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110 sats \ 5 replies \ @freetx 12 Jul \ parent \ on: I'm Rollo McFloogle - Catholic, Bitcoiner, #GetOnZero Pioneer, Podcaster - AMA AMA

Its also in the "Von Mises" space. Jeffrey Tucker, Thomas Woods, and the founder Lew Rockwell were catholics as well....

31 sats \ 4 replies \ @rollomcfloogle OP 12 Jul

Bob Murphy was raised Catholic. I think we'll get him back eventually!

There are even more in the Mises.org circles.

110 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 12 Jul

Wow, I didn't know about Bob....I knew he was an active protestant but I never knew about his Catholic upbringing. Yes, hopefully he returns....

35 sats \ 2 replies \ @rollomcfloogle OP 12 Jul

I always wondered why he went the reformed route and I heard him on a podcast somewhere about it and they asked why he didn't return to Catholicism. He said that he hasn't really read any of the Catholic apologists since his return, which kind of explains a lot in my view.

110 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 12 Jul

It took me many years to recognize that Rothbard (an ethnic Jew / Atheist) consistently used "Natural Law" arguments to defend various premise he had....and the main proponent of that term was Thomas Acquinas.....

Point being, the Catholic game is so strong that even ethnic Jew / Atheist must reference it.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @rollomcfloogle OP 12 Jul

Aquinas is a beast,