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In our society, democracy is a universally positive concept. Many people use it synonymously with freedom. It is a common believe that tyranny and democracy do not go together. Remarkably, this positive image can prevail, despite the fact that most… Continue Reading →
Libertarians tend to think that taxation is theft. Taking someone’s private property by force can hardly be called anything else, right? And yet, most people seem to find this argument rather unconvincing. Many probably have never thought about this issue… Continue Reading →
This week, Anjem Choudary was convicted in the UK for supporting ISIS. He is facing up to 10 years in prison. I am not familiar with all the details of the case. Maybe he did more than just preach. But… Continue Reading →
The individual liberty of human beings stands above everything else. It is the mantra of all enemies of liberty to deny this simple judgement. They will tell you that there are others things, that are greater than the individual. Therefore,… Continue Reading →
The outcome of the EU Referendum for the UK to exit the EU has caused an enormous outrage among the ruling class in the UK and also in other EU states. As they always do they had mobilised all their… Continue Reading →
I am very much an individualist. As such I have always despised nationalism. I am convinced that we need to overcome this ideology if we want to live in a free world. One could think now that, since I hate… Continue Reading →
The massacre of gay people in Orlando this weekend is another one in a series of similar events in different western countries in the past couple of years. They seem to increase in frequency, which is obviously not a good… Continue Reading →
Basic income is an idea that is being discussed in many countries and political circles at the moment. The idea is to give every citizen of a state a certain amount of money, unconditionally every month. It is in essence… Continue Reading →
The Panama Papers are a gigantic leak of 2.6 Terabytes that is making the news all over the globe at the moment. We have not heart much about who the person behind the leak is, nor have we heart a… Continue Reading →
In the generation of my grandparents, it was almost common sense to have an offshore bank account with some money in it that no government new about. This was not so much to avoid taxes. They grew up in the… Continue Reading →
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