Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I discussed above. Sometimes they can. Musicians can sell music, even in… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist. — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
I was always interested in science, truth, goodness and fairness. I have always been strongly individualistic and merit-oriented. This is probably because I was… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean homesteading − some… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore, that states,… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion −… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
We’re against the state, not government. The state just happens to monopolize the government. — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
The libertarian approach is a very symmetrical one: the non-aggression principle does not rule out force, but only the initiation of force. In other… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
The Austrian theory of subjective value teaches us that there are many ways to incentivize or motivate or induce someone to commit an action… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
We must recognize that only scarce resources are ownable; second, that the body is a type of scarce resource; third, that the mode of… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
