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Building a Culture of Liberty I: Definitions
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. A free society, where liberty is secure, is necessarily one where you’ll find the widespread observance of the voluntary principle (all human…
Lifelong Learning, Nathaniel Branden, Torture
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. A theme…
Re: On Anarchy II
After sharing my post on anarchy over at reddit, Anen-o-me wrote this enlightening reply (links are mine): “Removing the lie” with an argument only works for the reflective thinkers of the population, which is a fairly small slice. Notably, the INTJ(P) personality type, the mental system builders who are bothered by logical inconsistencies and also willing…
Constitutional Government Failed Because it is Socialism
I just had to save the below from the dustbin of history, now that the Mises forums are gone. It speaks for itself, written by “Stranger”: Ludwig von Mises defined bureaucracy as such: In what does the position of such a provincial governor differ from that of the manager of a business branch? The manager…
Every Action is Self-Interested
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. Altruism is the “the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.” This seems impossible,…
Yin Yang, Spooner #10, Fallacy #19
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. I am…
Whence Cometh Moral Outrage?
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. Everyone seems to have their own definition of morality. Why is that? If morality is “the proper behavior for a person…
Spooner #9, Fallacy #18, Hard Work
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. A review…
Taming the Violence of Faith
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…