The most tyrannical of all tyrants is Mother Nature. Decide not to drink, and she’ll torture and then kill you. Decide not to eat, and she’ll torture and then kill you. Decide to jump off a skyscraper, and she’ll give you euphoria, and then kill you. You can do very little without Mother Nature stepping…
Tag: intervention
We Can Oppose Bigotry without the Politicians
Should the government coercively sanction business owners who, out of apparent religious conviction, refuse to serve particular customers? While such behavior is repugnant, the refusal to serve someone because of his or her race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation is nevertheless an exercise of self-ownership and freedom of nonassociation.
Fallacy Again, The Constitution, The State and War
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. In this…
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…
Why We Can’t All Just Get Along
Send him mail. “Win-Win World” is an original column appearing sporadically on Thursdays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Russell L. Roth. Russell is a 30-year marketing veteran and graduate of Jay Snelson’s “Science of Human Interaction” course (he calls it “Win/Win 101”). He has owned and operated businesses in advertising, real estate and internet marketing. He holds…
Outrun by Market Forces
Writes Jeffrey Tucker: Many have warned that governments will not tolerate the monetary system to be reformed by a bunch of cyberpunks and their magic internet money. There will be interventions. There will be regulations. There will be taxations. There will be attempts to control. But look back at recent history. Governments tried to stop…
On Bitcoin Acceptance and Illicit Trade
I mentioned in Episode 008 of the EVC podcast the latest big retailers to except bitcoin, Overstock.com and Tiger Direct, and how their acceptance will push along the growing snowball that is the bitcoin economy. Other than the obvious benefits to society that this news represents, there’s another side to the story that’s quite important…
Words Poorly Used #23 — Legalize
I am in favor of dis-legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is already “legalized” in all jurisdictions, where it is either outlawed or taxed and regulated. It’s just a plant, folks! Why can’t we just eradicate all “legal” references to marijuana. You can’t win against the state as long as you let them control the words. Legalization…
Re: The Reefer Bowl
Nobody asked but … It is only chance that has paired up Washington (state) and Colorado twice, as the two states that have legalized pot, and as the two states whose resident teams will be in the Super Bowl. And although I have often inveighed on conflation, this conflation seems to be a happy use! …
There are No Rules, Just Listen to Your Baby
Send her mail. “Balancing on My Toes” is an original column appearing every other Friday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Angel M. Ethell. Angel lives in the Chicagoland area with her family: sons Teen (13) and Lil G (2) along with their little sister Cassie Pie (dog), her partner Daddy G and father-in-law Grandpa G. She loves…