Complete Liberty Podcast
By Wes Bertrand
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Have you had it with politics-as-usual? Are you curious about why the vague notion of "public interest" is constantly forwarded by those who want to control you and your property? Do you yearn for a day when you are respected as an individual? Do you want to learn about the implications of self-ownership? Do you desire to live in a brilliantly better future? A dangerous myth perpetuates our political plight in America - the belief that we are free. In fact, scores of unjust laws violate our individual rights daily. We are taxed, regulated, and forced to fund governmentally monopolized services, and if we attempt to defend ourselves from any of these infringements, we are fined, arrested, punished, or even destroyed. We are no longer subjects to the King, but are we veritable slaves to the State? Most of us are afraid to answer this question, because it's easier to conform and pretend that the myth of our freedom is true. But living in fear and being obedient aren't the essence of the American spirit - embracing liberty is. Complete Liberty Podcast explains not only the sundry ills of statism, but also why political freedom is so important - and how we, as Americans, can achieve it. Visit the website of the book at www.completeliberty.com.
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CleanEpisode 163 - Religious memes injurious to health and well-being | Guests Stephanie from http://porctherapy.com and http://freetalklive.com and Mary from the G+ complete liberty nvc weekend hangout (and youtube links below) The Statist Matrix by Mary Vandenberg Statist Matrix-part1- speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJnBMB54pzE Statist Matrix- part2speech-part1 of discussion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg98TehWPs4 3 statist matrix part 2ofdiscussion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeKLLaONW8 4 statist matrix part 3of discussion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N4C5r8roQg Why Do So Many Believers Think Atheists Are Worse Than R****ts? Looking for answers at the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. by Ronald Bailey http://reason.com/archives/2012/03/27/believers-atheists-worse-r****ts A Transcript of Freedomain Radio Podcast 70: “The Parable of the Apple – or, How to control a human soul...” by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxYJOBaXQww http://freedomain.wetpaint.com/page/70.+How+to+control+a+human+soul http://www.freedomainradioshows.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3 also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Joe has encountered quite a few haunted people, though no haunted places: http://www.joenickell.com/ParanormalInvestigator/paranormalinvestigator1.html As adults, it's vital that we process our childhood trauma, so that we don't continue costly cycles The Ways Of An Atheist by Bernard Katz http://www.amazon.com/The-Ways-Atheist-Bernard-Katz/dp/1573922730 Episode covering the barbaric practice of circumcision http://www.porctherapy.com/2012/03/31/porc-therapy-2012-03-30/ Disproving God by Cristina Rad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC2Nvo_I3os May flowers and... http://voices.yahoo.com/m********e-thon-celebrate-national-m**********n-320301.html?cat=9 Defending the Undefendable: The Pimp, Prostitute, Scab, Slumlord, Libeler, Moneylender, and Other Scapegoats in the Rogue’s Gallery of American Society by Walter Block https://mises.org/store/Product2.aspx?ProductId=136 http://mises.org/books/defending.pdf http://womeninsecularism.org/ A Woman's Self-Esteem: Struggles And Triumphs In The Search For Identity by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/shop/a-womans-self-esteem/ PETALS http://www.nickkarras.com/ http://mormon.org/plan-of-happiness/ Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked? http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4059 http://poundthecardia.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/raelians-the-poor-mans-scientologists/ Interview with Robert Price, aka The Bible Geek http://www.pointofinquiry.org/robert_m_price_the_reason_driven_life/ http://www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com/ bumper music "Bad Religion" by Godsmack http://godsmack.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 162 - Atheism, religious violence and dogma, importance of logic and human needs | Atheism: A New Strategy. Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, US - Sean Faircloth http://richarddawkins.net/videos/644419-atheism-a-new-strategy-richard-dawkins-foundation-for-reason-science-us Lobbying (religious or otherwise) is not the problem; "government" is the problem Killing for a Book by Lauryn Oates http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/killing-for-a-book/ "Faith and force are...corollaries: every period of history dominated by mysticism, was a period of statism, of dictatorship, of tyranny." A.R. http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html A system designed to maim women into submission by Lauryn Oates http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2011/a-system-designed-to-maim-women-into-submission/ We Won't Be Silent! http://youtu.be/Vv7VdQNC8Yc starting at 39:15, caller tells her story of stopping courtroom "proceeding" and walking out when her questions about standing weren't addressed. http://marcstevens.net/radioarchive/nsp20120407.html The Price of Atheism by John Stossel http://youtu.be/sTRDRP2n4Sk Price of Atheism — 20/20 piece « Atheist A*****e http://atheistasshole.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/price-of-atheism-2020-piece/ The Price of Atheism | MilkandCookies http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/64147/detail/ Human minds don't need to "submit" or "be saved"--but they do need self-esteem and life-enriching connections Every person is born naturally atheistic and anarchistic Thunderf00t -Westboro Baptist Church (full interview) http://youtu.be/OTSbfs32yCU How should I respond to my young child's doubts about God? http://family.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25668/~/how-should-i-respond-to-my-young-child's-doubts-about-god%3F http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axioms.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axiomatic_concepts.html Omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility are invalid concepts In Our Own Image And Likeness http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html Core Values by Glen Allport http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/allport/allport6.html Universal human needs http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory bumper music "Patch Of Light" by Dogma http://www.myspace.com/dogmarock to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 161 - The nature of religious memes and conceptualization | The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power by Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad http://www.joeldiana.com/guru_papers.html No matter what or who you believe, you can't escape relying on your own judgment http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/metaphysics.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/skepticism.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/certainty.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/method,_concepts_of.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/invalid_concepts.html John Cleese Podcast #32: The Scientist at Work http://www.johncleesepodcast.co.uk/cleeseblog/2008/07/john-cleese-podcast-32-scientist-at.html John Cleese Podcast #33: The Brain Explained http://www.johncleesepodcast.co.uk/cleeseblog/2008/08/john-cleese-podcast-33-brain-explained.html #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism and Related Phenomena by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl05ab.shtml http://anarchast.com/front/2012/3/24/anarchast-ep-22-with-wes-bertrand.html bumper music "Guru Mantra (feat. Marti Nikko)" by DJ Drez http://djdrez.com/DjDrez/Jahta_Yoga.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 160 - History of anarchism, civilized voluntaryism, uncivilized statism | Anarchy: The Unknown Ideal by Bionic Mosquito http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/anarchy-the-unknown-ideal.html Who Owns What? by Paul Hein http://www.strike-the-root.com/who-owns-what DEATH BY GOVERNMENT by R.J. Rummel http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia by James C. Scott - Reviewer: Thomas J. Thompson http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=843 The World’s First Paleo-Libertarians by Carl Close http://blog.independent.org/2012/03/27/the-worlds-first-paleo-libertarians/ Hunters-Gatherers: The Original Libertarians by Thomas Mayor http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=877 http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_16_04_01_mayor.pdf A universal human needs vocabulary is essential for communicating compassionately and achieving a free society: http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Nonviolent-Communication A couple very informative audio interviews about NVC: w/ Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC (76mins) http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL36.html w/ Jorge Rubio, an NVC trainer (40mins) http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL05.htm Anarchy, Monopoly, and Predation by Peter T. Leeson http://www.peterleeson.com/Anarchy_Monopoly_and_Predation.pdf 30 Signs That The United States Of America Is Being Turned Into A Giant Prison by Michael Snyder http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=37466 Illegal Everything by John Stossel http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-reporting/transcript/illegal-everything http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2012/03/30/weekend-illegal-everything-airs-saturday-9-pm-and-midnight-et-fbn John Stossel's Illegal Everything - http://youtu.be/nBiJB8YuDBQ Pete and Ademo's sites: http://libertyontour.com/ http://www.copblock.org/ You can get informed of the legal "case" (no standing) brought against Ademo and help him here: http://www.copblock.org/10792/manchesterindictment/ bumper music "Acid Tribe" by Zetan Spore http://www.zetanspore.co.uk/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 159 - Governmental regulation inducing suffering unto death | Guest Stephanie from http://porctherapy.com and http://freetalklive.com her guest appearance on Healthy Mind Fit Body Podcast: http://healthymindfitbody.com/2010/12/07/58-the-ills-of-insulin-part-1/ http://healthymindfitbody.com/2010/12/14/59-the-ills-of-insulin-part-2/ http://freestateproject.org/libertyforum stem cell story about human eggs... http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/26/dogma-overturned-women-can-produce-new-eggs-video/ Reversal of type 1 diabetes via islet b cell regeneration following immune modulation by cord blood-derived multipotent stem cells http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-10-3.pdf oldest known person (from France) lived to 122 1/2... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people The Truly Staggering Cost Of Inventing New Drugs by Matthew Herper http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/02/10/the-truly-staggering-cost-of-inventing-new-drugs/ patents are a coercive monopoly granted by the State duplicating things in the marketplace doesn't violate property rights (see CL podcast episodes 89-99) Bellevue Inside Out documentary film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nVEN1Reeaw http://www.teale-edwards.com/bellevueinsideout.asp http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/28/the-depressing-news-about-antidepressants.html http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2012/03/05/are-psychiatric-medications-making-us-sicker/ the legalized coercive monopolies of government, such as the FDA, have NO property rights jurisdiction; they're based on the collectivistic premise of communism an idea predominant in the EU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle Why Government Doesn't Work by Harry Browne http://www.jrbooksonline.com/PDF_Books/why_govt_doesnt_work.pdf How Big Pharma Undermined Medical Innovation for Financial Gain by Avik Roy http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/02/15/how-big-pharma-undermined-medical-innovation-for-financial-gain/ what the FDA spokesperson has to say about this coercive organization... http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/02/50-years-after-thalidomide-why-regulation-matters/ A Culture Of Controlling Malicious Timidity by Reason http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/01/a-culture-of-controlling-malicious-timidity.php Benevolence. Ingenious. Life. http://www.bilconference.com/ Liberty Cruise 2.0! https://www.facebook.com/events/252501778170108/ bumper music "Fraud" by Dextems http://www.myspace.com/dextemsdnb to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 158 - Roots of compliance, effecting societal change | Since when did obedience become the epitome of good parenting? by Annalisa Barbieri http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/19/are-obedient-children-a-good-thing Is the common aim of parenting to raise compliant children? "The need for autonomy doesn't vanish because kids have been cowed into doing what they're told." A.Kohn http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory Response to: Parenting on Facebook by Oliver Heuler http://youtu.be/KLJNavN45ko Achieving a Permanent Change in Society by Debbie Harbeson http://debbieandcarl.blogspot.com/2012/01/achieving-permanent-change-in-society.html Re-education via The Online Freedom Academy http://tolfa.us Though we don't have justice today, when our desires for freedom are perceived as demands by those in government, achieving justice becomes less likely. Speaking compassionately will help us start getting everyone's needs met. Rant Farm's Podcast Episode 7 http://rantfarm.