a popular late-night radio show with millions of listeners! The guest was Thaddeus Russell who authored some books on revisionist American history. I tuned in only for about 10 minutes but I heard a caller talk about DiLorenzo’s “The Real Lincoln”. Thaddeus said that was a great book and that he thought highly of the Mises Institute and has even been on the Lew Rockwell show. I just thought this was amazing to hear that all mentioned on the radio. Is anyone familiar with him?
I hadn’t but I just Googled him and came across this article. He definitely seems like a character, but I don’t agree with many of the things he’s saying. Why would he be teaching about how prostitutes and the like ‘invented’ non-marital sex? I don’t understand how that’s important or why it’s a good thing. And I don’t get why he said we might not have “legal alcohol” without organized crime. It would have been legal no matter what without the State; that’s like saying that - when drugs are hopefully legal in the future - it will be because of the drug cartels that we have that opportunity instead of the truth whereas we would have the opportunity by nature in the first place.
If he’s saying that the black market can correct things that the State wrongly does, I agree with it, but he seems to be completely against morals.
Yes, He does seem to miss the point. He can see the effect, it’s the cause that eludes him. As far as morals are concerned,that is for him to decide. I personally have a moral code that I follow. I choose to deal with people who have a similar moral code. It would be wrong for me to force my moralities on someone else by law or gun. The only weapons in my arsenal are common sense, peer pressure , and in extreme cases ostracism. People by nature yearn for acceptance, if society shuns them they will be in a position where they must re-think their position or develop a network of people who share ideas that I might consider to be immoral. As long as no one violates the other rights they can co-exist peacefully.
ie: All drugs are legalized. I am an employer who feels that certain drugs impede an employees work performance. I would be within my rights to ask prospective employees to submit to a drug test. If they refuse or fail I would have the right not to deal with them. However if the drugs they took were performance enhancing they would be free to compete with me in a free market and hire only people who also used these performance enhancing drugs. I would then be forced to weigh the pro’s and con’s and change my ideas if necessary
I heard the guy on coast to coast last night.
He seems like a great person who has embraced enlightenment principles to create his own unique interpretation. How many progressives do that?
Some Glenn Beck viewer called up to call him a progressive and have a go at him, totally missing what he is all about.
Columbia University (King George’s College) threw him out for daring to have original thought. He is a great catch for Occidental. Shame some Libertarian College couldn’t have got him.