Open Power: Libertarian Focus

We are splitting Open Power in three to make it easier for the different constituencies to work with what particularly interests them.The original will remain focused on the Electoral Reform Act of 2015. Tools can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/OpenPower-Tools. Here is the Tiny URL for Libertarians: http://tinyurl.com/OpenPower-Libertarian.  Home page remains http://tinyurl.com/OpenPower. Robert Steele Short Bio …

Michael Ostrolenk: Cyberlibertarians’ Digital Deletion of the Left

Cyberlibertarians’ Digital Deletion of the Left David Golumbia David Golumbia is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of The Cultural Logic of Computation. Jacobin, 4 December 2013 Technological innovation does not inherently promote the Left’s goals. The digital revolution, we are told everywhere today, produces democracy. It gives “power to the …

Michael Ostrolenk: Joe Trippi on How Technology is Killing Crony Capitalism and How a Libertarian President Looms Large

Joe Trippi: Technology is killing cronies, and there will be a libertarian president. And sooner than you think. (Video) By Nick Sorrentino on February 21, 2014 Trippi is an old time Democratic consultant who is very smart and his analysis here is interesting. This is a video well worth watching for those who care about …

Jean Lievens: Bitcoins, Tulips, & Libertarians

Bitcoins, Tulips and Libertarians Charles J. Reid, Jr. Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas Huffington Post, 3 January 2014 What is it about the libertarian infatuation with bitcoins? Ron Paul announced in early December that the bitcoin could “destroy the dollar.” He seemed to be gloating. In Chile, a collection of “anarchists, libertarians, and …

SchwartzReport: Could Libertarian Party Rise from the Ashes of a Divided Republican Party (The Rich and the Insane?)

Here is an excellent fact-based assessment of what has happened to the Republican Party. It confirms what I have been saying for several years now, and presents the facts as to why I think these gerrymandered districts — the Suicide Caucus, as Lizza calls it — are going to present a permanent minority. And why …

John Robb: Libertarians Give Up Sea, Focus on Honduras

Libertarian seasteaders give up on the sea, focus on autonomous regions starting with Honduras. Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Utopias In Honduran Jungle Forgoing the plan to build independent floating cities away from chafing laws, some libertarians—led by Milton Friedman’s grandson, no less—have found something better: desperate countries willing to allow the founding …