Posts by Jeff Berwick
VIDEO: Two Libertarians Debate Whether People Should Vote
[featured-img] What’s the difference between an anarchist and a minarchist? About six months, they say. Yet for some, it seems the mental journey stops before full enlightenment. I recently had the pleasure of debating in front of an audience of mainstream conservatives and libertarians whether or not people should vote in elections. You’d think at…
Read More5 Reasons Homemade Plastic Guns Are Great For Society
[featured-img] When seconds count, police are just minutes away. Personally, I’d prefer they were hours away… I love my dogs too much. But, while we often hear plenty about the murders and accidents involving firearms, we rarely ever hear about all the crimes stopped because would-be victims pulled out a gun and scared the perpetrators…
Read MoreHow 5 Modern-Day Anarchists Are Improving The World
[featured-img] Ask a friend, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of an anarchist?” Unfortunately, for most people, the word conjures images of Molotov cocktail-throwing, Che Guevara T-shirt-wearing, violent thugs. As far as “anarcho-communists” and radical socialists go (like the destructive Antifa group), that’s probably a pretty accurate picture. But those…
Read More4 Bitcoin Conspiracy Theories And Why They’re Wrong
[featured-img] It was only a few short years ago that I was being called insane for thinking bitcoin was anything but the new Beanie Babies and tulips. In fact, I still get a few of those comments here and there, but they’re starting to die out as the true potential of cryptocurrencies is becoming clear…
Read MoreThe US Dollar Is Now Worth Less (Soon To Be Worthless)
[featured-img] Ron Paul had it right when describing currency devaluation as an “inflation tax.” Inflation comes with all the gun-in-your-face brute-force you’ve come to expect from taxation, but disguised by a stealthy veneer of Keynesian economic “theory.” Nothing says “kicking the can down the road” like ramping up the old printing presses while giving people…
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