Alexander Berkman Prisons& Crime
what do prisons really do to the human spirit? does punishment actually achieve the outcomes so desired by those that institute it?
Jun 30, 2025•22 min
Axioms of Liberty
All things freedom, sovereignty, and liberty-minded. Help yourself build a better foundation for understanding the world around you by exploring the deeper topics of life and how the fundamentals of life hinge upon action and consent. All works covered here; rights are reserved by their respective parties. I assume no ownership or rights to the covered material. This podcast is for educational purposes only.
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Leo Tolstoy, The Slavery of Our Times, Anarchist handbook Chp13
It is said that without governments we should not have those institutions, enlightening, educational and public, that are needful for all. But why should we suppose this? Why think that non-official people could not arrange their life themselves as well as government people arrange it, not for themselves, but for others?
Jun 16, 2025•50 min•Ep. 87
Anarchist handbook by Michael Malice ; PETER KROPOTKIN from The Conquest of Bread (1892)
we learn today about a lesser known sub division of anarchy , Anarco-communism . we also go into the flawed logic in its assumptions and reasonings at the end of the episode.
May 07, 2025•55 min•Ep. 86
Anarchist Handbook by Michael Malice Chp 9,10&11
The first proclaims the sovereignty of the State, the second recognizes no sort of sovereign. One wishes all monopolies to be held by the State the other wishes the abolition of all monopolies. One wishes the governed class to become the governing class; the other wishes the disappearance of classes.
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Anarchist Handbook Chp 7 by Michael Malice
Every logical and sincere theory of the State is essentially founded on the principle of authority—that is to say on the eminently theological, metaphysical and political idea that the masses, always incapable of governing themselves, must submit at all times to the benevolent yoke of a wisdom and a justice, which in one way or another, is imposed on them from above. But imposed in the name of what and by whom? Authority recognized and respected as such by the masses can have only three possible...
Mar 24, 2025•54 min•Ep. 84
Anarchists Handbook Chp6 By Michael Malice
Government, strictly and scientifically speaking is a coercive force; a man, while governed with his own consent, is not governed at all.
Mar 10, 2025•44 min•Ep. 82
Anarchist Handbook Pt2 by Michael Malice
we again perceive that even in its most equitable form it is impossible for government to dissociate itself from evil; & further, that, unless the right to ignore the State is recognized, its acts must be essentially criminal.
Mar 03, 2025•34 min•Ep. 82
The Anarchist Handbook by Michael Malice Pt.1
we begin reading Michael Malice's book the anarchists handbook For the State it is indispensable that nobody have an own will if one had, the State would have to exclude (lock up, banish, etc.) this one; if all had, they would do away with the State. The State is not thinkable without lordship and servitude (subjection); for the State must will to be the lord of all that it embraces, and this will is called the “will of the State.” The State practices “violence,” the individual must not do so. T...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 81
Capitalist Production and the Problem of Public Goods by Hoppe
to those challenging the idea of a private market for security would have to be: what about you? What would your reaction be? Does your fear of outlaw companies mean that you would then go out and engage in trade with a security producer that aggressed against other people and their property, and would you continue supporting it if it did?
Feb 04, 2025•52 min•Ep. 80
Capitalist Production and The Problem of Monopoly by Hoppe
The monopoly problem as a special problem of markets requiring state action to be resolved does not exist In fact, only when the state enters the scene does a real, nonillusory problem of monopoly and monopoly prices emerge.
Jan 07, 2025•58 min•Ep. 79
The Socio-psychological Foundations of Socialism or The Theory of The State by Hoppe
There can be no socialism without a state, and as long as there is a state there is socialism as socialism rests on aggressive violence directed against innocent victims, aggressive violence is the nature of any state.
Dec 10, 2024•56 min•Ep. 78
The Ethical Justification of Capitalism and Why Socialism Is Morally Indefensible by Hoppe
in this episode we delineate the prior user-latecomer distinction. how argumentation of any sort presupposes this normative claim . how capitalism is the only justifiable economic process that adheres to this principle.
Dec 05, 2024•45 min•Ep. 77
The Socialism of Social Engineering and The Foundations of Economic Analysis by Hoppe
In any case, since the socialism of social engineering does not differ in principle from any of the other versions of socialism, in that it implies a redistribution of property titles away from the users and contractors of scarce resources and onto nonusers and noncontractors, it, too, raises the cost of production and so leads to a reduction in the production of wealth
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 76
The Socialism of Conservatism by Hoppe
what can be socialist about conservatism? would conservation be to retract all innovation? what methodologies does conservatism use to keep the economic order in check ?
