysander Spooner’s “Letters to Thomas F. Bayard” that you purchase through the Distro, C4SS will receive a percentage.

A Los Zetas en realidad no les interesa dirigir tu vida diaria. Si no te metes con ellos, probablemente no se meterán contigo. Trata de pedirles a “tu” municipalidad, “tu” legislatura nacional o a “tu” amigable burócrata de seguridad en “tu” aeropuerto que te dejen en paz, a ver qué tal te va.

Kevin Carson: Sua função central é suprimir competição, criar propriedade artificial, e permitir que as classes dominantes econômicas extraiam rentismo.

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.

For every copy of Charles Johnson’s “Scratching By” that you purchase through the Distro, C4SS will receive a percentage.

A hint of the subjects covered: Vulgar libertarianism, labor theory of value, FMAC mutualism, economies of scale, human scale production…

Los Zetas really isn’t very interested in running your life on a day-to-day basis. If you leave them alone, they’ll probably leave you alone. Try getting “your” local city council, “your” national legislature, or “your” friendly Transportation Security Administration affiliated sexual assailant to butt out of your business and see how far you get.

Gary Chartier: Libertarians ordinarily look at the idea of income and wealth redistribution very skeptically.