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Exploring Liberty with Barend

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We promote a different and better solution to some of the most important problems of our time, such as inequality, the decline of liberty and climate change. Many people still believe that we have to choose between freedom and solving the world’s problems. A government that restricts the free market and prescribes how we must live is still often seen as the only option. The results of this policy are always disappointing. If you read the work of Henry George, Nicolaus Tideman and Karl Widerquist, you will see that there are better ways. First, we assume that people are normally free as long as they don’t harm each other. You could call this live-and-let-live. Today, too many consider coercion as a necessary option. Secondly, we recognize that people have equal rights to what nature provides for free. The earth was not made by anyone, but a gift to all mankind. The main cause of poverty is not a lack of redistribution of money. The main cause of poverty is a lack of access to natural resources. People who do not have access to their fair share of the earth pay sky-high rent throughout their lives and have difficulty starting their own businesses. In an unhealthy way, they are dependent on the owners of the earth. Therefore, liberty and access to natural resources is the way to go!