A Poll for Those Who Believe Government Can Be Restrained

[powerofreason]

Have you ever read a book on anarcho-capitalism? Please tell us all below, and which book it was. Or if you have not read a book on 100% free markets, please tell us why you are so close-minded. Here is a quick sampling of some really good pro-100% liberty books. These books are I believe all available free in pdf format.

"How" Books

The Market For Liberty, by the Tannehills
For A New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard
Chaos Theory, by Bob Murphy
The Boundaries of Order, by Butler Shaffer
Anarchy and the Law: The Political Economy of Choice, by Edward P Stringham

"Why" Books

The Ethics of Liberty, Murray Rothbard
Lets Abolish Government (collection of Lysander Spooner's works)

Other:

The Left, the Right, and the State; by Lew Rockwell
Democracy: The God That Failed, by Hans Hoppe
Against Intellectual Monopoly (a really good book debunking IP) Author(s) may not be 100% pro liberty, though
Against Intellectual Property, Kinsella (more ethics based than above book)

[heavenlyboy34]

I like that you've made the literature so easily accessible for those new to anarchism-thnx. :) I would include "Anatomy Of The State" in there too.

[RevolutionSD]

My favorite is Real Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux.

[Kludge]

"Ethics of Liberty" and just a couple sections of Egalitarianism, but it was already after I rejected nonarchy, so I was probably unfairly cynical while reading.

Conza probably has most of the pdf links for you. I know I got Egalitarianism from him.

[Conza88]

Anarcho-Capitalism: An Annotated Bibliography link (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=155927)

:)

And here are a few quick ones... Check out: http://mises.org/literature.aspx and http://mises.org/media.aspx

Free audiobooks, pdfs of complete books etc. It's amazing! :D


Market for Liberty by Linda and Morris Tannehil (pdf) (http://mises.org/books/marketforliberty.pdf) (audiobook) (http://freekeene.com/free-audiobook/)

For a New Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard (pdf) (http://mises.org/rothbard/foranewlb.pdf) (text) (http://mises.org/rothbard/newliberty.asp) (audiobook) (http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=87)

Myth of National Defense by Hans-Hermann Hoppe (pdf) (http://mises.org/etexts/defensemyth.pdf)

The Machinery of Freedom by David Friedman (pdf) (http://www.4shared.com/file/92922216/dd10024e/David_Friedman_-_The_Machinery_of_Freedom.html)


"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is contempt prior to investigation." ~ Herbert Spencer

[Conza88]

Just as an addendum...

How can an institution say it protects something, it must violate to exist?

For those who support the U.S Constitution, why not the Articles of Confederation?

For those who support secession, why not the to the individual level?

"We" (the people) are not the Government. "We" are the victims, not the oppressors. Minarchists always blame the people and themselves, "we didn't hold them accountable ". Yet how it is possible to stay vigilant when the victims (taxpayers) have lives and productive work to do, whilst the unproductive parasitic politicians cater to special interests and work full time to rob the populace?

If a state has to exist, a Monarchy is > than a democracy or Republic. Democracy the God that Failed by Hans Hermann-Hoppe. (Interview - audio) (http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-08-07_015_democracy_the_god_that_failed.mp3) Provide reasons why this is [I]not so.

What makes civilization possible? i.e the more of it, the better. Understand this, understand freedom, understand economics, you understand political philosophy.

If you are for government, instead of anarchy, then what are you going to do about the "anarchy" that exists between nation states? You logically must be for world government. Care to address that?

Btw, taking this next list from here (http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/8184.aspx?PageIndex=1).


From Minarchism to Nonarchism in Ten Easy Steps
A Guide for Constitutionalists


1. The Public Sector, III: Police, Law, and the Courts (http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p215) - Murray Rothbard
2. Police, Courts, and Laws – on the Market (http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Libertarian/Machinery_of_Freedom/MofF_Chapter_29.html) - David Friedman
3. The Private Production of Defense (http://mises.org/journals/jls/14_1/14_1_2.pdf) - Hans Hoppe
4. The Production of Security (http://mises.org/books/securityproduction.pdf) - Gustave de Molinari
5. Chaos Theory (http://mises.org/books/chaostheory.pdf) - Robert Murphy
6. No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority (http://files.libertyfund.org/files/2194/Spooner_1485_EBk_v4.pdf) - Lysander Spooner
7. Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security (http://mises.org/journals/jls/9_1/9_1_2.pdf) - Hans Hoppe
8. Market Nonarchism As Constitutionalism (http://praxeology.net/Anarconst2.pdf) - Roderick Long
9. Do We Ever Really Get Out of Nonarchy? (http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/3_2/3_2_3.pdf) - Alfred Cuzán
10. Libertarian Nonarchism: Responses to Ten Objections (http://www.mises.org/etexts/longanarchism.pdf) - Roderick Long

[powerofreason]

Just as an addendum...

How can an institution say it protects something, it must violate to exist?

For those who support the U.S Constitution, why not the Articles of Confederation?

For those who support secession, why not the to the individual level?

"We" (the people) are not the Government. "We" are the victims, not the oppressors. Minarchists always blame the people and themselves, "we didn't hold them accountable ". Yet how it is possible to stay vigilant when the victims (taxpayers) have lives and productive work to do, whilst the unproductive parasitic politicians cater to special interests and work full time to rob the populace?

