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Anarchism in cartoon form.

If this comes out illegibly, here's the text. Top left panel, question: "So you think there should be no government?" Top left panel, answer:  "Well, yes. Call it what you want: anarchist, voluntarist, advocate for a stateless society -- whatever. I am against a monopoly on force, I think everything it does is immoral, and everything it does produces worse results than would be produced without the state." Top right panel, question: "I am skeptical but intrigued. Say, could you answer how police could work in that society as well as give some further material on learning?" Top right panel, answer: "Absolutely! Now I won't know how every aspect would be handled as no one can know plus there being many possible competing solutions, but I can provide you a basic outline and give you some stuff to read and watch." Top right panel, Jeffrey Tucker: "Good job, guys! Asking inquisitive questions plus info for further insight f...

Bitcoin Linkfarm

Last month and this have seen dramatic developments in the world of bitcoin. Let's try to catch up. Bitcoin is one of a group of efforts to create a pseudo-currency online.   Its existence is a testimony on how little trust exists for the legal tender of the US, the one-time world numeraire . An issue I discussed at book length here. There was a massive sell-off on Wednesday, April 10, which resumed on Thursday. Daily Bail Natural News Conspiracy theories abound, both as to the run-up in the value of bitcoins that began in July 2012 and in the crash in April 2013. My own view is that bitcoin has been (at least for now) the victim of its own enthusiasts, who got ahead of themselves. On March 29, Jeffrey Tucker of Laissez Faire Books wrote, "Maybe the price will keep climbing," etc. One of those this-time-its-different things that often get themselves written just before a bubble bursts. Robert Wenzel called him out. It appears Wenzel was right. Anyo...