The State is tightening its stranglehold on its own narrative as its web of lies unravels. The government's lapdogs in the news media continue to bark and howl on TV even though a majority of American households have cut the cord. And of course, nothing resembling the truth can be heard in the softball press conferences at the White House and the Federal Reserve.

Suppression and censorship are the tools of a regime that is fearful and hostile to the truth. Perhaps the easiest way to discern the truth in all the chaos is to doubt everything the government says.

Featuring Ron Paul, Tom DiLorenzo, Daniel McAdams, and Ryan McMaken. This event was co-hosted by the Mises Institute and the Ron Paul Institute, and recorded in Lake Jackson, Texas, on April 13, 2024.

Censorship and Official Lies: The End of Truth in America?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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Why the GOP Betrayed Its Own Voters on Ukraine

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Peter St. Onge, a visiting fellow of the Heritage Foundation. As inflation remains high, even Washington's preferred jobs and economic growth measures are beginning to weaken, fueling fears of stagflation. Peter, Ryan, and Tho talk about what this means for Americans, its potential political fallout for November, and what mix of "carrots and sticks" Washington may have planned for dealing with the public backlash.

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