If a state has to exist, a Monarchy is > than a democracy or Republic. Democracy the God that Failed by Hans Hermann-Hoppe. (Interview - audio) (http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-08-07_015_democracy_the_god_that_failed.mp3) Provide reasons why this is [I]not so.

What makes civilization possible? i.e the more of it, the better. Understand this, understand freedom, understand economics, you understand political philosophy.

If you are for government, instead of anarchy, then what are you going to do about the "anarchy" that exists between nation states? You logically must be for world government. Care to address that?

Btw, taking this next list from here (http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/8184.aspx?PageIndex=1).


From Minarchism to Nonarchism in Ten Easy Steps
A Guide for Constitutionalists


1. The Public Sector, III: Police, Law, and the Courts (http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p215) - Murray Rothbard
2. Police, Courts, and Laws – on the Market (http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Libertarian/Machinery_of_Freedom/MofF_Chapter_29.html) - David Friedman
3. The Private Production of Defense (http://mises.org/journals/jls/14_1/14_1_2.pdf) - Hans Hoppe
4. The Production of Security (http://mises.org/books/securityproduction.pdf) - Gustave de Molinari
5. Chaos Theory (http://mises.org/books/chaostheory.pdf) - Robert Murphy
6. No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority (http://files.libertyfund.org/files/2194/Spooner_1485_EBk_v4.pdf) - Lysander Spooner
7. Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security (http://mises.org/journals/jls/9_1/9_1_2.pdf) - Hans Hoppe
8. Market Nonarchism As Constitutionalism (http://praxeology.net/Anarconst2.pdf) - Roderick Long
9. Do We Ever Really Get Out of Nonarchy? (http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/3_2/3_2_3.pdf) - Alfred Cuzán
10. Libertarian Nonarchism: Responses to Ten Objections (http://www.mises.org/etexts/longanarchism.pdf) - Roderick Long

Wow. Great post! :cool:

[mport1]

I thought anarcho-capitalism was crazy until I actually opened my mind to it and gave it a chance. It was a combination of Rothbard, Molyneux, the Tannehills, and Free Talk Live that finally "converted" me.

[Imperial]

No. I am trying to find the time to really dig into my copy of Anarchy, State, and Utopia though, the best book to actually argue minarchy. I've only been able to read some parts of it yet.

I've read anarchist arguments on here but I haven't been convinced. I will read Rothbard at some point, but right now too much reading on my plate.

[Bucjason]

Poll to all those who think the Earth is round :

Have you read flat-earthers' literature??

[Young Paleocon]

I'm reading Murphy's "Chaos Theory" right now tis really good. Only halfway through it though because I keep getting distracted by reading the "Real Lincoln" and trying to see how much public choice argument I can handle. Also listen to Molyneaux. Need to crack open "For a New Liberty" soon also.

[priest_of_syrinx]

Poll to all those who think the Earth is round :

Have you read flat-earthers' literature??

Yes.

[FSP-Rebel]

I thought anarcho-capitalism was crazy until I actually opened my mind to it and gave it a chance. It was a Free Talk Live that finally "converted" me.
Same with me. We have more anarchos up here in NH (lb for lb) than anywhere else. Many of us work w/i the ranks of the NHGOP and have radicalized the right, so to speak. RP GOPers are more the rule than the exception here.

[Bucjason]

Yes.

lol , how was it ??

[Conza88]

No. I am trying to find the time to really dig into my copy of Anarchy, State, and Utopia though, the best book to actually argue minarchy. I've only been able to read some parts of it yet.

Well Nozick isn't actually a Libertarian at all anymore. Nor is Nozicks arguments founded in any kind of logic.

Remember this (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=185189&page=13)?


I've read anarchist arguments on here but I haven't been convinced. I will read Rothbard at some point, but right now too much reading on my plate.

Fair enough. :)

[priest_of_syrinx]

lol , how was it ??

Pathetic. Some believe we are on a plane inside of a black sphere painted with white dots.

[Kludge]

http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/fglobe.gif (http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm)http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/text.gif (http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm)

[powerofreason]

No. I am trying to find the time to really dig into my copy of Anarchy, State, and Utopia though, the best book to actually argue minarchy. I've only been able to read some parts of it yet.

I've read anarchist arguments on here but I haven't been convinced. I will read Rothbard at some point, but right now too much reading on my plate.

Ahh yes, Robert Nozick, he's the guy who sold his principles in an attempt to kiss the collective ass of the Establishment. He did meet some success, unfortunately.

But in all seriousness, Hoppe pwned Nozick in the introduction to the most recent print of The Ethics of Liberty. Completely exposed the man and his work. So you may want to look into that.

[JordanL]

http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/fglobe.gif (http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm)http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/text.gif (http://www.alaska.net/%7Eclund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm)

There's no way that site is legit. I'm sure it's run by someone doing parody.

[powerofreason]

There's no way that site is legit. I'm sure it's run by someone doing parody.

Naw, ya think!? :rolleyes:

[Conza88]

Naw, ya think!? :rolleyes:

Well ya never know...

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/