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-28T20_36_56-08_00 Explore the future of our longevity... http://healthymindfitbody.com/2012/01/06/85-interview-with-100-plus-author-sonia-arrison-part-1/ http://healthymindfitbody.com/2012/01/16/86-interview-with-100-plus-author-sonia-arrison-part-2/ bumper music "Society" by Eddie Vedder http://www.pearljam.com/users/eddievedder to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 157 - The shrugging of atlas, and the welfare state | Corporations are manifestations of statism http://completeliberty.com/iv__immorality_of_politics.html Ayn Rand explicated the non-aggression principle quite clearly http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/physical_force.html http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vulgar_libertarianism 'Atlas Shrugged Part 2' Timed to Hit Screens Just Before Presidential Election http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/atlas-shrugged-part-2-prduction-april-286633 do we really need to surrender to "authority" in order to survive?... http://www.mygovcost.org/2012/01/19/nearly-half-of-americans-receive-government-funding/ bumper music "Sentinel" by VNV Nation http://www.vnvnation.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 156 - Liberty getaway cruise 2011, voting debate | Stefan Molyneux's site: http://freedomainradio.com Mark Edge's site: http://freetalklive.com and yours truly's http://completeliberty.com An article by Jim Davies about Ron Paul's agenda (http://ronpaul2012.com) http://strike-the-root.com/ron-reviewed about Ron Paul's Presidential Campaign by Jim Davies http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/rondex.htm Raise the Drawbridge! by Jim Davies http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/11A141.htm Ron's War on Drugs by Jim Davies http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/11A135.htm New Hampshire activism options (both inside and outside the coercive system) http://freestateproject.org http://freekeene.com Further reading on the USC... No Treason No. VI. The Constitution of No Authority http://praxeology.net/LS-NT-6.htm bumper music "Suffrage" by Matthias Adler http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthias-Adler/297658406940392?sk=info to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 155 - Liberty getaway cruise 2011, nonviolent communication principles | http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/objectivism.html and its five branches: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/metaphysics.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/epistemology.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/morality.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/politics.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/esthetics.html Passing moral judgment (on oneself and others) tends to diminish the ability of getting one's needs met, because it represents an unexpressed (or poorly expressed) need Were there any "noble savages"? Definitely no noble States Science Saturday: War of the Doves (Robert Wright & John Horgan) http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/31183 Science Saturday: War and Peace (John Horgan & Steven Pinker) http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/39138 Science Saturday: The Anthropology of War (John Horgan & Brian Ferguson) http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14196 http://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventory http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/Restorative_justice Triggering fear, guilt, and shame in others tends to engender diminished good will and empathy; nonviolent communication tends to engender increased good will and empathy To live in a world in which people only do those things that they truly want to do will entail a psychological (and political) paradigm shift bumper music "Something Very Pure" by Mystical Sun http://www.mysticalsun.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 154 - Unconditional parenting, part fifteen | In this episode I cover the Appendix - Parenting Styles: The Relevance of Culture, Class, and Race in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Love is both a feeling and a need Collectivistic cultures tend to minimize or even disfavor self-interest and self-actualization, which leads to repressed feelings, e.g., of resentment and depression When parents spank children, they inflict pain and induce fear in them, i.e., fear of parental "authority," which sends a really confused and contradictory message to them about their own individuality and choice--and it perversely mixes notions of love with violence. Basically, violating the rights of children doesn't help them flourish. Lenient parenting methods are just as lopsided as punitive parenting methods. They don't teach children respectful ways to express feelings and get needs met, while meeting the needs of others. It's important for parents to express their feelings in relation to their unmet needs, and be advocates for getting their needs met as much as children do. Many thanks to Alfie Kohn for putting such a book of useful information about parenting into the world. May the memes of unconditional parenting spread far and wide, so that adults learn that there are life-enriching, win/win ways to get needs met in families, and children therefore grow up healthy and happy. :) Youth Voices on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL84.htm Marshall Rosenberg 6-09 When Authority Destroys Creativity from NVC Training Course http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Training-Course/dp/1591794439 bumper music "Joyful Wonder" by Ott http://www.ottsonic.net/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 153 - Reflections on Libertopia 2011 | http://libertopia.org http://libertyontour.com http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolen_concept,_fallacy_of.html promoting intrinsic motivation: trust children, and they will learn... http://summum-bonum.org/ no matter who you vote for, politics (government) always wins http://www.meetup.com/LeewaySudburySchool/ http://completeliberty.com/viii__objective_law.html Taking on the California DMV http://www.youtube.com/hotforliberty#p/u/32/41ZY5LSDEZA Parenting with Naomi Aldort - S.A.L.V.E. Formula http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFlPe14SuAY Five Principles of Libertopia 1. All actions should be peaceful and voluntary 2. Honor the self 3. Rule yourself 4. Live and let live 5. Community of Spontaneous Order by Larry Ludlow... http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Magazine/098621-2011-10-29-libertopia-2011-four-days-in-the-freest-place-on-earth.htm bumper music "California" by Semisonic http://www.semisonic.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 152 - Unconditional parenting, part fourteen | In this episode I cover the second half of Chapter Ten: The Child's Perspective in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/empathy An assortment of helpful nonviolent communication resources I've compiled (2MB download of PDFs) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7585370/NVCcompilation.zip Our culture has a tough time with the idea of self-centeredness, similar to the notion of selfishness; Ayn Rand helped clarify: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/selfishness.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/contradictions.html You are your highest value, first and foremost, which enables you to see others as their own highest value--thus, neither sacrificing oneself to others, nor others to oneself A world of selfless people is not one in which people are getting their needs met A profound way to explore your inner-self, especially your child-self--The Art Of Self-Discovery http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 http://digg.com/news/technology/steve_jobs_narrates_never_aired_version_of_think_different_commercial bumper music "A New World" by Antinomie couldn't find link; closest site - http://www.myspace.com/nemystic to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 151 - Unconditional parenting, part thirteen | Agora I/O - the online liberty unconference... http://agora.io/laozi/schedule/ http://agora.io/laozi/archives/ Libertopia - an annual festival of peace, freedom, music, community and ideas that will change the World...a 3-day celebration of our individuality and diversity in sunny San Diego... http://libertopia.org/ In this episode I cover the first half of Chapter Ten: The Child's Perspective in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Happiness is our highest moral purpose, so it's vital to know what it objectively requires http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/happiness.html Out-of-context happiness (e.g., ignoring the ills of statism) is just as disconnected from one's true self as the unhappiest depression Punitive parenting and punitive governmental actions tragically go hand in hand The commonly misunderstood ethical terms... http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/self-interest.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/altruism.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/trader_principle.html At a bare minimum, parents need to convey to their kids the extreme importance and sanctity of their persons and property, i.e., the nature of respecting individual rights in society http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.html In a free society, everyone can be productive; "competition" is merely people bringing various values to the marketplace bumper music "Let There Be Light" by Astral Projection http://www.myspace.com/astralprojectionavilior to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 150 - Unconditional parenting, part twelve | In this episode I cover the second half of Chapter Nine: Choices For Children in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Taking responsibility is greatly diminished in those who administer punishments, since they commonly blame the disobedient person who's being punished as "bringing it on themselves" or "choosing" to be punished Whenever what we want comes across as a demand (rather than a request), we tend to pay a price psychologically and socially in terms of getting our needs met As humans, we all have the same needs: http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory And feelings are universal as well: http://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventory The all-too-commom process of parents telling children what to do and when to do it, such as eating and sleeping, greatly hinders the process of children learning to take responsibility for their own basic functions as growing human beings; and, it doesn't meet their needs for respect and autonomy (among other needs) Check out the facets of whole-life unschooling... http://www.unschooling.info/ ; http://www.unschooling.org/ ; http://www.holtgws.com/whatisunschoolin.html Dayna Martin: What is Radical Unschooling? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiHyzS26N0Y Ian Freeman's thorough overview of the NH CD liberty activism http://freekeene.com/2011/09/03/ians-blog-from-jail-3/ bumper music "Sunrise" by trance[]control http://www.trancecontrol.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 149 - Unconditional parenting, part eleven | In this episode I cover the first half of Chapter Nine: Choices For Children in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Even if you're not a parent who is frustrated about how to deal with kids so that your own needs are met, it's key to get in touch with your child-self, so that you can focus on life-enriching, respectful interactions that are essentially win/win with children Using operant and classical conditioning on children (and adults) basically prevents them from becoming mature human beings, beings that are self-actualized, self-confident, self-respecting, independent and happy; "pop behaviorism" disconnects us from our feelings and needs, treating us as nonconceptual creatures to be punished or bribed instead of reasoned with Children are volitional, conceptual beings, in contrast to other primates (and all other organisms) Homo Sapiens: The Rational Animal http://www.logicallearning.net/libhomosapiens.html The Crucial Faculty Of Choice http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html Statism is a recapitulation of the coercive family environment, in which kids' need for respect isn't met (among many other needs) Domination language and domination structures thwart our need for autonomy and foster widespread coercion and hypocrisy As humans, we all have the same needs: http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory The Secret Of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Childhood-Maria-Montessori/dp/0345305833 http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399 bumper music "Chasing The Sun" by Ryan Farish http://www.ryanfarish.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 148 - Unconditional parenting, part ten | In this episode I cover the second half of Chapter Eight: Love Without Strings Attached in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ The process of administering rewards and punishments doesn't treat individuals as equals; authoritarian power imbalances are inherent Sound property rights enable jurisdiction, whereas "public property" enables constant injustices by the coercive (and communistic) monopoly of statist police and courts About Ian Freeman's unjust incarceration and the nature of the system of injustice... http://freekeene.com/2011/08/11/what-can-you-do-when-you-dont-approve-of-police-actions/ The practice of self-acceptance is a key component of self-esteem, of embracing one's fundamental worthiness, being fit to exist The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=35 Unschooling: What is Deschooling? