Laurance Labadie was an American individualist anarchist and author.
10 Facts About Laurance Labadie
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Laurance Labadie was a supporter of jury nullification in an anarchist society.
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Laurance Labadie was a strong critic of capitalism, referring to it as a system of "government protection and coddling" and its defect being the want of competition, and was an exponent of anti-capitalist individualism associated with Benjamin Tucker.
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Laurance Labadie was youngest child of Sophie and Jo Labadie.
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Laurance Labadie was influenced by his father, and by age of 16 he was involved in labor movement.
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Laurance Labadie worked as a machinist in Detroit and was self taught.
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Laurance Labadie met Ralph Borsodi and his School of Living in late 40s and remained friends with him until his death.
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Laurance Labadie spent the rest of his life as a recluse, contributing to various libertarian journals.
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Laurence Labadie was a friend of monetary theorist Edwin Clarence Riegel and historian James J Martin.
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Laurance Labadie had no wife or kids but was fond of kids.