Episode 060 features an interview of Skyler by Marc Stevens of the No State Project on LRN.fm. They talk about voluntaryism, evidence of jurisdiction, moral outrage and ethics, blowback, pacifism, cops, and a host of other topics. Listen to Episode 060 (1h19m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Everything-Voluntary.com, “About“Skyler’s Column, “The Philosophy of Voluntaryism“Skyler’s Column, “Evidence of…
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An Attempt at a Universal Ethic II: Subjective Identification
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. An Attempt at a Universal Ethic I: Introduction Every person and every culture that exists (or has existed) seem to have…
Four Cents 013 – On Jurisdiction (0h18m)
Four Cents 013 is a conversation on the government’s claim of jurisdiction and their inability to provide facts or evidence proving it. Skyler wrote on this at skyler.link/evcjurisdiction. Marc Stevens’s No State Project and podcast is found at MarcStevens.net. Listen to Four Cents 013 (0h18m, mp3, 96kbps)Contact Email a comment or question to everythingvoluntary @…
Evidence of Jurisdiction
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. There is, or should be, a presumption of innocence when we are accused of breaking the law. The prosecution has the…
Abducted
Nobody asked but … I frequently tell my students that a human-made system should have a user’s goal, otherwise it is just an inaccessible artifact. But I was kidnapped today by a functionary of the largest, and most lucrative, parking operation in the commonwealth of Kentucky — a functionary who obviously was a bit dim…
Secession and Voluntaryism
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. Secession can take many different forms and involve different quantities of people, but is secession always compatible with voluntaryism? And more,…
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…
Episode 007 – How to Increase Drunk Driving (0h43m)
Episode 007 looks at what politicians do to increase drunk driving in their jurisdiction, and how the free market may decrease it. Listen to Episode 007 (0h43m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Transcription NotesMark Crovelli, “How to Convince Men to Drive Drunk“LawQA.com, “Can I Get a DUI in a Parked Car?“Mark Thornton, The Economics of ProhibitionWikipedia, “Blood…
Crime and Punishment in a Free Society
Would a free society be a crime-free society? We have good reason to anticipate it. Don’t accuse me of utopianism. I don’t foresee a future of new human beings who consistently respect the rights of others. Rather, I’m drawing attention to the distinction between crime and tort — between offenses against the state (or society) and offenses against individual persons or their justly held property.
MYOB, Imperialism, Income Tax
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. This week,…