I’m 34.
I used to think politics were real, Trump was a free-thinker, and liberals were brainwashed.
Then I discovered Murray Rothbard, and he changed my life forever.
7 lessons from one of America’s most controversial economists that will change how you see the world:
I used to think politics were real, Trump was a free-thinker, and liberals were brainwashed.
Then I discovered Murray Rothbard, and he changed my life forever.
7 lessons from one of America’s most controversial economists that will change how you see the world:
1/ "The more the state 'plans,' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual."
Your entire life comes down to decision-making.
No centralized authority can accurately act in EVERYONE’s best interest.
They act and we follow. Have a goal or you will be assigned one.
Your entire life comes down to decision-making.
No centralized authority can accurately act in EVERYONE’s best interest.
They act and we follow. Have a goal or you will be assigned one.
2/ “The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism.”
People are distracted.
If we truly thought for ourselves, we would see that depending on the government is a way we handicap ourselves.
The modern superpower is focused, independent thought.
People are distracted.
If we truly thought for ourselves, we would see that depending on the government is a way we handicap ourselves.
The modern superpower is focused, independent thought.
3/ “Why do people obey the government…
People tend to enslave themselves, to let themselves be governed by tyrants”
It’s easier to put faith in someone else to order the chaos in your life.
Your life is your responsibility – face the chaos head on.
People tend to enslave themselves, to let themselves be governed by tyrants”
It’s easier to put faith in someone else to order the chaos in your life.
Your life is your responsibility – face the chaos head on.
4/ “Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure.”
It creates problems, then claims to solve them:
• Corruption
• Loss of freedom
• Economic inefficiency
Creating crises at large creates dependence at large.
It creates problems, then claims to solve them:
• Corruption
• Loss of freedom
• Economic inefficiency
Creating crises at large creates dependence at large.
5/ “The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.”
When given power, people will benefit themselves.
Don’t be naive. Nobody is fighting your battles out of the good of their heart.
When given power, people will benefit themselves.
Don’t be naive. Nobody is fighting your battles out of the good of their heart.
6/ "The state is a gang of thieves writ large."
The nature of government is strong-arming citizens for their resources.
And the gang has a monopoly on violence (police, military, judicial) to get what it wants.
The only way out is individualized, free exchange.
The nature of government is strong-arming citizens for their resources.
And the gang has a monopoly on violence (police, military, judicial) to get what it wants.
The only way out is individualized, free exchange.
7/ “Liberty is not built upon narrow self-interest.
It is built upon the recognition that there are more important things than self-interest.”
Self-interest makes us lean on the government for personal gain.
But that dependence dissolves freedom.
It is built upon the recognition that there are more important things than self-interest.”
Self-interest makes us lean on the government for personal gain.
But that dependence dissolves freedom.
Murray Rothbard made me realize:
No one is coming to save you.
Not the government, not the state, not even your parents.
And it’s something I see all the time with other heirs, they live their life knowing there will always be someone there for them.
No one is coming to save you.
Not the government, not the state, not even your parents.
And it’s something I see all the time with other heirs, they live their life knowing there will always be someone there for them.
That can be a hard pill to swallow - so what do you do about it?
One word: independence.
From others, from the media, from politics and all that drama.
All of that is out of your control.
One word: independence.
From others, from the media, from politics and all that drama.
All of that is out of your control.
Murray Rothbard made me realize that you can’t change the world, you can only change yourself. But in doing that, you change your world.
Wealthy parents and heirs, this is for you:
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