Freedom is a supreme value. We all strive to preserve and increase it, and we are very vigilant and sensitive to any external attempts to take it away. But are we sometimes too focused on external threats to our freedom and not notice the ways in which we limit ourselves? Is there …
More »Applying for Swiss citizenship in 2018 – a libertarian perspective
As a continuation of the topic of the Libertarian approach to immigration, we publish a look at one of the most interesting citizenship systems operating in our time. The Swiss model covers a significant part of the proposed reforms in the aforementioned article, with which we opened the topic in the EKIP. 1. Switzerland has two processes for obtaining citizenship. …
More »Libertarians should oppose censorship of right-wing ideas by corporations
The right to free association should only apply to companies that have not received government benefits, otherwise it is favoritism Last Friday, Paypal closed the account of controversial American TV presenter and “far-right” conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars. In this way, the technology giant joins Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Apple and many others, …
More »Communists - the smart ones of stupid people
The spread of communism cannot be protected by the right to free expression. Recently, questions have been increasingly raised on domestic social networks as to whether the “innocent” victims of the totalitarian right-wing regimes in Bulgaria and around the world, who used repressive methods to save their countries from the USSR-funded …
More »How and why is the EU on the verge of destroying Internet freedom?
You may or may not have heard, but the European Union is trying for the second time this year to pass a regulation that fundamentally threatens freedom on the Internet. It is the new EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which updates the current legislation of the union in the field of …
More »Anarcho-capitalism with a human face: How does Anarchism sell?
This article is a continuation of Anarcho-Capitalism with a Human Face: Technology and Decentralization Diplomacy as a Macrocosm of Anarchist Relationships With all these definitions, we cannot help but come to the conclusion that anarchy does exist in one sphere of our affairs – international relations. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin live in a state of …
More »Anarcho-capitalism with a human face: Technology and decentralization
Radical decentralization and anarchy are the same thing Anarcho-capitalism has a PR problem. Its main postulate – the principle of non-aggression sounds simple and noble enough to be understood by anyone and may even be a basic principle of the libertarian movement itself. But when it comes to private courts, most …
More »Why are 3D printed weapons the first step towards Ancapistan?
Technology de facto renders gun control meaningless, which greatly empowers even the smallest secessionist movement. Many of you have probably heard of 3D printers. These are machines that produce all sorts of objects on a principle similar to printing text from Microsoft Word on a piece of paper. They receive the parameters and …
More »Libertarian approach to immigration
The European migrant crisis that began in 2015 has opened an expected front for a new cultural and political war within the Old Continent. The destructive military interventions of the US and its allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, the “invitation to refugees” issued by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the internal tensions in the richer members of the Union coming …
More »Selfishness without ego
Ayn Rand Translated from: "Philosophy: Who Needs It" In my publication “The Missing Link”, I discussed the anti-ideal mentality and its social (tribal) manifestations. All tribally minded people are anti-ideal to varying degrees, but not all people who are anti-ideal are tribally minded. Some are lone wolves (emphasizing the most predatory characteristics of …
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