If libertarians continue to use the word “capitalism” as some kind of ahistorical ideal, they will forever be dismissed by the Left as rationalist apologists for a state-capitalist reality.
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.
Charles Johnson: Os libertários de esquerda são por vezes conhecidos por pegarem-se em distinções e definições de palavras.
“Contract Feudalism”: A Response to Paul Marks was originally published in the 2008 issue of Economic Notes No. 105 by the Libertarian Alliance, written by Kevin Carson.
Adapted from an anarchism session Darian Worden led at the Students for Liberty 2012 regional conference at the University of Pennsylvania.
Carson: The average member of the producing classes should rest secure in the knowledge that he would be able to support himself in the future, without depending on the whims of an employer.
The capital and land of the rich is worthless to them without a supply of labor to produce surplus value.
Repetindo, vemos que anarquistas consistente e corretamente têm feito equivaler a formulação estatista da propriedade a monopolização.
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The reigning king of intellectual “property” litigiousness looks to be on the receiving end for a little of what it’s been dishing out.
The first thing to note is that Romney is typical of the right wing of the ruling elite, which often portrays lower income beneficiaries of the welfare state as a threat to the established order.
Alan Furth on several of the most important blindspots of the vulgar-libertarian view of Argentina and its recent history.
Long: Is it true that objective law can be provided only by a governmental monopoly?
Ross Kenyon makes the case that libertarians, while very interested in economic theory, need to pay closer attention to political economy, history, and institutional analysis to make sure that they are applying theory where it appropriate to do so.
How Violence Against Women Enforces the Unwritten Law of Patriarchy
William Gillis fires back at a critique of the recently-published Markets Not Capitalism.
On December 26, 2011, C4SS Board and Advisory Panel member Gary Chartier appeared on Current TV’s The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur. The show featured two leftists — Chartier and AlterNet editor Adele Stan — discussing the merits of Ron Paul’s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. As a passionate foe of militarism, aggression, and empire,…
Kevin Carson to the 53%: Stop licking the boot that kicks you.
Ross Kenyon deconstructs the misleading abstraction of “the market” and makes an existentialist case for the coupling of the freedom to choose poorly with the wisdom to choose wisely.
