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