Contrary to our elite media and political classes, the Chinese weather balloon was no threat to our well-being. However, the government's response to it made this a more dangerous world.
Why decentralize? One: small polities allow for more choice and opportunities for exit. Two: small is better for minorities when democracy fails. Three: small polities limit the power of aggressors.
Murray N. Rothbard slices his way through ten of the most common value-based calumnies against the market economy. An excerpt from Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Market.
