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FYMNR! Sponsoring the Publication of Rothbard at 100 propertyandfreedom.org/2026/03/sponso…

I want also to add a special tribute to @NSKinsella for organizing this book of essays in tribute to Murray Rothbard with so many wonderful thinkers and writers, and doing so with the support of Hans Hoppe. Murray was our mentor and his spirit lives. brownstone.org/articles/the-m…

PFS 2026 Annual Meeting—Speakers and Topics PFS 2026, the Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, hosted by Drs. Gülçin & Hans Hoppe, will be held in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess from Thursday, September 17, 2026 to Tuesday, September 22, 2026. As the inaugural meeting was held in 2006 and the 2020 meeting was canceled due to covid restrictions, this will be the twentieth annual meeting of the PFS held over the past twenty years. PFS Members/returning guests or those interested in obtaining an invitation for this upcoming annual meeting of our exclusive annual salon should write to the PFS secretary Mr. Thomas Jacob (jacob@pfs-zurich.ch) (Administrative Secretary/Membership), regarding conditions, availability, and requirements. propertyandfreedom.org/2026/01/pfs-20…

On August 15th, 2025, The Universal Principles of Liberty, a document distilling the fundamental essence of freedom, was inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain: immutable, borderless, timeless. You can now sign it: theuniversalprinciplesofliberty.com

FYLR!

@MilaLovesJoe Engagement bait

BREAKING: President Trump's term limits proposal restricts House members to 6 years and senators to 12 years, potentially replacing 73% of the 115th Congress—318 House representatives and 46 senators—to advance his "Drain The Swamp" initiative. Do you support this?

@trade2surf @NSKinsella @jack I wish people would stop pinging me with posts from little retards like this. This guy obviously has no clue as to what he's talking about and doesn't care about truth or honesty or justice.

W "I will make certain declarations which I am satisfied are useful and are necessary to do justice between the parties. First, that Dr Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin White Paper. Second, Dr Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in the period 2008 to 2011. Third, Dr Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin System. And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin software. Any further relief will be dealt with in my written judgment. I will extend time for filing any appellant's notice until 21 days after the form of order hearing, which will be appointed following the hand down of my written judgment and I ask the parties to seek to agree an order giving effect to what I have just stated."

@BillWadeTX @tripzero @NSKinsella @GaryTarbell @Devon_Eriksen_ nb @NSKinsella

@BillWadeTX @tripzero @NSKinsella @GaryTarbell @Devon_Eriksen_ 4/ here tries too sell "Moby Dick by Bill Wade" or "the Bible. by Bill Wade" or "Romeo and Juliet by Bill Wade," copyright law does not stop this, but it's plagiarism.

IP is where a lot of first-order libertarians get wound around the axle. They resent having their communism pointed out, because they don't realize it's communism themselves. But the argument that IP "stifles innovation" is a communist argument. It appeals to "the greater good", prioritizing the needs of the many over the rights of the one. "It stifles innovation" is a consequentialist argument which boils down to "I am going to violate your property rights because I want more innovation", which in turn boils down to "I am going to rob you because I want your stuff". When this is pointed out, the answer typically goes something like Ah-hah! I am not robbing you! You still have the idea! I just have a copy of it! I have deprived you of nothing! This is why I refer to them as "first-order libertarians". Their thought about property rights extends only to first order consequences. What they don't understand is that the "property" in "property rights" doesn't mean physical stuff. It means investment. The concept exists to protect people's investment in creating value. If you work hard (creating value), and are paid in money (representing value), and I come along and steal it, then, yes, I have taken a physical object. But what I have really done is deprived you of your investment. But if I instead PRINT a bunch of money, and inflate the currency, I have taken nothing. Therefore, by the logic of first-order libertarians, I have not stolen anything. Except of course inflation is theft. I have sucked all the value out of your investment for my own gain, giving you nothing in return. But the only way we can realize this is to abandon the naive, first-order idea that "property is stuff" and realize that property is investment. If we think of property is stuff, here's what happens. 1. You spend a year writing a novel. 2. Amazon puts it on Kindle Unlimited for free, without your permission, and doesn't pay you anything. 3. This is perfectly okay, because "ideas belong to no one", and they "haven't taken anything from you". If we realize that property is investment, here how that looks. 1. You invest a years' effort in writing a novel, because you expect to sell copies of it for money. 2. That investment is good, because people like your work, and want to read it enough that they are willing to pay. 3. Amazon publishes your work without permission or compensation, as before. 4. But this not okay. It is a property rights violation, because they have taken your investment. 5. It doesn't matter that you still have the manuscript on a USB stick, because that wasn't what you invested in. You invested in a book you could make money off of. 6. From a consequentialist point of view, no one writes books anymore unless Amazon can be stopped from doing this. In general, over-preventive IP rights stifle innovation by preventing the creation of derivative works. Over-permissive IP rights stifle innovation by allowing innovators to be robbed of their investment. And yes, these are consequentialist arguments. Only consequences matter. An act that has no consequences is not worth arguing about, because it makes no difference whether it happened or not.

@jeffreytucker Omfg

I would never interview a man who wears a hat indoors. twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/…

@jeffreytucker I'm all in favor of this type of cleanse. If those charlatans remain in their positions they will spend valuable time and effort, their own and their organizations', to cover up and hide their crimes, which in turn will hold back the liberty movement and stifle progress.

@StealthTax They are still touting the work of Sam Bowman. IEA's job was to oppose lockdowns. They did the opposite.

@jeffreytucker The IEA of London crying about smoking bans yet I don’t recall any pushback on any of the Covid crap. A real parody of an organisation.

Speaking of presidential resignations, any think tank head who failed to oppose lockdowns or otherwise pushed compliance should be instantly ousted, especially if the institution claims to support freedom etc.

I’m pretty sure I mentioned this on JRE but it was @michaelmalice who convinced me on this.

I heard something on the JRE podcast that really resonated. We should stop calling Legacy Media "Mainstream Media". By the numbers, they are no longer mainstream. Instead, we should more accurately call it "Corporate or Government Sponsored Media".

@NSKinsella I wonder if they will point out the problem with pharma patents. I would be surprised if they did.