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meP3a64MzY "Authority," given its unreasonable nature, will never respect reason and choice in individuals Info about unschooling and John Holt's books... http://www.holtgws.com/ bumper music "Nothing Left To Give" by Sarah McLachlan http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 147 - Unconditional parenting, part nine | In this episode I cover the first half of Chapter Eight: Love Without Strings Attached in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Some of Ayn Rand's views on love... http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/love.html Life is what you make of it; your sense of life essentially colors your experiences yet doesn't alter objective reality; no one's needs ought to be sacrificed in the process of living happily Nonviolent communication is truly a language of life, essential for adults and children--for families http://cnvc.org http://nvcworld.com Instead of offer criticism, strive to complain effectively... http://healthymindfitbody.com/2011/06/12/73-complaining-effectively-with-psychologist-guy-winch-part-1/ http://healthymindfitbody.com/2011/06/20/74-complaining-effectively-with-psychologist-guy-winch-part-2/ Helpful and comprehensive psychotherapeutic workbook to compassionately connect you with your own child-self, among other subconscious facets: The Art Of Self-Discovery http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Peace Talks Radio interview with Jorge Rubio, an NVC trainer (40mins) http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL05.htm You're welcome to join the Complete Liberty fb fan page: http://facebook.com/completeliberty/ Nonviolent communication thread... Open NVC Sessions... http://completeliberty.com/forum/topic/13 bumper music "Do you do you love me" by Nina http://www.ninagoddess.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 146 - Unconditional parenting, part eight | In this episode I cover Chapter Seven: Principles Of Unconditional Parenting in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ bringing parents and children together... http://takingchildrenseriously.com Parental rationalizations for coercing children are quite similar to governmental rationalizations for coercing "citizens" we are fallible beings, so making mistakes is a natural part of life http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html "Children construct a theory about their own motives based in part on our assumptions about their motives, and then they act accordingly: 'You think I'm just plain bad and need to be controlled all the time? Fine. Watch me act as though you're right.'" Kohn p.211 "We can help kids to develop good values by treating them as though they were already motivated by those values. They thereby come to believe what's best about themselves and live up to our trust in them." Kohn p.213 It's clear that parents need to learn the process of nonviolent communication, so they can foster win/win, life-enriching interactions with children, in which no one's needs are sacrificed http://nvcworld.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_parenting some post-porcfest 2011 details... NSP - Jul 2, 2011 - Co-host: JT & Guests: Sovereign Curtis and Calvin http://www.marcstevens.net/nsp-commercial-free/474-nsp20110702.html bumper music "Voyager" by Antinomie (couldn't find link) to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 145 - Steve Jobs, Apple, producers vs governments | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley Secrets From Apple's Genius Bar: Full Loyalty, No Negativity http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576364071955678908.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Store http://blogs.computerworld.com/18157/samsung_blatantly_copies_iphone_ipad_apple_sues?ua Video: Jobs Pitches New ‘Mothership’ to Approving Cupertino City Council | Epicenter | Wired.com http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/cupertino-jobs-ufo-building/ http://dvice.com/archives/2011/06/a-first-look-at.php The question that must be asked of those in "city governments" (or any is "government") is: what would you do in a free market, in the absence of your coercive organization? And how can liberty activists help them answer that important question? The pervasive distrust in humans to make beneficial and helpful choices for themselves and others is directly reflected in conditional parenting tactics and the various rewards and punishments of operant conditioning in families, in schools, and in all governmental systems Take Action! - Fight Aging! http://www.fightaging.org/take-action/ https://www.opencures.org/ For The New Intellectual by Ayn Rand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_New_Intellectual http://tfasinternational.org/ila/AynRand-ForTheNewIntellectual.pdf bumper music "Revolution" by The Beatles http://www.beatles.com/ http://www.myspace.com/thebeatles to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 144 - Unconditional parenting, part seven | In this episode I cover Chapter Six: What Holds Us Back in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ We learn various costly ways of conditional and controlling parenting via: -What we see and hear, especially from our family and friends and advice from media figures and doctors -What we believe, especially societal views of children in terms of their perceived lack of capabilities and the widespread acceptance of control through competition, conformity, punishment, religion, and notions of parenting permissiveness, authoritativeness, and authoritarianism -What we feel, in terms of projecting our own emotions and behaviors on kids stemming from our own unmet needs from childhood and the myriad psychological defenses arising from them -What we fear, such as inadequacy, incompetence, powerlessness, being judged by others, our children's safety, and fears of babying and permissiveness, all of which can foster parental behavior that doesn't meet kids' vital needs Being dissociated from and disowning of one's own child-self is central to not meeting the needs of children and not having authentic and joyful interactions with them Patience and empathy foster win/win, life-enriching relationships with children Punishment for violating governmental "laws" is a near perfect reflection of the punishment model of parenting Mind sacrifice entails the surrender of one's own reasoning ability to allegedly higher authorities http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mystics_of_spirit_and_muscle.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/religion.html Parenting with carrot-and-stick manipulation, either on one end or the other--or the so-called "just right" approach--disconnects both parents and kids from what's alive in them, their true reasoning selves, and their feeling and needs Adults' unmet needs from childhood, if not examined, understood, and dealt with, can lead to many costly strategies to get them met, particularly as parents 11 Situations in Which it Is Not Appropriate for You to Have Children by Daniel Mackler http://www.iraresoul.com/nokids.html Placing "limits" on kids often means not letting them develop the essential skill of determining their own limits--so that they can be responsible and self-governing Feel free to contact me for a counseling session at wes@happinesscounseling.com http://happinesscounseling.com Open NVC Sessions... http://completeliberty.com/forum/topic/13 bumper music "Set Theory" by Divider (unable to find link) to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 143 - Unconditional parenting, part six | In this episode I cover Chapter Five: Pushed To Succeed in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ "Pop behaviorism" or operant conditioning implements punishments and rewards as a way to get people to do things--in violation of voluntary interaction and property rights The essence of statism arises from authoritarianism in the family, denying children's needs for respect and choice (among other needs, such as emotional and intellectual honesty) and appealing to extrinsic motivators rather than intrinsic motivation and reason A useful resource to learn about the so-called educational system, among other important things http://schoolsucksproject.com George Carlin - "Proud parents" bumper stickers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxmE2qMbYRU John Holt and the world of unschooling, which is respectful of learners http://www.holtgws.com/ Being free to make your own choices (instead of capitulating to others' demands) promotes intrinsic motivation and thus self-actualization--which will foster a vibrant, prosperous society Feel free to contact me for a counseling session at wes@happinesscounseling.com http://happinesscounseling.com Open NVC Sessions... http://completeliberty.com/forum/topic/13 2011 Porcupine Freedom Festival in Lancaster, NH http://porcfest.com bumper music "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" by the Allman Brothers http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 142 - Human farming and Ask The Anarchist Podcast | Governments try to prevent individuals from making their own choices, such as where they travel and what work they do--branding individuals with passports and visas facilitates controlling them Nation-states are human farms, which indoctrinate their "livestock" in memes of obedience, submissiveness, and fear of punishment, so that economic parasitism is seen as necessary and proper Lack of trust in individuals is a main reason we have statism, and it's self-perpetuating In contrast, parenting that meets the needs of children--for respect, choice, autonomy, and love--enables a society to flourish without desires for coercion and punishment, i.e., without people trying to control others via government A life proper to a human being requires getting one's need met for justice (among many vital needs) New podcast by my friend Joey Hill, hosted at http://cafelibertalia.com http://asktheanarchist.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ask-the-Anarchist-Podcast/143189079081459 http://www.libertaliafoundation.org/ http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM (death by government) http://mises.org/etexts/defensemyth.pdf (the myth of national defense) http://www.cnvc.org/ (center for nonviolent communication) bumper music "Fear Of Domination" by Fear Of Domination http://www.fearofdomination.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 141 - Unconditional parenting, part five | In this episode I cover Chapter Four: Punitive Damages in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ The jail and prison system is a case study in punitive damages, wreaking havoc on individuals and our culture Punishment is inimical to individual life and well-being; though it's used as a costly way to control others and "teach them a lesson," it can never foster respect and self-esteem Government is simply a manifestation of the punishment model used by parents carried into the public realm; those in government have no property rights jurisdiction (they are neither property owners nor voluntarily chosen--i.e., hired--agents of property owners) Punishment by parents directly undermines a loving relationship with children, sabotaging both trust and respect bumper music "This Is My House" by trance[]control http://www.trancecontrol.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 140 - Unconditional parenting, part four | In this episode I cover Chapter Three: Too Much Control in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Australia to refund royalty increases under mine tax (whatever that means) http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=123556&sn=Detail Protectionism and taxation are based on economic fallacies as well as legal and ethical falsehoods What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard http://mises.org/money.asp Many parents act as if children "don't deserve" an equal amount of respect as adults it's important to distinguish requests from demands... The Basics of Non Violent Communication 2.5 http://youtu.be/OqEVI07WmzM ultimately, we can't make anyone do anything; we can only make them wish they had... The Basics of Non Violent Communication 1.6 http://youtu.be/ppyawhuroDw Meeting children's need for self-esteem (self-confidence and self-respect) enables parents to lessen their own frustration and get their own needs met External control and demands and lack of trust don't work, and they are harmful to self-regulation, among other vital needs Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Childhood-Maria-Montessori/dp/0345305833 Open NVC Sessions... http://completeliberty.com/forum/topic/13 Feel free to contact me for a counseling session at wes@happinesscounseling.com http://happinesscounseling.com bumper music "Another Beat" by trance[]control http://www.trancecontrol.