Murray Rothbard: Six Stages of the Libertarian Movement
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- A prolific author and Austrian economist, Murray Rothbard promoted a form of free market anarchism he called "anarcho-capitalism."
In this video from the first Libertarian International World Libertarian Convention in 1982 in Zurich, Switzerland, Rothbard gives a lecture on what he identified as the six stages of building an independent libertarian (or any philosophical) movement in a region. Rothbard identifies possible growing pains associated with the growing popularity of libertarianism but ultimately concludes that such risks are necessary because "Libertarians, it seems to me, are not content with contemplating justice, contemplating truth, goodness and beauty, we're not playing intellectual games -- we mean to change the world. We want to put this thing into reality."
"We libertarians... are not content with contemplating justice, contemplating truth, goodness and beauty, we're not playing intellectual games; we mean to change the world. We want to put this into reality." -Murray Rothbard
Rothbard was the absolute best. Outstanding speech. He should be required reading starting in high school.
I recently discovered that I am a Libertarian. I'm reading his awesome book: "A New Liberty". Brilliant work! Chapter five, on involuntary servitude, is so far, my favorite part. The ideology is very appealing,. I just hope the time comes when it is more broadly embraced.
Murray gave this talk before Tweeter and TH-cam. Now Libertarians are cracking in and the movement is growing faster than ever. Thanks to new technologies of information created by private entrepreneurship. These technological improvements (emanating from the private sector) prove him right all along.
This kind of honesty is nurturing to the soul. Thank you, Murray Rothbard, I will pass this honesty forward.
Don't worry Murray I laughed at your jokes even if the audience didn't.
Same here! I believe these jokes were "lost in translation"
Intellectual Master of the 20th century
Best presentation by Murray Rothbard that I have ever seen. This important historic elaboration of stages and problems and solutions in growing libertarian movements is as relevant as ever, and can be used as a guide by the young libertarian movements in countries around the world. It is nice to be reassured that complications and difficulties are actually a good thing, and that Rothbard himself was much more inclusive than many of the anarcho-capitalist zealots destroying any action today.
It's great. It juxtaposes Jefferson with Hamilton a lot.
I really enjoyed this. Thanks for posting!
The LibIntern is a glorious term! Murray is always hilarious.
Lol it had me dying
Hamilton and later, Lincoln, implemented a system that came to be known as the "American System", by many historical scholars. Close partnerships between big government and private enterprise. A central bank that was controlled and regulated by the political machine is crucial for such a system to exist.
Always a delight to hear him talk, too bad there are so few recordings.
It’s insane how much more relevant this feels now while I’m fully aware it has always been just as relevant as ever. What a genius, almost like a psychic.
Yeah, decent Rothbard footage is rare!
How does that book ("Hamilton's Curse") compare to DiLorenzo's other works?
I'm tempted to give it a look...
Interesting to see how this strategy and analysis could also apply to the alt right. And other movements for that matter.
ngl the first 10 minutes echo the sentiments of subcultures as well, which i guess you could say are basically the philosophies behind specific groups of aesthetics and economic choices. you start with one kid with a mohawk, then his friend buys a leather jacket, next thing you know a whole clique of kids are punk rockers. it happens on every continent, in every modern society.
Didn't know Hamilton tried to put a central bank in place. That alone makes him a noteworthy statist in early American history.
I'll have to check the book out nonetheless. You've made me interested either way.
all the people who wanted a constitution and didn't want ot keep the articles of confederation were statist, including Hamilton Madison Washington and a few others
Heroic!!!
If Professor Rothbard were alive for the Gary Johnson stage of Libertarianism he'd be spinning in his grave.
I’d like to see the third world libertarian convention.
What a shame that the tape ran out and some noob didn't catch it in time! 😑😔
His voice sounds so young, you’d think he was in his late twenty’s
Rothbard's voice stayed the same. I'm sure his first word as a baby sounded like this
Who knows the introduction Speaker? Please give me the name!?
Idk
There's only one stage: secure supreme sovereignty to the People of the state.
After that, the rest takes care of itself.
This is an entirely new to youtube video of Murray Rothbard?
How nervous is the introducer? He removes and returns his glasses three times in the space of 30 seconds....
To be honest, I've never actually read it - I was just referring to what I know about Hamilton and how it seems the U.S. never really had a true free-market due to his immediate establishment of a central bank. Hopefully it didn't look like I was trying to come off as a Hamiltonian expert, haha.
I agree, as I said, I'm not in favour of the status quo. I'm just saying that we shouldn't praise the free market for things it obviously had nothing to do with.
Hero
You could quite possibly say that the U.S. has never had capitalism, which we can thank Hamilton's curse for.
Nothing logically ends in nihilism
I'm not in favour of this but this is reality. Capitalism in the US, largely, means that the public takes the risk and provides the funding, while the profits are privatized.
Corporations have made enormous profits from technologies that are developed with public funds under the military and space exploration system, and then handed over to corporations to be patented and sold back to the public that financed their development in the first place. Over fifty percent of all research and development conducted in the electronics, computer, aeronautics, metallurgy, laser and telecommunications industries has been done with the public's money.
yes because tomas edison was getting money from DC when he created the lighbulb. Are you stupid?
Thats the corporatocracy we live in, its not normal capitalism
chill
How ironic and completely on the nose is it for his video to end and another tape not be available?? Classic 🤣
LOL Dolphin Rights
Gorilla vandalism
Blame the politicians.
Necessary for what?
And CRONY-capitalism is an oxymoron.
So how about democracy? It's only the law.
Enough labels, One is either a populist or a statist, that's just the logical dichotomy that either the whole People have final authority, or an elite oligarchy is.
And that's the law, i.e. each state is a sovereign nation owned and ruled by its people. This was suppressed under the Lincoln Admnistration, transferring power to the elite oligarchy of 545 people in in Washington; but that isnt' the original intent of the Founders or the People, so it ain't law.
So it ain't rocket-science.
How about just the LAW, which already holds that each state is a sovereign nation supremely owned and governed in common by its respective people?
It wasn't broke, no need to fix it.
Actually, "the Law", has needed fixing a number of times. Both the Constitution, as well as state statutes, have required fixing. There are still some useful fixes that would be welcome changes. Examples include, a strict limit placed upon the rate at which we the people can be taxed, term limits for members of Congress, predicating passage of laws on compliance with the Constitution, just to name a few.
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How old ARE you?
Seriously, I'm guessing 12, and that's generous.
This man rolling in his grave now.
Or, one could say, a very old one.
First hire Libertarians, they must be rational people. 😁
That's crony-capitalism. This country hasn't seen capitalism since Wilson.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Except it smells worse.
Like Ron Paul saying "secession is legal" and then "we had a senseless civil war," which means that it WASN'T legal.
That's why most libertarians are economists, i.e. they're caught in their own web by arguing for logic in arbitrary fiat-policy, while ignoring the key element of liberty which they claim to espouse.
Speaks to fast. Wasn't a good communicator
50%? Even if this were so it's irrelevant. Just as you can't blame ppl 4 taking welfare u can't blame companies from taking corporate welfare. The solution is not to offer it. But the theory is wrong anyway. If we didn't have NASA, DARPA, etc sucking up all the resources we'd be much farther ahead. Public funding stifles innovation for the very reason it's 'free' & ppl wait for the 'free' thing instead of taking a risk with capital. An example: only 10% of primary cancer research is replicable.
He's a brilliant writer, but as a public speaker... MEH!
Looking at this, I don't even know if he took a course in it.