#GM #memestr

“Thus, the State is a coercive criminal organization that subsists by a regularized large-scale system of taxation-theft, and which gets away with it by engineering the support of the majority (not, again, of everyone) through securing an alliance with a group of opinion-moulding intellectuals whom it rewards with a share in its power and pelf.” - Rothbard

Majority Tyranny “The fact that a majority might support or condone an act of theft does not diminish the criminal essence of the act or its grave in-justice. Otherwise, we would have to say, for example, that any Jews murdered by the democratically elected Nazi government were not murdered, but only "voluntarily committed suicide" - surely, the grotesque but logical implication of the ‘democracy as voluntary’ doctrine.” - Rothbard

“Like the robber, the State demands money at the equivalent of gunpoint; if the taxpayer refuses to pay, his assets are seized by force, and if he should resist such depredation, he will be arrested or shot if he should continue to resist.” Murray N. Rothbard #rothbard #taxationistheft

@Max I have a question: If someone breaks into private property (illegally) and uncovers proof that the owner has stolen property — should that evidence be considered valid in a libertarian legal framework? Rothbard and Hoppe would argue, no. But this does not make sense to me. What is your viewpoint on that? This is not a deductive objective step anymore it seems to me

Fiat is Fraud In any voluntary exchange, each party trades something they perceive to be of lesser value for something they value more. For this to occur, each traded good or service must embody value, typically through production, effort, or scarcity. However, fiat money is created without effort, cost, or natural scarcity. It is, in objective economic terms, worthless. The only reasons it functions as a medium of exchange are: (a) Government coercion (legal tender laws), (b) Mass deception: the belief that fiat money represents real value, or (c) Both. Therefore, every exchange involving fiat money includes at least one side trading something real for something artificially created – a transfer based on illusion, not value. This makes fiat money not merely a flawed tool, but the basis of the largest systematized fraud in human history, where value is extracted by force or deceit, rather than by honest production and voluntary exchange. In moral and natural law terms, all exchanges relying on fiat money are corrupted at their core and arguably void of full legitimacy. #fiatisfraud #rothbard

To own justly is to have either produced or received through voluntary exchange. But exchange itself depends on having something to offer and thus on prior production. This makes production the root of all legitimate ownership. Fiat money severs this link: it grants power to consume without the act of producing. Hence, it is not just morally corrupt, it is objectively false. #naturallaw #proofofwork #value4value #rothbard

Don’t go chasing the rabbit into the rabbit hole; you’re already deep inside. The cave is the illusion. Let the white rabbit lead you out, into the light! #platoscave @the wise rabbit 🐰⚡️

Statists argue that initiating force is necessary to achieve peaceful coexistence. If that were true, then anyone could use force for that purpose, and the principle would at least apply equally. But in reality, only the state is permitted to initiate force. This reveals the principle as both logically incoherent and morally indefensible.

Das Herz ist kein Schrank, in dem alte Lieben entfernt werden müssen, um Platz für neue zu machen. Es ist eher ein Garten, in dem manche Pflanzen einfach nicht mehr blühen, aber immer noch wurzeln. Das ist weder krankhaft noch schwach – es ist liebevoll.