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From the Editor—July/August 2024 ([link removed])
by Ryan McMaken
The federal government uses wars as excuses to eviscerate American freedoms, spend trillions of dollars and rack up gargantuan deficits that will impose a heavy financial burden for decades to come. We oppose this, root and branch.
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American Imperialism and Our Bipartisan Warfare State ([link removed])
by T. Hunt Tooley
The growth of the state through war included not only developing new technologies for making war, but also coming up with new financial techniques such as inflation and other wealth transfers to the government, which made the increasingly expensive wars possible.
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Why Military Conscription Is Worse Than Slavery ([link removed])
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
If the government can conscript you into its army, can cause your death or mutilation in some war that has nothing to do with national defense, and can execute you if you resist, then it can do anything to you at any time, for any reason—or without bothering to give a reason.
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Don't Court the Court Intellectuals ([link removed])
David Gordon reviews: The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger
by Joseph Solis-Mullen
Like Murray Rothbard, Solis-Mullen is fully aware of the dangers posed by court intellectuals, who defend positions that will give them power and wealth. China is simply the new trough.
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The Regime's Wars Are Built on Lies ([link removed])
by Karen Kwiatkowski
Ukraine and Israel are current boutique wars of choice, connected to and very much like those the U.S. government pursued for profit and show in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere. It is imperative to understand why the U.S. fights these wars.
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Wisdom from Our Anti-War Libertarian Forerunners ([link removed])
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From its earliest decades, the defenders of freedom—known historically as “classical liberals,” “radicals,” and “libertarians,” have sought to reduce and limit the war-making powers of the state. Here is a sampling of thoughts from these liberals.
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Evil? Maybe. Crazy? Don't Bet On It. ([link removed])
David Gordon reviews: How Nations Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato
Mearsheimer and Rosato make an interesting case for dictators, however evil we may consider them, that they are in fact acting in a rational way.
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