Are you really a libertarian/anarchist? Take two
Saturday, 29 August 2009 by Mike Gogulskiphilosophy | 14 Comments »
Just under a week ago I announced here that I've dropped my preferences and declared myself an anarchist without adjectives. I then proposed a series of questions which one might entertain to determine whether one really ought or ought not ...
What of the zombie apocalypse — Dr. Anarchy responds
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 by Mike Gogulskiphilosophy, war | 5 Comments »
From the Dr. Anarchy mail bag this week, a reader in Saudi Arabia asks: What's the official anarchist position on the Zombie Apocalypse? I suspect that all of my loyal readers will agree that this is an important question, and one worthy ...
Liberty Camp question: What is capitalism?
Friday, 26 June 2009 by Mike Gogulskiphilosophy | 7 Comments »
In my first day of Liberty Camp sessions as instructor/facilitator/whatever today in Martin, Slovakia, I introduced each session by asking group members to answer the question "What does capitalism mean to you?" in less than sixty seconds each. With a single ...
Repost: Confiscation and the Homestead Principle podcast
Wednesday, 17 June 2009 by Mike Gogulskiphilosophy, podcasts | No Comments »
Podcast-compatible repost of my recording of Murray Rothbard’s classic essay from The Libertarian Forum in 1969, available as a scan of the newsletter at mises.org and worked up into a handout from invisiblemolotov.com. [podcast]http://www.nostate.com/audio/Confiscation_and_the_Homestead_Principle/Confiscation_and_the_Homestead_Principle.mp3[/podcast]
Intellectual property does not exist
Wednesday, 17 June 2009 by Mike Gogulskiphilosophy | 7 Comments »
Intellectual property claims, to me, come down to a claim of an exclusive right to pattern mass-energy in specific ways, which implies a right to shoot people who fail to respect such claim via refraining from so patterning mass-energy without ...
Confiscation and the Homestead Principle – mp3 podcast
Tuesday, 9 June 2009 by Mike Gogulskipodcasts | 3 Comments »
All Power to the Soviets! Murray Rothbard's classic essay from The Libertarian Forum in 1969, available as a scan of the newsletter at mises.org and worked up into a handout from invisiblemolotov.com. [caption id="attachment_2272" align="alignright" width="224" caption="Consistent libertarians support the revolutionary redistribution ...
A taxing day for America
Wednesday, 15 April 2009 by Mike Gogulskipolice | 3 Comments »
Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will ...
To be housed, and rehoused
Wednesday, 15 April 2009 by Mike Gogulskimind control, people | No Comments »
Last July I blogged the story of Sydney Davis of Swindon, England, who was arrested for "possession of an offensive weapon" or some silly thing when police observed him carrying a piece of wood and chasing off delinquent teenagers who ...
DROs and the dangers of the state: explaining market anarchism to a friend
Saturday, 21 March 2009 by Mike Gogulskiphilosophy | 26 Comments »
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours explaining some of the basics of anarchism to a friend. Let's call her "Jana", since that's a very common name in Slovakia. That conversation was face-to-face, so there's no record. Here, though, is the ...
Panarchy simulator needed
Saturday, 24 January 2009 by Mike Gogulskiphilosophy | 13 Comments »
Since Noor logged off at an inopportune moment, the question is now to you: [3:39:44 AM] Mike Gogulski says: imagine this scenario [3:39:59 AM] Mike Gogulski says: a flat earth, all resources distributed evenly [3:40:04 AM] Mike Gogulski says: identical climate ...
