{"quotes":[{"text":"Conflict is not unavoidable. However, it is nonsensical to consider the institution of a state as a solution to the problem of possible conflict, because it is precisely the institution of a state which first makes conflict unavoidable and permanent.","author":"Hans-Hermann Hoppe","tags":["anarcho-capitalism","anarchy","ancap","austrian-school-of-economics","capitalism","coercion","democracy","evil","freedom","government","laissez-faire","libertarian","liberty","non-aggression-principle","politics","statism","taxation","theft","thugs","violence","voluntaryism"],"id":46992,"author_id":"Hans-Hermann+Hoppe"},{"text":"Without anarchy, there would be chaos.","author":"Jeffrey Tucker","tags":["anarcho-capitalism","ancap","austrian-economics","austrian-school-of-economics","coercion","collectivism","communism","economy","free-markets","freedom","government","laissez-fairez-faire","law","libertarian","liberty","order","organization","politics","private","socialism","state","statism","taxation","theft","thugs","voluntayism"],"id":59884,"author_id":"Jeffrey+Tucker"},{"text":"Actually, in its essence, democracy is a totalitarian ideology, though not as extreme as Nazism, fascism or communism. In principle, no freedom is safe in a democracy, every aspect of the individual's life is potentially subject to government control. At the end of the day, the minority is completely at the mercy of the whims of the majority. Even if a democracy has a constitution limiting the powers of the government, this constitution too can be amended by the majority. The only fundamental right you have in a democracy, besides running for office, is the right to vote for a political party. With that solitary vote you hand over your independence and your freedom to the will of the majority.","author":"Frank Karsten","tags":["anarchy","ancap","coercion","communism","free-society","freedom","government","laissez-faire","libertarian","liberty","mafia","mob-rule","non-aggression-principle","politics","socialism","society","thugs","violence","voluntaryism","war"],"id":77773,"author_id":"Frank+Karsten"},{"text":"Even the richest person, provided the riches comes from mutually beneficial exchange, does not need to give anything 'back' to the community, because this person took nothing out of the community. Indeed, the reverse is true: Enterprises give to the community. Their owners take huge risks, and front the money for investment, precisely with the goal of serving others. Their riches are signs that they have achieved their aims.","author":"Jeffrey Tucker","tags":["anarcho-capitalism","anarchy","ancap","business","capitalism","coercion","collectivism","communication","company","entrepreneur","entrepreneurship","free-market","freedom","government","laissez-faire","libertarian","liberty","mafia","non-aggression-principle","parasites","politics","socialism","statism","taxation","theft","thugs","violence","voluntaryism"],"id":107252,"author_id":"Jeffrey+Tucker"},{"text":"On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["acceptance","conformist","copycat","delicate","dependency","discernment","followers","gentleness","heart","independent","likeness","longing","need","prude","rough","ruffian","soft","soul","thug-life","thugs","tough","tough-guy","understanding","unoriginal","vulnerability","vulnerable"],"id":107802,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Wanting to leave communist Russia is all fine and well | Actually leaving the country is where you might run into a few setbacks. Obtaining a visa for a simple vacation outside the soviet block was a long and arduous process. To immigrate to a free society was about as easy as finding whiskey in a church.","author":"Gary \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"Gunz\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" Govich","tags":["autobiography","criminal","mob","mobster","new-york-city","nyc","russia","russian","thug","thuglife","thugs"],"id":117080,"author_id":"Gary+%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22Gunz%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22+Govich"},{"text":"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.","author":"Frédéric Bastiat","tags":["anarchy","ancap","coercion","collectivism","countries","freedom","government","libertarian","liberty","mafia","nations","socialism","statism","taxation","taxes","theft","thugs","voluntaryism"],"id":127868,"author_id":"Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric+Bastiat"},{"text":"Monopoly is a market, or part of a market, reserved to the exclusive possession of one or more sellers by means of the initiation of physical force by the government, or with the sanction of the government. Monopoly exists insofar as the freedom of competition is violated, with the freedom of competition being understood as the absence of the initiation of physical force as the preventive of competition. Where there is no initiation of physical force to violate the freedom of competition, there is no monopoly. The freedom of competition is violated only insofar as individuals are excluded from markets or parts of markets by means of the initiation of physical force. Monopoly is thus a market or part of a market reserved to the exclusive possession of one or more sellers by means of the initiation of physical force. It is thus something imposed upon the market from without—by the government. (Private individuals—gangsters—can initiate force to reserve markets only if the government allows it and thereby sanctions it.)Thus, monopoly is not something which emerges from the normal operation of the economic system, and which the government must control.","author":"George Reisman","tags":["anarcho-capitalism","anarchy","ancap","austrian","austrian-school-of-economics","capitalism","coercion","crapitalism","crony","economics","evil","free","freedom","human","laissez-faire","libertarian","liberty","mafia","markets","nap","non-aggression-principle","politics","rights","socialism","statism","taxation","theft","thugs","trade","violation","voluntaryism"],"id":131511,"author_id":"George+Reisman"},{"text":"While the layman sees an opportunity and decides to take it, the professional criminal through the use of deceit and treachery, is able to create opportunities. This individual not only actively searches for a crime to commit, the professional criminal assembles teams of similar people and generates situations in which crime can be safely perpetrated in a controlled environment for maximum profit.","author":"Gary \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"Gunz\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" Govich","tags":["crime","criminal","mobsters","new-york-city","nyc","russian","thug","thug-life","thugs"],"id":149741,"author_id":"Gary+%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22Gunz%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22+Govich"},{"text":"Crime was my career. I considered myself a craftsman | a true professional. Everybody has a craft they practice. Clean or dirty, safe or dangerous, we all have a viable skill and a part to play in the enigma that comprises our world. A professional is a person who earns moneys for practicing their craft. Having labored many years and becoming experienced in a particular skill, you learn the gradations and eventually reach the title of master.","author":"Gary \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"Gunz\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" Govich","tags":["master","mob","mobsters","russian","thug","thug-life","thugs"],"id":169787,"author_id":"Gary+%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22Gunz%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22%22+Govich"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}