Who was the coolest and most radical prophet of revolution?

[Galileo Galilei]

Who was the coolest and most radical prophet of revolution?

Socrates

John the Baptist

Jesus of Nazareth

Mani

Martin Luther

Copernicus

Giordano Bruno

Galileo

Tommaso Campanella

Voltaire

James Otis

Patrick Henry

Sam Adams

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson

John Brown

Robert F. Kennedy

Che Guevara

Fred Hampton

someone else

:confused:

[erowe1]

Given the nature of the list, I'm surprised Lao Tsu isn't on it.

I vote for Jesus.

[FreeTraveler]

Thomas Jefferson. "all men are created equal" was the most astonishing idea of the ages.

[BuddyRey]

The guy in my avatar happens to be my personal favorite. ;)

[heavenlyboy34]

The guy in my avatar happens to be my personal favorite. ;)

Spooner's great too, but he's no Jesus. :cool: The OP list needs to include Rothbard and Nock too, btw.

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

Spooner's great too, but he's no Jesus. :cool: The OP list needs to include Rothbard and Nock too, btw.

The OP has a bias and conducts a lot of polls.

[Galileo Galilei]

The OP has a bias and conducts a lot of polls.

Wrong. The OP is 100% unbiased and is 100% objective in all areas of intellectual inquiry. Galileo reports, you decide.

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

Wrong. The OP is 100% unbiased and is 100% objective in all areas of intellectual inquiry. Galileo reports, you decide.

When I debate I advocate a point of view but my beliefs are always on the table. Are yours?

[robert68]

Herbert Spencer. A passage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Spencer#Political_views)on him at Wikipedia:


He has been claimed as a precursor by libertarians and philosophical anarchists. Spencer argued that the state was not an "essential" institution and that it would "decay" as voluntary market organization would replace the coercive aspects of the state.[11] He also argued that the individual had a "right to ignore the state."[12] As a result of this perspective, Spencer was harshly critical of patriotism. In response to being told that British troops were in danger during the Second Afghan War, he replied: "When men hire themselves out to shoot other men to order, asking nothing about the justice of their cause, I don’t care if they are shot themselves."[13]

[AmericaFyeah92]

Given the nature of the list, I'm surprised Lao Tsu isn't on it.

I vote for Jesus.

Lao Tsu FTW

[Son of Detroit]

Che Guevara has a vote?

http://outsideinpixels.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/facepalm.jpg

[heavenlyboy34]

Wrong. The OP is 100% unbiased and is 100% objective in all areas of intellectual inquiry. Galileo reports, you decide.

:rolleyes: I don't need Galileo to report. I can learn and decide for myself! :p

[libertybrewcity]

do you mean radical as in the extreme part a political party or one with extreme beliefs? or one that radical as in relating to the fundamental nature of something??

an important question that must be answered before one can vote.

[nayjevin]

I voted Martin Luther. He saw a problem so he just went on tacking his thoughts to people's front doors until the world changed. But ya don't know what to judge on. Good list of peoples.

Some honorable mentions:

Yoda
Daniel Boone
Mark Twain
H.L. Mencken
Voltairine de Cleyre (whom I'd never heard of till this mises article (http://mises.org/daily/4487))

[MelissaCato]

Jesus. He even asked John to write a letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia. :D

Amazing huh ? American History that is. :p

[Natalie]

MATT COLLINS!!!!!!! duh

[TJefferson1776]

This is a tough one for me...</sarcasm>

[Galileo Galilei]

Herbert Spencer. A passage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Spencer#Political_views)on him at Wikipedia:

Herbert Spencer was a very close friend of Andrew Carnege.

[Fredom101]

What revolution?