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The "kill app" of the Mises Institute is its online publications. Not just the daily articles, but the full books available to anyone who wants to read them, like _Human Action_.

Audio files of recent and archived lectures on every economics subject I can think of, the video file archives are growing too.

There are not many sources for reasonable, rational discussions of anarchy of the non-bomb-throwing type. For that matter, chaos (anarchy of the bomb throwing type, as it were) is addressed, as the destructive and un-profitable exercise it is.

Reading _Sailing the Wine Dark Sea_ by Thomas Cahill, he points out that the Greek civilization hosted the longest period of constant re-evaluation of civilization and culture that has been seen. No subject was beyond contemplation, even if, as with Socrates, putting the truth before Athens meant that would be the very last thing one would do.

The Mises Institute constantly re-evaluates, re-examines. As has been said, "Ludwig von Mises was not a Misian." Even the works of the institutes namesake are not beyond questioning, beyond correction. Mises himself rejected literal "anarchy" as undesirable, while his insights constantly pointed to the beneficial nature of 100% voluntary interaction.

Such an environment would be devoid of anything that could be called "government", since by definition "government" is the institution which maintains the "legitimate" power to initiate coercive action against others. Without that legitimacy, there is no taxation, no regulation, no territorial monopoly. Literal an-archy, Rules Without Rulers.

Fascinating. Let the nay-sayers say their nays, it simply means they haven't read any of the material. They ass-u-me.

Oh great, more mises.org propaganda spam!

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anyone ever seen the seinfeld where elaine's boyfriend won't shut up about some guy named carl farbmann? this is exactly what the von mises crowd reminds me of. i am sure i will get modded down for being too un-von mises-like.

2 days, 52 diggs, and on the front page
Wow.....

I think people seeing 'Alabama' and 'think-tank' together is making them loonie.

What ilyag said.
http://www.digg.com/business_finance/WSJ_com_Von_Mises_Finds_A_Sweet_Home_In_Alabama#c2682413

I bet the only reason this is getting digged-down is because it is a red state, and we all know how much digg hates red states...

Holy crap. Kyle Wingfield was my editor at my college newspaper. Now he's writing for the WSJ? That's pretty bad ass.

War Eagle! I hope the von Misers will be cool with their l-Digging and not go crazy with it. If the initial diggs that get these articles to the front page are individuals, then it is a legit way get stuff there.

However if would be obnoxious and spam like to put a bunch of von Mises propaganda on the front page all the time! I agree with most of the von Mises articles, but I guarantee that it will totally backfire if they turn this into a daily spam!!!

Digg users will not think positively of anything like that.

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BigDave, you remind me of a typical statist. When you can't have your way in a fair system like digg, you try to rig the system against your opponents. Instead of addressing your opponent's arguments with enlightening debate, you make straw man attacks against their arguments in hopes of getting the authorities to censor them.

In the old days, you could easily get your way due to the relative high cost of mass information sharing and large government agencies available to censor dissent through regulation and bureaucracy. But this is the electronic age. It is no longer feasible to censor ideas using your techniques because of the horizontal and libertarian nature of the medium we are using.

Why are there so many libertarians on digg.com promoting libertarian articles? Because digg.com, in terms of their policies, is a very libertarian website. Do not be surprised when free people in a free system use their freedom to advocate more freedom.

Instead of flame baiting your opponents and mislabeling their arguments, why not pick up a book (or three) and learn some arguments that actually add to the discussion? In our new electronic age, you can no longer win in the arena of ideas through brute force and censorship. Libertarians have armed themselves with vast knowledge and stepped up to the plate to take a swing. But while we're swinging for the fences, people like you sit on the side-lines and throw ***** on everyone. I believe the modern term is "playa hating". Now it's your turn to arm yourself with knowledge and step up to the plate in the arena of ideas. You can either join the discussion, or you can not. If you don't, all we ask is that you do the gentlemanly and respectful act of excusing yourself from the field while the adults play.

You can add to the discussion and make your ideas heard in the same way we are, or you can continue interfere with the discussion to try drag digg and everyone else down to your level. As always, the choice is yours.