Editor’s Break 097 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the relationship between veganism and anarchism; keeping your voluntaryist card while being involved in politics; the desire to live in a communist or socialist society; and more.
Day: October 8, 2018
On Power II
When people call for government to regulate business, they are prioritizing their preference for others to have and to wield political power over economic power.
The Best Mediator
In conflict, it is important to address the arguments, not insult the individual. If your goal is to merely discredit an individual and not resolve the conflict, then what are you doing to help a situation?
A Hidden Source of Power
In all of these cases, and many more examples throughout our day, we’ve given away the power to be happy, to be content, to be joyful, to other people, who haven’t even asked for that power or realize you’ve handed it to them.
Don’t Be Passive Aggressive
I had a recent experience that’s pretty common. Someone asked for something, I told them the conditions under which it could be delivered (which were, as most conditions, just my made-up best guesstimate of what made sense). They replied, “Oh, that’s disappointing. I thought it would be different.”
Compulsory Schooling Laws: What if We Didn’t Have Them?
We should always be leery of laws passed “for our own good,” as if the state knows better. The history of compulsory schooling statutes is rife with paternalism, triggered by anti-immigrant sentiments in the mid-nineteenth century and fueled by a desire to shape people into a standard mold.