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Author Archives: Dan Carvajal
Memes and Liberty; or, “I CAN HAZ LIMITD GUBMENT”
Perhaps it’s best that I start this with a confession. When SFL went about creating meme images for ISFLC, I was not very excited. Rather, I found myself thinking, “This isn’t very cool”. Well, my thoughts led me to research … Continue reading
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Tagged #flib, Internet, Memes, Memes for Liberty, Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson
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Culture and Liberty: Learning from “Big Love”
A few weeks ago, a few other students and I had dinner with Bryan Caplan, a friend of Students for Liberty and professor of economics at George Mason University. Caplan is well-known for his libertarian ideology and bestselling books, including … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Love, Bryan Caplan, HBO, Mark V. Olsen, Polygamy, Television, Will Scheffer
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Play Ball!: Markets, Government, And Desegregation
When people think of Black History Month, baseball player Jackie Robinson comes to mind. While Robinson “broke the color barrier” in 1947 thanks the will of a few good men, the competitive market led baseball to desegregate rapidly once the … Continue reading
“Respect my Authoritah!”: Libertarianism and South Park
Pop culture hasn’t been kind to libertarian ideas. From the “Ayn Rand School for Tots” in The Simpsons to Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation, the depictions can range from mean stereotyping to lovable characters of weird people. However, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Elections, F. A. Hayek, marijuana, Matt Stone, South Park, South Park Republicans, Trey Parker
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Taking Bad Responses to Task
Sometimes libertarians say stupid things, or, to be more correct, they say things in stupid ways. How we convey information about the philosophy of freedom often makes more of difference than what we actually say. Through self-reflection, we libertarians can … Continue reading
Libertarians You’ve Never Heard Of: Robert Desnos
It’s early 1945. In the Czech town of Terezín, a group of prisoners are taken out of their barracks and loaded into a truck. The prisoners are silent, knowing the fate that awaits them; they are on their way to … Continue reading
