The preeminent libertarian thinker Robert Wenzel is out with a new book titled Foundations of Private Property Society Theory: Anarchism for the Civilized Person. It explores a society without the government and only private property. The idea is intriguing and is worth discussing.
Over at LibertyNation.com, Wenzel talked about his book, pushbacks against the premise, legendary economist Murray Rothbard, and if conservatives would endorse the concept more than the lift.
Here is an excerpt:
Legendary economist Ludwig von Mises wrote that “government is essentially the negation of liberty.”
Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, no matter who is in charge in Washington, the government only gets bigger. The concentration of power expands, while the population’s liberty only erodes. Every four years, many Americans get their hopes up that a politician will finally shrink the state, slash spending, and take an ax to the tax code. When this doesn’t happen, disappointment begins, apathy commences, and cynicism amplifies.
The Founding Fathers had a grand vision of what a republican society would be: limited government, certain unalienable rights, and politicians who were held accountable. The U.S. is more than 200 years old now and the dreams of Thomas Jefferson and his ilk have faded. It is tragic to realize that this is the first generation that is actively fighting to remove their own rights that their forebears fought for.
Perhaps the experiment of government has failed. Maybe it is time to overhaul the system and try something entirely different – something that enhances freedom rather than quashes it. Is Robert Wenzel’s private property society theory the remedy to our thirst for liberty?
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