While the Middle East wobbled on the precipice of World War III on Saturday, a Brazilian UFC fighter gave us hope by using his victory speech to deliver an emphatic endorsement of Austrian economics, Ludwig von Mises, the First Amendment and gun rights.
Renato Moicano’s televised speech came after he pulled off a comeback win over Jalin Turner at Las Vegas. Joe Rogan joined him in the ring to discuss the fight, but Moicano had other priorities, and proceeded to drop a profanity-peppered liberty bomb on the T-Mobile Arena crowd and a worldwide audience:
“I’m a huge advocate of the First Amendment. Today, of course I want the $300k bonus but they not going to give [it to me] because somebody say, ‘hey, this is fucking Disney, you cannot curse’…so I’m not going to do my speech, but…
First off all I love America. I love the Constitution. I love the First Amendment. I want to carry all the fucking guns. I love private property. And let me tell you something: If you care about your fucking country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school, motherfuckers!”
Renato “Money” Moicano uses his post fight speech to shout out the 1st Amendment & Ludwig von Mises #UFC300 pic.twitter.com/NlgHcV8Z1J
— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) April 14, 2024
By “six lessons of the Austrian economic school,” Moicano was referring to a concise, 106-page Ludwig von Mises book, “Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow.” Among the best-selling Mises works, it’s broken into six sections: Capitalism, Socialism, Interventionism, Inflation, Foreign Investment, and Policies and Ideas. (The Brazilian version’s title translates to “The Six Lessons.”)
The lessons are transcribed from a series of lectures Mises delivered at the University of Buenos Aires in 1959. Per the book’s description, “Mises had urged Argentina to turn from dictatorship and socialism toward full liberty, so there is a special urgency behind the cool logic employed here. The book’s continued popularity is due to its clarity of exposition on the ways in which economic policy affects everyone.”
Eager to follow Moicano’s directive? Via the Mises Institute, you can read the book online, download a PDF for free, or buy a paper copy from the Mises Bookstore for just eight Federal Reserve notes. It’s likely that plenty of people are already buried in their homework: On Saturday night, UFC fans and others dove into web searches to see what Moicano was talking about…
…while libertarians and Austrian economics devotees raced to share Moicano’s speech on social media:
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HOLY SHIT! The great Murray Rothbard kept positive despite all efforts to silence him because he knew the strength of his Austrian message would eventually carry the day. It’s the perfect cure for today’s authoritarian wave. READ VON MISES MUTHAFUGGAR. Who’d have ever thunk it?
Never give up; never give in. Light a single candle.
A shirt for the bold. Do not give in to evil, Mises’s own personal motto: ‘Tu Ne Cede Malis’.
https://store.mises.org/Tu-Ne-Cede-Malis-Premium-Fitted-T-shirt-P11047.aspx
Even if you lose, you win. It’s always right to die fighting a good cause. Funny thing is, though, if a majority simply walk away and refuse to prop up the system, it’s over . . . RIGHT THEN.
“He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny.”
― Ludwig Von Mises, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
“Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping toward destruction. Therefore, everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.” ― Ludwig Von Mises
“The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.” ― Ludwig von Mises, Bureaucracy
“Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments.”
― Ludwig Von Mises
A hundred more great ‘uns:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/46766.Ludwig_von_Mises
Great stuff!!!
You don’t feel that even von Mises was ‘taking as a given’ the Christian mindset, which only makes capitalism work in the long-term?
I haven’t read the mentioned book (yet), but looking at “the West” today I’m pretty sure those were the flawed assumptions, which have brought the system down to what you see around you today.
M, crony capitalism, isn’t capitalism.
Exactly.
So which forces prevent capitalism to slide into crony (or in more general terms, ‘unfair’) capitalism?
Classic.
Aggressive rock & roll may not be everyones cup of tea but since we’re talking about a fighter , this fits well.
TBP is full of warriors. Song about a Danish boxer.
Volbeat – A Warriors Call
Let’s get ready to rumble!
Feel the fire, he’s entering the ring,
His mindset only knows how to win,
This Danish fighter will break you in two,
You will feel all his power!
The Viking warrior Mikkel Kessler will now brand his name in the back of your head, yeah
You feel the floor again,
Unleashing his hell
You will not even hear the bell
Maybe you’re strong but you don’t stand a chance
Feel the power of a warrior!
Fight, fight, fight, fight!
Let’s get ready to rumble!
Fight, fight, fight, fight!
A gladiator’s left hand hook
Fight, fight, fight, fight!
Feel the pain tomorrow!
Behold here comes the son,
Believe it, he was born to be the chosen one,
The call is for a warrior,
His name will echo on the sea and on the ground
You can make it
Stand – you can make it
Stand – you can take it
Stand – realise that nobody can break you
If you stand – you can do it
Stand – go right to it
Stand – nobody can do a damn thing to you
But you can’t stand, if you don’t care
Can’t stand, if you don’t dare
Can’t stand, if you’re running scared
Forget you’re blood and bone
Stand like you’re made of stone
Stand – on your honour
Stand – know you’re gonna
Stand – they can’t put the creeping death upon you
If you stand – never move it
Stand – gonna prove it
Stand – gotta stand ’cause you can’t stand to lose it
Stand, stand – stand like a rock
Stand, stand – you can stop their clock
Stand, stand – put them into shock
Stand, stand – you better stand
Stand – stand together
Stand – yeah, you better
Stand – don’t you know that you can live forever
If you stand? – one for all
Stand – don’t you crawl
Stand – if you stand then you deserve it all
If you can’t stand, you make them the boss
Can’t stand, it’s a total loss
Can’t stand, nail you to the cross
Forget you’re blood and bone
Stand like you’re made of stone
Stand
Annihilate this week
Sledgehammers to the streets
Black Flag
I think these dudes are being fed scripts to learn. Could be wrong but it’s odd they would spout off jeopardizing their income. The new WWF?
Maybe they’re realizing it’s time to fight, else all is lost – and not only payday.
Epic speech/rant!
I like that fighters have been anti-jab, anti-fag, anti-fucking-everything these last few years.
But a jew’s a jew. Fuck that shit.