Posted on 03/21/2018 6:16:52 AM PDT by Voption
"The Railroading of the American People," Rothbard discusses one of the largest crony expenditures undertaken by the United States up to that point; the construction of the intercontinental railroad.
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Rothbard is a true conservative
No he wasn't. He was an agnostic and an anarchist, with no more grounds for his beliefs than any other non-Theist.
Of course, he was a fanatical self-hating Jew and rabidly anti-Zionist. If that's what you reduce "true conservatism" to, then I suppose it makes sense that he's your hero.
Murray was an anarchist for sure, but just to be clear he was both brilliant and a very pleasant man.
Those are standards any of us should hope to emulate.
I could almost see myself as an anarcho-capitalist.
I believe the privately funded railroads did just fine.
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