Feminist theorist Judith Butler is calling for mandatory education to confront children with modern gender theory. As David Gordon points out, she wants to use coercion to force people to accept her theories.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

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Butler, Butt Out! | David Gordon

Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia turns fifty this year, and this libertarian classic has stood the test of time.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years

Great Britain are shifting back toward railway nationalization. Of course, the vaunted railway privatization of the 1990s wasn’t real privatization at all.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

The UK Is Reverting to Railway Socialism | Owen Ashworth

While chattel slavery exists in some parts of the world, it mostly has been abolished. Perhaps we should do the same thing to the state.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

We Need to Do with the State What We Have Done to Slavery | George Ford Smith

People have come to believe that only the state is morally qualified to create and maintain a system of justice. However, given that the state itself acts unjustly, perhaps it is time to look outside of the state.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Can There Be Justice Outside of the State? Yes | Rowan Parchi

Libertarianism is criticized on all sides, but a new criticism has emerged that claims libertarianism is little more than another form of critical theory. Like the other complaints, this one is based on fallacious thinking.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Is Libertarianism Just Another Form of Critical Theory? | Djordje Bokun

The academic world is supposed to serve as a beacon of enlightenment. Instead, as Wanjiru Njoya demonstrates, it promotes a failed liberalism.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Wokism, Marxism and the Failures of Academic “Liberalism” | Wanjiru Njoya

Biden has embraced the trade war. But, if protectionism actually produced competitiveness, American steel manufacturers would have become world leaders long ago.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Biden Perpetuates Washington’s Idiotic Steel Trade Policies | James Bovard

Washington Post conservative George Will trots out every tired slogan and bromide in the book to claim that Putin is Hitler and the Ukraine war is a fight for civilization. 

Recommended Reading

“So, 112 ignoble, infantile Republicans voted to endanger civilization“ by George Will: https://Mises.org/WES_20_A

“Piers Morgan vs John Mearsheimer” on YouTube: https://Mises.org/WES_20_B

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Why the GOP Betrayed Its Own Voters on Ukraine

Murray N. Rothbard's great treatise provides a sweeping presentation of Austrian economic theory, and a rigorous criticism of alternative schools of thought. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

This audiobook is made possible through the generosity of Thomas Ross.

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