The UK Libertarian

It’s been a while since I posted a classic Friedman video; I enjoy this one because it shows a typical lefty student getting owned and looking like he’s about to cry:

“You give me some of your money, I’ll give it away! That’s easy!” He may have a head like a fucking orange but Pilkington accidentally nails the libertarian argument that giving away money that’s not yours (government handouts) is not the same as charity or generosity. This is a pretty tenuous video to put up [...]

This video just popped up on youtube in my “suggestions” area. It’s from Russia Today, which is mainstream reporting, and thus isn’t at all libertarian in its tone (Quote: “It’s a cycle the cash-strapped coalition is trying hard to break”) but I found it interesting that if stuff like this is the mainstream opinion of [...]

Stewart Lee, probably the funniest comedian in the world, is at his best when he’s not making political asides in otherwise ok articles. Whilst most of the piece covers a genuinely interesting case of how the Market (triggered by an angry rant by Lee that went viral)  reacted against Foster’s ill advised and badly thought [...]

I received this comment on the Jeremy Kyle / Welfare article: AKALucifer wrote: Davy, I don’t think it was the greatest idea to post a video about welfare then write a post about how you think taxes are illegitimate. You were bound to confuse the two issues. I understand the argument that taxes are wrong [...]

Okay so I’ll preface this video with the following, rather obvious, disclaimer: I can’t stand Jeremy Kyle! I find him ignorant, boorish, arrogant and exactly the kind of person who I know full well would absolutely love to get his hands on government power. In every way possible he comes across as a control freak [...]

Interesting discussion on the root cause of crime going on at the forums here. The original poster asks: I wanted to know what you think is the root cause of crime. Is it unemployment, poverty or just plain boredom? I wanted to ask this as I found an interesting thought that the root cause of [...]