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US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/06/us-domestic-spying-the-4th-amendment/
Government officials — local, state and federal — are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Legal #Surveillance #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #EdwardSnowden #FourthAmendment #JusticeAntoninScalia #JusticeLouisBrandeis #MurrayRothbard #NationalSecurityAgency(nsa) #NonAggressionPrinciple(nap) -
US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/06/us-domestic-spying-the-4th-amendment/
Government officials — local, state and federal — are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Legal #Surveillance #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #EdwardSnowden #FourthAmendment #JusticeAntoninScalia #JusticeLouisBrandeis #MurrayRothbard #NationalSecurityAgency(nsa) #NonAggressionPrinciple(nap) -
US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/06/us-domestic-spying-the-4th-amendment/
Government officials — local, state and federal — are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Legal #Surveillance #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #EdwardSnowden #FourthAmendment #JusticeAntoninScalia #JusticeLouisBrandeis #MurrayRothbard #NationalSecurityAgency(nsa) #NonAggressionPrinciple(nap) -
US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/06/us-domestic-spying-the-4th-amendment/
Government officials — local, state and federal — are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Legal #Surveillance #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #EdwardSnowden #FourthAmendment #JusticeAntoninScalia #JusticeLouisBrandeis #MurrayRothbard #NationalSecurityAgency(nsa) #NonAggressionPrinciple(nap) -
US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/06/us-domestic-spying-the-4th-amendment/
Government officials — local, state and federal — are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Legal #Surveillance #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #EdwardSnowden #FourthAmendment #JusticeAntoninScalia #JusticeLouisBrandeis #MurrayRothbard #NationalSecurityAgency(nsa) #NonAggressionPrinciple(nap) -
Lektüre zum Klimanotstand, 19. März 2025
Notizen zu Texten von Quinn Slobodian und Bruno Latour Saudi-Arabien als Vorbild Durch einen Essay bin ich auf Quinn Slobodian aufmerksam geworden. In Does Trump Want America to Look More Like Saudi Arabia? (2025) stellt er dar, wie sehr Donald Trump Saudi-Arabien verehrt und wie eng Trumps Beziehungen dorthin sind. Slobodians These, die ich zuerst als nur ironisch missverstanden habe, ist: Wenn man ein Vorbild dafür sucht, wie Trump die USA umgestalten will, ist Saudi-Arabien wichtiger als die Faschismen der 20er und 30er Jahre. Die fossilen Größenphantasien Trumps (Slobodian nennt es nicht so; sein Fokus ist hier nicht die Klimaproblematik) gleichen denen des saudischen Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman. […]https://wittenbrink.net/lektuere-zum-klimanotstand-19-maerz-2025/
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Lektüre zum Klimanotstand, 19. März 2025
Notizen zu Texten von Quinn Slobodian und Bruno Latour Saudi-Arabien als Vorbild Durch einen Essay bin ich auf Quinn Slobodian aufmerksam geworden. In Does Trump Want America to Look More Like Saudi Arabia? (2025) stellt er dar, wie sehr Donald Trump Saudi-Arabien verehrt und wie eng Trumps Beziehungen dorthin sind. Slobodians These, die ich zuerst als nur ironisch missverstanden habe, ist: Wenn man ein Vorbild dafür sucht, wie Trump die USA umgestalten will, ist Saudi-Arabien wichtiger als die Faschismen der 20er und 30er Jahre. Die fossilen Größenphantasien Trumps (Slobodian nennt es nicht so; sein Fokus ist hier nicht die Klimaproblematik) gleichen denen des saudischen Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman. […]https://wittenbrink.net/lektuere-zum-klimanotstand-19-maerz-2025/
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Lektüre zum Klimanotstand, 19. März 2025
Notizen zu Texten von Quinn Slobodian und Bruno Latour Saudi-Arabien als Vorbild Durch einen Essay bin ich auf Quinn Slobodian aufmerksam geworden. In Does Trump Want America to Look More Like Saudi Arabia? (2025) stellt er dar, wie sehr Donald Trump Saudi-Arabien verehrt und wie eng Trumps Beziehungen dorthin sind. Slobodians These, die ich zuerst als nur ironisch missverstanden habe, ist: Wenn man ein Vorbild dafür sucht, wie Trump die USA umgestalten will, ist Saudi-Arabien wichtiger als die Faschismen der 20er und 30er Jahre. Die fossilen Größenphantasien Trumps (Slobodian nennt es nicht so; sein Fokus ist hier nicht die Klimaproblematik) gleichen denen des saudischen Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman. […]https://wittenbrink.net/lektuere-zum-klimanotstand-19-maerz-2025/
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Utah Senator Seeks to Abolish Federal Reserve - Republican Senator Mike Lee from Utah has introduced legislation to abolish the U.... - https://news.bitcoin.com/utah-senator-seeks-to-abolish-federal-reserve/ #financialstability #u.s.centralbank #economicpolicy #economicreform #federalreserve #murrayrothbard #senatormikelee #thomasmassie #economics #inflation
