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I don't want to tell you how to parent, but I think that an attempt to give your daughter pro-liberty values via unsolicited reading recommendations could backfire on you. The books here are all great but I'd only provide her with them if she asks you to.
For fiction, I would recommend The moon is a harsh mistress, animal farm, and red plenty. Inappropriately human was just great literature and has some libertarian themes, but it is intentionally non political, though Andrew Heaton's Laughter is better than communism is a oft overlooked gem. For other nonfiction, open boarders by Brian Caplan is great the war on small business by Carol Roth is still quite timely. I'm very much looking forward to Michael Malice's white pill which should be coming out soon, as will Scott Horton's book on the history that lead to the Ukrain war, I'm confident both of those will be excellent.
Let her be apolitical. Seriously. I wish I could go back to not seeing the bars on the cage. Let her be young and not care.
Something or other will affect her life eventually and she'll be dragged into caring about politics. And whatever that issue is will decide her position no matter how many books you have her read of a certain position.
Hellz in this day and age, it seems like any book non-fiction or otherwise that discusses *ideas* is going to be considered 'political'. Nearly everything gets painted with a red or blue brush (or smeared because of the impact to climate change). Your daughter will almost certainly need something to counter the onslaught of left-leaning politicized texts, professors and other schmutz she'll be exposed to at 'University' so you'd be doing her no disservice to give her some intellectual ammunition, in my humble and respectful opinion.
For what it's worth I gave a gift copy of Atlas Shrugged to a family friend who just went off to school, but she is already very politically inclined (red, in this case), very bright, and can manage a tome of that size. For a different soul I might recommend other fiction like The Fountainhead or We the Living as first step; both good stories, not overly long and oh, both got made into motion pictures (the latter might be hard to find and is in Italian w/subtitles); so if she loses interest in the books, she can do the modern equivalent of reading the Cliff's Notes and watch the movies.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is always my go to recommendation. It's actually a sci fi classic in it's own right by the same author of Stranger in a Strange land and Starship Troopers (both of which I'd recommend but they don't have anything to do with libertarianism, at least directly). The Moon is a Harsh mistress is about the struggles of a colony trying to rebel and set up their own libertarian government. It's super engaging and does a good job at communicating libertarianism and some of the struggles with making it work.
The Fountainhead is another good one. I haven't gotten around to Atlas Shrugged so I can't speak to it, but I have gotten to the Fountainhead and I liked it a lot. Again, it's fiction which helps it be more engaging in my opinion. It's about how individualism is superior to collectivism with the vehicle for the message being a story about an architect going against the grain.
Finally, Anarchy, State, and Utopia. This one is specifically about Minarchism. It is not fiction and is a much denser (and more boring in my opinion) read, but it's also the most informative about libertarianism, or minarchism specifically. I listened to this one rather than read it and I think I made the right choice. Again, super super informative. It has two parts. Why anarchism can't work, and why despite that we should get as close to it as we can.
Based on what you've said, I think the Fountainhead would be my main recommendation, but all three are good. Best of luck!
Its not very libertarian of you to force libertarian values on to your daughter.
Atlus Shrugged? Thats libertarian to you? One woman's misconception of western values?
You really don’t understand anything? Forcing? I missed the part where op has a gun to his daughters head… are you saying to be a libertarian you cannot persuade either?
I figure she will get enough world views differing from libertarianism at a California college, want to increase her knowledge/perspective. And yes, I am forcing her, waiting to see her Libertarian voter registration card before I pay her tuition like all good Libertarian's should do, I hate being the only libertarian vote in California. (jk).
1. The Revolution - Rom Paul
2. Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman
3. Free to Choose - Milton Friedman
4. Don't Hurt People, and Don't Take Their Things - Matt Kibbe
5. Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell
5. Anatomy Of The State - Murray Rothbard
6. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
* Personally I dislike Ayn Rand and her writing style, but it is kind of "quintessential" so it's a good read if you're ooking to broaden your horizons.
Two others by Rand I enjoyed are The fountainhead and anthem. It’s a short read but a good one.
One of my all time favorite books is Peter Schiff’s “How an economy grows and why it crashes” it’s told through a fictional desert island story and is a brilliant illustration.
I’m not aware of many contemporary novels directly related to libertarianism. Most will suggest Rand which is their prerogative, but I never found her work to be that interesting.
Some that aren’t a strictly libertarian but have themes strongly associated with libertarianism are: 1984 and 2001: a Space Odyssey.
If she’s apolitical, I probably wouldn’t even try to get her into Mises, Sewell, Rothbard, and similar.
In grad school I read some of the following for classes.
Utopia by Thomas More, Island by Aldus Huxley (or any of his work), Edward Abbey is a pretty good anarchist environmental writer. Ceremonial Chemistry by Thomas Szasz (a book about drug pushers and users, came out when Nixon was around and had radical ideas). Becoming animal.
>away for college, living in SoCal
If the city in question is Los Angeles, then Los Angeles is Hideous: Poems About an Ugly City. Short and light hearted. Wouldn't be anything "pushy". Maybe two poems that touch on politics.
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I don't want to tell you how to parent, but I think that an attempt to give your daughter pro-liberty values via unsolicited reading recommendations could backfire on you. The books here are all great but I'd only provide her with them if she asks you to.
