Michael Matulef's avatar
Michael Matulef
MichaelMatulef@nostrplebs.com
npub1t42g...87qz
Know Thyself | Everything Voluntary✌️ | Follow the Tao
Michael Matulef's avatar
Michael Matulef 9 months ago
“The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State…is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of the State.” -Murray Rothbard
Michael Matulef's avatar
Michael Matulef 9 months ago
Conflict is not unavoidable. However, it is nonsensical to consider the institution of a state as a solution to the problem of possible conflict, because it is precisely the institution of a state which first makes conflict unavoidable and permanent. - Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Michael Matulef's avatar
Michael Matulef 9 months ago
Economic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics. - Ludwig von Mises
Michael Matulef's avatar
Michael Matulef 9 months ago
The wise man knows he doesn't know. The fool doesn't know he doesn't know. image
Michael Matulef's avatar
Michael Matulef 9 months ago
A state is a territorial monopolist of compulsion, an agency which may engage in continual, institutionalized property rights violations and the exploitation of private property owners through expropriation, taxation, and regulation - Hans Herman Hoppe
Michael Matulef's avatar
Michael Matulef 10 months ago
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success