The value of a thing does not depend on its objective nature but on the subjective estimation of men, even if such an estimation is crazy.
The reason Assange has been in various forms of custody for almost twelve years is not because he committed any real crimes but because he has embarrassed the political establishment.
It’s up to those of us who do actually care about the truth and who oppose not only the misdeeds of the foreign regimes that our governments want to overthrow but, more urgently, the authoritarianism already at work in our own countries to demand that those in charge of the United Kingdom and US governments abide by the principles they have so far only pretended to embody. And that starts with dropping the charges against Julian Assange.
If they refuse to do so, that will reveal more about them than any dissident journalist could.
https://mises.org/wire/outrageous-persecution-julian-assange
“The planner is a potential dictator who wants to deprive all other people of the power to plan and act according to their own plans. He aims at one thing only: the exclusive absolute preeminence of his own plan.”
— Mises
Anatomy of the State is the perfect place the start 🤙
Civilization is a work of peaceful co-operation.
Short Answers to Tough Questions for Libertarians
"Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners."
- George Carlin
"When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination."
— Thomas Sowell
Don't make the mistake of equating economic freedom with democracy.
- Walter E. Williams
