Editor’s Break 049 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the necessity of ambition in the economic realm by entry level employees, the missing silver lining from the Trump presidency, the voluntaryist perspective on politics and law, how to know what really matters to you, indoctrination in occupational training, and more.
Category: Editor’s Break
Moral Relativism, Presidential Lottery, & Conversations (26m) – Editor’s Break 048
Editor’s Break 048 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: what’s the deal with moral relativism?, two alternative proposals to electing the President of the United States, using conversation to dig for truth and to change hearts and minds through bonding, and more.
Celebrity Presidents, Voluntary Governance, & Benign Bigotry (28m) – Editor’s Break 047
Editor’s Break 047 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson running for President of the United States, the importance of governance in a voluntary society, what “duly elected” means and non-voters being credited for a vote of non-confidence, dealing with anger, especially as it concerns raising children, and why attacking bigotry should take a back seat to attacking prickish behavior and violence.
Climate Change, Biases, Nukes, & Class Warfare (39m) – Editor’s Break 046
Editor’s Break 046 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: what, if anything, government can do about so-called climate change, the reasons for his biases against government solutions, why the possession of nuclear weapons are a violation of the non-aggression principle, his new website, UnschoolingDads.com, the incessant nature of class warfare, and more.
Animal Ethics, the Social Contract, & Bitcoin (32m) – Editor’s Break 045
Editor’s Break 045 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the U.S. budget deficit and taxpayers as collateral, universal ethics and what that means for human/animal relationships, the so-called social contract, the revolutionary nature of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, gradualism in abolishing crime, and more.
New Year’s, Leviathan, Free Will, & Schooling (33m) – Editor’s Break 044
Editor’s Break 044 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: New Year’s 2018 and making resolutions to improve your life all year long, the unrelenting presence and growth of government, ie. Leviathan, holding parents responsible for the actions of their children and the existence of free will, how important it is to stop sending your kids to government schools, and more.
Social Coercion, Rights, Thin Blue Line, & Utopia (34m) – Editor’s Break 043
Editor’s Break 043 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: social coercion and voluntaryism, rights in the negative sense and as a social convention, how markets, and not governments, increase peace and tolerance in society, using force when persuasion fails, the negative aspects of the so-called “thin blue line”, what Utopia is and why the free society is not Utopian, the foolishness in treating celebrities as authorities on politics and economics, and more.
Country Living, Pelatarchy, Privatization, & Policing (22m) – Editor’s Break 042
Editor’s Break 042 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: submitting questions or comments for the podcast at the top of Everything-Voluntary.com, country living vs. city living, a new word coined by Skyler: pelatarchy, hyperbolic criticisms of privatizing government services, trusting people with power vs. trusting people with freedom, and why policing is an insult to justice.
Obligations, Ideologies, Misogyny, & Regifting (33m) – Editor’s Break 041
Editor’s Break 041 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the coercive nature of customs and the obligations they create, when friends change ideologies and accuse you of being the one who’s changed, an accepted form of misogyny in marriage, individualism, the economics of regifting, what to do when a friend or family member becomes a cop, and more.
Free Time, Tax Code Definitions, & Sexual Harassment Economics (26m) – Editor’s Break 040
Editor’s Break 040 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: how to stop thinking or worrying about work during your non-work hours, how the tax code defines most people out of tax obligations, why “complex” is actually “simple”, the economics behind sexual harassment in the workplace, why sheep are smarter than people, and more.