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My name is Andrew Paladino, but anyone that knows me calls me “Dino”. I was born in 1991 and have lived in Staten Island, NY for my whole life, with the exception of spending 2 years at Hofstra University in Long Island. I currently live at home and attend Hunter College in Manhattan. I am studying philosophy. I sing and play guitar for the band Curious Volume. I live to write music. I am also a diehard New York Mets fan. My nationality is 75% Italian and 25% Syrian.

I became a libertarian in July of 2011. I created this blog on September 11, 2011. I became an anarchist in March of 2012.

Here is where I stand on the issues:

Political Philosophy: Voluntarist Free-Market Anarchist, anti-social contract, critical of utilitarianism, individualist, Non-Aggression Principle inspired by Stephan Molyneux, Tom Woods, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Lysander Spooner, Murray Rothbard, some earlier Robert Paul Wolff

Economics: Austrian School, Free-Market, Laissez-Faire, Anarcho-Capitalism, Subjective Theory of Value, inspired by Henry Hazlitt, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Christopher Coyne, Frederic Bastiat, Ron Paul

Foreign Policy: Anti-War, Non-interventionist, Anti-Colonial, Anti-Imperial inspired by Ron Paul, Jacob Hornberger, Tom Woods, Adam Kokesh

Civil Liberties: Anti-Paternalist, inspired by Judge Andrew Napolitano, Glenn Greenwald, Jacob Hornberger, George Carlin, Bruce Fein, J.S. Mill (minus his utilitarianism), Adam Kokesh, John Stossel

Abortion: Pro-Choice

Guns: Pro

Marriage: Anti-State Involvement, Pro-Marriage Equality

Education: Anti-Public Schooling

Capital Punishment: Anti-Death Penalty

Religion: Atheist

Drugs: Pro-Legalization

Prostitution: Pro-Legalization

Favorite Resources: Ludwig von Mises Institute, Foundation for Economic Education, Freedomain Radio, Adam vs. the Man, TomWoods.com

Non-Sequiturs:

• I do not read Ayn Rand, nor do I have a strong opinion on her work.
• I do not care for the official Libertarian Party.
• I voted for Ron Paul in the primaries. This was my final active participation in the democratic political process.
• I do attend Catholic church with my family.
• I am an advocate of natural childbirth and breastfeeding (inspired by my Midwife mother).
• I am heterosexual.
• I am highly skeptical of the events of 9/11. The only thing I’m certain of is that we weren’t told the whole truth.