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 139 - Unconditional parenting, part three | In this episode I cover Chapter Two: Giving And Withholding Love in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Time out from positive reinforcement is a widespread form of love withdrawal Making children suffer in order to get different behavior from them begets more of itself, and it definitely prepares them for the coercive world of statism The Condition Of Modern Psychology (explicating many of the ills of behaviorism and lack of philosophical understanding) http://www.logicallearning.net/libconditionofps.html My Years with Ayn Rand - A powerful myth-shattering memoir about one of the twentieth century's most controversial figures http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_25&products_id=29 Rewards are largely ineffective at improving the quality of people's work and learning, and like punishments, they have many harmful results Intrinsic motivation, wanting to do something for its own sake, is fundamentally different than extrinsic motivation, doing something in order to get something else (reward) or avoid something else (punishment); both punishments and rewards are extrinsic motivators, which in turn sabotage intrinsic motivation and beget extrinsically motivated people Helpful and comprehensive psychotherapeutic workbook: The Art Of Self-Discovery http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Feel free to contact me for a counseling session at wes@happinesscounseling.com http://happinesscounseling.com bumper music "Justify My Love" by trance[]control http://www.trancecontrol.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 138 - Unconditional parenting, part two | In this episode I cover Chapter One: Conditional Parenting in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Your vision of human nature is basically reflected in how you view children The replaying abusive childhood scripts is common in the adult world--such as government and the memes of statism Bullying story from New South Wales... YouTube - Casey Heynes FULL INTERVIEW on ACA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5jktFu4iE VIDEO: Boy body-slams his alleged bully (Bully Interview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5sTp3Yls-I The institution of government doesn't meet individual needs for respect and sovereignty Moralistic thinking (right and wrong) can diminish our chances of getting our needs met from the person being accused and disconnect us from taking responsibility for our emotions Feel free to contact me for a counseling session at wes@happinesscounseling.com http://happinesscounseling.com 2011 Liberty Getaway 5-day cruise to Bermuda (registration deadline has been extended!) http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475 http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/ bumper music "The Journey" by Lagoona http://www.purevolume.com/andreasviklund to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 137 - Unconditional parenting, part one | In this episode I cover the Introduction in the book Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ The most extreme example of operant conditioning is the domination system of government--individuals are told to obey and are punished if they don't do what they're told Any political philosophy not based on property rights is bound to deny individual needs for autonomy, justice, choice, and respect The foundation of a free society is to be found in parents who interact with children in life-enriching ways, who connect with feelings and meet needs for respect and choice Teaching kids to attribute the cause of their feelings to things outside themselves hinders them (and later, as adults) from taking responsibility for their feelings http://logicallearning.net/ResponsibilityForFeelings.mp3 (NVC audiobook segment by Marshall Rosenberg) Please join the revised http://completeliberty.com Here's an instructive forum thread... Home> Public Outreach> How do we educate? (an NVC discussion) http://completeliberty.com/forum/topic/7/page/1 Feel free to contact me for a counseling session at wes@happinesscounseling.com http://happinesscounseling.com 2011 Liberty Getaway 5-day cruise to Bermuda (registration deadline has been extended!) http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475 http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/ bumper music "Destination Skyline" by Aura - the source of trance http://auratrance.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 136 - Nonviolent communication reexamined | Guest Oliver Heuler from Germany http://heuler.de/ and http://voluntarist.de/ (Google Chrome browser can translate into English on the fly:) Re: FDR 1007: A third way http://board.freedomainradio.com/forums/p/14090/119868.aspx Oliver's handiwork... Obama will resign as president http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxjkatKuwRM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1837_nonviolent_communication_Roundtable.mp3 http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1836_NVC_Intro.mp3 Nonviolent communication simply means connecting with feelings and needs Needs for safety, security, and comfort need not come at the expense of needs for justice, autonomy, independence, choice, and respect Two invaluable parenting books: Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation by Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=48 and Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/nc.htm When Competition Leads To Conflict (audio interview w/ Kohn) http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL49.htm Spirituality, rationally understood, pertains to a heightened awareness of one's internal and external worlds Primitive cultures fostered conformity to the tribe - http://www.logicallearning.net/libearlyhumancon.html Your interpretations and assessments of past experiences tend to be more important than those past experiences themselves Change your thoughts and change your feelings http://www.feelinggood.com/ Value judgments can be distinguished from moral judgments, and there's nothing more foundational than connecting the former with feelings and needs http://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventory http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory Max-Neef on Human Needs and Human-scale Development - http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/maxneef.htm transcendence, integration, autonomy, and connection may be our four basic drives http://porctherapy.com/2011/02/09/porc-therapy-117-nvc-feedback-ii/ http://freekeene.com/2011/02/21/wmur-reports-on-free-keene/ Battleground: Keene http://www.wmur.com/video/26935273/detail.html bumper music "Carry You" by VNV Nation http://www.vnvnation.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 135 - Cops, statist culture, and nonviolent communication | Law-Abiding Citizens Heart Gangsters by Kevin Carson http://c4ss.org/content/2873 State of the Police State: more bad cops than good by Garry Reed http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-dallas/state-of-the-police-state-more-bad-cops-than-good http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-dallas/state-of-the-police-state-continued No legalized monopoly of coercion in the realm of supposed justice will ever provide justice (coercive monopolies always provide the lowest quality at the highest cost) The domination memes of our culture do not meet people's need for autonomy Connecting with people empathetically enables recognition of these truths Anarchy vs. Barney Fife by Mark R. Crovelli http://www.lewrockwell.com/crovelli/crovelli50.1.html Government can be seen as cannibalization of the human race; it's the main institution that eats away at our opportunities on a daily basis as well as our future possibilities in the marketplace What's So Funny about Put-down Humor and Teasing http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL87.htm The Basics of Non Violent Communication 1.1 (making natural giving possible) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-129JLTjkQ some helpful tips for encounters with the cops http://flexyourrights.org/10_Rules Home> Public Outreach> How do we educate? (an NVC discussion) http://completeliberty.com/forum/topic/7/page/1 2011 Liberty Getaway 5-day cruise to Bermuda (registration deadline March 1st) http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475 http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/ bumper music "Bad Boys Bad Boys" by Inner Circle http://www.innercircle-reggae.com/ star wars cops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MMAoOPa0Pg to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 134 - Violence of cops and judges, need for nonviolent communication | Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com http://www.cnvc.org/learn-nvc/learn-nonviolent-communication http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Nonviolent-Communication Free Ademo! Free Speech! by Pete Eyre http://www.copblock.org/1748/freeademo/ http://freekeene.com/2011/01/26/ridley-reports-on-ademos-arrest/ http://freekeene.com/2011/01/25/video-ademo-v-freeman-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-for-speaking/ Non Violent Communication - A Roundtable - Wes Bertrand, Brett Veinotte and Stefan Molyneux discuss Marshall Rosenberg's theory of nonviolent communication. http://blip.tv/file/4674030/ cross post on Brett's site http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/80 FDR 1836 Nonviolent Communication – An Introduction by Stefan Molyneux http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1836_NVC_Intro.mp3 The Art of Living Consciously by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=28 In the Line of Duty - Watch: SLC Cop Kills Golf Club Wielder; Your Take?? http://www.lineofduty.com/the-blotter/110671-watch-slc-cop-kills-golf-club-wielder-your-take 'Cops Kill People Execution Style Judges Cover It Up For Them' 1/24/11 - Freedom Watch News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3I4_7AGM2A http://www.theagitator.com/2011/01/25/me-on-freedomwatch-2/ Don't bring golf club to gun fight http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?159212-Don-t-bring-golf-club-to-gun-fight Shots Fired: Ogden, Utah 05-26-2006 http://www.policemag.com/Channel/Gangs/Articles/Print/Story/2008/08/Ogden-Utah-05-26-2006.aspx Video Shows Utah Man Being Killed in Drug Raid http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2011/jan/19/video_shows_utah_man_being_kille http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Johnston_shooting The Case Of Cory Maye http://www.reason.tv/video/show/403.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Maye How to fix the police by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-albuquerque/how-to-fix-the-police About that "War on Cops".... by William N. Grigg http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2011/01/about-that-war-on-cops.html Best of the 2010 Bullrun Rally - Too Hot for TV! by The Smoking Tire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50cJvmtPrRc Visit the new http://completeliberty.com! It's now a social networking site, where you can organize local get-togethers. 2011 Liberty Getaway 5-day cruise to Bermuda (registration deadline March 1st) http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475 http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/ bumper music "Cops And Criminals" by Pleasure Club http://www.myspace.com/pleasureclub/music/albums/the-fugitive-kind-8768605 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 133 - The biggest human problem and practicing nonviolent communication | Guest Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com are they out there?... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home Recommended cool science podcast... http://radio.seti.org/ The biggest problem on the planet for humans is the widespread, institutionalized use of coercion by coercive monopolies--i.e., governments--and the mass obedience to their demands to follow irrational and unjust laws Two Steps to Anarchy by John Kindley http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=653 a prime example of governmental meddling in commerce and trade... A plan for new U.S. jobs, from China by John Pomfret http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/18/AR2011011806485.html Without being able to opt-out of governmentally imposed arbitrary "jurisdiction," our rights are violated and we can't exercise our freedom from contract; thus, our needs for justice, autonomy, and choice are unmet Monitoring America by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/monitoring-america/print/ It's not possible to achieve justice within the governmental system of injustice Do Authoritarians understand Libertarians? http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2010/09/do-authoritarians-understand.html 2011 Liberty Getaway 5-day cruise to Bermuda (registration deadline March 1st) http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475 http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/ bumper music "World In My Eyes" by Depeche Mode http://www.depechemode.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 132 - Cultural roots of authoritarianism in need of nonviolent communication | Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com http://www.scholarsacademynh.org/ We aren't on planet earth to live up to other people's expectations The error-correction process is part of being human: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html The art of not being governed: an anarchist history of upland Southeast Asia By James C. Scott http://tinyurl.com/4pmc7ag (google books) Mark Interviews Edward Stringham (begins at 02:02:30) http://www.freetalklive.com/content/podcast_2011_01_03 Government Can Be Prevented by Edward Stringham http://blog.mises.org/15178/government-can-be-prevented/ For most of human history, states, i.e., governments, were nonexistent Life Sentence for Being Honest by Larken Rose http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/081086-2010-12-30-life-sentence-for-being-honest.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Michael_Simkanin Statistics about Business Size (including Small Business) from the U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/smallbus.