Post by Skyler J. Collins. Originally written April 2010. What are rights? The purpose of this short essay, or collection of thoughts, is to explore that question. So many commentators on rights treat them as something tangible, such as: “We have rights.” as compared to “We have milk.”“Don’t tread on my rights.” as compared to “Don’t…
Category: Voluntaryism
Voluntaryism, Crime, & Self Defense
Voluntaryism does not require that one be a pacifist, meaning the complete abandonment of the use of force. It merely requires that one does not initiate force or aggression against an innocent person or his property. In a free society, the first line of defense and lynch-pin of collective security is the personal use of firearms.…
What it Means to Be a Voluntaryist
A video podcast describing why I’m a voluntaryist:
The Voting Franchise
Guest post by Entito Sovrano. I have no interest in being ‘represented’ in the heteronomous halls of power. Neither do I care for the silly ‘struggle’ for ‘representation’ that we are told occurred within the past few hundred years. Further, I do not care for the mythical ‘rights’ that have supposedly been given to me…
This Stop is Over
Guest post by Roger Tipping II (einsteinway). Perhaps my experiences are colored by my voluntaryist worldview but every day I see myriad examples of spontaneous order and mutual interaction all around me. It amazes me that people can stand in line at the grocery store, at the gas pump, or even drive on the highway…
Re: Approaching the 4th of July
A video podcast on what I talked about in this post:
Toward a Voluntaryist Praxis
Guest post by Nicholas Hooton.“When philosophy dies, action begins.” – Casey Maddox The overwhelming resurgence of interest in voluntaryist philosophy over the past five years has been inspiring to witness. It enjoyed a brief spotlight in the early 1980s with Carl Watner’s publication of The Voluntaryist newsletter; but the communication technology of the early 21st…
How to Approach the 4th of July
There are a myriad ways one (living in the United States) can approach the pagan holiday that is the Fourth of July. Unfortunately, it can’t simply be ignored. It’s too loud and annoying to do that. And if you have kids, they won’t be satisfied not lighting some fireworks. Here’s what I wrote after my…
Everything Voluntary – A Video Introduction
Here’s a video introduction to Everything Voluntary I made while driving to work. I’ve since made some adjustments to the sound, so future videos should be clearer, but this should be clear enough:
The Real Tragedy
…in this story is that someone thought they had the right to break in and take by force the property of someone else. Had they read Everything Voluntary, they may have had a change of heart. Give a copy to someone you know before they make this or a similar bad choice (say, voting for…