Matt Zwolinski
Philosopher. Co-author of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (Princeton, 2023), and Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2023).
Http://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com
- "But he was filming ICE..." So what, you still don't get to shoot him. "But he was carrying a firearm..." So what, you still don't get to shoot him. "But he was a on a leftist Signal group..." SO WHAT. You still don't get to shoot him.
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- Abundance theorists are right to focus on the importance of building things. But by ignoring public choice theory, they miss the risk that state-driven growth will benefit the elite rather than the masses. My review of _Abundance_ and _Why Nothing Works_, at Econlib. www.econlib.org/library/colu...
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[Not loaded yet] - Out today! The new and massively revised third edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy, co-edited with the fantastic @mjuarezgarcia_ . Perfect for courses in political philosophy or PPE.
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- Trump channeling his inner Thomas Carlyle for Juneteenth. “Quashee, if he will not help in bringing out the spices, will get himself made a slave again…and with beneficient whip, since other methods avail not, will be compelled to work.”
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- Picking up on a distinction introduced by the late great Steve Horowitz, I argue that libertarians make a mistake when they equate being anti-state with being pro-liberty.
- Page proofs are in! Coming your way this July.
- Reading @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's excellent, _Autocracy, Inc._. I can’t recommend it enough as a guide to understanding the rising tide of 21st century authoritarianism. And some of what she describes sounds eerily familiar…
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- "For all its flaws, constitutional democracy remains our most reliable safeguard against the concentration of power—public or private—and our best hope for preserving true liberty in the face of the rising authoritarian temptation."
- As Trump pursues his attack on the “deep state,” it’s a good time to reflect on the virtues and limits of expertise in a democratic society. Lisa Herzog’s _Citizen Knowledge_ is a helpful guide. My review is in the latest issue of Ethics.
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- I’ll be talking about UBI tomorrow at UT Austin.
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- Rothbard's simplistic libertarianism or... What libertarians can learn from lawyers about how to understand ownership
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- I can understand why many of my friends have left X altogether. But you do miss out on gems like this.
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- “The arguments that Rothbard provides for his particular version of libertarianism are radically incomplete…And the conclusions that he reaches are grossly implausible, even when judged by the standard of an overriding commitment to individual liberty.” www.independent.org/publications...
- A nice conversation on the Curious Task podcast about markets, coercion, and the state, picking up on various themes I’ve been exploring on my Substack lately.
- Reposted by Matt ZwolinskiI hadn't seen a starter pack yet for ethics (sorry if I missed it!), so I decided to throw one together. Let me know if I've missed anyone (including yourself!)--I cobbled this together quickly, so it's likely I've missed some folks! (And let me know if you want to be removed!) go.bsky.app/6woXBGaat://did:plc:l2o5f3l5gkblnp343tk3idla/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lciv34wy5d2j
