I’ve got major sympathies for the philosophy of anarcho-primitivism, the idea that primitive living would make us healthier and happier. The agricultural revolution, while being necessary to sustain growing populations, brought with it poor diets, poor lifestyles, poor parenting practices, and the cancer of statism resulting in economic exploitation and poor childhood educational practices. The…
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Raising a Polite Child
Editor’s Pick. Written by Pat Törngren. Every parent wants to have polite, respectful children with good manners. Fortunately nature is on our side. Children learn by copying what we do and love to do everything ‘just like mommy and daddy do’, as it makes them feel they are being ‘big’. I was having tea with…
Toward a Free Society – Full Book
Toward a Free Society A Short Guide on Building a Culture of Liberty by Skyler J. Collins, Published 2015 Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalPaperback ($6) and other digital formats found here. Preface This isn’t my first publication, but it is my first publication that I authored entirely. Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting…
Spanking is Always Unnecessary VI: Divine Mandate
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Friday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. Spanking is Always Unnecessary I: IntroductionSpanking is Always Unnecessary II: Preventing MisbehaviorSpanking is Always Unnecessary III: Hurting Themselves or OthersSpanking…
Booklet Release – Toward a Free Society
I’m happy to announce that my new booklet Toward a Free Society: A Short Guide on Building a Culture of Liberty is now available in paperback ($6) and several free digital formats. This booklet contains chapters on parenting, unschooling, and agorism. A must read for anyone who desires to build and live in a free…
Social Coercion as Violence
I was just shared this quote by the late Marshall Rosenberg that really stuck out to me, especially as it concerns our children and those who have been denied by others the opportunity to be themselves and grow and progress, to become who they are meant to become, fully human: “Most people refer to violence…
Spanking is Always Unnecessary IV: Discipline and Toughness
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. Spanking is Always Unnecessary I: IntroductionSpanking is Always Unnecessary II: Preventing MisbehaviorSpanking is Always Unnecessary III: Hurting Themselves or Others…
Toward a Free Society – Further Reading
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 6, Moral Outrage Further Reading An Agorist Primer, Samuel Konkin IIIBasic Economics, Thomas SowellEconomics in One Lesson, Henry HazlittEducation: Free and Compulsory, Murray RothbardFree to Learn, Peter GrayNatural Born Learners, edited by B. E. EkokoNonviolent Communication, Marshall RosenbergParenting a Free Child, Rue KreamParenting Effectiveness Training, Thomas GordonParenting for a Peaceful…
Chapter 6 – Moral Outrage
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 5, Agorism Chapter 6 – Moral Outrage Here we are at the conclusion of this booklet. I began by defining several important concepts, each of which I’ve used here and there, except for moral outrage. (Alright, I used it once.) That is the topic of this final chapter, and the…
Chapter 5 – Agorism
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 4, Radical Unschooling Chapter 5 – Agorism “Agorism is a libertarian social philosophy that advocates creating a society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics, thus engaging in a manner with aspects of peaceful revolution.” So says Wikipedia.(44) What is counter-economics? According to the…