For a new liberty

I have been reading Murray Rothbard’s “For a New Liberty : A Libertarian Manifesto” and I was amazed by some staggering views that are mentioned in there.

First of all, he sets the central axiom of the libertarian creed. “No man or group of men may aggress against the person or property of anyone else.”

This moral rule, according to Rothbard, should apply not only to the citizens but also to the state.

“…the libertarian refuses to give the State the moral sanction to commit actions that almost everyone agrees would be immoral, illegal, and criminal if committed by any person or group in society. …”

“… The State habitually commits mass murder, which it calls “war,” or sometimes “suppression of subversion”; the State engages in enslave ment into its military forces, which it calls “conscription”; and it lives and has its being in the practice of forcible theft, which it calls “taxation.”…”

What follows is clear-cut explanation of how this moral rule applies in everyday life leading to a “no-state” society.

I start to believe this book is not only an amazing manifesto of libertarian ideas, but also an interesting exercise for the mind.