It takes an unbelievable amount of courage to stand on your own, to unschool your children, to refuse to pay taxes, to practice civil disobedience, to hike the Pacific Coast Trail or the Appalachian Trail, to write in the box when a statist form states “Do not write in this box,” to go to the Moon, to face the Denali Wilderness, to travel the world in earnest, to march to the beat of a different drummer.
Tag: control
A Thought Experiment in Voluntaryism
The goal of the present thought experiment is to explore how much of existing social institutions, practices, and human relationships depend upon physical violence or the threat of it in order to function or exist.
Misdirection by Anti-Liberty Bigots
It doesn’t matter if “gun control” [sic] actually prevents murder. That’s the wrong question, because no one has the “right” to forbid others from owning and carrying guns. That “right” can’t exist and cannot be created.
Delusions of Godhood
What should be the qualities of water? How should DNA be built? How should snowflakes be designed? Who should be in charge of flocks of birds or schools of fish?
Questioning College, Offending People, & Bad Libertarianism (33m) – Editor’s Break 052
Editor’s Break 052 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: questioning college like we question opting out of college, offending people when we share our opinions, particularly political and philosophical opinions, the wisdom in being free and pursuing your own interests, why Hans Hoppe is dangerously wrong in his latest article attacking the idea that governments should not protect “Western society” via border control, and more.
On Getting Libertarianism Wrong
One of my mentors and favorite libertarian theorists, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, has once again gotten it dangerously wrong on libertarianism.
In Defense of Immigration from “Shi*thole Countries”
“Why are we having all these people from shi*hole countries come here?” US president Donald Trump allegedly asked during an Oval Office meeting, further musing that the US should try to strike a new balance with fewer immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean and more from, say, Norway.
My Theory on Democracy
While reading the first few pages of Jason Brennan’s Against Democracy recently, the idea came to me (not directly from what I was reading, mind you) that the advent of modern democracy may have been the result of a desire by the landowning class to control the means of expropriation.
The State: Bad “Government”
“Government” has two aspects, one positive, the other negative. The positive aspect is protection of the individual, through protection of their rights. The negative aspect is the State.
Being Civilized Isn’t That Hard
It’s not that hard to not be at war. I’m not at war with people I’ve never met on the other side of the planet, and can’t see any reason to be. Why can’t others be as civilized?