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/List_number_of_us_employees_private_sector_vs_public_sector http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-small-business/2009/7/17/how-many-small-business-employees-are-out-there.html Constitutional slavespeak... http://www.downsizedcfoundation.org/blog/our-lexicon-coercion Cultural Authoritarianism Breeds Political Authoritarianism by Kevin Carson http://c4ss.org/content/4100 The Story of Our Unenslavement - Animated by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6IZP3yRJ9I Two Steps to Anarchy by John Kindley http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=653 You were told to believe in and take bites out of "invisible apples," as Stefan Molyneux has noted: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3 bumper music "History Has Taught Us Nothing" by Ikarus http://www.myspace.com/ikarusethnoelectronica to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 131 - Reflections on Freedom Summit 2010 | Episode 131 - Reflections on Freedom Summit 2010 http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/071550-2010-07-08-freedom-summit-2010-full-schedule-and-speaker-topics.htm Recommended podcast http://thinkingliberty.net/ Taxation with representation is still unjust Ultimate safety would mean principled protection of property rights, something coercive monopolies called governments can't do What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard http://mises.org/money.asp Freedom Watch Part 2 - Audit Then End The Fed 12/21/2010 (Prof. Horwitz nails it with free market banking!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df76WgV4-lg&NR=1 The Basics of Non Violent Communication 1.6 by Marshall Rosenberg "Institutions can't make you do anything...no human being has ever done anything they didn't choose to do." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppyawhuroDw&NR=1 Demands for acquiescence, obedience, compliance, conformity are the mainstays of parenting, and thus statism The more we don't assert assert our needs for choice, respect, independence, autonomy, and justice, the more we become slaves to statism Worst Police Misconduct Videos of 2010; Readers Poll http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/?page_id=3496 The State fails its own test of legitimacy; it has no valid cause of action against us, in addition to violating our legal rights and causing harm. Case in point... Taking on the California DMV http://www.youtube.com/hotforliberty#p/u/32/41ZY5LSDEZA A Letter to Grover Cleveland on His False Inaugural Address, the Usurpation and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude of the People http://www.lysanderspooner.org/LetterToGroverCleveland.htm Government's main (unacknowledged) function is to prevent people from acting in their own rational self-interest Private project funding alternatives... http://kickstarter.com http://indiegogo.com Praise, rewards, and compliments are the flip side of punishments; gratitude instead focuses on feelings and need-fulfillment in relation to specific actions The Basics of Non Violent Communication 4.4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU2jMqFb0Xs&NR=1 The Basics of Non Violent Communication 4.5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdLM2lVlMNE&NR=1 bumper music "Renegades Of Funk" by Rage Against The Machine http://www.ratm.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 130 - Unmet needs of children, NVC, rewards and punishment, conformity | Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com Needs Inventory | The Center for Nonviolent Communication http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory So many vital needs of kids are not being met by parents and school systems, such as clarity, respect, choice, autonomy, and independence People doing things that they don't really want to do tends to disconnect them from their feelings and needs, causing a host of problems Principles — Ayn Rand Lexicon http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/principles.html Raising Children Compassionately by Marshall Rosenberg http://www.naturalchild.org/marshall_rosenberg/rcc.html Getting people to do things via punishments or rewards doesn't appeal to internal motivation, thus harming the quality of connection and producing conflict Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm Why Real-Time Relationships is clearly superior to its contemporaries.... [Actually, RTR lacks some key aspects of NVC] http://freedomainradio.com/BOARD/forums/p/24371/188994.aspx#188994 Surrendering our autonomy need to "authorities" is commonly demanded in our domination culture of coercive institutions Hornberger's Blog - WikiLeaks: Conformists vs. Individualists http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-12-02.asp The WikiLeaks effect (cartoon) http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/03/friday-funnies Powerful and Bad in 2009: Scientific American Podcast http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=powerful-and-bad-in-2009-09-12-31 Authoritarian/conformist indoctrination runs quite deep in our culture, to the point that people's good intentions serve need's denying means Self-responsibility and its Effects on Obedience and Aggression http://www.logicallearning.net/obedience.html bumper music "Children" by Robert Miles http://www.robert-miles.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 129 - Nonviolent communication aspects, raising children compassionately | Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com Taking what other people do and say personally (rather than just as tragic expressions of unmet needs) contributes to the violent communication process Attributing the cause of our feelings to things outside ourselves prevents us from taking responsibility for our feelings http://logicallearning.net/ResponsibilityForFeelings.mp3 With nonviolent communication, you separate your observation of what the other person (or yourself) did or said from your evaluation of it; unsolicited evaluations foster antagonism http://www.cnvc.org/Training/NVC-Concepts classic scene from Bee Movie posted on http://marcstevens.net Still wasting time voting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esO2WJZxpYY Throughout history people have used morality as a weapon to get others to do things, which stems from how parents deal with their children--in which battles of the wills are common Focusing on feelings and needs rather than moral judgments fosters understanding and compassion; in both parenting and education, this process is commonly lacking, and vital needs, such as respect, are neglected Raising Children Compassionately by Marshall Rosenberg http://www.naturalchild.org/marshall_rosenberg/rcc.html The labeling of others, in addition to being disabling, also leads us to being disconnected from needs for authenticity and respect It's not the job of parents to "make them behave"; violence begets violence The need for autonomy needs to be fulfilled bumper music "We're All To Blame" by Sum 41 http://www.sum41.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 128 - Nonviolent communication, empathy and kids | Brett joins me from http://schoolsucksproject.com Nonviolent communication achieves clarity and understanding without the typical seen and unseen costs of arguments Even if a person expresses disinterest in communication, then you can still guess his or her feelings and needs behind that sentiment, thus keeping the empathetic connection http://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventory http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory http://www.celebrateempathy.com/NVC_Intro.pdf Diagnosing, moralizing, and judging others is the death knell for the empathic process--and thus for getting our needs met Attributing the cause of our feelings to things outside ourselves prevents us from taking responsibility for our feelings clip from the NVC audiobook by Marshall Rosenberg... http://logicallearning.net/ResponsibilityForFeelings.mp3 Punishing through inducing fear is terribly widespread in human culture, e.g., "law-enforcement"--which utterly fails to meet our needs for respect and choice as are all aspects of "pop behaviorism" - http://www.alfiekohn.org/ Child Rearing Practices of Distant Ancestors Foster Morality, Compassion in Kids http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921163709.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_parenting The Comprachicos by Ayn Rand http://xanthippaschamberpot.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ayn-rand-the-comprachicos.pdf Being grounded in ourselves, in our own feelings and needs, is the true self-centeredness that enables us to understand and connect with others http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/self-interest.html Crisis And Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15 Sign up now for the Liberty Getaway Cruise in Nov 2011 http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475 http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/ Parenting with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) - CNVC Certified NVC Trainer Inbal Kashtan discusses and demonstrates how to work with the incessant "no" from a child http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQO7h9MNCqI bumper music "Empathy" by Tears Of Technology http://tearsoftechnology.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 127 - Domination systems, anger, and non-violent communication | Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com Burt Rutan's private space flight venture http://www.scaled.com/ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_success_040929.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNkUNP75-Q http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_full_coverage.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNocVYQzFts Anger and Domination Systems by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. http://www.nwcompass.org/anger_and_domination.html Win/win scenarios, based on nonviolent communication, enable us to meet in the field beyond right-doing and wrong-doing Domination systems, such as modern education and the military--and governments in general--require: 1. Suppression of self 2. Moralistic judgments 3. Amtssprache (this expression was used by Nazi officials to describe a bureaucratic language that denies choice, with words like should, have to, ought) 4. The crucial concept of deserve To ascribe an evil nature to children is the root of all evil The entire "corrections system" designed by those in government is based on punishment and false penitence Thus, the institutions of government and religion are inherently anti-self-esteem Moralizing, judging, criticizing, accusing, and even diagnosing are all tragic expressions of unidentified feelings and unmet needs--which tend to ensure NOT getting one's own needs met As biological and further as rational beings, we all have the same universal needs http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory Humans' technological progress and increases in productivity are in spite of the debilitating meme of statism; without statism, we'd be FAR more advanced Teaching that people are deserving of punishment assists in making violence against them enjoyable A Film To End All Wars! part 1 of 15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFz069t7eOo Punishment, particularly collective punishment, is part and parcel of war--total dehumanization of individuals http://collateralmurder.com Shame and guilt-tripping are not effective ways to promote authentic, intrinsically motivated, change in others The Basics of Non Violent Communication 1.1 (highly recommended 3-4 hr workshop) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-129JLTjkQ Our emotions are part of an emotional motivation system alerting us to our needs Our thinking in domination systems gives rise to anger against others and enemy imagery It's important and healthy to consciously replace the phrase "I am angry because you/they..." with "I am angry because I am needing..." National Opt Out Day (and perhaps protect yourself with leather undergarments;) http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2010/11/national-opt-out-day.html bumper music "Domination" by Alizarin http://www.alizarinmusic.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 126 - Pitfalls of moralizing, introduction to nonviolent communication | Nonviolent communication: a language of life By Marshall B. Rosenberg http://books.google.com/books?id=nY4tDDO93E8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Marshall-Rosenberg/dp/1892005034/ The Objectivist ethics of rational self-interest... http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/self-interest.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/values.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/virtue.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/self-esteem.html Nonviolent communication upholds needs (or values) as universal; we all have the same needs http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory Hosts Mike and Stephanie invited me as a guest on their podcast to discuss NVC http://porctherapy.com/2010/11/08/porc-therapy-096-nonviolent-communication/ "Blame, insults, put-downs (critical remarks), labels, criticism, comparisons, and diagnoses are all forms of judgment."..."When we judge, as a result, we increase defensiveness and resistance from others. If they do agree to act in harmony with our values because they concur with our analysis of their wrongness, they will likely do so out of fear, guilt, or shame." Marshall Rosenberg The subtle violence of nonviolent language. