Liberalism
Despite American prejudices to the contrary, I refuse to abandon the word ‘liberal’ for what it has almost always historically stood for throughout the world – reason, liberty, property, and free trade. Liberalism in the American context is typically synonymous with the Welfare State, Progressivism, Social Democracy, and the Democratic Party. But for almost the [...]
Anarchy and Monarchy
Neither anarchy nor monarchy is well understood in America today. To most Americans, anarchists are violent nihilists and monarchs are laughable buffoons. So when I advocate something like ‘anarcho-monarchism’, the masses really get confused. In addition, many leftist anarchists claim that rightist anarchism (anarcho-capitalism, anarcho-monarchism, etc.) can’t even exist. But that is a criticism that [...]
Right and Left
Revisiting the issues of Left and Right, it was Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn’s analysis that placed identity on the Left and diversity on the Right. A similar analysis can be found in the writings of Robert Nisbet, but where EKL focuses on identity and diversity, Nisbet focuses on what he views as the two great traditions [...]
Dark Knight Rises Review
Disclaimer: This article does contain some spoilers I watched the last Batman film by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises, this past weekend. It was fantastic, and just as good as the other two movies in Nolan’s trilogy, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. These three movies, I believe, are among the best socio-political movies [...]
Libertarian Dictatorship?
Jesse Walker wrote an interesting article over at Reason about the notion by some libertarians that a transitional dictatorship could be a positive step towards liberty, specifically in regard to Hayek’s (qualified) praise of Chilean dictator, Pinochet. In general, I agree with his conclusion. Dictatorships are a messy business and they scarcely lead to more [...]
What Anarcho-Monarchism is Not
Perusing the web, I’ve seen many different definitions of Anarcho-Monarchism. With some of these definitions, I feel the need to clarify my position. First and foremost, Anarcho-Monarchism is not National Anarchism. The confusion comes from the fact that we draw inspiration from some of the same pool of philosophers as National Anarchists – Ernst Jünger, [...]
Left Libertarianism
Is Libertarianism Left or Right? I consider it of the Right (properly understood) but others have argued differently. Back in the ’60s, Murray Rothbard argued that it was Left, while socialism was in the Middle, and conservatism was Right. Karl Hess, Roderick T. Long, and many others have subscribed to this perspective of left-libertarianism; Hans-Hermann [...]
True Individualism
Individualism is a key tenant of classical liberalism and libertarianism. But there is a fine line between true individualism, what some call personalism, and false individualism. As Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn noted in several of his works, the word ‘person’ is derived from the Etruscan phersú, the mask actors wore which represented their nontransferable roles on [...]
Christian Anarchism
Can a Christian be an anarchist? What exactly is an anarchist? I would certainly argue that a Christian is not an anarchist, if by ‘anarchist’, one means this: Being that to most people today, the above is exactly what they think of when they hear of an anarchist, what exactly then is a Christian anarchist? [...]
Anti-War Conservatism?
Are conservatism and anti-militarism antithetical positions? To most Americans today, yes they are. However, despite what the Heritage Foundation, National Review, the Republican Party, Fox News, and Talk Radio tell you, conservatism was traditionally very skeptical of militarism, foreign interventionism, and war. Conservatism today stands for little more than ever increasing military budgets and perpetual [...]
