http://studentsforliberty.org A Unified, Student-Driven Forum of Support for Students and Student Organizations Dedicated to Liberty. Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://studentsforliberty.org/uncategorized/is-the-gop-missing-the-youth-vote-over-social-issues/#comment-1891 » Is the GOP Missing the Youth Vote Over Social Issues? – Students … Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:49:22 +0000 http://studentsforliberty.org/?p=23974#comment-1891 [...] Is the GOP Missing the Youth Vote Over Social Issues? – Students … Go to this article [...] [...] Is the GOP Missing the Youth Vote Over Social Issues? – Students … Go to this article [...]

]]> http://studentsforliberty.org/blog/from-f-a-hayek-to-kanye-west-a-free-market-critique-of-the-rap-world/#comment-1500 Levan Bokeria Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:41:29 +0000 http://studentsforliberty.org/?p=19906#comment-1500 ok. So I guess then I'm interested how those corporations got the monopoly on the media - radio and MTV. Because if giving creative freedom to artists is desired by people, then under free market these media would eventually switch to that kind of content right? because it would be profitable to do so. Since that is not happening, it is either not true that we have a problem in the freedom of artistic creativity and people don't actually want it increased, or the monopoly is held though non-free-market ways which doesn't allow for people to get what they actually want. I guess I'm just trying to point out that if there are not government interventions through licencing the distribution of music, or creation of any other type of barrier to entry, what we are really arguing here is that we should have one type of free market as opposed the another one - the current one, which is different from arguing about government control of vs. free market generally. ok. So I guess then I'm interested how those corporations got the monopoly on the media – radio and MTV. Because if giving creative freedom to artists is desired by people, then under free market these media would eventually switch to that kind of content right? because it would be profitable to do so. Since that is not happening, it is either not true that we have a problem in the freedom of artistic creativity and people don't actually want it increased, or the monopoly is held though non-free-market ways which doesn't allow for people to get what they actually want.
I guess I'm just trying to point out that if there are not government interventions through licencing the distribution of music, or creation of any other type of barrier to entry, what we are really arguing here is that we should have one type of free market as opposed the another one – the current one, which is different from arguing about government control of vs. free market generally.

]]> http://studentsforliberty.org/blog/from-f-a-hayek-to-kanye-west-a-free-market-critique-of-the-rap-world/#comment-1499 haaggus Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:47:35 +0000 http://studentsforliberty.org/?p=19906#comment-1499 The point is that the biggest corporations in music have a monopoly on the main media through which people hear new music: radio and MTV. This isn't a bad thing except that the corporate bureaucrats have too much power over the artists' creations. David Geffen when he founded Geffen records was the best, he gave total creative control to his signings and they produced new and great music, such as Guns n Roses, Nirvana, The Eagles... these bands all talk about how much creative control they had over their music... Geffen didn't try to tell them how to write songs. As a result, a big label (Geffen) allowing artists to create (Nirvana) makes for an amazing situation which we should see repeated constantly but the record label bureaucrats think they know best. The point is that the biggest corporations in music have a monopoly on the main media through which people hear new music: radio and MTV. This isn't a bad thing except that the corporate bureaucrats have too much power over the artists' creations. David Geffen when he founded Geffen records was the best, he gave total creative control to his signings and they produced new and great music, such as Guns n Roses, Nirvana, The Eagles… these bands all talk about how much creative control they had over their music… Geffen didn't try to tell them how to write songs. As a result, a big label (Geffen) allowing artists to create (Nirvana) makes for an amazing situation which we should see repeated constantly but the record label bureaucrats think they know best.

]]> http://studentsforliberty.org/blog/from-f-a-hayek-to-kanye-west-a-free-market-critique-of-the-rap-world/#comment-1498 Levan Bokeria Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:44:35 +0000 http://studentsforliberty.org/?p=19906#comment-1498 I'm wondering, are not these record companies also part of and product of free market? or is entrance limited by some type of government action, that is to say are there any special privileges or subsidies to specific labels? I'm wondering, are not these record companies also part of and product of free market? or is entrance limited by some type of government action, that is to say are there any special privileges or subsidies to specific labels?

]]> http://studentsforliberty.org/blog/the-authoritarian-politics-of-disney-movies/#comment-1495 Auberon Herbert Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:39:23 +0000 http://studentsforliberty.org/?p=19813#comment-1495 This must have been written by a CIA agent in an attempt to discredit libertarians as a bunch of thick, petty, and myopic philistines who have replaced good taste with obtuse criticism in all walks of their lives. This must have been written by a CIA agent in an attempt to discredit libertarians as a bunch of thick, petty, and myopic philistines who have replaced good taste with obtuse criticism in all walks of their lives.

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