‘Dad, would you consider yourself an anarcho-capitalist?’

Writes Danny Gray:

This just happened and I had to share it with you.  I just picked my 16 year old son up from school.  When we got home, I headed into the garage for something and my son said, “Dad, would you consider yourself an anarcho-capitalist?”  I stopped and looked over my shoulder and said, “Yes.”  He then asked, “do you know who Lew Rockwell is?”  I again said, “Yes.”  He said, “I downloaded his app today.”  I said, “really?  how do you know about Lew Rockwell?”  He replied, “I was doing some research on anarchism and he’s all over youtube talking about being anti-war and anti-state.  He sounds a lot like you.”

I was pleasantly surprised.  I don’t hide my beliefs from my children, they know how I feel, but I don’t encourage them to copy my rhetoric for fear that they will be harmed in some way because of my views.  I figure when they’re old enough to make those decisions and be able to defend them, they’ll be ready for them.  He also mentioned Murray Rothbard and that you worked heavily in the Ron Paul campaign.  I told him that reading Lew Rockwell and Murray Rothbard is an excellent thing to do.

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11:06 am on September 26, 2014