Libertarianism
Posts tagged with libertarianism.
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- From Sovereignty to Slavery - Provocative thesis: Taxation and slavery differ in degree, not kind—both lie on continuous Taxat
- Rights Are Forged - Rights ≠ self-evident, eternal, or divinely ordained. In subjective value framework where agency
- The Free Rider Fallacy - Free rider problem ≠ proof of objective value. Often cited to justify coercive taxation (roads,
- What Counts As Coercion - Precise operational definition of coercion. Used loosely to describe everything from violence to
- Agency, Not Equality - SYNTHESIS POST for entire political applications sequence. Challenged assumptions about inequali
- Immigration Restrictions Are a Form of Harm - Immigration restrictions widely accepted, but crucial ethical dimension overlooked: Restrictions
- Inequality Is Not the Problem—Poverty Is - Inequality debates assume differences in wealth inherently cause harm/injustice (mistaken). Real
- The Libertarian Illusion of Equal Opportunity - **Libertarians emphasize “equal opportunity” while rejecting “equal outcomes” (appealing but contrad
- The Myth of Cultural Threat - Common argument against open immigration: perceived threat to culture/stability/safety. While co
- What Counts as Consent - Precise operational definition of consent. Foundational in ethics, law, medicine, sex, governanc
- What Counts as Harm - Rigorous definition filters moral inflation. Used without precision → confusion.
- Why Coercive Redistribution Is Always Harmful - Redistribution defended by compassion/fairness/social justice—but does method itself cause harm?
- Against Positive Rights - This post argues that within Axio’s framework, all valid rights are negative rights.
- Capitalism’s Forbidden Cure - Responds to viral meme criticizing capitalism for providing “175 BBQ sauces but no working healthcar
- Negative Rights in Conflict - Challenges common libertarian misconception that negative rights rarely conflict.
- War Profiteering Isn’t Capitalism - Responds to claim that “capitalism needs war” for profitability.
- Archists vs. Anarchists - Introduces concise terminology to clarify fundamental political tension: Archists (support speci
- The Agency Protection Principle - This essay proposes a refined ethical principle improving upon libertarianism’s traditional Non-Aggr
- Governments as Economic Parasites - This essay applies Cory Doctorow’s observation that “all complex ecosystems have parasites” literall
- Defending Agency - This post preemptively addresses four major critiques of Axio’s agency-based political framework (in
- Upgrading Liberty - This post proposes upgrading political philosophy from liberty as core ideal to the richer concept o
- Escaping the AI Safety Dystopia - This post critiques MIRI paper “Technical Requirements for Halting Dangerous AI Activities” (Barnett
- Invisible Chains - This post presents a rigorous libertarian/anarchist argument that the state **literally owns citizen
- Statism Is Always Authoritarian - This post argues statism is structurally authoritarian by definition, responding to Colin Wright
- Extortion-Funded Organizations - A conceptual-definitional essay that introduces the term Extortion-Funded Organization (EFO) to
- From Common Law to Command Law - A political-legal essay distinguishing conflict-resolution law (common law tradition, reactive,
- The Myth of Underprovision - This post deconstructs the economic orthodoxy that markets inherently “underprovide” public goods, a
- Monopoly Hypocrisy - This post exposes the hypocrisy of governments prosecuting corporate monopolies while themselves wie
- The Fire and the Anvil - This post engages Patri Friedman’s claim that “there are no rights, only mechanisms”—the view that r
- The Boundaries of Force - This post maps the conceptual boundaries where coercion transitions from illegitimate domination to
- Violence vs. Coercion - This post establishes a fundamental conceptual distinction between violence and coercion that is loa
- Against the Minimum Wage - This essay argues minimum wage laws are coercion masquerading as compassion—criminalizing voluntary
- Against Slavery - This provocative essay argues modern taxation is slavery in bureaucratized form—identical coercive s
- The Axiocracy Sequence - This comprehensive index post organizes Axio’s political philosophy into “Axiocracy”—a governance fr
- The Axiocracy Sequence - This comprehensive index cataloging the Axiocracy sequence—Axio’s political framework where “coheren
- The Price of Agency - This essay responds to the critique that libertarianism “can’t handle evil” by clarifying what legal