The Map That Broke Him: How the Two-Party System Turns Libertarians Into Identitarians
Nick Fuentes started as a Ron Paul libertarian. His own story shows how two-party math, not reality, turned him into an identitarian.
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Vetita Mentis
V. Mentis, Founder, Strategic Liberty Coalition
Vetita Mentis is the pen name of the founder of the Strategic Liberty Coalition. The short form is V. Mentis.
The name is Latin. It means, roughly, "forbidden things of the mind."
Vetita Mentis writes the Think Tank essays published by the Strategic Liberty Coalition.
The Strategic Liberty Coalition is in its founding phase. It is building out its candidate research and is not making candidate recommendations yet. Scorecards are coming soon.
Think Tank essays
Scapegoats With Scales: Florida's Reptile Bans and the Invasive Species Nobody Bans
Florida bans pet iguanas and pythons but shrugs at invasive plants, frogs and fish. Why keepers get the blame, and what fair rules would look like.
Sacred Wings, Suspect Neighbors: Bats, Mosquitoes, Vaccine Mandates and a Public-Health Double Standard
Why do the same voices that protect virus-carrying bats treat unvaccinated neighbors as the real threat? A look at a public-health double standard.
Abundance Without Exit: Why Automation and AI Don't Make the Case for Socialism
Automation and AI won't deliver socialism's abundance. Without the freedom to exit, refuse the plan and compete, they build a smarter cage.
The Most Targeted Voters in America: Why Third-Party and Independent Voters Get Told to Stay Home
Parties, foreign trolls and platforms aim "don't vote" and "wasted vote" messages at the same people: the voters who could break the two-party lock.
The Dictatorial Commune and the Chattel Plantation: A Parallel from Marx's Own Categories
Why a slave plantation was closer to a dictatorial commune than to a free-market firm, and what Marx's own words reveal about exit, trade and dictatorship.
FRTs and the Case Against the Machine Gun Ban: Credit to Matthew Hoover
Matthew Hoover argues that FRTs, now legal and widely owned, show the 1986 machine gun ban isn’t what keeps Americans safe. Here’s his case and where it stands.
Stopping Sex Trafficking While Creating the Conditions for It
Polk County’s 281-arrest sting targets real trafficking. Yet jailing non-violent offenders feeds a system where tens of thousands report sexual abuse yearly.
Libertarianism Is Not “Approved” Contained Opposition
Neema Parvini (Academic Agent) calls libertarianism contained opposition. Elite theory itself shows why free markets threaten entrenched power instead.
Voting With Your Dollar: Why Free Markets Function as Continuous Democracy—and How We Can Make Property Fairer
Free markets work as a continuous democracy where every dollar is a vote. Locke, Henry George and de Soto show how to make property fairer without planners.
A Single Pro-2A Win Does Not Outweigh War, Tariffs, and State Ownership of Industry
The decision not to appeal the NFA ruling is a genuine advance for the right to keep and bear arms, but it does not outweigh an ongoing war, broad tariffs, and expanding government stakes in private industry, and Second Amendment voters can secure the gain without endorsing the administration.