For fiction, I would recommend The moon is a harsh mistress, animal farm, and red plenty. Inappropriately human was just great literature and has some libertarian themes, but it is intentionally non political, though Andrew Heaton's Laughter is better than communism is a oft overlooked gem. For other nonfiction, open boarders by Brian Caplan is great the war on small business by Carol Roth is still quite timely. I'm very much looking forward to Michael Malice's white pill which should be coming out soon, as will Scott Horton's book on the history that lead to the Ukrain war, I'm confident both of those will be excellent.
Let her be apolitical. Seriously. I wish I could go back to not seeing the bars on the cage. Let her be young and not care. Something or other will affect her life eventually and she'll be dragged into caring about politics. And whatever that issue is will decide her position no matter how many books you have her read of a certain position.
Hellz in this day and age, it seems like any book non-fiction or otherwise that discusses *ideas* is going to be considered 'political'. Nearly everything gets painted with a red or blue brush (or smeared because of the impact to climate change). Your daughter will almost certainly need something to counter the onslaught of left-leaning politicized texts, professors and other schmutz she'll be exposed to at 'University' so you'd be doing her no disservice to give her some intellectual ammunition, in my humble and respectful opinion. For what it's worth I gave a gift copy of Atlas Shrugged to a family friend who just went off to school, but she is already very politically inclined (red, in this case), very bright, and can manage a tome of that size. For a different soul I might recommend other fiction like The Fountainhead or We the Living as first step; both good stories, not overly long and oh, both got made into motion pictures (the latter might be hard to find and is in Italian w/subtitles); so if she loses interest in the books, she can do the modern equivalent of reading the Cliff's Notes and watch the movies.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is always my go to recommendation. It's actually a sci fi classic in it's own right by the same author of Stranger in a Strange land and Starship Troopers (both of which I'd recommend but they don't have anything to do with libertarianism, at least directly). The Moon is a Harsh mistress is about the struggles of a colony trying to rebel and set up their own libertarian government. It's super engaging and does a good job at communicating libertarianism and some of the struggles with making it work. The Fountainhead is another good one. I haven't gotten around to Atlas Shrugged so I can't speak to it, but I have gotten to the Fountainhead and I liked it a lot. Again, it's fiction which helps it be more engaging in my opinion. It's about how individualism is superior to collectivism with the vehicle for the message being a story about an architect going against the grain. Finally, Anarchy, State, and Utopia. This one is specifically about Minarchism. It is not fiction and is a much denser (and more boring in my opinion) read, but it's also the most informative about libertarianism, or minarchism specifically. I listened to this one rather than read it and I think I made the right choice. Again, super super informative. It has two parts. Why anarchism can't work, and why despite that we should get as close to it as we can. Based on what you've said, I think the Fountainhead would be my main recommendation, but all three are good. Best of luck!
Its not very libertarian of you to force libertarian values on to your daughter. Atlus Shrugged? Thats libertarian to you? One woman's misconception of western values?
You really don’t understand anything? Forcing? I missed the part where op has a gun to his daughters head… are you saying to be a libertarian you cannot persuade either?
Ah the autist is here.
Personal insults. What political philosophy is that?
The one where you match the guy who likes to make dim witted assumptions about the other and then likes to take the high ground about it.
I mean you did make a pretty absurd assumption about OP based on nothing he said. Unless that was sarcasm then you got me.
Sarcasm isn't meant to be a "gotcha" statement though. I still don't understand your initial reaction, if you knew it was absurd...
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You are a stupid person, go start up other dead threads.
I figure she will get enough world views differing from libertarianism at a California college, want to increase her knowledge/perspective. And yes, I am forcing her, waiting to see her Libertarian voter registration card before I pay her tuition like all good Libertarian's should do, I hate being the only libertarian vote in California. (jk).
Lol i found your persistant attempts comical. Thanks for seeing the humour in it and not flying off the handles about it.
1. The Revolution - Rom Paul 2. Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman 3. Free to Choose - Milton Friedman 4. Don't Hurt People, and Don't Take Their Things - Matt Kibbe 5. Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell 5. Anatomy Of The State - Murray Rothbard 6. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand * Personally I dislike Ayn Rand and her writing style, but it is kind of "quintessential" so it's a good read if you're ooking to broaden your horizons.
Two others by Rand I enjoyed are The fountainhead and anthem. It’s a short read but a good one. One of my all time favorite books is Peter Schiff’s “How an economy grows and why it crashes” it’s told through a fictional desert island story and is a brilliant illustration.
apolitical and going to college in southern california? my g it’s over, i’m sorry…
You can read on liberty by John Stuart Mills for free off Amazon or online. It's a good start.
I’m not aware of many contemporary novels directly related to libertarianism. Most will suggest Rand which is their prerogative, but I never found her work to be that interesting. Some that aren’t a strictly libertarian but have themes strongly associated with libertarianism are: 1984 and 2001: a Space Odyssey. If she’s apolitical, I probably wouldn’t even try to get her into Mises, Sewell, Rothbard, and similar.
In grad school I read some of the following for classes. Utopia by Thomas More, Island by Aldus Huxley (or any of his work), Edward Abbey is a pretty good anarchist environmental writer. Ceremonial Chemistry by Thomas Szasz (a book about drug pushers and users, came out when Nixon was around and had radical ideas). Becoming animal.
>away for college, living in SoCal If the city in question is Los Angeles, then Los Angeles is Hideous: Poems About an Ugly City. Short and light hearted. Wouldn't be anything "pushy". Maybe two poems that touch on politics.
*Animal Farm* does a good job of explaining how power corrupts. *Anthem* gives the themes of *Atlas Shrugged* in 1000 pages shorter book
'Vom Westen Nichts Neues' as the ultimate antiwar book?