From: Jeremy Brown
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2020 12:13 PM
Subject: Voting and the NAP
Dear Walter,
I hope this finds you healthy and well. I’ve been considering and thinking through the idea that voting is a violation of the Non-Agression Principle. In trying to perfect or disprove this line of thinking I have been unable to find any writings that either support or oppose this idea. Do you have any thoughts on this, or have you written, or read, about this idea? Any words of wisdom or guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely
Jeremy Brown
Dear Jeremy:
I’m pro voting.
Here’s a biblio on this issue:
Pro: Block, 2012, 2018; Block and Fryzek, 2015; Rothbard, 1972A, 1972B; Spooner, 1870; con: McElroy, 2013; Watner, 2000; White, 2020
Block, Walter E. 2012. Yes to Ron Paul and Liberty. New York: Ishi Press; http://www.amazon.com/dp/4871873234;
http://libertycrier.com/education/walter-blocks-new-book-on-ron-paul/;
http://libertyunbound.com/node/862
Block, Walter E. 2018. “Voting; rejoinder to Casey, McElroy, Ward, Pugsley, Konkin and Barnett.” Political Dialogues: Journal of Political Theory; pp. 23-38;
http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/DP/issue/view/1503/showToc
Block, Walter and Nathan Fryzek. 2015. “Was It Immoral to Vote for Ron Paul? And other libertarian questions and answers.” November 26; http://www.targetliberty.com/2015/11/was-it-immoral-to-vote-for-ron-paul.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TargetLiberty+%28Target+Liberty%29
Rothbard, Murray N. 1972A. “Should Libertarians Vote?” Outlook, April, p. 6.
Rothbard, Murray N. 1972B. “Interview.” February 25;
https://mises.org/blog/voting-immoral; https://mises.org/library/new-banner-interview-murray-n-rothbard-0
Spooner, Lysander. 1966[1870]. No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority and A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard, Larkspur, Colorado: Rampart College; http://jim.com/treason.htm
Con:
McElroy, Wendy. 2013. “The Faux Slavery Analogy to Voting.” July 31;
http://dailyanarchist.com/2013/07/31/the-faux-slavery-analogy-to-voting/
criticizes Walter E. Block
Watner, Carl. 2000. “Is Voting an Act of Violence?” April, The Voluntaryist. No. 103; http://voluntaryist.com/articles/103.html#.VzDxM0n2Y5s
Vegetarian, anti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63NNuG-6-hQ
White, L. Reichard. 2020. “It’s About Your Voting Fetish – – -.: October 24;
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/10/l-reichard-white/its-about-your-voting-fetish/
Best regards,
Walter
6:37 am on March 29, 2021
