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There's an article on Liberzine.com that essentially makes the same point that you do, but in a slightly different way, using Survivor as an analogy.

It's called the Street Performer Protocol. It's worked for Prince and (in modified form) Stephen King. Hell, it could keep the record business around by recasting them as venture capitalists.

For instance, we're told that Democracy aids Liberty and vice versa. That's not quite true. If one believes in Democracy above all else, then one must accept Adolf Hitler and his actions during the 1930's and 1940's. He was elected with far less fraud than what is alleged in Florida.

There's a very interesting article on this topic at Liberzine.

For instance, we're told that Democracy aids Liberty and vice versa. That's not quite true. If one believes in Democracy above all else, then one must accept Adolf Hitler and his actions during the 1930's and 1940's. He was elected with far less fraud than what is alleged in Florida.

There's a very interesting article on this topic at Liberzine.

Here's a much more interesting article about the Nader/Gore vote-swapping thing.

Personally, I'm voting for the lesser of seven evils, Harry Browne.

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You go girl!

Here's a link to an article at liberzine (originally posted at ars-technica). It's a good read. For those too lazy to follow the link here's the quote posted at ars:

The artist once again known as Prince was onto something when he sold his five-CD set "Crystal Ball" exclusively on the Web without the help of record companies, distributors, or record stores. On his website, he advertised the album and told his fans he would release not one song until he had 100,000 pre-orders for the entire record. He sold 250,000 copies and kept 95 percent of the revenue which industry experts estimate at $5 million.

Because recording artists only get 10 to 12 percent of a CD's retail price, selling directly to the fans is a boon to them. "We got paid!" Prince said, "More than for the last five to six albums on Warner. It's straight-up money, and the check's on time, not quarterly."

Here's an interesting article about artists cutting the middle-man, selling directly to fans, and making dollar$$$.

"Making money in a 'copyright-free' world" .

Libertarian.org is the best place to start for an introduction to libertarianism... which is not exactly the same thing as the 'technolibertarianism' the Ms. Borsook describes, as far as I can tell. Here is a a snippet from the opening page of libertarian.org:

WHAT IS LIBERTARIANISM?

Libertarians and their ideas are often misunderstood. Libertarian.Org is here to offer an overview of the libertarian philosophy and the libertarian movement. It is designed to be an introduction to the breadth and depth of libertarianism, for the long-time libertarian and the curious newcomer.

While libertarians are a diverse group of people with many philosophical starting points, they share a defining belief: that everyone should be free to do as they choose, so long as they don't infringe upon the equal freedom of others.

Human interaction should be peaceful, voluntary, and honest. It is never acceptable to use physical force to achieve your goals. The only time force is acceptable is when you are defending against force.

This might not seem very radical. After all, your parents probably taught you not to cheat, steal or pick fights -- in other words, not to use force against others. What sets libertarians apart is that they don't make any exceptions to this principle -- not even for governments.

In the libertarian view, governments should be held to the same standards of right and wrong as individuals. As a result, libertarians believe that governments should not interfere with the interactions and exchanges of peaceful people.

At this point, a few questions might come to mind. For example, why do libertarians believe so strongly in individual rights? What about other social values, such as equality and security? Or you may be wondering about the historical origins of the libertarian philosophy and movement -- where does libertarianism come from? Who are its leading thinkers? And how do libertarians apply their principles to contemporary public policy issues?

Libertarian.Org is here to help answer all those questions, so read on.

Some other good links:

Libertarian Party

Harry Browne for President

Liberzine

Counterprotest.net

Libertyboard.org

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