You’ve been taught to hate profit.

But profit isn’t greed.

It’s the most honest feedback system ever created.

Here’s why markets can’t work without it 🧵 Even defenders of capitalism often treat profit as a perk—

A bonus for entrepreneurs who took risks.

But that’s not it.

Profit is a signal.

A powerful form of communication.

Without it, no one knows what to do.

The Pope who lit the fire that helped burn down the Soviet empire.

A story about courage under totalitarianism—and how one man’s refusal to kneel changed history. 🧵 Karol Wojtyla, later known as John Paul II, grew up under two tyrannies:

First the Nazis. Then the communists.

He wasn’t a politician.

He wasn’t a soldier.

He fought with culture. With ideas. With faith that wouldn’t break.

Most people think liberty needs to be justified.

Robert Nozick flipped the script: Power does.

Here’s how a Harvard-trained socialist tried to debunk libertarianism—and became one of its strongest defenders 🧵
In the 1960s, Nozick was everything the academic world admired:

— Columbia-educated
— Harvard professor
— Proud socialist

He believed in redistribution, social justice, and the state.

Until one question got stuck in his mind:

What if libertarians weren’t just selfish—but right?

You’ve been taught fascism and socialism are opposites.

One far-right. One far-left.

One about “order,” the other about “equality.”

But look closer—especially at their economics—and that myth falls apart. 🧵
In school, fascism was framed as capitalism with jackboots. The opposite of communism. A right-wing monster created to crush socialism.

But in reality, fascism didn’t oppose socialism’s controls. It shared them. It just rebranded.

Before it was a meme, it was a revolution.

This is the real story of the Gadsden Flag—

A symbol of decentralized resistance, moral defiance, and the right to be left alone.🧵 You can’t understand the Gadsden Flag without the Sons of Liberty—

A grassroots rebellion against British tyranny.

No king. No central command.

Just printers, merchants, and militias who knew where to draw the line.

One of them? Christopher Gadsden.

Everyone talks about 1984 because of Orwell.

But what happened in 1984 at the Olympics?

No debt. No taxpayer money. No state-run chaos.

Just the most efficient Games in modern history—run like a startup. 🧵
By the early ’80s, the Olympics were a financial disaster.

Montreal lost $1.5B in 1976. It took 30 years to pay off the debt.

When the IOC asked cities to bid for 1984, almost no one wanted it.

Los Angeles “won” by default—but with one condition:

No public money.

Thomas Sowell was once a committed Marxist.

Even after Harvard. Even after Milton Friedman.

So what changed his mind?

It wasn’t a book. It was working in government.

Here’s the story 🧵
In his twenties, Sowell was all in on Marxism.

He read deeply. Argued fiercely.

Bought encyclopedias to understand class theory.

By the time he got to Harvard, classmates called him “the Marxist guy.”

He believed it—not casually, but seriously.

Everyone teaches Frederick Douglass.

Almost no one teaches what he believed.

He didn’t want redistribution. He didn’t demand special treatment.

He wanted liberty, dignity, and the right to own his life.

Let’s talk about the real Frederick Douglass 🧵 Everyone agrees he was a hero.

• Escaped slavery
• Electrified audiences
• Fought for abolition and equality

But Douglass wasn’t a socialist. He wasn’t a collectivist.

He was a thinker of liberty—and a defender of self-ownership.

If you care about minorities, civil rights, or human dignity—You can’t defend socialism.

It promised justice, equality, and freedom.

It delivered mass persecution, censorship, privilege for elites, and unimaginable death.

Let’s look at the record 🧵 Every socialist regime said it stood for equality. But they all built brutal hierarchies.

In Mao’s China, the elite feasted while millions starved.

In Venezuela, the poor eat from trash cans—while officials throw champagne parties.

In North Korea, the Kims live like royalty.

What’s new in Austrian Economics?

It’s not just Mises and Hayek anymore.

Over the last 40 years, Austrian economics has evolved into a vibrant research tradition—applying timeless principles to fields mainstream econ often ignores.

Let’s dive in 🧵
Austrian econ is still grounded in its classic pillars:

• Subjectivism (value is in the eye of the chooser)
• Methodological individualism
• Entrepreneurial discovery
• Time, uncertainty, and institutions

But today’s Austrians are building outward—from money to war zones.

He wrote that all men are created equal—but he also enslaved hundreds.

Today is Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. Celebrated by some liberty lovers and degraded by others.

Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly 🧵 The Good

Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, inserting the idea that all individuals are created equal—a radical idea in 1776 that abolitionists like Frederick Douglass later used to expose America’s contradictions.

