Albert Jay Nock’s famous essay “Isaiah’s Job” includes a description of the It is a source of inspiration to know that there will always be, no matter what, a group of people who go against the grain.Remnant — a small group of individuals tirelessly devoted to the idea of individual freedom — that may strike some as the depressing and pessimistic scribbles of a failed classical liberal at a time of growing state power and decreasing individual autonomy. There is another way to read this, though. It is a source of inspiration and optimism to know that there will always be, no matter what, a group of people who go against the grain. These people may be difficult to find and limited in their number at times, but they are never totally extinguished in the fight against the rising tide of the collective.

From heroes fighting to save people from the crushing gears of the state, like Sir Nicholas Winton during the Holocaust, to the tireless creator striving forward in value creation while others seek government assistance, like John Allison of BB&T during the 2008 Financial Crisis, these individuals are the spark that keeps the slow fire of social change burning on the behalf of the cause of individual liberty.

The Remnant does not just come in the form of individuals fighting against the collective to simply slow the tide of state growth. There are times when this small group of individuals, tirelessly working away at their task, can slowly implement social change that does not require the intervention of the state or a revolution ushering their role. There are at least two ways this can happen…. read more here