The woman sends home a list of math words, stripped of context, and defined with other words the kids probably don’t know. And my daughter has a much better vocabulary than most of her classmates, so if she has trouble understanding what is being said, I can only imagine the trouble other kids are having.
Tag: property
Quit Doing the Wrong Thing
If you are violating the life, liberty, or property of anyone, you are doing wrong. It doesn’t matter if everyone does it. It doesn’t matter if everyone accepts it. It doesn’t matter if other people believe you are doing a good thing.
The Gruesome Reality of Statism
It is nearly impossible to calculate the amount of harm for which the state is responsible. Sure, you can theoretically count the dollars stolen, the people kidnapped and locked in state cages, and the individuals killed directly, but what is much more difficult to grasp is the scale of the harm caused indirectly by statism.
Episode 063 – Skyler Interviewed on the Anarchist Standard (1h11m)
Episode 063 features an interview of Skyler by Anarchist Standard host Steve Rose from October 2015. They talk about libertarian property norms, peaceful parenting, strategy, getting together with other voluntaryists in your community, and more.
Does Combating Climate Change Justify Violating Rights?
The climate change question is really at least four questions. 1.) Is climate change occurring or is it just normal fluctuations we haven’t yet recognized due to only possessing a couple centuries worth of data? 2.) If climate change is occurring, is mankind entirely or largely to blame?
The Infinite Regress of the Victim Mentality
Now aside from the fact that nobody living today has gone through the injustices of their ancestors, nor has anybody alive today perpetrated those injustices on any living or deceased person today, and therefore, they do not owe any so called “victim” anything, there is another problem with this line of victim based ideology. Namely, there is always another victim further back, to which a claim can be made for “justice.”
Government Doesn’t Serve Community
The best way to serve the community is to do the best job you can, being useful, and not violating anyone’s life, liberty, or property while doing it. Avoiding violations is the bare minimum to qualify as service. Master this and the rest will fall into place, even if you don’t get the same praise and recognition as those who draw attention to themselves.
It’s Either Bullies or Balance Sheets
A wise man once told me that in this life, you can obey balance sheets or bullies. In the end, those are the only two paths. He was drawing attention to an unavoidable reality in a world of scarcity. All scarce things must be allocated among competing ends. This can be done top-down by people in control, or it can be accomplished bottom-up with the signaling system that emerges from voluntary exchange. The two approaches don’t mix well.
Skip The Whereases
My father taught me something wise. “When you hear somebody say ‘blah blah blah but such-and-such,’ the word ‘but’ is a signal. Everything before the ‘but’ is preamble, which you can safely ignore. After the ‘but’, that’s the real substance, that’s what they were leading you to. That’s the important part.”
Honoring “Law”
There is a fairly easy way to know when you can discount the next thing someone will say: when they say something positive about “the rule of law“, or that “America is a nation of laws.”