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danilo-cuellar (63)in #voluntaryism • 9 years ago
Anarchism And Voluntaryism Are Moral Stances
http Teens are often accused of being rebellious for no particular reason, rebels without a cause if you will. They resist authority for the sake of resisting authority. Many…
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kennykelly (43)in #kokesh • 9 years ago
Kokesh and Cult of Personality in Liberty Circles
On Friday, October 28th, 2016, an ex of voluntaryist activist Adam Kokesh's posted a video explaining their relationship and breakup. In the video Macey Tomlin opines his…
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larkenrose (70)in #immigration • 9 years ago
Freedom, Principles, and Immigration
A popular thing to argue about these days is “immigration”—also known as “human beings trying to cross arbitrary, imaginary lines made up by ruling classes.” If you ask me, the…
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sic-savidicus (56)in #anarchy • 9 years ago
Not Voting Is Silence & Silence Is Consent
There are four men and a woman. Some of the men wish to have sex with the woman and so they agree to vote on it. The woman does not cast a vote. Did she consent? Silence is NOT…
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kafkanarchy84 (74)in #anarchy • 9 years ago
Dead in the Water: The Irrational Statist "Argument" for the Necessity of Taxation (Violence-Based Funding)
An argument for taxation is objectively an argument for the necessity of violence--not self-defense--in order to maximize peace in society. Read that again, but slowly. (Yes…
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sic-savidicus (56)in #anarchy • 9 years ago
Why Not Kokesh?
Many people that identify as anarchists have asked the question "As anarchists, would you vote for Kokesh?" Now, I won't engage in a 'no true Scotsman' type of rant for many…
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jaredhowe (63)in #politics • 9 years ago
Argumentum Mad Maximus
Statists claim that the property norms of first use and consensual exchange would lead to trespass, theft and violence absent a group of individuals with a territorial monopoly…
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larkenrose (70)in #money • 9 years ago
Money: Good or Bad? (Part 3 of a Series)
http Some people imagine it to be progressive and enlightened to advocate doing away with money entirely. They don’t merely complain about the current system of currency…
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jaredhowe (63)in #economics • 9 years ago
Calculation: The Achilles Heel of Socialist Dogma
By definition, the criticisms of socialism apply to any situation in which all factors of production are owned by a single individual or group of individuals working in concert.…
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jaredhowe (63)in #government • 9 years ago
The Applicability of the United States Constitution
Or lack thereof, rather. If the constitution is the preamble to the codes, statutes and courts, presenting a code citation, statute or court decision as though it were evidence…
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larkenrose (70)in #economics • 9 years ago
Collective vs. Private Ownership (Part 2 of a Series)
http One of the most fundamental differences between capitalism and communism is the difference between “collective ownership” versus “private ownership.” The question boils…
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larkenrose (70)in #capitalism • 9 years ago
Capitalism: Good or Bad? (Part 1 of a Series)
http Those who praise “capitalism,” and those who condemn “capitalism,” are rarely talking about the same thing. As such, listening to such arguments can start to sound like…
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jaredhowe (63)in #money • 9 years ago
Economics is NOT what you think it is.
Economics is not a mathematical science. Economics is a social science that deals with the scarce means by which individuals seek to attain some subjectively valued ends, thereby…
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larkenrose (70)in #anarchy • 9 years ago
"...Except When We Do It."
http It is completely impossible to precisely define the word “terrorism” in a way that doesn’t include what every “government” on the planet does … unless you include in…
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lordvader (69)in #steem-meme • 9 years ago
Lord Vader's Steemit Memes
Greetings loyal followers. As you know, I have been working with the revolutionary social media site Steemit. Steemit, the site where you get paid to write and vote, is…
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sic-savidicus (56)in #anarchy • 9 years ago
3 Means To Rule Them All
http I won't deny institutionalized racism but there is more to this than that. In fact, institutionalized racism is intended, just not for the simple reasons we like to…
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sic-savidicus (56)in #philosophy • 9 years ago
Shower Philosophy: Mansplaining
Shower Philosophy: the ideas, thoughts, theories and arguments I come up with while I wash my balls. Today's Thought: Mansplaining; the sexist idea that a person's thoughts…
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kafkanarchy84 (74)in #music • 9 years ago
"Johnny B. Goode" Guitar Lesson and Intro to Theory, Vol. III
http Well, Steem-Os, this is it, the final installment of this three-part lesson on Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and intro to basic blues and lead theory for guitar. To…
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jaredhowe (63)in #life • 9 years ago
I had it first.
"I had it first!" is a concept most people come to understand by the time they're five years old. Imagine yourself at five years old. Imagine yourself at the playground. Imagine…
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thomas.shirk (38)in #capitalism • 9 years ago
Profits Are Not Confiscated Product
The Marxist idea that profit is excess value confiscated from the workers by the capitalist is patently wrong. Profit is the default income with or without a wage earner; wages…
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