{"id":1030,"date":"2026-03-02T17:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:18:54","slug":"happy-100th-birthday-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"Happy 100th Birthday, Murray!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe id=\"odysee-iframe\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9;\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/%24\/embed\/%40MarginalNonHermit%3A3%2Frothbard-100th-birthday%3A3?r=8gvoByECHNgc2BfQ5o91oxf89bpi1Ui4\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Today, March 2nd, 2026, would have been the great Murray Rothbard&#8217;s 100th birthday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In celebration, I decided to talk a little bit about <a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/mises-daily\/do-you-hate-state\">one of his essays<\/a> that I think is exceptionally good at describing the proper mindset of Rothbardian Anarchocapitalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The bottom line is this: the State is a band of &#8220;robbers, enslavers, and murderers,&#8221; and whenever you lose sight of that fact, you risk falling into the trap of thinking about politics as winner-versus-loser, and viewing the State&#8217;s actions that you approve of through a lens that ignores the mountain of injustices upon which every one of its actions rests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The essay is from 1977, called &#8220;Do You Hate the State?&#8221; and can be read here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/mises-daily\/do-you-hate-state\">https:\/\/mises.org\/mises-daily\/do-you-hate-state<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And then, in honor of Rothbard&#8217;s 100th birthday, I recommend reading some more of his excellent works today, this week, this month&#8230; whatever&#8217;s convenient for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/search?articles_prod%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bauthors.name%5D%5B0%5D=Murray%20N.%20Rothbard\">The Mises Institute&#8217;s free archive of Rothbard&#8217;s writings.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The above embedded video is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@MarginalNonHermit:3\/rothbard-100th-birthday:3\">Odysee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C9dNauXJXQU\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/update_video\/WB4t5pcQVJgH\">BitChute<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, March 2nd, 2026, would have been the great Murray Rothbard&#8217;s 100th birthday! 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