Michael Liebowitz @Lieboisout Twitter profile

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

2 years

@ninaturner You’re absolutely correct. Our economy is far too socialistic. We need to unleash the power of the free market!

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Michael Liebowitz

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2 months

Will the real libertarians please stand up? What happened to the classical liberalism of Mises, Hayek, Hazlitt, and Friedman? They’ve been replaced by a bunch of religious anarchists who are somehow pro closed borders and anti abortion.

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

Has anyone noticed that the right wing arguments for closed borders sound a little like left wing arguments for gun control?

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

@ninaturner What is immoral is to rob people who had nothing to do with it!

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

Libertarian arguments for closed borders are not only wrong, but to me seem contrived. I mean it looks to me like they started out with a conclusion, and then fabricated arguments to support that conclusion. Thoughts?

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Michael Liebowitz

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7 months

Dave Smith, comedian, libertarian influencer, and regular guest on Joe Rogan, has called Tucker Carlson an American hero for his Putin interview. Thus Smith revealed the content of his own character, and why he shouldn’t be listened to.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

Is there a policy that has caused more harm to U.S. citizens than the war on drugs? I truly believe you’d be hard pressed to find one.

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

2 months

When did libertarians start shilling for religion as a necessary component of a free society? Why not just call themselves conservatives and be done with it?

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Nah.

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Michael Liebowitz

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1 month

Underused terms and phrases: Individual rights Laissez faire Capitalism Individual liberty Reason

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Michael Liebowitz

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7 months

When did the liberty movement become home to anti immigration, anti abortion, conspiracy mongers with little concern for standards of evidence?

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

1 month

Trump was nearly killed. That doesn’t make him a hero or a moral person. Biden is old and diminished. This doesn’t mean he’s a good person, or was ever a good leader. Kamala Harris is black and Indian. This doesn’t make her competent, or her policies desirable. They all suck.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

@ComicDaveSmith So hell with principles, as long as there’s relevance!

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Michael Liebowitz

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5 months

I am in utter agony. The love of my life is suffering, and will likely be gone soon. However, I wouldn’t trade one moment we shared together to avoid all the pain I feel now. It’s well worth it.

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Michael Liebowitz

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Does Marxism sound good in theory? In 1871 Menger, Walrus, and Jevons disproved the labor theory of value. In 1922 Mises showed, theoretically,the impracticality of socialism. In 1957 Ayn Rand demonstrated the evil of altruism. Marxism doesn’t sound good, in theory or otherwise.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

I’ve yet to hear a logical argument for why taxation isn’t theft. Have you?

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Michael Liebowitz

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1 month

I saw a political post today that said everyone has to pick a side. Okay, I pick the side that defends reason, individual rights, individual liberty, I.e., capitalism. Unfortunately, neither of the two sides the poster referenced is on this side. Therefore I choose neither.

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

Ludwig von Mises was the greatest economist ever. Ayn Rand was the greatest modern philosopher. How much better would the world be if their lessons were heeded?

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Michael Liebowitz

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24 days

What’s wrong with mocking religion? Wouldn’t we laugh at a 40-year old who believed in Santa?

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Michael Liebowitz

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1 month

It never ceases to amaze me how people can have fully formed opinions about something while having so little information.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

Why are some “libertarians” so enamored with Tucker Carlson? Have they heard his comments on capitalism?

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Michael Liebowitz

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5 months

Bernie Sanders wants a four-day work week. Why not just pass a law that nobody has to work and we all get whatever we want?

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Michael Liebowitz

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2 months

Separate church and state. Separate the economy and state. Separate health care and state. Separate education and state. I’m sure more institutions should be separate from state, but I’m tired and can’t think of any.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

For anyone looking for strong arguments in favor of liberty, forget about the current crop of libertarian “influencers.” Read Bastiat, Mises, Hazlitt, and Rand.

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

My response to Dave Smith, along with what prompted it:

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

The first time I read Atlas Shrugged I was 25. A friend who had already read it said it would change my life. He wasn’t wrong.

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5 months

@ComicDaveSmith I’d prefer people think for themselves rather than think together.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

In this clip @ComicDaveSmith says that if you’re an atheist, once you’ve removed god your next highest value becomes your god. He claims this is true by definition. This is palpably false, and leaves me wondering how anyone takes this seriously:

Jason Whitlock

@WhitlockJason

4 months

Did Jeremy Boreing watch the same interview between Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan as me? Tucker Carlson is arguing for God. He’s on our side. We should be applauding that one of the biggest faces in all of media, who was secular, is now arguing the total opposite.

