Ed Krayewski on Libertarian Lessons in Game of Thrones

The latest
season of HBO’s Game of Thrones ended Sunday.
The show, which has garnered record-breaking ratings for HBO and
has also become one of the most pirated TV shows of all time,
follows the stories of the royal families and politics of Westeros,
a fictional amalgamation of mostly medieval European states.
Nevertheless, because the show—based on a series of novels by
George R.R. Martin—focuses more on humans and the way they interact
with each other than on magic (though there is plenty of that), it
provides a jumping off point for conversations on issues
like rape and radicalism. Because libertarian ideas
are largely based on human action, there are some libertarian
themes to glean from the show, too, writes Ed Krayewski.

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