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Not Following Dumb Laws; Or, Why the VisLupiEstGrex People are Idiots
By: Barry Belmont

Periodically I check out what the VisLupiEstGrex kids are up to and periodically I am disappointed. Recently they blogged about some rule being violated (sound familiar?) and how this is…important? or meaningful? or…something. What they were complaining about this time is that the personal information of a few College of Liberal Art potential-fillers-of-the-empty-seat students had [...]

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Anarcho-Capitalism II: Justice and Defense Lecture
By: John Russell

Barry Belmont, the 2008-2009 president of the UNR Students for Liberty has made another case for an anarcho-capitalist society. In this lecture, he will address the free-rider problem, public choice theory, and a brief history of States with diverse examples from evolutionary biology, philosophy, economics, and what you already think! Put simply, this lecture will [...]

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Why I Am Thankful For Wasteful Government
By: Barry Belmont

Government, by its nature, must seek to expand itself. A government must give reasons for its existence, it must point to problems that it wishes to solve. In so far as many problems now facing us have their origins with government intervention, we can see truly that this is a wonderful time to live in.As [...]

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Welcome to MurderPark
By: Barry Belmont

To be radical in any philosophy means to follow its premises to their logical conclusion. The precepts must be held to such an esteem as to be undeniable. Christian love, vegetarian empathy, and Marxist exploitation are such concepts. For Libertarians there are, at base, two: 1. The right of self-ownership 2. All interactions between people [...]

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