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The basic idea is worth looking into, but it's hedged with a lot of questionable ones. Are the Rockwellites really more sensible than other libertarians? Maybe on this issue, though Hoppeland doesn't really seem to have much in common with real monarchies. Some monarchs strive after empire as avidly as our elites do. The value of other kings is precisely that they aren't so profit-oriented or as reduceable to economic rules and models as King Hoppe I would be.

But it does look like the idea of the country belonging to some "us" and "we" belonging to the country has been lost over time. The result may be more individual freedom, but also a greater vulnerability to the great currents that make their way about the world and a greater likelihood of being displaced by them. It's a risk many of us are willing to take, but I wonder if we really have any clue what we are getting into.

[Mark Bahner]

"Are the Rockwellites really more sensible than other libertarians?"

Professor Hoppe isn't a libertarian, based on his views. He's a anarcho-capitalist, along the lines of David Friedman (Milton Friedman's son). Professor Hoppe appears to want to do away with ALL government, which is definitely NOT libertarianism.

Mark (Libertarian)