Lesson #043 - The Road Is Not The Destination
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Today our lesson will be short. We need to make a clarification because we are getting tired of defending our views against people mixing apples with oranges. Their typical complaint is that when governments adopt Austro-Libertarian measures, misery follows. There are two confusions here. The first is that most measures are not Austro-Libertarian; they only look so. The second is that when countries do adopt them, a transition period follows.…
Lesson #042 - Diamonds May Be Forever But Unions Are Not - Part 3
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STRIKES
You could strike
And then, we have the right to strike. In an Absolute Austro-Libertarian system, as an employee and lacking any other contractual conditions, you would be able to strike. However, if you do, you are responsible for the loss of profits that that causes to your employer. This is the case where only Master Contract conditions apply.
That's assuming there are no clauses in the contract imposing fines…
Lesson #042 - Diamonds May Be Forever But Unions Are Not - Part 2
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THE FUTURE
Originally, workers didn't have too many options because there were no labor laws nor specific rights. It's very simple, they had none. Company owners had all the rights simply because they owned their property in a seemingly unlimited manner and the law was on their side. They were using those rights to apply pressure on the contracts that the workers signed and so, keeping wages depressed and denying…
Lesson #042 - Diamonds May Be Forever But Unions Are Not - Part 1
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In this lesson we will take a very brief look at Unions. Where do they come from, what is their history and, more importantly, their reasons to exist. Following this, we will peer into the future and determine if Unions actually have one. Don’t be surprised if you find out that diamonds may be forever but Unions are not.
IN THE BEGINNING
The historical roots of Unions can be…
Bribing Senators – The Next Logical Step
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In our lesson Argentina is the futurewe explained why we seem to have a crystal ball and are capable of predicting the future. Argentina never ceases to amaze up. There is no depth to which it will not sink. However, in this case, it’s all our fault. We simply lacked the imagination and were looking forward, when we should have looked backwards. The answer? Bribing Senators. The next logical step.…
Lesson #041 - War Is Good Business – Invest a Child
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When discussing different political systems it would seem that it is never in good taste to bring up the subject of war. This is patently unfair because war is the most destructive process ever devised. Yet, most political systems remain shy when approached about this critical issue. They live by the motto: War is good business – invest a child!
We believe that this shyness originates in the…
If Only The US Would Shut-Down For Ever
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As expected and right on cue, most US newspapers (including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times) are bombarding us with horror tales and struggles about the unthinkable US government shutdown. Bullshit!!
As I had to explain to my 8 years old daughter, it is all a farce. A gigantic farce. If only the US would shut-down for ever! That would be real news. As it stands, it’s all…
Lesson #040 - Education The Absolute Austro-Libertarian Way
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In this chat, we will describe what schools look like in an Absolute Austro-Libertarian. Whether such a system is set up in dissolved countries or it exists in Austro-Libertarian territories, it's irrelevant since it is the same. We mentioned in the lesson The Rights of the Childthat because we are responsible for those children we want them to attend school, to get an education. However, in this scenario there really…
Lesson #039 - Let’s Not Forget Those Immortal Words
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Today we are going to be discussing two expressions that are very much ingrained in the US culture but are interpreted somewhat differently in others. We are going to study them because it is important to understand that the Austro-Libertarian system is primarily based on a very ancient concept, the concept that one has absolute rights to one’s properties.
The two expressions that we are going to study today is:…
