The UK Libertarian

The 5p “plastic bag charge” (only in effect in Wales… for the time being) is complete and utter insanity. Here are a few reasons, but there are doubtless many more: 1. The purported reason for the tax (which makes it illegal for companies to give away plastic bags at checkout, instead requiring them to charge [...]

Bitbutter continues to cement his reputation as the Libertarian movement’s best artist out there with this lovely “illustrated summary” of a classic David. D. Friedman speech. I can see this becoming the video to link people to when you first bring up the anarcho-capitalist ideas of private law and police. Minarchists spring to mind but [...]

N.B. I am not Davy Download episode MP3 [48:57] BBC’s “5 live investigates” programme spends 40 minutes discussing The Dark Web, in particular Silk Road, the online agorist marketplace, and Bitcoin, the new digital currency and method of payment used at Silk Road. I wish more Bitcoin proponents would embrace the Silk Road, and what [...]

Great follow up to the brilliant George Ought To Help video. Extremely well made piece of animation and a great choice for pointing people towards if they’re arguing for the minimum wage:

I liked this video a lot: “Many believe that market economies create a dog eat dog environment full of human conflict and struggle. To Prof. Aeon Skoble, the competition in markets does not create conflict, but rather, encourages people to cooperate with one another for mutual benefit…” Want to join in libertarian discussion with other [...]

NB, I am not Davy. Not exactly sure what prompted it, but good golly is George Monbiot not mincing any words about his thoughts on Libertarianism over at the Guardian. Sadly, all we get is a horrible collection of misrepresentation, straw-man arguments, demagoguery, and outright misunderstanding of basic Libertarian principles. Let’s take this a bit [...]