Wilson Revolution Unplugged reminds us that today is Dr. Hoppe’s 60th birthday.
He quotes Dr. Hoppe twice. Either quote is enough to make me interested in Dr. Hoppe’s work:
From the vantage point of elementary economic theory and in light of historical evidence, then, a revisionist view of modern history results. The Whig theory of history, according [...]
Archive for the ‘Monarchy’ Category
I’m going to have to read some Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Posted in Culture, Freedom, Government, Monarchy, Politics on 09.02.2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am a legitimist
Posted in Government, Monarchy on 07.02.2009 | Leave a Comment »
The title is part of a quote from Archduke Otto von Habsburg, the eldest son of Blessed Karl I, the last Emperor of Austria-Hungary. The Archduke once stated:
I am often asked if I am a republican or a monarchist. I am neither, I am a legitimist: I am for legitimate government. You could never have [...]
Long live the King!
Posted in Catholicism, Government, Monarchy on 07.01.2009 | Leave a Comment »
Or emperor, as the case may be.
John Zmirak has a good post at InsideCatholic on the Hapsburgs: Praying with the Kaisers:
Until the Reformation destroyed the Church’s power to resist the whims of kings — who suddenly had the option of pulling their nation out of communion with the pope — no king would have had [...]
