Episode 007: Join Jared as he discusses the challenges of being a Voluntaryist and the seemingly uphill struggle of getting the message of libertarianism out into the mainstream.
Author: Jared Nordin
Jared Nordin is an electrician by trade. Father of two. He really enjoys hiking, backpacking, and photography with his wife. He can hear him on The Voluntary Contrarian podcast.
Zombies to the Left, Zombies to the Right (16m) – Episode 006
Episode 006: Join Jared as he answers the question: If you had to ally with the Right or the Left, who would you choose?
Jared Interviewed on the Everything Voluntary Podcast (34m) – Episode 005
Episode 005: Jared was a guest on the Everything Voluntary podcast in May 2018. With host Skyler Collins, they discussed the following topics: the Pacific northwest, career electrician, second marriage and dating, his political journey, Jack Spirko, Stefan Molyneux, Austrian economics, Lysander Spooner, challenging jurisdiction, Larken Rose, cognitive dissonance, outgroup bigotry, and more.
The Constitution is Not Your Security Blanket (6m) – Episode 004
Episode 004: Jared shares a quick rant about gun owners who deify the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.
Educational Trolling (17m) – Episode 003
Episode 003: Jared shares his five rules to help facilitate better social media communication.
Guns, Cops, and Dissonance (19m) – Episode 002
Episode 002: Join Jared as he discuss the statist dissonance that voluntaryists deal with day-to-day.
Taxes and Society (15m) – Episode 001
Episode 001: Why do we have to pay taxes? Surely the US Treasury has a brilliant and cogent explanation… or not. Join Jared for an almost comical look into one of the their frequently asked questions.
Philosophical Tools: In-Group Preference
As humans, we seek familiarity, commonality, comfort. We seek people like us with whom to relate. It’s only natural. We develop in-group preferences, not a bad thing, but interesting. The reason I find this interesting is that I’ve developed my own theory on in-group preference. I call the dichotomy: Quantitative in-group preference and Qualitative in-group preference.
On the Violence Inherent in Voting
They vote because they think they know what’s best for their fellow citizens. What the voter doesn’t know is that they are culpable. They are personally responsible for the victims of their act of voting.
In Defense of Objective Morality
If one looks at the world today, how many malevolent acts are being perpetrated by groups of people? Why are they being sanctioned, accepted, and even celebrated when these actions are immoral based solely on the violation of natural law?