The typical Left vs. Right political spectrum is a false dichotomy. Both the political Left and Right use force to mold people in society against their will. Donald Boudreaux analyzes this and explains a better political spectrum in chapter 2 of Everything Voluntary. But politics does not have a monopoly on false dichotomies. Another one…
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What it Means to be an Anarcho-Capitalist
Guest post by Stephan Kinsella. Originally published at LewRockwell.com, January 20th, 2004. Butler Shaffer’s recent LRC article, What is Anarchy?, prompted discussion on the Reason blog and inspired me to set down a few ideas I’ve also had along these lines. Libertarian opponents of anarchy are attacking a straw man. Their arguments are usually utilitarian…
End of the Nation-State
Doug Casey hits a home run with this article at LRC. Yes, the Nation-State is illegitimate and evil, and as more people come to that realization, directly via education or indirectly via counter-economies, the sooner it joins it’s brothers, Monarchy and Communism, in the ash-heap of history. The day can’t come soon enough. In the…
Now Available: Everything Voluntary – From Politics to Parenting
BREAKING NEWS! Everything Voluntary – From Politics to Parenting is now available for purchase or download! Go to the book’s project site for links! From the Introduction: The mainstream political, education, and parenting philosophies all have one thing in common: promoting the domination of one group of people over another. In politics, this is the…
Chapter 29 – Raising Children Compassionately
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Five – Chapter 28 – “10 Ways We Misunderstand Children” by Jan Hunt 29 Raising Children Compassionately by Marshall B. Rosenberg I’ve been teaching Nonviolent Communication (SM) to parents for 30 years. I would like to share some of the things that have been helpful to both myself and to…
Chapter 27 – On Seeing Children as “Cute”
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Five – Chapter 26 – “Why Do We Hurt Our Children?” by James Kimmell 27 On Seeing Children as “Cute” by John Holt We should try to get out of the habit of seeing little children as cute. By this I mean that we should try to be more aware…
Chapter 26 – Why Do We Hurt Our Children?
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Five – Chapter 25 – “Childhood: The Unexplored Source of Knowledge” by Alice Miller 26 Why Do We Hurt Our Children? by James Kimmell As a psychologist who specialized in working with emotionally disturbed children, and as a person who has a special fondness for children, it is extremely troublesome…
Chapter 25 – Childhood: The Unexplored Source of Knowledge
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Five – Chapter 24 – “Natural Born Bullies” by Robin Grille 25 Childhood: The Unexplored Source of Knowledge by Alice Miller Probably ever since civilization began, people have been debating about how Evil came into the world and what we can do to combat it. There has always been a…
Chapter 24 – Natural Born Bullies
Table of ContentsPrevious – Unschooling Resources 24 Natural Born Bullies by Robin Grille The media attention given recently to the phenomenon of bullying in schools, is truly a cause for celebration. Finally our world has begun to take seriously the plight of children: the most powerless sector of the community. Initiatives under way in schools…
Chapter 20 – What is Unschooling?
Table of Contents Previous – Section Four – Chapter 19 – “The Right to Control One’s Learning” by John Holt 20 What is Unschooling? by Earl Stevens “What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” – George Bernard Shaw It is very satisfying for…