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+subtle+violence+of+nonviolent+language-a0152267677 The Basics of Non Violent Communication 1.1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-129JLTjkQ Marshall Rosenberg NVC Role Play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bydhuxilg_A&NR=1 Rosenberg on Nonviolent Communication ~ NVC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-fUVM4Dos Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Childhood-Maria-Montessori/dp/0345305833 Nonviolent Communication Part 2 Marshall Rosenberg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbgxFgAN7_w rolplay1 nonviolent communication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpQIkaH0Wo Kelly Bryson, part 3 - nonviolence, revolution and a third way though conflict http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IDvlwLXmRU Kelly Bryson, part 4, Nonviolent Communication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SICCWuunEvY Kelly Bryson, part 5, Nonviolent Communication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDQ_rsCWO6o Kelly Bryson, part 6, Nonviolent Communication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Ejfw0MI_s Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Compassionate Communication By Marshall Rosenberg http://www.nwcompass.org/compassionate_communication.html NVC never fails if you stay with the process...from a connection, creativity arises, and a synergistic solution will always present itself, without fail! Feel free to contact me for a counseling session at wes@happinesscounseling.com bumper music "Bring Me Back To Life" by Evanescence http://www.evanescence.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 125 - Reflections on Libertopia | http://libertopia.org www.startrekofgodsandmen.com/ http://www.silvercirclemovie.com/ Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer (Review) http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/weird.html Hyper-libertarian Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel's appalling plan to pay students to quit college by Jacob Weisberg http://www.slate.com/id/2271265/ lots of confusion about this process... http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html hopeful activist movements - http://freekeene.com and http://freegrafton.com It's important to question those who presume to care about you as they advocate statist coercion against you Ostracism, Self-Trust and Happy Happy Joy Joy (rebuttal to shunning those who advocate statism) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV4z__2FcjM TL guest Sharon Presley talks about Milgram experiments, demands of authority...her books on resisting authority http://thinkingliberty.net/2010-08-10/ paper about Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments... http://logicallearning.net/obedience.html The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan http://dahrjamailiraq.com/the-will-to-resist Hunter-gatherer John Durant fights vegan Paul Kline for total green room supremacy. (03:00) http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/265602/february-22-2010/exclusive---backstage-with-john-durant Nonviolent Communication: A Language Of Life by Marshall Rosenberg http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Marshall-Rosenberg/dp/1892005034 The Basics of Non Violent Communication 1.1 (3-4 hr workshop by Rosenberg) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-129JLTjkQ It's possible to use win/win strategies to get our needs met from those who've been advocating statism... Freedom works for everybody (even those who are presently using force against others) http://theamericandreamfilm.com/ 2081 - http://www.finallyequal.com/ for health, fitness, and longevity, check out... http://healthymindfitbody.com/podcast http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/healthy-mind-fit-body-fitness/id332309038 2011 Liberty Getaway 5-day cruise to Bermuda - 5 night cruise on Royal Caribbean departing 11/05/2011 from Bayonne, NJ to Bermuda. Featuring special guest speakers: Stefan Molyneux, Wes Bertrand and Mark Edge. http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475 It's a participatory "unconference"! my tentative topic... http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/Wes%27+topic bumper music "Hope" by Temple 8 http://music.temple8.net/track/hope to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 124 - Challenging the voting meme once more | [explicit] lyrics Remember, Remember, Don’t Vote in November by Thomas L. Knapp http://c4ss.org/content/4075 Under "Democracy" children get roped into a communistic system (statism), along with the rest of us Libertarian Party: Worthless by Larken Rose http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/075264-2010-09-13-libertarian-party-worthless.htm What happens when an "anarchist" runs for office? http://carroll4nh.com/ Political "parties" are designed to be "in power" and control people via statism What evidence is there that people want governmental "services," give their involuntary nature? None Rasmussen Poll: 23% Say U.S. Government Has the Consent of the Governed http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2010/23_say_u_s_government_has_the_consent_of_the_governed The Governator makes a final appearance on CLP... http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/05/reasontv-arnolds-last-stand The new bill changes marijuana possession of less than an ounce to an infraction http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october012010/schwarzenegger-marijuana.php Arnold Schwarzenegger Admits Smoking Weed With Tommy Chong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMnlUyATqXE Arnold Schwazeneger smoking weed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91gl2d0yV5I What happens when your belief conflicts with a newfound truth? How do you react? How you respond makes all the difference for your life Speaking the truth to "power" doesn't even entail getting incarcerated; just living consciously and practicing self-assertiveness is necessary Being disassociated from emotions is part of the process by which one compartmentalizes beliefs and behaviors Introspection is key In case you need some more reasons... Don't Vote: 20 Practical Reasons by John Roscoe and Ned Roscoe http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.3569 Feel free to email me at wes@happinesscounseling.com if you're interested in counseling sessions bummer music "AEnima" by Tool http://www.toolband.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 123 - Challenging the voting meme again | What are the prospects of complete liberty--in your lifetime? Played clip of my hour-long call to Free Talk Live about non-voting http://traffic.libsyn.com/ftl/FTL2010-09-28.mp3 This Free-Stater denounces Free Keene http://nhpr.org/free-state-vs-free-keene Is the political free stater message different than the Tea Party-ers'? What will it take for individuals to stop complying, given the potent statist matrix of mass indoctrination coupled with mass fear? Essentially, we need to come to terms with two classes in society: the productive class and the parasitical class (http://www.agorism.info/AgoristClassTheory.pdf) http://freekeene.com/2010/08/11/city-council-drinking-game-video/ Drinking Game Involves Keene City Council http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129077277 City council members are basically trying to find some semblance of identity through the political process, in spite of its rights-infringing nature Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey: How to Save the Mistake on the Lake and other Once Great U.S. Cities--The Complete Series http://reason.org/news/show/reason-saves-cleveland-complete-ser New at Reason: Drew Carey and Nick Gillespie Clash with the Cleveland City Council http://reason.com/blog/2010/09/08/new-at-reason-drew-carey-and-n Running for office doesn't foster the adoption of the principle of freedom for individuals Challenging so-called "authorities" need not entail getting arrested and imprisoned The fear of challenging "authority" stems from bad parenting The process of individuation is key... Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43 The voting process allows for a psychological comfort zone to exist within the turmoil of the reality of people's statist enslavement; it can be perversely comforting to be a member of the tribe Clearly, it's important to come to terms with one's own emotional psychology Principles enable you to stay true to yourself and true to reality A VERY IMPORTANT book I recently investigated, which I'll be exploring extensively in the future... Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Marshall-Rosenberg/dp/1892005034/ No one can "represent" you in the political system DEMOCRACY OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE POLITICIANS, FOR WHOM AGAIN? http://completeliberty.com/chapter2.php bumper music "Freedom" by Rage Against The Machine http://www.ratm.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 10/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 122 - Challenging the voting meme | In this show, I comment on a clip from http://freetalklive.com, which involved the hosts discussing the nature of non-voting with a caller http://traffic.libsyn.com/ftl/FTL2010-09-27.mp3 (clip starts at 14:15) STR Non-Voting Archive http://www.strike-the-root.com/vote.html What evidence is there that anyone wants the "services" provided by those in government, since they are coercively imposed? Even if you're an advocate of http://agorism.info, you still can't escape the statist economic matrix, a society in which most people abide by laws, regulations, taxes, and a fiat currency system, not to mention the "public school" system Respect for individuals, in principle, can never be achieved via the coercive collectivistic organization of government; government violates individual rights by definition "Public goods" arguments, being fallacious, are just excuses for statism and tyranny http://www.vforvoluntary.com/wiki/PublicGoods A Theory of the Theory of Public Goods by Randall G. Holcombe http://mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/RAE10_1_1.pdf Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://mises.org/journals/jls/9_1/9_1_2.pdf Pareto Optimality, External Benefits and Public Goods: A Subjectivist Approach by Barry P. Brownstein http://mises.org/journals/jls/4_1/4_1_6.pdf Public Goods And Private Solutions In Maritime History by Larry J. Sechrest http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae7_2_1.pdf Public Spending and Public Goods by Thomas DiLorenzo http://mises.org/media/1444 (includes mp3 audio) http://www.thefreemanonline.org/departments/book-review-private-means-public-ends-voluntarism-vs-coercion-edited-by-j-wilson-mixon-jr/ Competition and Political Entrepreneurship: Austrian Insights into Public-Choice Theory by Thomas J. DiLorenzo http://mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/RAE2_1_3.pdf The political system won't conform to sound principles; you will have to compromise sound principles to conform to the political system The Ethics Of Voting - Part 1 by George H. Smith http://voluntaryist.com/articles/001a.php Statist judges have no understanding of justice and objective law; rather, they violate them on a daily basis; therefore, being a "juror" for a statist judge does not accord with justice and objective law http://marcstevens.net Root-striking questions... http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/8208221 There is no such thing as a "liberty-minded principled candidate"; Ayn Rand grasped the essence of this, even though she forwarded the ethical and political contradiction of government http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/moral-practical_dichotomy.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/theory-practice_dichotomy.html THE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml Adam and Pete (of http://libertyontour.com) striking serious Libertarian roots on Declare Your Independence! http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/9803960 bumper music "Ballot Box" by Destroy Everything http://destroyeverything.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 10/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 121 - Liberty on tour, statism and youth, child-rearing, rationalizing warfare | Support Adam and Pete in their continuing mission to spread the good words of freedom and property rights: http://libertyontour.com Some SD pics: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24991&id=130201433668701 Adam Mueller tells FTL the story of his arrest and caging in Las Vegas http://traffic.libsyn.com/ftl/FTL2010-09-20.mp3 Police do not really care about property rights, and they won't until they become free market agents instead of coercive monopoly gangsters Opposite Of Radical: Today's Youth Trust Uncle Sam by Tovia Smith http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126359205 The tribal premise, involving self-sacrifice, is the basis for government Those in government have no property rights jurisdiction; "public property" is communistic The injustices perpetrated by those in government are much more than unethical; aggression is an attempt to nullify the mind and thus objective morality Corporations: The Semi-Good, The Bad, And The Ugly http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#80 A society of complete liberty entails a society of individuals who esteem themselves rationally and love virtue The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=35 Our nature is nurture: Are shifts in child-rearing making modern kids mean? by John Horgan http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=our-nature-is-nurture-are-shifts-in-2010-07-12 Our distinctive mental faculty: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/reason.