by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Libertarian Jesus made his first appearance back in 2013 when he cautioned that charity was a personal obligation rather than a government responsibility. He had an encore performance last year when it was revealed that charity and confiscation are not the same...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2017 | Blogs, Crime, Society
While I focus on economic issues, particularly what’s happening with fiscal policy, I maintain my libertarian “cred” by periodically pointing out that victimless crimes should be legalized. Even if I don’t particularly like the activities. I don’t approve of drugs and...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 24, 2017 | Blogs
Whenever someone accuses me of being too dogmatically opposed to government, I tell them that I only got 94 out of 160 possible points when I took Professor Bryan Caplan’s Libertarian Purity Quiz. That’s barely 70 percent, which makes it seem like I’m some sort of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve shared several quizzes that people can take to see whether they are libertarian, some of which are very simple and some of which are very nuanced and complex. The Definitive Political Orientation test. The Circle test. The Libertarian Purity test. The 8 Values...
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
As part of my collection of anti-libertarian jokes, I shared a mosaic back in 2012 purporting to show the 24 types of libertarians. Well, turnabout is fair play. Here’s something similar, showing the 24 types of authoritarians, from the libertarian page on Reddit. I...
