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laissez-faire.ch. Laissez-faire versus the State: Civilization or Dark Ages Jan Krepelka ISIL conference Lausanne, Switzerland August 22, 2013. laissez-faire.ch. Introduction: Why don't you like the State? Why don't I like the State? Why does it matter? What to do about it?

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  1. laissez-faire.ch Laissez-faire versus the State: Civilization or Dark Ages Jan Krepelka ISIL conference Lausanne, Switzerland August 22, 2013

  2. laissez-faire.ch Introduction: Why don't you like the State? • Why don't I like the State? • Why does it matter? • What to do about it? Answer: emphasize the difference between Laissez-faire and the State as the fundamental opposition between Civilization and Dark Ages - Our society is partly civilized and partly Dark Ages

  3. laissez-faire.ch 1. Laissez-faire versus the State: Civilization or Dark Ages 1. 1. Dark Ages classes vs laissez-faire equality 1. 2. Dark Ages feudalism vs laissez-faire freedom 1. 3. Dark Ages barbarism vs laissez-faire civilization

  4. laissez-faire.ch • 1. 1. Dark Ages classes vs laissez-faire equality • People above the law: nobility • Clerical class • Military class • Monarchies: how does one become a king? • But all power belongs to dark ages • Actions done by the state vs private citizens • Laissez-faire equality

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  7. laissez-faire.ch 1. 2. Dark Ages feudalism vs laissez-faire freedom • Feudal model: attached to the land • Emigration, immigration • Free human being: choice, travel, globalization

  8. laissez-faire.ch 1. 3. Dark Ages barbarism vs laissez-faire civilization • Economic vs political means, civilization vs violence • The only political question: use of violence • Laissez-faire: violence limited by NAP

  9. laissez-faire.ch 2. Why it matters so much: growth • Civilization, economic growth • The division of labor; • A practical means of exchange: money; • The accumulation of capital • Declining GDP

  10. laissez-faire.ch Growth • More production, more wealth • Longer, healhier, lives • Technological progress • Huge impact over long term (compound interest) • Www.confoederatio.ch : growth rate calculator • A country with 2% growth rate is going to be 20 000 wealthier than a country with a 1% growth rate, over a mere 1000 years

  11. laissez-faire.ch • Life and death issue (besides millions of people murdered by States) • Space exploration • Life extension, immortality • Against the interests of the State, against its ideology

  12. laissez-faire.ch 3. What do you do about it? Reframe Make it easy to pick sides. 3. 1. Set your reality: Civilization vs Dark Ages 3. 2. The burden of proof rests on them, not us 3. 3. Stick to the essentials: violence? 3. 4. Drop the labels 3. 5. Mean it

  13. laissez-faire.ch “You libertarians are the types that would allow fornication in public parks!” - What do you mean, public parks?”

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  16. laissez-faire.ch Conclusion: Reclaim your reality, reclaim your life • The growth of the State cannot go on • Recognize the state as a Dark Ages institution • Trust your libertarian intuition • Live according to your principles • Be an entrepreneur of liberty • Never mind the looters and their laws • Live in your reality, not theirs

  17. laissez-faire.ch Thank you! Jan Krepelka jan.krepelka@gmail.com http://laissez-faire.ch/

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