Liberalism

Joseph Solis-Mullen joins Ryan McMaken to talk about the real history of the libertarian movement, and its origins. 

In this lecture from the 2026 Libertarian Scholars Conference, Ryan McMaken looks at how the old classical liberal program of democracy and constitutions has failed, and why we need a more realist view of the state and its many crimes. 

The realist liberalism of the French and Italian nineteenth-century radicals provides the key foundation for secessionist anti-state libertarianism.

The current outburst of protests against President Trump’s enforcement of immigration laws is overshadowing a question that is not being asked: Can we defend having national borders in the first place?

The current outburst of protests against President Trump’s enforcement of immigration laws is overshadowing a question that is not being asked: Can we defend having national borders in the first place?

The left has always attacked capitalism as being anti-social, but today much of the criticism of free markets comes from the right. Capitalism, they claim, breaks social bonds that hold societies together and it promotes wokeness. Dr. Wanjiru Njoya takes sharp exception to such claims.

The similarities between the EU and the USSR are striking, and they are not just a coincidence. 

The similarities between the EU and the USSR are striking, and they are not just a coincidence.

Totalitarian societies do not become that way overnight. There are recognizable signs and stages which show how a society slides into that abyss.

Conventional wisdom tells us the liberal democracies are the most peace-loving nations. But the record tells us something else.