Jul 25, 2026 · 0 min · 12 segments
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, recorded live at Mises University 2026, Ryan sits down with Mark Thornton to talk through the economic trends fueling today's unrest. Be sure to follow Radio…
And I was really glad that I showed up early for your talk on the French Revolution, because I think it was really spot on.
And, you know, we're entering a, I think, a revolutionary type era of where society is A little bit unstable and where there's a lot of grievances and where there's a lot of division in society.
And in my sense, the theory of revolutions is that very often it's the good guys that start the revolutions.
But ultimately, there's a coup in the revolution, which you pointed out very clearly.
wonderfully, and then the bad guys take over and the revolution ends in a terrible end result, like with the communist Soviet revolution, with the French revolution, and even with the American revolution, it was the real good guys, the anti-federalists that really led the charge for change in America.
But ultimately, you know, as you got, there was a coup during the American Revolution afterwards, and we ended up with the worst possible end result of the ones that were being put forward at the time.
And I think everybody in here and out there can contribute by helping us make the moral case for the free society to point out the problems with government in our lives and also to provide solutions.
And I was really glad that I showed up early for your talk on the French Revolution, because I think it was really spot on.
And, you know, we're entering a, I think, a revolutionary type era of where society is A little bit unstable and where there's a lot of grievances and where there's a lot of division in society.
And in my sense, the theory of revolutions is that very often it's the good guys that start the revolutions.
But ultimately, there's a coup in the revolution, which you pointed out very clearly.
wonderfully, and then the bad guys take over and the revolution ends in a terrible end result, like with the communist Soviet revolution, with the French revolution, and even with the American revolution, it was the real good guys, the anti-federalists that really led the charge for change in America.
But ultimately, you know, as you got, there was a coup during the American Revolution afterwards, and we ended up with the worst possible end result of the ones that were being put forward at the time.
And I think everybody in here and out there can contribute by helping us make the moral case for the free society to point out the problems with government in our lives and also to provide solutions.
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