A thought I’ve had recently, “whose interests should prevail, the parent’s or the child’s?” Take a couple without any children. The man wants to go see this movie, the woman wants to go see that movie. Whose interest prevails? Obviously, their interests are deeper than what movie to see. They both want to keep each…
Category: Items of Note
Parenting With Violence
In my estimation, there are two methods that one can take with parenting: you can either violently rule over your children, or you can non-violently mentor them. As the existence of this website indicates, I’ve happily and excitedly chosen the latter. A thought experiment: 1) Your 6-year-old doesn’t want to go to his Primary class…
Re: Receiving Government Payments
@Veresapiens, for me it’s a matter of strategy. Block is simply arguing the morality of it. Strategically, it doesn’t help our cause to be publicly profiting from government theft, exactly what Block argues in “Ron Paul and Matching Funds“. I like your argument on strategical grounds, though I happily take my child tax credits, but…
Re: A Voluntaryist Pledge Of Allegiance
August Wagele nailed it, “I pledge allegiance to liberty and justice for all.” Done.
A Voluntaryist Pledge Of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the sovereign individual, and to the freedom for which it stands, no nation, under no one, independent, with liberty and justice for all.
Discussion Groups
I’ve canned the Everything-Voluntary Facebook discussion group, and instead created a page with links to active groups for each topic. They’ve been a great source of information for me and are already well established. Why re-invent the wheel? Check it out here!
Added Book Recommendations
I’ve added some book recommendations to some of the topic page at the top of the site. Check them out!
A Story of Charity
What sort of voluntaryists would we be if we didn’t show the world that people can take care of each other without coercivist institutions? May we all be a little more like this young fella:
What Can Voluntaryists Do Now?
Written by Skyler J. Collins. Josh Freeman asks, “What are some actions, or some guidelines, that we can implement NOW in order to live life in accord with our principles? In the journey toward a completely voluntary society, what are the first steps that I, as an individual, can take in order to achieve that…
Re: The Case Against Time-out
We’ve stopped punishing our kids with time-outs or spankings. We’ve stopped punishing them completely. Instead, we meet their needs, as Dr. Haiman lays out. I know parents that have kids, and the only reason, it seems, they had them was to decorate their life. When their children get “nasty”, they get nastier. It’s a disgusting…