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Liberty is conceived of today as ultimate freedom. For many, this means freedom from government. But when the wealthy exploit the poor, it is only the government that can step in to institute regulations to mitigate corrupt business practices. What this modern sense of liberty really means is the liberty to be controlled, whether it be by debt or pornography. E. Michael Jones explains how pornography is used as a tool to keep the public from being fixated on their crippling debt: The ultimate result of the moral deregulation which took place beginning in the 1970s was massive student loan…
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Immutable “For I the Lord do not change,” (Malachi 3:6). Simple “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth,” (John 4:24). “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder,” (James 2:19). Omnipresent “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” (Jeremiah 23:24). Omnibenevolent “The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings,” (Psalm 145:17). Omnipotent “all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made,” (John 1:3). “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together,”…
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A popular myth expounded by libertarians is that the Civil War was caused by disputes over tariffs. Nothing could be further from the truth. The main aspect of this myth is that the South was paying the majority of tariffs levied by the government, and the Morrill Tariff was the final nail in the coffin, forcing the South’s hand into secession from the Union. To start, the South was not paying the majority of the tariffs. The southern economy was heavily slave-based, and infrastructure was less developed than the North (the prevalence of railroads in the North was one reason…
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