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. When statists use concepts like “tacit consent” and “social contract” in their arguments, they are assuming what they are trying to…
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A False Equivalency
When libertarians talk about criminal justice reform, we often draw a distinction between real crime and “victimless crime.” The term is actually an oxymoron, however, as an act that does not victimize another cannot be a crime. What we are referring to are voluntary actions that do not harm anyone against their will, but which…
Flying in the Jailhouse Skies
Nobody asked but … When you go through that TSA checkpoint, you are not entering the friendly skies. You are incarcerated. You are detained. Your property is confiscated. The only way you can get out in an unexpected fashion is to die, or to crash, or to be hijacked. Whether you fly 100 miles or…
The Nature of Evil
Pursuant to this article, I’m interested in what anyone may think the implications are or might be for the advancement of Voluntaryism. As just a side comment, I vary slightly in my own definition of evil from that which appears here. I’d say it’s defined by any use of aggression against another or their property…
Theft is Never Justified
Theft is despicable. I’m not saying that it’s necessarily worse than assault or murder, but while those actions may be the result of elevated passions in the heat of the moment, theft rarely is. Theft is a cold, calculated act designed to deprive an individual of their owned property. Perhaps the only thing more contemptible…
The Invisible Wall
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
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.
Hazlitt, Balko, “Private Sector”
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. It never…
There Is No Teapot Too Small to Have a Tempest
Nobody asked but … All that is needed is collectivism. Read this story in the Lexington, KY Herald. I have no problem with voluntary homeowners associations per se, at least until some member or members take it upon their bad, authoritarian selves to pull this kind of scam. I can see denying Ms. Boak the…
A Jury of Slaves
The DeKalb County Court in Georgia made headlines this week when it was reported that its online questionnaire for jurors included “slave” as an option for occupation. While the term was quickly scrubbed from the website, I believe that it was actually quite appropriate because the American system of compulsory jury “service” is in fact…