Editor’s pick. Video by Julia Tourianski.
Category: Editor’s Picks
Two Kinds of Power
Editor’s Pick. Written by Scott Noelle. Most people in our culture are confused about power. Everyone wants it, but few trust it. We have painful memories of our parents or other elders using their power against us. Parents who value peace and gentleness often disown their power for fear of abusing it. You can end…
Disproving the State
Editor’s Pick. Written by Stefan Molyneux. Two objections constantly recur whenever the subject of dissolving the State arises. The first is that a free society is only possible if people are perfectly good or rational. In other words, citizens need a centralized State because there are evil people in the world. The first and most…
The Most Dangerous Monopoly: When Caution Kills
Editor’s Pick. Video by LearnLiberty.org.
Superman and Freedom
Editor’s Pick. Written by Chris Brown in November 2008. If man is really free, how can we account for his inability to fly, to travel through time, to leap across the ocean, for not being omniscient or omnipotent? In short, wouldn’t man have to be more like Superman to actually be free? Man is constrained…
Why Bitcoin Matters
Editor’s Pick. Written by Marc Andreessen. A mysterious new technology emerges, seemingly out of nowhere, but actually the result of two decades of intense research and development by nearly anonymous researchers. Political idealists project visions of liberation and revolution onto it; establishment elites heap contempt and scorn on it. On the other hand, technologists –…
Anarchy and Lawlessness
Editor’s Pick. Written by James E. Miller. If a casual observer were ignorant, he may declare the needless murder of a mentally handicapped teenager proof of anarchy’s existence. But of course he would be wrong. Under the state, there is already a caste of individuals who act “without leaders” and without regard to the Law.…
Not to be Confused with Permissive Parenting
Editor’s Pick. Written by Krista Eger. There are many false dichotomies in our culture. Too many. It’s human nature to simplify things in our brain. If it’s not one thing then it’s the other. If you don’t have conservative ideals then you must be liberal. If you’re not a man, you’re a woman. If you’re…
You Are a Slave
Editor’s Pick. Written by Daniel Hawkins. To those unfamiliar with the libertarian-anarchist world, this is probably a jarring headline. I’m not a slave, you may think, I don’t have a master. I don’t work for free. I don’t get whipped. I own property. I am free. Libertarians and anarchists take heat for using the word…
A Lifetime of Living and Learning
Editor’s Pick. Written by Pam Laricchia. Looking back over our years of unschooling, another big change I’ve seen is that my perspective as a parent has broadened beyond “childhood” to “life”. I no longer see childhood as focused on “learning everything you need to know to become an adult,” with my purpose being to “graduate”…