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Michael Liebowitz

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The world needs more Frederic Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, and Ayn Rand. The world needs less social media “libertarian” influencers, wokesters, and MAGA. Who agrees?

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Michael Liebowitz

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3 months

Excellent point from @MarkRPellegrino .

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

4 months

She blocked me, why exactly? All I’ve done is challenge her. I defy anyone to show where I’ve been disrespectful to her in any way. Is this someone who should be a leader of a movement?

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Michael Liebowitz

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7 months

Is it just me, is the Mises Caucus just the libertarian version of MAGA? (Forgive me if the answer is obvious, as I’m kind of new here.)

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Michael Liebowitz

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2 months

In our debate you said there is no objective morality. If it’s subjective, how could someone get heroes and villains right or wrong? Of course, you also said you were okay with contradicting yourself, so I suppose you’re ok with this intellectually inconsistent position.

Jeremy Kauffman 🦔

@jeremykauffman

2 months

Ayn Rand got heroes wrong but she got villains perfect

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

Individualism is the basis of strong communities. Agree or disagree?

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5 months

“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.” Ayn Rand

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

I had a great day yesterday. I went to Times Square with my amazing friend, Subby Scalora. Then I capped off the day with dinner and discussing philosophy with Mark Pellegrino.

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Michael Liebowitz

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26 days

Trump wants to imprison people for flag burning. Vance wants to tax people for not having children. Tell me again how Republicans are freedom loving Constitutionalists?

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

2 months

There are a host of grifters who have attached themselves to the liberty movement. They need to be soundly defeated.

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Michael Liebowitz

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2 months

We shouldn’t want to be ruled!

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We should want Christian men to be our rulers.

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“Liberalism is not anarchism, nor has it anything whatsoever to do with anarchism.” Ludwig von Mises

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Michael Liebowitz

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Following politics is exhausting. It’s a constant reminder of the irrationalism, emotionalism, and tribalism that grips so many minds. And at the end of the day, whichever side wins, the people who favor individual rights, individual liberty, and capitalism, lose.

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Michael Liebowitz

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I truly hate irrationality, collectivism, tribalism, and the echo chambers they produce.

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Michael Liebowitz

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5 months

Then the workers should stop working for CEO’s and keep the wealth they create for themselves.

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

This book was a monumental achievement from a man who personally knew and learned from both Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand.

George Reisman

@GGReisman

6 months

Text of Capitalism Now Publicly Available Two months ago, I celebrated my 87th birthday. The occasion made me realize both that I needed to make provision for my book Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics entering the public domain upon my death, along with all of my other

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Michael Liebowitz

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9 months

@LPNational #therationalegoist So you take a mass murderer for his word?!

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

1 month

No, it’s a work of fiction.

Candace Owens

@RealCandaceO

1 month

The Bible is not an opinion.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

Imagine what a better world it would be if more people took responsibility for their own wellbeing and happiness instead of blaming others for their problems.

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

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Fear has nothing to do with it. I’m not proud to be white, or about anything else for which I had no say. I’m proud of what I accomplish by my own efforts.

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I'm certain many white folks are proud to be white. Am I right?

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Michael Liebowitz

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I was raised by criminals, was a criminal, hung out with criminals, and spent 25 years in prison surrounded by criminals. I also spent a lot of time reading about the criminal mind. I can spot a con from a mile away. Hence I never fell for Trump, Carlson, or popular “influencers”

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Michael Liebowitz

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If it isn’t government enforced, isn’t cancel culture a function of the free market?

Declaration of Memes

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

Many people associate Ayn Rand and her philosophy with politics. While she undoubtedly expressed a political vision, I find her emphasis on reason, individualism, and the possibility of moral perfection far more important than, and more inspiring.

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Michael Liebowitz

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5 months

Several weeks ago I saw a post from Libertarian presidential hopeful, Michael Rectenwald that claimed global elites were coordinating mass illegal immigration. I asked him for evidence, and he referred me to his book. I read the book, which didn’t mention immigration. Now:

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

@ComicDaveSmith She’s a lying , dishonest, hack. Is besting her in a debate something to brag about?