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 75
Socialism Social-Democratic Style by Hans Herman Hoppe
somewhat ironically for a socialist party which argued that equalizing educational opportunities would imply an income transfer from the rich to the poor, in effect to a subsidy paid to the more intelligent at the expense of a complementary income reduction for the less intelligent https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refId=Axioms
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 74
Russian Style Socialism By Hans Herman Hoppe
what kind of outcomes can we deduce when the means of production are socialized? does changing the private property incentive structure change how a society operates? No waste BTC signs geyser page : https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refId=Axioms
Oct 07, 2024•55 min•Ep. 73
A Theory of Socialism & Capitalism by Hans Herman Hoppe
Chapter 1 and 2 would property exist in a land of over abundance? if so how would that be created? in this land of abundance can someone else own another's body? we learn these answers today and more in todays read
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 72
Principles of Economics: Defense
The modern slave is not kept in physical chains, as his physical freedom makes him too productive to restrain. He is instead kept in mental chains of statist education, accepting inferior security while having his wealth pillaged, with no real accountability or choice the progress of human civilization depends on minimizing the damage from this gang called government , not on commandeering it for the impossible task of using its license for evil to do good. https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtc...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 71
Principles of Economics: Violence by Saifedean Ammous
How do Fiat economists sanction governmental violence? does government create distortions in markets? are governments exempt for irrationality & inefficiencies? Saif breaks down these questions and more in todays chapter https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refId=Axioms
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 70
Counterfeit Individualism By Nathaniel Branden, The Argumentation of Intimidation By Ayn Rand
Can i rebel be an individualist? what's the most prominent aspect of an individualist? What is the argumentation of intimidation? how best can we spot such a tactic? https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refId=Axioms
Aug 19, 2024•33 min•Ep. 69
The Divine Right of Stagnation by Nathaniel Branden, Racism by Ayn Rand
Leaving men free to think, act, produce, attempt the untried & new creates the system to reward effort and achievement & penalizes passivity https://geyser.fund/project/nowastebtcsigns?refld=Axioms
Jul 17, 2024•54 min•Ep. 68
The Nature Of Government, Government Financing in Free Society by Ayn Rand
what Is the nature of government? can there be more than one government over a geographical area? how can government be funded in a free society? should government exist in a free society? we ask all these and more on today episode
Jun 27, 2024•47 min•Ep. 67
Mans Rights, Collectivized "Rights" by Ayn Rand
What subjectivism is in the realm of ethics, collectivism is in the realm of politics anything society does is right because society chose to do it is not a moral principle but a negation of moral principles & banishment of all morality from social issues.
Jun 26, 2024•50 min•Ep. 66
Collectivized Ethics, The Monument Builders
There is no such dichotomy such as human rights VS. property rights no human rights can exist without property rights since goods are produced by men's mind and effort if he does not own the results he does not own his life.
Jun 24, 2024•38 min•Ep. 65
Doesn't Life Require Compromise?, How Does One Lead A Rational Life in an Irritational Society?, The Cult Of Moral Grayness
there can be no compromise on moral principles, any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can benefit. It is the fear of moral responsibility the leads men to adopt an attitude of morale neutrality.
Jun 17, 2024•46 min•Ep. 64
Isn't Everyone Selfish?, The Psychology of Pleasure by Nathaniel Branden
to be selfish is to be motivated by concern for ones own interest this requires that one consider what constitutes ones self interest and how to achieve it, one cannot be concerned with one desire that of which one does not know.
Jun 10, 2024•37 min•Ep. 63
The Conflicts Of Men's Interests by Ayn Rand
A rational man never holds a desire or pursues a goal which cannot be achieved by his own effort. He trades value for value. If a man pursues a goal the requires the effort of others, he seeks not anything but his own ability to persuade them to his goal.
Jun 03, 2024•29 min•Ep. 62
The Ethics Of Emergencies by Ayn Rand
Advocates of altruism are unable to base their ethics on any facts of men's normal existence and only offer "lifeboat" situations as examples in which to derive moral conduct. - Ayn Rand
May 12, 2024•24 min•Ep. 61
Mental Health Vs. Mysticism and Self Sacrifice by Nathaniel Branden
Mans life and self esteem require that a man take pride in his power to think, pride in his power to live- but morality, men are taught, holds pride, and specifically intellectual pride, as the gravest of sins. -N.B.
May 08, 2024•27 min•Ep. 60
The Virtue Of Selfishness By Ayn Rand intro and Chp1
We begin our reading of Ayn Rand's book the introduction and first chapter https://archive.org/details/AynRandTheVirtueOfSelfishness
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 59
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