Anarchy is the absence of something, the absence of a ruler, an initiator of aggression. By definition, aggression is a trespass, an uninvited invasion of the body or property of the victim. The burden of justification is on the initiator of aggression, on the ruler, to show why he should be allowed to initiate aggression…
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Anarchy, Never Been Tried?
The below is an excellent six-part series exploring a number of anarchistic societies throughout the world both in the past and in the present. Written by Daniel Hawkins. Part 1 – Moresnet (Europe) Part 2 – Emerald Anarchy (Ireland) Part 3 – Fire and Ice (Somalia, Iceland) Part 4 – In the Beginning (Jericho, Çatalhöyük,…
On Anarchy
Suffering from a bout of jeffreytuckeritis, I can’t get this most glorious of concepts out of my head. Anarchy. An, without, archy, ruler. Without rulers. Without murderers, slavers, rapists, batterers, and thieves. Without the initiation of aggression and violence and coercion. Every interaction we have with others that is without one party ruling over the…
Anarchism, not Anomism
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. “If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself;…
The Ethics of Voluntaryism
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Having recently written columns explaining both the philosophy of voluntaryism and the voluntary principle on which its based, I thought it…
You Don’t Really Have a Boss
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Anarchism is the argument that rulers are illegitimate and immoral. Anarchists are those who oppose some people ruling over others. As…
The State is Not the Way
I wrote the below as a reply to a blog post by Daniel Mackler, who is exploring voluntaryism in relation to his beliefs that humans aggress both against nature, for obvious reasons, and against the unborn by not working through their own childhood traumas before having kids. The latter of these ideas is very intriguing…
Why Anarchy?
Editor’s Pick. Written by Daniel. Anarchy, the Misconception The state is defined as an organization which claims an ultimate right over all adjudication services within a given territory, and a right to defend this monopoly by force. Statists are people who either believe in the right which the state claims or who believe in the…
A Conversation With Andy, the Anarchist
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
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.…