How to make use of tax money:

I made my local public library buy a book written by a libertarian / anarcho-capitalist writer named Karel Beckman. The book is called 'Beyond the State', or De Staat voorbij in Dutch.

Source: destaatvoorbij.nl

In his book, the author presents us his vision that should give us a way out of the current political crisis. He rejects the dominating belief - of both left and right - that the state brings economic growth, good education, good facilities, and that it can bring an end to crime, discrimination and ill behavior.

He shows that state coercion is, in fact, the cause of our problems. It is the state that steers the monetary system and causes economic depressions in cooperation with the banks. It is the state that causes permanent inflation and devalues pensions and the citizens' purchasing power. It is state intervention which ruins healthcare and education. It is state power which is responsible for corruption, repression and war in the world.

Beckman puts forward the libertarian ideal of self-ownership for every human being. A world without state coercion where people are not forced into a system but where they can choose their own political system. Where justice begins at the bottom, the earth is divided fairly, and people do not live at the expense of others, but contribute to each other's prosperity and well-being.

According to Beckman, this is not a utopia, but an ideal that is easy to realize, and for which it is only necessary that we start to approach our current political system from a different perspective.

Here is the exemplar I 'requested' at the library (i.e. made them buy it)

Good use of tax money?

From the libertarian perspective, taxation is theft, so it's pretty hypocritical to make use of it for your own gain. However, the library's budget had already been set and they spend every penny of it every year. So, I thought, since everyone can send in requests, I'd have them buy something that would spread the message of liberty. I hope many people will see this book and borrow it. There are a couple more libertarian books (right below three shelves of marxist literature), which in my opinion is a start. The problem is, however, that the library is only interested in Dutch books, but there aren't many Dutch libertarian authors out there. I hope to find some more, so I can put in another request at the library!

--> For more information about the book (Dutch): destaatvoorbij.nl

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