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Biden Vows to Veto House Republicans’ ‘Fair Tax Act’ Proposing Elimination of IRS - Several U.S. House of Representatives Republicans have proposed legislation that w... - https://news.bitcoin.com/biden-vows-to-veto-house-republicans-fair-tax-act-proposing-elimination-of-irs/ #houseofrepresentatives #unelectedbureaucrats #bidenadministration #earll.buddycarter #irscommissioner #stateremittance #consumptiontax #cryptocurrency #murrayrothbard #simplification #corporations #transparency #irs
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Biden Vows to Veto House Republicans’ ‘Fair Tax Act’ Proposing Elimination of IRS - Several U.S. House of Representatives Republicans have proposed legislation that w... - https://news.bitcoin.com/biden-vows-to-veto-house-republicans-fair-tax-act-proposing-elimination-of-irs/ #houseofrepresentatives #unelectedbureaucrats #bidenadministration #earll.buddycarter #irscommissioner #stateremittance #consumptiontax #cryptocurrency #murrayrothbard #simplification #corporations #transparency #irs
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Biden Vows to Veto House Republicans’ ‘Fair Tax Act’ Proposing Elimination of IRS - Several U.S. House of Representatives Republicans have proposed legislation that w... - https://news.bitcoin.com/biden-vows-to-veto-house-republicans-fair-tax-act-proposing-elimination-of-irs/ #houseofrepresentatives #unelectedbureaucrats #bidenadministration #earll.buddycarter #irscommissioner #stateremittance #consumptiontax #cryptocurrency #murrayrothbard #simplification #corporations #transparency #irs
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Biden Vows to Veto House Republicans’ ‘Fair Tax Act’ Proposing Elimination of IRS - Several U.S. House of Representatives Republicans have proposed legislation that w... - https://news.bitcoin.com/biden-vows-to-veto-house-republicans-fair-tax-act-proposing-elimination-of-irs/ #houseofrepresentatives #unelectedbureaucrats #bidenadministration #earll.buddycarter #irscommissioner #stateremittance #consumptiontax #cryptocurrency #murrayrothbard #simplification #corporations #transparency #irs
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Biden Vows to Veto House Republicans’ ‘Fair Tax Act’ Proposing Elimination of IRS
https://news.bitcoin.com/biden-vows-to-veto-house-republicans-fair-tax-act-proposing-elimination-of-irs/
#HouseofRepresentatives #Unelectedbureaucrats #BidenAdministration #EarlL."Buddy"Carter #IRSCommissioner #Stateremittance #consumptiontax #Cryptocurrency #MurrayRothbard #Simplification #corporations #Transparency #Bureaucrats #Elimination #Enforcement #Progressive #Republicans #Compliance #Convoluted -
Biden Vows to Veto House Republicans’ ‘Fair Tax Act’ Proposing Elimination of IRS
https://news.bitcoin.com/biden-vows-to-veto-house-republicans-fair-tax-act-proposing-elimination-of-irs/
#HouseofRepresentatives #Unelectedbureaucrats #BidenAdministration #EarlL."Buddy"Carter #IRSCommissioner #Stateremittance #consumptiontax #Cryptocurrency #MurrayRothbard #Simplification #corporations #Transparency #Bureaucrats #Elimination #Enforcement #Progressive #Republicans #Compliance #Convoluted -
@raucao The typical Libertarian misrepresentation is that the state claims "a monopoly on violence", vaguely handwaving at Weber.
What Max Weber actually wrote was that for an organisation within a territorial area:
A compulsory political organization with continuous operations will be called a "state" insofar as its administrative staff successfully upholds a claim to the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force
https://archive.org/details/economysociety00webe/page/54/mode/1up?view=theater
Emphasis in the original.
This gives a set of possible circumstances:
- No territorial control: not a state.
- No legitimacy to the claim: not a state. (This includes arbitrary, inequitable, and/or nonsystematic use.)
- No monopoly in legitimate use of force: not a state
Absent a state, by Weber's definition, a geographic region lacks one or more of legitimacy or monopoly. Odds are quite high that violence in some form or manner will exist. What it will lack is accountability, systematic application according to accepted law, and legitimacy.
And if some entity, hierarchical or self-organised, emerges within a region, which can successfully claim a legitimate monopoly to use of force, then whatever it calls itself (corporation, commune, anarcho-syndicate, ...), it is by Weber's definition a state.
Best I can tell, the misrepresentation originates with Murray Rothbard in the early 1960s, though it's possible he picked it up elsewhere. Weber's works were just being translated and published in English at about that time.
That's the critique against the "monopoly of violence" justification.
NAP suffers numerous other defects, of course. Most of which is it's a self-justifying rationalisation and myth with no factual or empirical basis.
#MaxWeber #MonopolyOnViolence #NAP NonAggression #MurrayRothbard #State #Libertarianism
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#MurrayRothbard, founder of anarcho-capitalism:
''...We must therefore conclude that we are not anarchists, and that those who call us anarchists are not on firm etymological ground, and are being completely unhistorical.''