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Ender’s Game, Logic Fallacy, Waco
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. Here goes…
Words Poorly Used #31 — The Social Contract
“The Social Contract” as shopped by the collectivist authoritarians (aka the state) is the pseudo agreement by which police shoot our dogs, while we involuntarily allow them a get-out-of-jail-free card. Proponents of this implicit order have nullified the voluntary nature of contracts, and falsely represented their scheme as the only one which will protect us…
Words Poorly Used #29 — Addiction
In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients. — Thomas Szasz Those who would control you seek to take your mind as their tool. And, the unconscionable use of the term, “addiction,” is a rampant case of that usurpation. How did the communists control those whom they didn’t kill? They often trumped…
More Fallacy, Schooling, Perspective
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. We are…
Words Poorly Used #26 — Character
No people who ever lost their character kept their liberty. — Lawrence W. Reed Nowadays we speak of character as a byproduct of negatives — we refer to a loss as character building, we refer to duress as character building. Authority figures, who are in fact bullies, often refer to the sadism that they inflict…
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…
Episode 008 – Liberty vs. Freedom vs. Power (0h52m)
Episode 008 compares and contrasts the concepts of liberty, freedom, and power, and their interconnections. Listen to Episode 008 (0h52m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Skyler’s column, “Liberty, Freedom, and Power“EtymOnline.com, “Liberty“EtymOnline.com, “Freedom“Carl Watner, “Freedom as Self-Control“Murray Rothbard, “The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie“Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for MeaningGeorge Orwell, 1984Skyler’s columns, “Down with Conviction!“EtymOnline.com,…
Words Poorly Used #17 — Victim
The place where I feel unease with the use of victim is in the idea of victimlessness. Strategically, I think it is a poor tactical argument to use against arbitrary legislation. If one’s complaint is against the proliferation and enforcement of victimless crime, then all the authoritarians need to do is to trump up a…
Words Poorly Used #16 — Survival of the Fittest
So how do you determine fitness in an ever changing world? Unpacking the idea, I say there are two approaches, culling or creative neglect. The first method is adopted by authoritarians, in their conviction that humankind is destined to live forever, but must be herded toward that end. Individuals must be improved for doing their…