Lao Tzu: The First Libertarian Intellectual – OpEd

By Ryan Ferries*

Instead of ruling by force, decree, and regulation to achieve societal order, Lao Tzu believed that individuals were self-regulating (or led by an ‘Invisible Hand’), when left alone by the state.

Besides the Bible, no other work has as many translations as the Daodejing—the founding scriptural text...