Esther Bergdahl of PolicyMic.com laments the World Bank’s recommendation to privatize the water industry. “Privatizing water — or, more precisely, the infrastructure that cleans and delivers it — is bad for the consumer.” And monopolies aren’t? Right now, a, gasp!, corporation, in this case a monopolist corporation, ie. the state, is already managing the water industry.…
Category: Items of Note
Building a Fort is Anti-Social
Or rather, anti-socialism. Children these days must be either in school being regimented and indoctrinated or inside at home playing war-themed video games. Anything else, like building a fort in the woods with friends, is too individualistic, too creative, too educational, ie. is contrary to the designs of the state. Skyler.
Portland to Flush Reservoir
The City of Portland has decided that one man urinating in a reservoir justifies flushing all 38 million gallons of water. I do wonder how a private company would handle this. Perhaps they would flush it and count their losses. Or perhaps they would sell it to the highest bidder. I don’t know, but flushing…
Humanity Win
According to Russia Today, instead of slaughtering hundreds of innocent people, Ukrainian soldiers surrendered when they realized who they were confronting were their brothers and sisters, not the enemy. This is a win for humanity, for civil disobedience, for anti-just-following-orders, and for individualism. Bravo Ukrainian soldiers. May your example reach soldiers and people everywhere. Skyler.
The Feds Know Best!
USA Today felt inclined to chronicle the Fed’s track record of improving safety on the high seas. Let us all pause from our mourning, and give praise. On a related note, I wonder who has the better incentive toward ship safety, the state, or insurance companies? Whose stake is greater in the event of a…
Marijuana ATM Accepting Bitcoin
Cool. Although, the article mentions that, The machines offer a number of novel compliance features, including a driver’s license reader and a camera that captures video of users. A bit concerning, considering the illegal nature of marijuana on the Federal level. Not sure you’d want your likeness captured, and linked to your bitcoin address. We…
Do You Speak a Foreign Language?
I’m looking for foreign language speakers (except Spanish) to help me with some translating here at EVC. If you’ve been on the sidelines and want to contribute a little time to the cause of voluntaryism, peaceful parenting, and radical unschooling, please let me know. Respond as a comment or email everythingvoluntary at gmail dot com.…
Permission-based Life
Writes T. K. Coleman: The permission-based life is not worth living. You are who you are. Whether anyone approves of that fact or not, the nature of your true self remains unchanged. If no one gives you permission to be the you that you know yourself to be, what then? Do you wait around for…
Rules vs. Principles
Wrote Ben Lovejoy: I split hairs about rules and principles because I see and have lived with the differences, and I believe they represent two opposing forces in a home and school environment. Principles are internal; rules, external. We enforce principles for ourselves, while others force rules upon us. Principles are something people stand for…
My Family’s Sleeping Arrangements
A friend asked how, as a radical unschooling family, we handle bedtimes and sleeping arrangements. Here was my response. My kids are 8 and 4, and both are a bit too scared to stay upstairs at night by themselves doing their own thing. Also, we have a family bedroom with 3 beds (in the basement).…