Decentralization and Secession

The real issue we face is not whether we should be in the red tribe or the blue tribe, but rather what will be the constituency for freedom.

If we have learned anything from hundreds of years of government oppression and atrocities, one thing is certain: government isn't our friend.

If we have learned anything from hundreds of years of government oppression and atrocities, one thing is certain: government isn't our friend.

Tom Woods joins the show for a look at the hottest political topic of the day, namely national divorce.

Western intellectuals and their political allies are pushing relentlessly toward a unipolar world. Freedom lies in the multipolar direction.

A Strange Liberty argues that democracy as a force for internal peace and dependable constitutional restraints failed. Instead, we have centralized tyrannies, highly disputable election results, ideologically driven media, and state educational systems that have made war on "traditional" values. 

Opponents of secession say secession is wrong if some people in the population don't want it and say they will be worse off. The American revolutionaries disagreed and seceded anyway.

Why decentralize? One: small polities allow for more choice and opportunities for exit. Two: small is better for minorities when democracy fails. Three: small polities limit the power of aggressors.

For more than a century, the union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania made possible one of the most liberal societies to date. The commonwealth left much to emulate.

Western intellectuals and their political allies are pushing relentlessly toward a unipolar world. Freedom lies in the multipolar direction.