{"id":11005,"date":"2021-08-14T21:54:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T21:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/does-jack-dorsey-support-voluntaryism-twitter-ceo-shares-murray-rothbards-book-anatomy-of-the-state\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T21:54:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T21:54:15","slug":"does-jack-dorsey-support-voluntaryism-twitter-ceo-shares-murray-rothbards-book-anatomy-of-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/does-jack-dorsey-support-voluntaryism-twitter-ceo-shares-murray-rothbards-book-anatomy-of-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Jack Dorsey Support Voluntaryism? Twitter CEO Shares Murray Rothbard\u2019s Book \u2018Anatomy of the State\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since the CEO of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey, started appreciating the crypto asset bitcoin, crypto enthusiasts have been following his coattails. However, there are very mixed views about Dorsey because while some people adore him, others are skeptical of his goals as his firm has been accused of mass censorship. Then on August 13, Dorsey tweeted out a URL link to a book called \u201cAnatomy of the State\u201d by the economist Murray Rothbard. The tweet not only attracted likes from bitcoiners but a number of libertarians were also confused by his tweet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Some Bitcoin Supporters Love Him, Many Other Crypto Advocates Don\u2019t Trust Jack Dorsey<\/h2>\n

For quite some time now, the CEO of Twitter has been a bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) supporter as he sports a Lightning Network emoji next to his username and keeps a bitcoin symbol in his Twitter bio. Jack Dorsey<\/a> has also talked about the benefits of bitcoin on various occasions and recently tweeted<\/a> about the vast number of Nigerians that leverage the crypto asset.<\/p>\n

Dorsey\u2019s other company Square allows merchants to accept bitcoin and people can purchase BTC<\/a> via the Cash App as well. However, Dorsey is not liked by everyone and in fact, a great number of crypto supporters don\u2019t like that he\u2019s a maximalist, that his firm has censored individuals, and many believe he\u2019s just a run-of-the-mill status quo figurehead from Big Tech.<\/p>\n

Dorsey recently said<\/a> that bitcoin would be a big part of Twitter\u2019s future and recently discussed<\/a> the subject of bitcoin with Ark Invest\u2019s Cathie Wood and Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk at the \u201cB Word\u201d event. Dorsey\u2019s company Square is also in the midst of developing<\/a> a bitcoin hardware wallet.<\/p>\n

But while Dorsey was on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami he was heckled<\/a> by a conference attendee over \u201ccensorship\u201d and \u201cinterfering in elections.\u201d Since the onset of Covid-19, just like Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram, Dorsey\u2019s firm Twitter has been accused of mass censorship when tweets involved alternative discussions concerning the narrative surrounding the coronavirus and the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

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Twitter CEO Shocks Bitcoiners and Libertarians With Rothbard Book Tweet<\/h2>\n

To many people\u2019s surprise, on Friday the 13th, Dorsey shared<\/a> a URL to Murray Rothbard\u2019s magnum opus called \u201cAnatomy of the State<\/a>.\u201d So far Dorsey\u2019s Rothbard tweet has close to 13,000 likes and almost 2,000 retweets. The Twitter CEO even got the name \u201cRothbard\u201d trending<\/a> across Twitter since he shared the link stemming from Mises.org<\/a>. It confused a number of bitcoiners and popular libertarian voices as well, because Dorsey is considered a leftist who still endorses the state.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Bitcoin.com News readers can read Murray Rothbard\u2019s book in its entirety here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The American economist Murray Newton Rothbard, on the other hand, was a leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism and one of the founders of the Austrian School of economics. The reason people were confused by Dorsey\u2019s tweet is that today\u2019s neo-liberal ideals, something Dorsey is known for advocating, would almost certainly be scorned by Rothbard.<\/p>\n

Free Market, Anti-War, and Anti-State<\/h2>\n

Rothbard\u2019s book \u201cAnatomy of the State<\/a>\u201d is considered one of the economist\u2019s finest works and the first chapter, \u201cWhat the State Is Not,\u201d lays the groundwork of people\u2019s false perceptions of the world\u2019s nation-states. Essentially, the state is humanity\u2019s enemy and the institution is a monopoly of violence that leverages force and coercion as a means to get its ends. Rothbard\u2019s \u201cAnatomy of the State\u201d describes why the state is immoral and how the so-called \u201cgood intentions\u201d are used as excuses for theft and manipulation. Rothbard\u2019s famous magnum opus is wholeheartedly free market, anti-war, and anti-state.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince production must always precede predation,\u201d Rothbard writes, \u201cthe free market is anterior to the state. The state has never been created by a \u2018social contract\u2019; it has always been born in conquest and exploitation.\u201d The Austrian economist adds:<\/p>\n

The State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial area; in particular, it is the only organization in society that obtains its revenue not by voluntary contribution or payment for services rendered but by coercion.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know if Jack Dorsey\u2019s tweet meant that he was moved by Rothbard\u2019s book and words that describe the state or if it was just a Friday the 13th gag. It\u2019s doubtful that the CEO of Twitter will become a Rothbardian after reading \u201cAnatomy of the State,\u201d but even though some bitcoiners and libertarians were skeptical, some thought that maybe Jack is changing ideological directions. Maybe the Twitter CEO realizes the value of voluntary cooperation and believes force and coercion are wrong?<\/p>\n

What do you think about the CEO of Twitter sharing Murray Rothbard\u2019s book \u201cAnatomy of the State\u201d? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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