Teacher Rants and Red Pill Ramblings: Recent Episodes
Darrell R. Davis
Since the early 20th century, American politics has become an echo rather than a choice--parties zealous in their distinct rhetoric yet in reality just two sides of the same big-government coin. Once a reliable baseline for civic political choice, the dichotomy instead has come to serve as a longstanding, integral feature of the "Civic Religion." Given this unfortunate transformation, which has helped color and shape every interpretation of personalities and events, we must reevaluate our consumption of information.
A brief introduction (and primer) on how the State determines the narratives we believe.
Were monopolies truly rampant in the 19th century? Was Lincoln the sagacious “preserver of Union”? And was Hamilton a proponent of free-markets? Professor DiLorenzo’s work has dismantled all these myths, and many more.
Did the U.S. Constitution enhance freedom—or detract from it? While school may have taught you that a “weak” government needed fixing, Professor Hummel’s work sheds light on the machinations of Alexander Hamilton and Robert Morris, and the liberty-lovers who tried to stop them.
Remember learning about the Social Contract? That governments originate in consent? Rothbard smashes this fairytale to pieces in this seminal essay. You’ll never look at the State the same way again.
For further study:
https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state (Rothbard).
https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/hume-on-the-origin-of-government (Hume).
https://mises.org/library/economics-vs-politics (Chodorov).
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/oppenheimer-the-state (Oppenheimer).