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 words, you are permitted to use force only in response to some else's use of force.… — 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 type of first use or embordering activity. Obviously, an actor must already own his body if he is to be a homesteader; self-ownership is not acquired by homesteading but rather is presupposed in any act or… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share
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 − from their calling, as I discussed above. Sometimes they can. Musicians can sell music, even in the face of piracy. Or they can sell their services − concerts, etc. Painters and other artists can profit in… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share
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
