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The individualists. So this book is the First Comprehensive history libertarian ideas from, the middle of the 19th century, up to the present day. And if theres one overarching idea in about that history, its that no matter how many libertarians, you know, no matter how many libertarians you love or hate or have argued with libertarianism is much, much more diverse than you probably think. And so we try to show that diversity through the whole history, both to shed light on the current state of the libertarian and future possibilities. Libertarian thought. Are you a libertarian . Im a libertar...

Tracing its roots back to John Locke, the Mayflower Compact - and even earlier - the “consent of the governed” was one of the most important principles in the Declaration of Independence, and was the foundation for the formation of the Constitution as well. But, as Lysander Spooner argued - the notion that “all the people” consent exists only in theory.

On April 17, the US Senate declined to try Alejandro Mayorkas, US Secretary of Homeland Security, on two articles of impeachment sent by the US House of Representatives. The maneuver

From Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson to Lysander Spooner - the notion that the people should submit until they can replace enough politicians to stop the government from doing what the government was never authorized to do in the first place - is only a guarantee that they'll never stop, and it'll keep getting worse.

Today marks the birthday of the great 19th-century American philosopher Lysander Spooner, who committed his life to advancing the cause of liberty. Born in Athol, Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 1808, Spooner was an American original.