Once a right to collective looting has been substituted for the right of each person to have whatever he has produced, it is not at all surprising to find the official dispenser deciding that it is right for them to loot the loot — for a “worthy” purpose, of course.
— F.A. Harper, “Morals and the Welfare State” in Essays on Liberty [1952] |
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May 24, 2022
Statist Ecstasy Over Cuban Suffering
American conservatives, especially the Pentagon and the CIA, have to be in a state of ecstasy over an article about Cuba that appeared in last Sunday’s Washington Post. The article stated that “in a nation plagued by malnutrition,” there is no milk for the Cuban people to purchase. The article points out that Cuba “careens through its worst economic crisis in 30 years” … |
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Conservatism, Libertarianism, and John Stuart Mill
by Laurence M. Vance
Although most conservatives of today seem to have forgotten him, conservatives of yesteryear honored and revered Russell Kirk (1918–1994). After receiving his bachelor’s degree … |
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