Editor’s Pick. Written by Dan Sanchez. In Greek myth, Sisyphus was punished in Hades by having to eternally push a boulder up to the summit of a hill, only to have it roll down each time and to have to start over. This is an apt representation of the hopelessness of state revolution and reform,…
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Education and Its Discontents
Editor’s Pick. Written by Ian Mayes. The other day I was left in charge of the school library for the day, which I loved, since I have always been a library nerd. That same day I was also left in charge of the 6th grade class for one hour and 50 minutes. Since I am…
Toward a Free Society – About the Author
Table of ContentsPrevious – Further Reading About the Author Skyler J. Collins lives with his beautiful wife and three wonderful children in Salt Lake City, Utah. He’s a voluntaryist and radical unschooler. He enjoys reading, writing, and podcasting about anything on liberty, economics, philosophy, religion, science, health, and childhood development. He and his wife are…
Toward a Free Society – Further Reading
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 6, Moral Outrage Further Reading An Agorist Primer, Samuel Konkin IIIBasic Economics, Thomas SowellEconomics in One Lesson, Henry HazlittEducation: Free and Compulsory, Murray RothbardFree to Learn, Peter GrayNatural Born Learners, edited by B. E. EkokoNonviolent Communication, Marshall RosenbergParenting a Free Child, Rue KreamParenting Effectiveness Training, Thomas GordonParenting for a Peaceful…
Chapter 6 – Moral Outrage
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 5, Agorism Chapter 6 – Moral Outrage Here we are at the conclusion of this booklet. I began by defining several important concepts, each of which I’ve used here and there, except for moral outrage. (Alright, I used it once.) That is the topic of this final chapter, and the…
Chapter 5 – Agorism
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 4, Radical Unschooling Chapter 5 – Agorism “Agorism is a libertarian social philosophy that advocates creating a society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics, thus engaging in a manner with aspects of peaceful revolution.” So says Wikipedia.(44) What is counter-economics? According to the…
Chapter 4 – Radical Unschooling
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 3, Schooling Chapter 4 – Radical Unschooling As shown in the previous chapter, schooling is an extremely poor practice for building a culture of liberty. Parents who’ve begun building that culture at home through attachment and peaceful discipline will find schooling to be a major counter-productive step in the socialization…
Chapter 2 – Parenting
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 1, Introduction Chapter 2 – Parenting Having thus defined our terms, we can begin exploring the necessary prerequisites to building a culture of liberty, and ultimately, a free society. We must start at the same place where each if us began life, the home. Our parents are first to influence…
Chapter 3 – Schooling
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 2, Parenting Chapter 3 – Schooling Schooling is the typical next step in a person’s life, and the socialization that occurs in school is quite ill-suited to building a culture of liberty. That’s the intent, actually. Modern schooling was founded in Prussia as a means to socialize children into the…
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Table of Contents Previous – Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction A free society, where liberty is secure, is necessarily one where you’ll find the widespread observance of the voluntary principle (all human relations should happen voluntarily, or not all).(2) Of course, not everyone is required to practice voluntaryism(3), but enough must so that society remains…