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationality.html Parents oftentimes exploit the empathetic nature of children, and their desire to obey and to please (to be "good"), in order to foist bad ideas and immoral behavior on them--and teach them to not question or challenge "authority" FDR1294 The Rise of Corruption Part 2 http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1294_Rise_of_Corruption_Part_2.mp3 Parents need to make things comprehensible for kids, by reasoning from first principles, as opposed to offering them the cognitive and emotional confusion that they do today Quitting the hominid fight club: The evidence is flimsy for innate chimpanzee--let alone human--warfare by John Horgan http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=quitting-the-hominid-fight-club-the-2010-06-29 The Historical Societal Problem: http://www.logicallearning.net/libhistoricalsoc.html War and irrational beliefs have been linked since the dawn of civilization--for people's torment How We Support Our False Beliefs http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090821135020.htm Does U.S. Foreign Policy Protect Us? Or Did It Cause 9/11? http://files.meetup.com/1509488/pamphlet2.pdf Confirmation bias and rationalization are antithetical to objectivity To align with truth, one must come to terms with one's feelings, to understand and integrate them on a deeper level Acquiring independence and being rational in today's society is a major, but necessary, feat! If you'd like to tap into your inner subconscious wisdom via a counseling session, email me at wes@happinesscounseling.com bumper music "Masters Of War" by Pearl Jam http://pearljam.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 120 - Contradictions of electoral politics and the non-heroism of war | In America's Finest (military) City... http://meetup.com/Complete-Liberty Our Enemy, The Party http://wconger.blogspot.com/2008/10/our-enemy-party.html Working "within the system" is not ok; it's actually counterproductive The end doesn't justify the means "Public good" is a fallacious economic concept A congress of Ron Pauls would make government look good, even though it's an inherently evil organization Elected Officials | Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/candidates/elected-officials Confessions of an Increasingly Skeptical Libertarian Partyarch by Thomas Knapp http://c4ss.org/content/2540 Advocating complete liberty really exposes the folly of those who don't We need to take into account the unseen costs of partyarchy, and redirect our political energy into education, voluntaryism, and agorism Let's live up to our true individual potential Life is about flourishing and happiness, so cut to the chase; don't settle for the suboptimal The trouble with voluntaryists by Morey Straus http://www.rationalreview.com/content/62812 The Evil That Men Do: Willful Submission To Illegitimate Authority by William Buppert http://www.lewrockwell.com/buppert/buppert17.html It's a mental trickery to think that you need to be obedient to some "authority," be it personal or political Property owners will set rational rules for commerce in a free society Root-striking questions: http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/8208221/ Radley Balko: Maryland cops are abusing wiretapping law | Cop Block http://www.copblock.org/384/radley-balko-maryland-cops-are-abusing-wiretapping-laws/ Tomgram: William Astore, Wars Don't Make Heroes http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175276/tomgram%3A_william_astore%2C_wars_don%27t_make_heroes Self-sacrifice is not ethical; it's a vice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm Libertarians: Obama is shockingly pro-war | Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/libertarians-obama-is-shockingly-pro-war Strive to only do things that you are morally comfortable with, which entails respecting the lives and well-being of others my blog post: B******t! hit piece on self-esteem and Nathaniel Branden http://bit.ly/cNxFu4 If you'd like to get your subconscious exploration process underway, email me at wes@happinesscounseling.com to set up a session bumper music "Swallow Your Fears" by State of Man http://www.stateofmanmusic.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 119 - The injustice system and kangaroo courtroom drama | The communized (governmental) roads enable "law-enforcement officers" to violate the person and property of individual motorists The statist courts are not about justice, because of their inherent conflict of interest; the statist judge and statist prosecutor work for the same organization; they have no property rights jurisdiction or valid agency contract with property owners; and, they fund their operations via extortion What is The Pursuit of Justice? by Edward Lopez http://www.independent.org/blog/index.php?p=6469 As long as you comply with governmental edicts in America, it seems much better than other countries "Citizen" and "United States" are basically slavespeak terms - http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml Vast numbers of people caught up in the "corrections system" have violated no one's rights; their "crimes" have no victims The Pursuit of Justice and Private Interests in the Law by Edward Lopez http://www.independent.org/blog/index.php?p=6723 So-called judges protect their livelihood, just as cops protect their own Anything in the economy that is not paid for voluntarily is not and cannot be a service The Pursuit of Justice and Elected vs. Appointed Judges by Edward Lopez http://www.independent.org/blog/index.php?p=6496 Lysander Spooner's keen insights on the courts of injustice: http://tinyurl.com/26s34tu Justice for All Without the State by David J. Heinrich http://www.libertarianstandard.com/articles/david-j-heinrich/justice-for-all-without-the-state/ The legal precept of independent third party adjudication is violated by governmental courts; thus, a fair trial is simply impossible "Public property" is a contradiction in terms, and "private property" is a redundancy As long as people are clueless, compliant followers of the status quo, the communized legal system will continue I'm Allowed to Rob You! by Larken Rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE An example of libertarian doing (rather than merely talking) http://freekeene.com In need of counseling/psychotherapy? Please email me: wes@happinesscounseling.com http://happinesscounseling.com bumper music "Injustice" by Sleepy Wonder http://www.myspace.com/sleepywonda to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 118 - The alleged ideal of socialism | [explicit] ACTA: The War on Progress, Freedom, and Human Civilization by Gennady Stolyarov II http://mises.org/daily/4593 The following are some informative links for those who are sympathetic to or even enamored by socialism, yet are still open to the message of free minds and free markets: Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective by Kevin Carson (he describes himself as a mutualist) http://mutualist.blogspot.com/2005/12/studies-in-anarchist-theory-of.html Austrian Business Cycle Theory: A Brief Explanation by Dan Mahoney http://mises.org/daily/672 The Business Cycle (entire list of mises.org audio and video resources) http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=subject&ID=12 http://blog.mises.org/4061/how-the-business-cycle-happens-and-how-to-correct-it/ http://blog.mises.org/9050/the-austrian-business-cycle-evidence-from-bolivia/ http://blog.mises.org/7045/why-dont-entrepreneurs-outsmart-the-business-cycle/ Additional reading... What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard http://mises.org/money.asp Profit and Loss by Ludwig von Mises http://mises.org/daily/2321 Austrian Exploitation Theory: Marx had no monopoly by Sheldon Richman http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/austrian-exploitation-theory/ A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://mises.org/daily/3780 http://mises.org/etexts/SocCap.pdf Down with Legal Tender by Friedrich A. Hayek http://mises.org/daily/4546 bumper music "Socialism" by 16 Hour Drive http://www.16hourdrive.net/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 117 - Demise of the idea of city government | They're all about "customer service" at the DMV, btw http://www.youtube.com/hotforliberty#p/u/32/41ZY5LSDEZA The common good is commonly destroyed by those who advocate the "common good" Hard Times in Colorado Springs by Chris Hume http://www.truth-out.org/hard-times-colorado-springs60242 Having "a say" in the nature of particular services is only possible with voluntary exchange "Police officers" commonly "help" people by extorting money from them Preventive law, in which there is no victim, is the mainstay of government, which by definition is rights-violating The mind set of those in government is oriented toward controlling others, rather than respecting them The stupid voting process is BENEATH rational beings There is nothing so important to the common good as respecting the rights of the individual Surrendering “PROPERTY TAX” by Ian Freeman http://forum.freekeene.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=ocktg6dvg61tocsl7h4307acr4&topic=3398.0 The Shire Society Declaration http://shiresociety.com A New Covenant by L. Neil Smith http://www.lneilsmith.org/new-cov.html ENDING MODERN DAY LETTERS PATENT (i.e., so-called "intellectual property") http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php From Catalhoyuk to Podunk: It's Time to Abolish City Government by L. Neil Smith http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle573-20100606-02.html Is there any reason for you to fear a world with a structure you don't know? No, if you want to live peacefully Freedom is an inside job, a psychological job Great psychotherapeutic workbook: The Art Of Self-Discovery http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Please contact me is you'd like personal counseling services http://happinesscounseling.com bumper music "Life After Death And Taxes" by Relient K http://relientk.com/ http://www.myspace.com/relientk to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 116 - Reflections on Porcfest 2010 | What are the chances that they change the name of the Free State Project to the No State Project? Unfortunately, most libertarians are believers in a rights-protecting government Town Doesn't Welcome Libertarians: Town not so keen on Free Towners http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1967764 Achieving complete liberty is about engaging particular individuals in conversation that raises their awareness of moral and political inconsistencies 2010 Porcupine Freedom Festival - Opening Speaker - Stefan Molyneux, Freedomain Radio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSjAupRe80 Being a good neighbor entails advocating freedom for your fellow neighbors THE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml PEME-THEORY - BASIC, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl074.shtml No State Project for July 3rd, 2010 (Guest: Calvin from the forum) http://www.marcstevens.net/board/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2090 Government is designed to rob you of your rights and rob you of your property We are creatures of reason; we are not barbaric animals, unless we choose to be that way To choose to nullify the process of reason is the biggest moral/political contradiction Solutionism Presentation At Porcfest 2010 Pt 1 - Free State Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cASoNn5VkKo "Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." Frederic Bastiat The way to improve the world is to change how individuals rear their children And it's important to explore what individuals are feeling when learning about their contradictions bumper music "We Are One" by Kiss http://www.kissonline.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 115 - Do we ever really get out of anarchy | Study Guide Classic: Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? http://blog.mises.org/4716/study-guide-classic-do-we-ever-really-get-out-of-anarchy/ Do we ever really get out of anarchy? by Alfred G. Cuzan http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_2/3_2_3.pdf Noticing political contradictions is not a strong suit for believers in Government Political anarchy and market anarchy are worlds apart in terms of justice A case of government punishing their own...in order to maintain their PR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Cunningham NoStateProject - June 19, 2010 - Co-host JT and Guest Wes Bertrand http://www.marcstevens.net/board/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2076 It doesn't matter whether government is structured in a "pluralistic" or "hierarchical" fashion, all governments by definition violate the non-aggression principle A coercive monopoly on the enforcement of justice (i.e., government) will always foster injustice Those in government have no property rights jurisdiction to enforce their "laws" The use of retaliatory force must be no more than what is necessary to deal with the rights-violation Coercive monopolies will always deliver the lowest quality "service" at the highest price Revisiting "Do we ever really get out of anarchy?" http://mises.org/journals/jls/22_1/22_1_1.pdf bumper music "Anarchy" by KMFDM http://www.kmfdm.net/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 114 - Obedience to and support of statism | Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey http://reason.tv/video/show/1050.html People in government don't honor your practice of self-ownership Most people have self-induced blindness regarding the coercion and tyranny of government The Honor of Being Human: Why Do You Support? by Arthur Silber http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/12/honor-of-being-human-why-do-you-support.html There can be no valid reasons for demands of obedience, because such demands violate voluntary, uncoerced agreement http://warisimmoral.com Daniel's site as conscientious objector To choose one's rulers--what irony! The political process (voting) is fundamentally unjust and immoral Authoritarian/obedience-oriented parenting brings about statism Psychologist Haim Ginott's insights: http://www.betweenparentandchild.com/ Even if you must obey for self-preservation reasons, it's still important to convey the injustice and immorality happening to those who are violating your rights "Public property" is a complete denial of self-responsibility in the realm of property rights Governments exist through the sanction of the general populace; they must appear to protect and provide To obey is to ultimately support Denial of self-responsibility invariably leads to immoral actions Self-responsibility and its Effects on Obedience and Aggression http://www.logicallearning.net/obedience.html Voluntaryism vs Objectivism Q&A 1 (of 5) http://www.youtube.com/hotforliberty#p/u/4/vNNQ3C14qGM bumper music "Mental Slavery" by Kreator http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 113 - Property rights enforcement versus the injustices of statism | State created and supported assets will tend to become liabilities in a free market The fundamental difference between a system of private property and so-called public property is that the former entails accountability, consent, and jurisdiction while the latter entails unjust coercion based on collectivistic abstractions "private property" is a redundancy and "public property" is a contradiction in terms Confessions of a Recovering Ideologue, Part I http://gene-callahan.blogspot.com/2010/05/confessions-of-recovering-ideologue.html His LRC archives http://www.lewrockwell.com/callahan/callahan-arch.html "State" doesn't exist; it's just a collectivistic abstraction Property is just an extension of self-ownership Individuals must use rationality to resolve things in a mutually beneficial fashion Big picture timeline of humanity and innovation http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0274.html Government operates based on collectivism and "might makes right" Property brings about freedom; statism brings about slavery bumper music "The Tide Is Turning" by Roger Waters http://www.roger-waters.