In recent history, the largest genocides have resulted from tyrannical centralized governments yearning for utopian equality for all. Between 1975 and 1979, Cambodia, under Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, underwent a famine that killed between 500,000 and 1.5 million lives through the deadly mix of starvation and disease. This event wiped out somewhere between 10…
By Peter Boettke Hayek famously penned the essay “Why I Am Not a Conservative.” I have often argued that folks need to read that essay in conjunction with his “Errors of Constructivism” to get a good sense of his position on why as true radical liberals we must be willing to question all existing political and social values,…
Close your eyes and imagine paradise… Imagine a place with candy-colored beach houses from the early 20thcentury with Pride flags flying right next to American flags. The weather is almost always sunny and warm. The crime level is low and the police officers are rare, and when they are present, it’s usually to lend a…
The French Revolution produced a parade of fascinating characters, many of them deranged by power and vampire-like in their quest for blood. One of the period’s lesser-known figures was Gracchus Babeuf, whose ideas were shelved with his death in 1797 only to reappear decades later in the writings of Karl Marx. Babeuf was, as the…
Michael Bastasch on April 17, 2019 Republish Reprint Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a video depicting a utopian future because of the Green New Deal. Democrats take control in 2020 and create a “society that was not only modern and wealthy, but dignified and humane too,” Ocasio-Cortez says in the video. Energy experts and economists are skeptical…