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Tag: voluntaryism
What Can Voluntaryists Do Now?
Written by Skyler J. Collins. Josh Freeman asks, “What are some actions, or some guidelines, that we can implement NOW in order to live life in accord with our principles? In the journey toward a completely voluntary society, what are the first steps that I, as an individual, can take in order to achieve that…
Voluntaryism is a Vehicle
Doug Kendall wrote in a Facebook group, “Voluntaryism is the vehicle, not the destination.” As long as I’ve identified as a voluntaryist, I’ve never looked at it quite like that. I’ve always considered voluntaryism as a less-controversial synonym of “anarchism”. Really, though, as Doug points out, voluntaryism is the vehicle, anarchism, the “free society”, the…
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Should Voluntaryists Vote?
Guest post by Spencer Morgan. Earlier this week, I was asked a question by a local libertarian who is taking a close look at the philosophy of voluntaryism. His question as follows: “Should voluntaryists vote? The issue, as I see it, is that on the one hand, voting could be construed as a tacit recognition…
Re: In an Ideal Nation
I wanted say a thing or two about this piece by Leonard Read. Though Read was not a complete voluntaryist, you could call him a minarchist, this list of ideals are entirely voluntaryist. In fact, “to buy or not to buy any service or product offered for sale, even if the refusal displeases the seller”…
Voluntaryist Trials by Jury
People claim that “trial by jury” is a right. Well, obviously, rights can’t require a service from someone else to qualify as a right. “Trial by jury” is no right at all, traditionally understood. However, that doesn’t mean that one cannot have a trial by jury. Wendy McElroy shares some interesting thoughts on how a…
China’s Black Market City
Freedom has been mostly “legalized” over the last few decades in Wenzhou “where the mountains are high, the emporer is far away, and people are busy creating their own economic miracle.” Must read article from Reason.com on this bastion of voluntaryism.
Voluntary Communism
I’m reading a book by Walter Block, ie. libertarian extraordinaire, titled “The Case for Discrimination“. In chapter 17, he gives a wonderful defense for all things voluntary, including voluntary communism, worthy of a place here at Everything-Voluntary: [There] is nothing at all wrong with the form of communism practiced by the Hutterites! As a long-time…
US President, Not a Voluntaryist Parent
He parents like he “governs”, with coercion.