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Speaking to the problem of evil existing in the world despite the many claims of an all powerful and loving god Epicurus famously wrote:
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able [...]
N.B. I am not Davy
Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all the other forms that have been tried. So why don’t we try freedom instead?
Here is Ryan Faulk on the inherent barbarism of democracy:
This video also ties in nicely with the challenge of Sharia law and democracy.
— Jack [...]
There is a problem of incentives when it comes to galvanising people to protest some infringement of their liberty. Usually the amount the special interest stands to gain is massively larger than the amount any one individual stands to lose. For instance, the farming union might stand to lose tens of millions of pounds in subsidies if [...]
N.B. I am not Davy
Over on the forums, Kit asks how should libertarians deal with the problem of Islamic law:
Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician being prosecuted for the crime of insulting Islam, put it this way
”Islam is merely not a religion, it is mainly a totalitarian ideology. Islam wants to dominate all aspects of [...]
I originally posted this in the comments of the “democracy is self-evidently retarded” page, but I thought it was one of those videos that is just really interesting, whether you agree with it or not, and therefore I’m posting it up here so more people can see it:
Lew Rockwell interviews Hans-Hermann Hoppe, author of Democracy, [...]
