A space for political libertarians
This is our space to share our policy ideas and act to change the political landscape for the better.
The ASI’s Ayn Rand Lecture will be presented by John Allison and will examine the “Long-term Consequences of the Financial Crisis”: John Allison held during the height of the financial crisis and his banking principles are largely seen as the reason behind his bank’s relative success during the financial crisis....
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So I finally got round to reading Atlas Shrugged, and now the blood has stopped flowing from my eyes I wanted to share a few impressions. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! To start with, the positives. I thought the plot was very good, indeed it could almost be the novelisation of the Road to Serfdom. It...
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Reason, purpose, self-esteem, independence, productivity, justice, integrity and honesty are the key virtues of the objectivist system. They are the primary secondary and tertiary corolaries of Rand’s metaphysical observation that what is real is objectively real, regardless of your opinion. That existence exists, and we aren’t making it up. In contrast, George Monbiot’s mendacious...
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the Randian belief in intellectual property is based on a false premise – that such rights can exist and can be enforced other than at the point of a gun and with the connivance of the state. - Ken Ferguson
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This passed me by until Yaron Brook tweeted there is an Atlas Shrugged documentary film. Better yet, the trailer is very encouraging. Production seems a great deal more polished than the very average Part 1 movie. It will be in theatres in the US only on 17th and 26th only, but hopefully it will...
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Last March I took a holiday to New York. I’ve been there before, for a conference, and loved it. So back I went, and without the distraction of keynotes on non-relational data-modelling a more varied program of entertainment was called for. Enter Indepth Walking tours and charming tour guide Frederick Cookinham, who it turns...
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Does the Right to Life Trump Property Rights? – Diana Hsieh
Does America Need Ayn Rand or Jesus? – Fox News
Demand Atlas Shrugged Part 1 in London – Britain Shrugged
The problem with anyone trying to divorce politics from ethics, epistemology or metaphysics is that your opponents are not playing by the same rules.
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