David Boaz event a success!

The speaking event at the National Constitution Center with David Boaz and Bob Barr followed by the Vice Presidential debate watching party that was mentioned before was a smashing success! Approximately 20-30 students from Philadelphia colleges attended, and it was well-received by all. After the debate itself, which was held in a beautiful space on Drexel's campus, David Boaz gave an impromptu speech on the state of freedom today as well as on the election itself. He was then kind enough to answer as many questions as we had before everyone finally dispersed around 11:30. 

There was one part of the impromptu speech that struck me in particular. David Boaz made the point that if Julius Caesar had visited Thomas Jefferson, nothing would have seemed different. He would have found a brilliant man pouring over books and papers by candlelight while slaves took care of everything else. He would have arrived by horse and transactions between the two men prior to his arrival would have been slow and laborious. Over the course of thousands of years very little had changed. But then there was liberalization led by libertarians of sorts, and if either man visited an individual of brilliance 100 years further into the future they would have found themselves in a different world. They would arrive by train, called the individual to let him know they had arrived. Gone would be the candles, replaced by electric light, ad nauseum.

All of this progress was made possible only after the liberalization of people, governments, and markets. Encouraging to say the least. It is now up to us as students, as the future of this great movement, to ensure that this progress is not undone. And not only that, but to ensure that it continues to grow.