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Murray Rothbard

economist · 2 mentions across 1 reading

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Rothbard was a libertarian philosopher and economist whose radical anti-state position—that government is inherently tyrannical—became foundational to cyberlibertarian thought and influenced neoliberal political movements. The course readings invoke him to show how right-wing ideological frameworks, even when appearing to address non-economic issues, ultimately serve concentrated capital and power by naturalizing market logic as freedom. His influence traces the intellectual genealogy connecting Cold War libertarianism to contemporary digital-age anti-governance rhetoric.

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Pandaemonium Architecture 6.0 — ATEK-639/439 — Fall 2025