Tag Archives: slavery

Highway robbery? Or just desserts?

Posted on February 26, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Well, it appears that yet another politician has jumped on the reparations for slavery bandwagon. Big time. While that comes as no surprise (standard modus operandi for politicians), it again raises some big questions about liberty, responsibility, and use of … Continue reading →

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Conscription – ancient evil

Posted on October 7, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Publisher’s Note: on the 14th of July of this year, TPOL published an article on the state of the American military. For some reason, the formatting was messed up on that, which made it appear to be a very lengthy … Continue reading →

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Wiping out the memory of an “evil man”

Posted on March 8, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Paul Craig Roberts recently posted his commentary on the erasing of history. He correctly points out that erasing a country’s history is erasing the country. And he attributes to people who want to do just that. He uses the American … Continue reading →

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Do not become slaves of men

Posted on September 28, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

A guest commentary by Stuart Hall, originally published at Pistos.com, 24 SEP 2022. Primarily religious (christian) in content, it applies to all lovers of liberty, christian or not. TPOL has done some stylistic editing and made some further comments in … Continue reading →

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The price of slavery

Posted on September 25, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

What is slavery? Libertarians tend to include taxation – involuntary taxation – as a form of slavery. That is, taxes forced out of people (whether the force is actual or implied/threatened) for which nothing of worth is actually exchanged. It … Continue reading →

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Warning – Independence Day ahead!

Posted on June 30, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Welcome to the last day of June 2022, indeed a horrible month for many reasons.(Apologies for the delay in publishing – computer gliches are always with us!) In just two days, many lovers of liberty will celebrate American Independence Day … Continue reading →

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American fascism and the War Between the States

Posted on June 20, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

A number of libertarian historians, and in particular, Thomas DiLorenzo, have long researched, written, and preached the truth about that American demigod, “Honest Abe” Lincoln. One of his latest commentaries can be found at Lew Rockwell. Thomas notes the 100th … Continue reading →

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Are some societies and people better than others?

Posted on April 1, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Humans are, well, weird. We can blame it all on the Creator, of course. He gave us free will: the ability to decide for ourselves what to think, say, and do. Well, some of us think so. Others say we … Continue reading →

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Warning signs – Roman and Western Civilizations

Posted on June 30, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Americans have long had a fascination with Roman civilization (shared with our British-Commonwealth cousins) for many reasons. This is particularly true for a major reason: Rome fell. Rome’s ultimate collapse: both the fall of the Western Empire (centered on today’s … Continue reading →

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An extreme proposal to permanently deal with the reparation issue

Posted on March 27, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

It ain’t gonna go away. As the recent proposals of the Biden regime, and actions by various local governments shows, the entire idea of reparations for 350+ years of black slavery and 150- years of racism, segregation, etc. is NOT … Continue reading →

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