Written by Charles Johnson, as published at the Center for a Stateless Society. We libertarians defend economic freedom, not big business. We advocate free markets, not the corporate economy. And what would freed markets look like? Nothing like the controlled markets we have today. But how often do we hear mass unemployment, financial crisis, ecological…
Tag: logic
What Makes Anarchy Peaceful or Violent?
Imagine a world in which all members of the ruled class – that is, ordinary individuals who do not belong to the structures of power – suddenly disappear without a trace, the only people remaining being the members of the ruling class – politicians, bureaucrats, and their enforcers. Now, since in order to be a…
The Fine Art of Trojan Horsing
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. There are only two ways to respond to…
Marriage: A Sustainable and Voluntary Romantic Association
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. All romantic relationships begin voluntarily. We meet people…
The Worst Virus of All
Writes Mike Rozeff: The worst virus of all, which is highly contagious and which disables the mental processes of its victims, is worship of NATION. This equates to worship of HOMELAND. It results in worship of BORDERS and worship of the deified nation’s MILITARY… …As with the other aggregative terms that manifest the virus, so…
The Subjectivity of Good, Evil, and Morality
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. I think an often overlooked concept in ethics (at least to my admittedly limited knowledge on the subject) is…
Everybody Does It
Written by Mark Davis for Strike The Root. The good old “argumentum ad populum” or “appeal to the people” is a logical fallacy that has been used by countless children the world over for time immemorial. Unfortunately, the equally old lesson traditionally imparted by parents to children who use this appeal “Would you jump off…
This is Their God, Their Faith
Writes kawnijml: Judging by the friends and family that I have spoken with, I would say that much of the illogical and immoral deference to the “national security state,” is founded by one part ignorance in the crimes that the national security apparatus has committed, and another part belief that a few bad actions by…
Why You (Yes, You!) Should Make the Choice to be a Good Person
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. It’s easy for a child to conceptualize the…
Rights That Aren’t
Written by Wheylous for The Voluntaryist Reader. Initially, the [American] Founders formulated the Constitution not to delineate the rights of the individual, but to restrict the powers of government. Soon thereafter, it was decided that the Constitution indeed needed to list some individual rights, so greedy was government for power. Hence, the Bill of Rights…