"Drugs are no more of a problem than anything else in life; life is full of problems. In fact, life isn’t just full of problems; life is problems. What is a problem? It’s simply the situation of having to choose between two or more alternatives. Personally, I believe in people being free to choose, and I rigorously shun the company of people who don’t believe that. Drug addicts have a problem; drug 'warriors' have a much more serious problem."
Doug Casey
"Atoms are life’s building blocks. Most everything worthwhile—family, community, trade, inquiry, innovation, production, progress—starts with individuals and builds. Most everything deleterious—repression, state-sponsored rapacity, tyranny, war—is imposed from the top by sociopaths masquerading as leaders."
Robert Gore
"It is the nature of governments that there exists a silent state of hostility between the government and the people. Governments rule by deception and force. The goal of government is to coerce the people into a regimented, docile and obedient mass under a propaganda system based on altruism and self-sacrifice.
This is not altruism as you understand the word. It has a double meaning. Where you understand it as an unselfish devotion and interest in others and their well-being, government uses it to gain power, control and wealth under a veneer of charity and good works."
Bob Livingston
"Most people today are guilty of many things, but slavery isn’t one of them. Social justice warriors (SJWs) cannot thrust such guilt upon anyone except existing slave traders, and there are some still said to be operating. Accusing innocent people today of benefiting from slavery of yesteryear can only cause resentment, sow discord and create counter-reactions. Singling out and blaming white people as a class will be seen as the rank injustice that it is. Nor can accusations of Western civilization fare any better. A disembodied concept like 'Western civilization' can’t bear guilt. SJWs cannot sanitize the history of slavery by removing signs of the past from the present."
Michael Rozeff
"Keys today may be sophisticated or simple. They may operate by means of microwaves or primitive notches designed to turn manual tumblers. But the purpose of the key that nearly every Socialist has in his pocket is not to open the door of the house or to start the engine of the car. A knob or a button can do that. The key's actual purpose is to keep other people out. The ubiquitous key is a tool of exclusion, a means to enforce the rule of 'no trespassing' and is the very antithesis of inclusivity, equality, and Marxism. The key is a symbol of capitalism, trade, and individual liberty. The key is a confession of the sanctity of private property, in thought, word, and deed."
Rev. Larry Beane
"Texas has done all it can to change things, but things are only getting progressively worse. If we would want to stop the cultural suicide and GENOCIDE that U.S. is engaged in, if we would preserve that which we value, the only way to do it is to separate, peacefully and democratically. Those in the U.S. who would be free will come to Texas. Those that want an expansive federal government with enormous debt will remain."
Ryan Thorson
"Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. Thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, founded in injustice and wrong, are sure to tremble, if men are allowed to reason…There can be no right of speech where any man…[is] compelled to suppress his honest sentiments. Equally clear is the right to hear. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
Frederick Douglas
"The general proclivity to obsess about how one’s group, whether it be a nation, political tribe, or race/religion is superior to all others represents such an immature and unconscious way of seeing the world, it’s really hard for me to believe so many people still see reality through such a lens. This type of thinking tends to attract very insecure people. People who cannot look at themselves individually and be proud of the person they see. As such, they scurry around looking for a group with an established superiority myth which they can then latch themselves onto in order to feel better about themselves."
Mike Krieger
"I should cheer the athletes protesting during the national anthem, some libertarians tell me, because they're against the state!
Ugh.
If it's police brutality they're upset about, that's not a federal issue, so it makes no sense to protest it during the national anthem.
In general, the message is 'white privilege,' 'institutional racism,' and the alleged need for (even more) radical changes to address these alleged problems.
Ever met anyone who pretended to be white on a college application, in order to get a share of that 'white privilege'?
What the heck are we doing politicizing and militarizing professional sports in the first place, what with the constant military displays and references?
The military establishment is not in any way protecting our freedom. It's bleeding us dry on behalf of a hopeless global project whose scope is never defined and whose purpose remains unexplained.
If the protesters could articulate that message, or clearly oppose the warfare state's propaganda, then we'd be getting somewhere. That kind of protest might actually make sense during the national anthem."
Tom Woods
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