Murray Rothbard on Forced Fluoridation
Economist and philosopher Murray Rothbard was my mentor and friend. He died in 1995 but his writings continue to inform the world. As with other such great thinkers, the question in the midst of a great crisis is always what would he think about this?
The Covid crisis led to vast confusion and silence in the libertarian world, for reasons I explain here, but I have little doubt where Murray would have stood. He was consistently opposed to the deployment of state violence to reduce the risk inherent in the natural world and was way ahead of his time on matters of forced medicalization.
In fact, he wrote in detail on the controversy over fluoridation. His analysis stands the test of time. A federal judge has finally ruled, three-quarters a century too late, that forced fluoride in the water amounts to an “unreasonable risk” to children. This decision could finally end the practice.
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