Hollywood vs. freedom? Not always.

Here are 10 movies that (intentionally or not) deliver strong libertarian messages—about state overreach, personal freedom, and bottom-up resilience.

Save this thread for your next movie night 🧵
The LEGO Movie (2014)

A society ruled by “President Business” forces everyone to follow the instructions.

Until Emmet breaks free.

A surprisingly powerful defense of:

• Spontaneous order
• Creativity without permission
• Decentralized problem-solving

Seattle tried to “help” gig workers by forcing delivery apps to pay them a minimum wage.

The result?

• Higher prices.
• Fewer orders.
• Less work.
• More restaurants shutting down.

A thread on how good intentions backfired—hard. 🧵👇
In 2022, Seattle passed a law forcing Uber Eats, DoorDash, and other gig platforms to pay drivers the city’s minimum wage per hour worked.

Supporters said it was about “worker justice.”

Critics warned it would destroy the very jobs it aimed to protect.

Trump’s tariffs aren’t just about trade.

They’re the start of a radical plan to rewrite the global economy.

It’s called the “Mar-a-Lago Agreement”—and it could shake the foundations of the dollar system.

Here’s what no one’s explaining 🧵 Let’s start with the current system:

The U.S. dollar is the global reserve currency.

That means foreign countries want to hold dollars—not to buy U.S. goods, but to settle debts, buy oil, and build financial reserves.

Result? Massive demand for dollars.

Milton Friedman at Playboy

In 1973, Milton Friedman was invited to be interviewed by Playboy.

We select a few of his best answers 🧵.
PLAYBOY: In every public debate on an issue involving economics, there seem to be nearly as many conflicting opinions as there are economists. Why can’t you people get together?

FRIEDMAN: We do. But that seldom makes news. It’s our disagreements that receive attention. For example, how much attention is paid to agreement between Galbraith and myself in opposing a draft and favoring an all-volunteer armed force, or in opposing tariffs and favoring free trade, or on a host of other issues? (…)

The London Underground wasn’t built by the government—it was built by the free market.

Private companies innovated, expanded, and solved congestion without subsidies.

Then came nationalization—and decline.

Here’s how free markets built the world’s first subway. 🧵👇
In the mid-19th century, London faced a serious traffic problem.

Forget cars—imagine horse-drawn carriage traffic jams clogging the streets.

Something had to change.

The word “liberalism” once described those who, in the words of Brazilian abolitionist Joaquim Nabuco, “love the liberty of others.”

Over time, it evolved into distinct traditions, each shaping our understanding of individual freedom, markets, and governance. Which one aligns with you? 🧵👇 1. Classical Liberalism – The foundation of pro-liberty thought.

Classical liberalism championed abolitionism, the rule of law, freedom of religion, free speech, and pluralism—ideas once seen as radical.

Today, we take many of these for granted.

Why Ghostbusters is the most classical liberal movie of all time.

You’ve probably seen Ghostbusters at some point.

But beyond the comedy and ghosts, this ‘80s classic carries a surprisingly libertarian message—one about entrepreneurship, free markets, and government overreach. 🧵👇 In the original film, Peter, Raymond, and Egon are university professors researching parapsychology.

But when their funding gets cut, they don’t complain or demand subsidies.

They do what any good entrepreneur would: they start a business.

The Cultural Revolution: When Communism Is More Than Just Vibes

Netflix’s show 3 Body Problem shocked many with its depiction of Cultural Revolution rallies.

But the real events were even worse. Here’s what happens when communism stops being about vibes and starts being about violence. 🧵👇 Many were taken aback by the scenes of Maoist rallies in 3 Body Problem.

Violence, ideology, and witch-hunt hysteria—it’s a glimpse of what went down when communism moved beyond slogans and into mass persecution.

No, in socialism, not everyone is in the middle class.

The promise of socialism—a world where everyone is comfortably middle class, with no rich and no poor—is a myth.

The reality is starkly different. Just ask the millions who suffered under Stalin’s dekulakization. 🧵👇
Socialists often paint a rosy picture: a society where wealth is perfectly distributed, and everyone lives comfortably in the middle class.

But history tells a different story.

In socialist regimes, the so-called “middle class” is often the first to be targeted—and destroyed.

What Ludwig von Mises would think about the war between Ukraine and Russia?

We can't say for sure, but seeing his thoughts about World War II may help us. 🧵
Mises didn’t just blame the Nazis for WWII—he also blamed the failure of other nations to deter them.

He argued that the war could have been prevented if the Allies had acted decisively early on.