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Michael Liebowitz

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1 month

First of all, her influence on Rothbard in terms of a realistic morality, natural rights, and the NAP serves the basis of much libertarian thinking. Second, you all hate her while most haven’t read her. Very telling, but what else to expect from a group run by mystics?

Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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Ayn Rand hasn't been influential in libertarian circles since the 90s. She hated libertarians and none of us like her. Most of us haven't even read her.

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

@ComicDaveSmith I would very much like to debate you on ethics. By what criteria do you judge what Israel is doing to be evil?

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Michael Liebowitz

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2 years

@ninaturner Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, minimum-wage laws, 40 hour work week, Federal Reserve, government/insured banks, Obamacare, bank bailouts … Doesn’t sound like capitalism to me.

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Michael Liebowitz

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4 months

America happened despite Christianity, not because of it. The United States was founded on the natural rights theories spawned by the enlightenment, the age of reason.

Charlie Kirk

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4 months

We must defend the Christian heritage and institutions that gave birth to America. Christianity is the key, irreplaceable element. If we lose it, it's not so much that America will fall, it's that America will become evil.

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Michael Liebowitz

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Sayings such as, “that’s my truth,” “that’s just an opinion,” and “there are no facts,” are the confessions of cowards afraid to confront the facts that humans are fallible, cognition requires effort, and reasoning is a volitional process.

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Michael Liebowitz

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There are few (if any) forces more destructive to to the human mind than faith. Yet it has a good reputation with a significant portion of the population. This is a problem, and a serious one at that.

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Michael Liebowitz

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2 months

Could it be because the people who created it did so to control people?

I,Hypocrite

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Absolutely.

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1 month

Is morality objective?

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

I have now had opportunity to to participate in numerous threads where Objectivists square off against Mises Caucus type libertarians, such as followers of @ComicDaveSmith . The classlessness showed by many of the MC people speaks volumes.

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

3 months

Whatever your thoughts of William F. Buckley, when it comes to intellect, @ComicDaveSmith is no William F. Buckley.

Libertarian Party of Orange County

@oclibertarians

3 months

Dave Smith is this generation's William f Buckley without the smugness @ComicDaveSmith

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Michael Liebowitz

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Remember the Declaration of Independence? Remember the principle of individual rights upon which this country was founded? The leaders of the two major parties certainly don’t seem to. More accurately, they don’t seem to care.

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Michael Liebowitz

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Ayn Rand presented a philosophy to achieve happiness, a blueprint if you will. Like any blueprint, extraneous factors can interfere with, or block its implementation. But following it will greatly increase our chances of success.

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Michael Liebowitz

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Closed border advocates: we’re pro immigration, just anti illegal immigration. Me: Oh, then the solution is easy. Just legalize all immigration. Them: Huh?

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Michael Liebowitz

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Never expect a politician to be a savior. Never.

Natalie F Danelishen

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You had a chance America!

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Michael Liebowitz

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What we hear from politicians: “Ban TikTok!” “Build a wall!” “Raise taxes on the wealthy!” What we don’t hear: “Protect individual rights!” “Secure freedom!” “Promote capitalism!”

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Michael Liebowitz

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I don’t say God bless you when someone sneezes. It’s a silly superstition and a waste of words. Who’s with me?

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Michael Liebowitz

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Why is it so important for Trump supporters to pretend they support the Constitution, freedom, and Capitalism?

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Michael Liebowitz

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6 months

@ninaturner @RashidaTlaib A lot of people don’t want their tax dollars going to the causes you support, but that doesn’t seem to bother you.

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“All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.” Ludwig von Mises

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

6 months

Ever notice Marxists have their own vocabulary? Exploitation, alienation, and wage slavery are just some examples of terms that obfuscate rather than clarify. What needs to be stated explicitly is that the entire socialist program rests on force, taking away the right to choose.

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Michael Liebowitz

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This. Simply this:

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Michael Liebowitz

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The war on drugs has been devastating communities for decades. Overdoses, thefts, gang wars, murders, incarceration are just some of its side effects. It also involves massive rights violations, and is blatantly unconstitutional. Why don’t more people care?

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Michael Liebowitz

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I spent 25 years in a cage paying for what I did. I worked incredibly hard to transform myself. I’ve been out for nearly 20 months, and despite suffering tragedy, am doing well. Yet some people attack me, and seem to hope I fail. Why? What do you think of this?

