4+ hour, 41+ min ago  (270+ words) Ludwig von Mises, who was deeply influenced by Bergson on this question, places time at the very heart of praxeology, which is the science of human action: The next time someone declares a choice to be irrational, one need only…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (783+ words) In essence, Hobbes's argumentation for the state can be captured in the following quote, Hobbes's argument is that'due to the insecurity of the "state of nature" (absolute human freedom to exercise power prior to the state)'we agreed and consented…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago  (119+ words) To complain against the state's actions, argues Hobbes, is to ultimately complain against yourself because you originally authorized the state through social contract and the state represents you! Original article: https: //mises. org/mises-wire/hobbess-state-why-are-you-hitting-yourself Hobbes's State: "Why Are You…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (156+ words) It's not enough for an ideology to merely have a "good argument." Historical conditions must also combine to delegitimize the regime and its institutions. Original article: https: //mises. org/mises-wire/battle-ideas-paves-way-radicals-and-revolutionaries The Battle of Ideas Paves the Way for Radicals…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (101+ words) People readily line up on one side or another of great economic debates. How do they choose which side to take? Original article: https: //mises. org/power-market/why-i-side-ludwig-von-mises Why I Side with Ludwig von Mises People readily line up on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (141+ words) However one may turn the matter, one cannot discover any reason why an ideological distortion of truth should be more useful to the bourgeoisie than a correct theory. Original article: https: //mises. org/mises-daily/ideological-impregnation-thought The Ideological Impregnation of Thought…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (294+ words) I attended this year's Libertarian Scholars Conference'my first time at a conference organized by the Mises Institute. It was an excellent conference'engaging, intellectually stimulating, well-organized, and carried by a genuinely great atmosphere. What stood out was the combination of strict…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (394+ words) The philosopher J'rgen Habermas died on March 14. In the assessment of David Gordon, Habermas "totally subordinate[d] philosophy to Marxist ideological propaganda" and was a social theorist who pushed a "brand of radical social democracy." His goal was to "extend…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (368+ words) In 1994, Sam Francis originally coined a term: "anarcho-tyranny." He described this phenomenon as "the combination of oppressive government power against the innocent and the law-abiding and, simultaneously, a grotesque paralysis of the ability or the will to use that power…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (724+ words) Class conflict, as Marxists preach it, must be taught. Workers do not spontaneously see themselves as historical agents of class war. Would workers automatically rise up merely because monopolies exist? No. In a genuine free market, coercive monopoly cannot exist....