Hi my name is Hux i am from Australia and new to the community. For the last year and a half my way of thinking has changed completely, from a socialist to what i now consider a Libertarian(not to be confused with the so called socialist libertarian). This has been huge for me and very challenging b…

Welcome! It is really interesting how many left leaning people end up coming around to libertarianism. I was a lefty myself before learning about libertarianism.

It is the coat of arms of Ludwig von Mises. The Mises where jewish merchants, well a very famous rabbi is also from this family, who lived in the city of Lemberg. They where enobled in the late 19th century. The upper right symbol is the staff of mercury - the greek god of the merchants- the lower …

Who is this “very famous rabbi”? I’m curious.

Ok agreed “very” is subjectiv but anyway, Mises Mother is a decendant of Rabbo Meir ben Isaac Eisenstadt also know as MaHaRam A’sh or Panim Meiroth. See here http://www.jewishgen.org/rabbinic/journal/eisenstadt.htm

Hi I am new here, what does the shield symbolise ?

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liberty_student October 2, 2009, 1:15pm 2

Welcome huxx. Try this link, Meaning of the von Mises crest?

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Hi I am new here, what does the shield symbolise ?

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