RealMichaelScranton

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This is what full blown TDS looks like. He has some hidden anger that will come out one day probably against a woman like before because he is a pussy and has to attack people who are weak! #TDS #mentalmidget #liebowillgoback #

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Michael Liebowitz

@Lieboisout

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I now know what’s it’s like to love someone with my entire being. Unfortunately, I also know what it’s like to lose the woman I loved so entirely. The joy was incredible, and the pain nearly unbearable. The way to honor her is to press forward, but damn it’s hard.

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Michael Liebowitz

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I debated Michael Rectenwald on my podcast. I challenged his assertions on X. I wasn’t insulting, disrespectful, or rude to him. Yet this author of “Springtime for Snowflakes” blocked me. That hasn’t prevented him from insulting me on other posts, however. Any thoughts?

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Michael Liebowitz

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It’s a sad state of affairs when insults are equated with arguments, ad hominem attacks are thought to be logical refutations, and uncivil behaviors are counted as intellectual victories.

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Michael Liebowitz

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What in the hell is a fake holiday? Do people think there are naturally existing holidays?

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Michael Liebowitz

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The moral foundation for my views is the Objectivist ethics. Life is the standard of value, and human life the standard of moral value. Right and wrong is to be judged by each individual based on what is in his or her rational self-interest.

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“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.” Ayn Rand

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“Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.” Thomas Sowell

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Michael Liebowitz

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A misunderstanding of the Great Depression led to a massive expansion of government. A misunderstanding of the 2008 crash has led to a lot of anti capitalist sentiment, and to the embrace of illiberal politicians. Economic understanding matters. A lot.

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“The task of a rational person is to discover his own values and pursue them.” Ayn Rand

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“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.” Milton Friedman

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Michael Liebowitz

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Nothing illustrates the stupidity of tribalists like when they assume because you don’t support their chief, you must support the chief from their hated tribe.

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Michael Liebowitz

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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. Ayn Rand

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Michael Liebowitz

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A woman dm’ed me and asked how dare I follow her, and how dare I mention Ayn Rand’s name. To the first, I probably just hit follow all. To the second, Rand played a large part in saving my life, so I have no plans to stop talking of her. Finally, dm’s aren’t necessary. Block me.

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Michael Liebowitz

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To help people willing to help themselves, I’d walk over hot coals. To help people unwilling to help themselves, I wouldn’t walk across a living room.

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Michael Liebowitz

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In my view there is far too much emphasis on politics, and far too little focus on that from which people derive their political views: Ethics.

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Michael Liebowitz

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James Stevens Valliant @JamesValli81018 , Mark Pellegrino @MarkRPellegrino , and I would like to debate Hans Hoppe, @lewrockwell , @RecTheRegime , @JoshuaAtLarge , @LibertyLockPod , or anyone from @LPMisesCaucus , on ethics, rights, immigration, Israel, etc. Please let us know.

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My baby’s gone

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Michael Liebowitz

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When someone says there is zero evidence for evolution, yet also says there is evidence that spiritual beings are riding around in aircraft’s, should that person ever be taken seriously? See Tucker Carlson on Joe Rogan.

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Michael Liebowitz

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I don’t think the government should be in the business of recognizing holidays.

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Michael Liebowitz

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Please debate this midwit. I’ll get you publicity you could never get on your own, and you can expose me for a fool. Sounds like a double win for you.

Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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Objectivism is a low-level cult filled with midwits who think they are smart.

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Michael Liebowitz

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To those of you who understand the effort, struggle, and pain it takes to completely restructure your character, I salute you.

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Michael Liebowitz

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@ComicDaveSmith I interviewed the reporter who broke the story you repeatedly reference. She says the story has been grossly misinterpreted. Will you listen?

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Michael Liebowitz

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@ComicDaveSmith Can we define terms? What is meant by open borders and closed borders? Do open borders mean zero restrictions, no matter what? Do closed borders mean no one comes in, no matter what? Please clarify. Thanks.

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Michael Liebowitz

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One of the worst arguments for God’s existence is that without him, there can be no morality. So, the believer argues in essence, there can be no morality discoverable by reason, but since I want there to be a morality, I’ll believe in a God that reason can’t discover!

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Michael Liebowitz

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If an adult wishes to commit suicide, does another person or group have a right to forcefully prevent it? I say no.

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