True Utopians are the central planners who believe they can overcome human nature and steer human actors like cattle. To quote Murray Rothbard: "The man who puts all the guns and all the decision making power into the hands of the central government and then says, 'Limit yourself'; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian." In Rothbard's eyes a libertarian world would be better, not perfect. So while our revolution is indeed intellectual, it is also optimistic and pragmatic. We should talk about liberty in terms of first principles, and how those principles make for a better society precisely because they accord with the innate human desire for liberty. Let the statists explain their grand schemes, while we offer a realistic vision of a world organized around civil society and markets.

Jeff Deist