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Inclined To Liberty: The Futile Attempt to Suppress the Human Spirit
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Author: Louis E. Carabini
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“No one should be allowed to own a yacht.” “The salaries of company executives are too high” “No one should be allowed to inherit wealth.” We are surrounded every day by anti-capitalist clichés. We encounter them in casual conversation constantly among family, friends, and casual talks at the store or church, to say nothing of the media. Famed
Liberty, Dicta & Force
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Author: Louis E. Carabini
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Carabini, Louis E., Liberty, Dicta & Force (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2018). From the introduction: Advancing social ideas that do not demand obedience or compliance requires far more personal patience than simply forcing others to comply via the political ballot box. The widely held idea that dicta and force can serve a useful purpose will
Chapter 1. The Political Box
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Author: Louis E. Carabini
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Category: Political Theory, Strategy
Carabini explains why so many people remain trapped in a political box, holding firmly to the illusion that politics and government serve a beneficial social function. Pages 19–24 in the text. Narrated by Daniel
Chapter 2. Barbaric Civility
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Category: Political Theory, Strategy
Carabini discusses the duality of standards of conduct in which people condone dastardly conduct in public (political) matters that they would never think of using in their personal affairs. Pages 25–28 in the text. Narrated by Daniel
Chapter 4. Fairness and Equality
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Category: Political Theory, Strategy
Carabini discusses the nonsense and divisiveness of the political use of “fairness” and “equality” to disguise acts of inhumanity as moral in order to gain votes and power, while reducing the potential welfare of all. Pages 41–54 in the text. Narrated by Daniel
Chapter 5. Discrimination, Beliefs, and Expressions
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Author: Louis E. Carabini
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Carabini explains the importance of discrimination and how political laws prohibiting selective associations — as well as disassociations — are inhumane. The nonpolitical world is an individual one where relationships are voluntary, joint ventures based on preferences. Pages 55–62 in the text. Narrated by Daniel