How We Will Win
January 1, 2022 – Jeff Deist …… We will win. But how long will it take, and at what price victory? Continue reading →
Three Reasons to Start Taking Secession Seriously
October 28, 2021 – Ryan McMaken …… All polities come to an end sooner or later. The fanciful America-will-last-forever position is something that should seem plausible only to small children or the hopelessly naïve. Continue reading →
Canada’s Left Is Pushing Some Albertans to See the Benefits of Secession
August 5, 2021 – José Niño …… The present Trudeau administration has continued straining economic relations with the western provinces. And the government’s tough lockdowns have heightened polarization in Canadian politics. Continue reading →
Canadian Secession: Then and Now
June 6, 2021 – Andrew Allison …… Just as Canada had the right to secede from Britain, so too do the provinces and territories have a right to secede from Canada. Today, secession may be Alberta’s remedy against the Canadian regime’s abuses. Continue reading →
The Benefits of Secession Are Becoming Increasingly Obvious
November 9, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… “Countries threaten to split apart when their people seem hopelessly divided….We’re less united today than we’ve been at any time since the Civil War.” Continue reading →
The Media Is Now Openly Pushing Secession as the Election Nears
October 9, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… The secessionist view is now increasingly being promoted by writers outside the usual conservative and libertarian groups that have long advocated in favor of decentralization and local control. Continue reading →
“Political Anarchy” Is How the West Got Rich
August 25, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Why did Europe go from a poor backwater to an economic and technological powerhouse? A major factor was its lack of any centralized government, and a large number of small competing states. Continue reading →
Why Rothbard Wanted “Radical Decentralization”
April 1, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Secession and decentralization are good for two reasons: they move us toward a society with more individual freedom. And smaller, more decentralized societies are more economically free. Continue reading →
Nationalism as National Liberation: Lessons from the End of the Cold War
March 10, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… If we regard nationalism as necessarily harmful, we end up supporting the Soviet Union, and every empire and two-bit dictator who manages to hammer together a variety of disparate groups under a single national banner. Continue reading →
Why Governments Hate Secession
February 27, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… States seek to perpetuate themselves by seizing more control of capital and human beings. Size makes this easier. And every regime would become a mega-state like China or the US if it could. Continue reading →