Civil Disobedience-Henry David Thoreau In 21 pages, Henry David Thoreau changed my life. Civil Disobedience is a fantastic elucidation of American individualism and the necessity of an individual to follow his or her conscience no matter the consequences. “I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her …
Hayek on economic freedom
Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life which can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the means for all our ends. And whoever has sole control of the means must also determine which ends are to be served, which values are to be rated higher and …
Saturday Videos
Writing a few posts, but for filler I'll post a few videos. First is Barry Goldwater's infamous quote from the 1964 Republican National Convention. Second is Milton Friedman discussing greed with Phil Donahue. Last is a hilarious video of Alex Jones...being Alex Jones.
Freedom is indivisible
It is impossible to splinter social freedom from economic freedom; the loss of economic freedom limits the individual’s choices in social freedom, while the limitation of social freedom curbs and renders useless the individual’s economic freedom. Freedom is living within one’s means as he or she sees fit without harming another. No division exists between …
Introduction
This will essentially be a blog where I post thoughts, musings, etc., minimally edited and rashly thought out. If I'm wrong, please point it out immediately.