A Minarchist Pissed me Off and Made Me Rant in the Youtube comments.

I like the Youtube personality Styxhexenhammer666. I really do. I think he is a highly intelligent right-libertarian commentator on current events in the United States. He is prolific too, somewhere around 5 videos a day. I encourage anyone to subscribe to his channel.

I actually think he may be one of the most intelligent and interesting Youtubers to watch and listen to today, especially because he keeps things succinct, unlike some other libertarians who really seem to be way too much in love with their own voice. And i find myself agreeing with Styx about 19 times out of 20.

He is a minarchist. And that is where we would disagree. But it doesn’t have to be a problem. There are more than enough issues to agree about before there would be any need to hash out any difference in insight about the role of the state.

It is when a minarchist feels the need to take a snipe at anarchocapitalism, that he makes it virtually unavoidable for me to respond to that, because he can influence gullible, state-worshiping fools to keep believing that a small government will be the solution to all of the state-related problems we are facing today. And so, could i let this snipe pass without response? No.

Resistance

Finally, some citizens showing they have had enough of the scum trying to blockade the comings and goings of everyday life with their whiny little marxist protests. It is generally a good thing not to try to escalate a situation unnecessarily. But at some moment the point is reached where people have a right to resist the thuggish behavior of morons hiding behind masks trying to physically hinder people from doing what they want to do.

Justin Raimondo’s Libertarian naivety

It wouldn’t be the first time Antiwar.org’s Justin Raimondo expresses naivety. He had previously supported Rand Paul, called all those libertarians who suspected Rand of being phony “purists”, and members of a “sect”, but finally had to distance himself from the younger Paul. Not that this led to any self-reflection on Raimondo’s part because he managed to still vilify “purists” while admitting Rand Paul was not worthy of a libertarian vote. Nevermind that many of those who saw through Rand Paul actually supported Ron Paul’s for the presidency.

Of course, Ron was principled and consistent and Rand proved almost from the start that he wasn’t. This was no problem for Raimondo, at least not until Rand was unprincipled in the ways that Raimondo himself could no longer accept. Does this not make Raimondo himself a “purist” on matters of foreign policy? Of course it does, because every libertarian has his limits and draws the line somewhere, and Raimondo draws his around war and interventionism. To suggest that the line ought to be there and nowhere else is a purist position in itself.

But never mind that. Justin Raimondo’s naivety apparently goes farther. So far, in fact, that he is actually surprised that Bernie Sanders, a leftist, would condone or even support aggressive and disruptive actions by his supporters at a Donald Trump rally. 

Venezuala ”socializes” drinking water

So not too long ago there were food riots in the progressive paradise of Venezuela so loved by Sean Penn.

Now they are reaping the rewards of socialism in the form of water rationing.

Robert Wenzel at EconomicPolicyJournal says:

This is what happens when you mix hyper-inflation, socialism and price controls.

 

 

 

Socialism even sucks its own blood

Socialist experiments under the state turn into horrible and bloody hell.

In the ‘safe’ environment of a (relatively) free and (modestly) capitalistic society, socialists can create experiments that will not kill anyone. But does not stop it from proving itself an utter failure.

…in a communal enclave at the University of Oregon, a group of ‘anti-capitalists’ are witnessing first hand what can happen with a socialist experiment.

And the results are in: nobody can pay the rent.

Turns out many socialists are acting rather parasitically (what a surprise!), leaving before paying the rent, and thus settling the club house with debt.

Fortunately this would never happen in a real socialist utopia, where – somehow, some way – everyone is a good, decent and altruistic human being more than willing to pay their fair share voluntarily. And if not, there are always purges, secret police, labor camps and other necessary means of making a socialist society work.

Long Live Socialism: Food Riots in Venezuela

Why would the people riot over food in the worker’s paradise Venezuela when socialism is for the benefit of the proletarian masses? They must be some kind of lunatics.

Meanwhile, the food scarcity situation in capitalist countries is getting especially dire.

(H/T: Economic Policy Journal)

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