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 112 - Property rights and a free world | The absurdity of "taxpayers" One day, everything will be privately owned Anarcho-Distributism by Daniel McCarthy http://www.amconmag.com/mccarthy/2010/04/07/anarcho-distributism/ We'll never get rid of statism if present psychologies don't change People demand justice services in concert with their concept (or misconception) of justice A "republic" is based on the contradiction of "representation" Business fits perfectly with the free market, with what people need and want Parents typically contradict the wills of children; hence, we have government A higher level of self-esteem is required for a free society to take hold It's best to push away from the table of governmental "benefits" Once people get the idea of good government out of their heads, peace and prosperity can happen Libertarian Property and Privatization: An Alternative Paradigm by Kevin A. Carson http://www.mutualist.org/id45.html Property gleaned through statism is best left to the natural redistributive processes of supply and demand in the free market; no need to "take back" anything, to be a central planner In a society of complete liberty, people will use land in ways valued by people in the marketplace My recent "citation"...cops are basically illogical zombies who choose to enforce "the law" at the expense of individual rights Public property is a contradiction in terms and must be abolished bumper music "For America" by Jackson Browne http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/discography/album/lives-in-the-balance to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 111 - Unnecessary evil of regulation, unprincipled Libertarianism | Recriminations grow over airline costs http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8629127.stm The monopoly on violence and the perceived "authority" of government undermines people's independence and responsibility--and regulatory ability Government is an unnecessary evil What part of your life do you want someone else to govern? The Story Of Your Enslavement by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A California Man Fights Legal Battle to Keep His Own Backyard by William La Jeunesse http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/03/california-man-fighting-backyard/ "Without property rights, no other rights are possible" Ayn Rand Most intellectuals have been trained to be obedient--and controlling Five Reasons Why Libertarians Shouldn't Hate Government: Plus, Five Big Projects That Went Well and Five That Were Disasters by William D. Eggers & John O'Leary http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/13/five-reasons-why-libertarians Don't be a Kool-Aid (or Flavor Aid) drinker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid There's no such thing as a necessary evil; coercion and violence against the innocent is evil, no matter who commits it Mass compliance leads to mass coercion by government; thus, get organized and stop complying Proof positive that nothing government does is useful: None of it is funded voluntarily! When you're forced to do something, it doesn't foster your independent judgment bumper music "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who http://www.thewho.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 110 - Criminality perpetrated and promoted by government | A dangerous idea whose time has come by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2010m4d5-A-dangerous-idea-whose-time-has-come We really can't determine the exact damage statism does to the economy and to our lives, but it's immense--and of course unnecessary The government is merely a destructive gang imbued with virtue by most people It's important to understand people's psychology and ethics of self-sacrifice in order to discuss statism versus voluntaryism with them The practice of living with integrity is sorely lacking in our culture, and kids learn FAR more from what adults do than from what they say The Wellspring of Sociopathy by Rob Sandwell http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle562-20100321-05.html Rational self-esteeming parents are key to the development of rational self-esteeming kids Authoritarian sociopaths don't have a solid sense of themselves; in short, they haven't worked on their self-esteem Approval-seeking and wanting to control others are two sides of pseudo self-esteem Check out School Sucks Podcast to understand the bad effects and immorality of "public schools": http://schoolsucksproject.com Professionals in psychology typically avoid scrutinizing the coercion and criminality of government itself; thus, their immense denial becomes a widespread pathology The so-called selfless and heroic "service" of cops and soldiers blends with authoritarian sociopathy; blind obedience to "authority" is the rule http://www.logicallearning.net/liblegalagencies.html Objective law is that which is in line with natural rights of individuals bumper music "Criminality" by Cocoa Tea http://www.dancehalljamjam.net/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 109 - Status quo rejectivism, exercising freedom, avoiding political rackets | Doctorow and Stross to Write Authorized Sequel to Atlas Shrugged [phil of rejectivism] http://www.locusmag.com/2010/April1st_AtlasSequel.html The nature of government is to control you, including whether you can live or not So-called intellectual property wouldn't exist in a free society http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php Doug Casey on Anarchy http://www.lewrockwell.com/casey/casey45.1.html Nearly all people adhere to the political principle of respect for others and their property--until they interface with government Submission is a choice; it's not a forgone conclusion; exercise your freedom instead http://freekeene.com/free-audiobook/ realize your independence: http://agorism.info/ Reformist Political Action as a Diversion, Part Three by Kevin Carson http://c4ss.org/content/2138 Legal reform via public policy is a counterproductive game that legitimizes the nature of the irrational and unjust system of government Live how you want to live right now, without waiting for the State's employees to legalize it We don't need to change "the law"; we just need to render it irrelevant The mafia with a flag is not legitimate bumper music "I Am Citizen Insane" by Radiohead http://www.radiohead.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 108 - Extortion as a way of life, anti-conceptual mentality, religion as anti-mind | Even so-called judges are obedient to someone... Authoritarian sociopaths want more and more power (to fill the void in their self-esteem) Governmental courts foster the ultimate conflicts of interest (adjudicator and prosecutor on the same team) "Do as I say, not as I do!" is the favorite line of those living in self-conflict We need a movement of new intellectuals who ferret out contradictions Nothing Outside the State | The Beacon by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=5309 Government is the new religion It's important to question the hypocrisy of those advocates of statism who believe they are moral The personalities who favor coercion of politics stand opposed to creative minds The Ominous Parallels by Leonard Peikoff http://www.peikoff.com/lr/home.htm Government: The equal opportunity offender About the Show - Survivors - BBC America http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/370/about-survivors.jsp Ever notice that those in government have no problem with the pervasive crimes (rights-violations) they perpetrate? The more "laws" that governmental employees create, the more "criminals" they can apprehend (ruling via fear of punishment) WHY IS THE IRS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK? read all about it... http://tinyurl.com/ye5o6c9 "Just doing my job" is not a moral argument; shirking responsibility is not moral The anti-conceptual mentality dominates America (and the world) http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/anti-conceptual_mentality.html Religion, being a ready-made system for controlling people, promotes the ethics of self-sacrifice, i.e., sacrifice of one's mind and life to invalid and erroneous concepts "God" is based on a conglomeration of invalid concepts, unable to be logically integrated: infallibility; omniscience; and omnipotence The "supernatural" is a fantasy designed to enslave people's minds; there is only the natural http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mystics_of_spirit_and_muscle.html further reading...An Issue Of Mortality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html Some perspective on something bigger than yourself: "The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is called a 'pencil beam' survey because the observations encompass a narrow, yet 'deep' piece of sky. Astronomers compare the Ultra Deep Field view to looking through an eight-foot-long soda straw." http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/07/ Complete liberty is not just about politics; it's about a worldview in which you free your mind of contradictory beliefs and behaviors Ultimately one must redeem one's mind from all the hockshops of authority; no gods and no governments Intense introspection and self-knowledge is key bumper music "Antonym" by Krylls http://www.krylls.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 107 - The radical incoherence of government | Twenty-one Reasons Why Statism Is a Radical and Radically Incoherent Theory by Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski http://www.strike-the-root.com/twenty-one-reasons-why-statism-is-radical-and-radically-incoherent-theory Governmental employees who regulate people are unproductive, anti-creative, and anti-entrepreneurial For many, Government is like God, and needs no explanation Since individuals can govern themselves, why have government?--unless you want to govern other individuals and seize their property You can't have a valid contract when one side doesn't agree to it; thus, the "social contract" is a myth perpetuated by people who want to control others Robbing Peter (via taxation) to support Paul is not benevolent; it's the doctrine of sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/altruism.html The Historical Societal Problem (quote by Rothbard within) http://www.logicallearning.net/libhistoricalsoc.html Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Fear of punishment starts in the family and ends with following governmental "law" Only property owners can determine rational rules for customers A Democratic Republic is the worst form of government except for all the others Self-governing capitalism is in line with human nature, based on the trader principle http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/trader_principle.html CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15 I'm Allowed to Rob You! by Larken Rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE Only natural law, based in the non-aggression principle, ensures justice and restoration of victims In order for a better world to arise, parents need to work on their self-esteem and therefore treat children similarly bumper music "I Own Me" by Neema V http://www.myspace.com/neemav http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNeemaV to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 106 - Medical and biotech markets, FDA insanity, anti-aging and freedom | The most progress and highest quality and lowest prices happen in the freest economic sectors Imagine A Free World http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#91 Thou Shalt Not Take Full Responsibility For Your Own Treatment—Authorities Will Handle That http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#105 Thou Shalt Not Do Business Without Joining The State Guild—Licensure http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#107 Interesting newsletter: http://longevitymeme.org Further reading: Have you considered achieving "longevity escape velocity"? http://healthymindfitbody.com/2009/12/10/longevity-escape-velocity/ The urge to regulate, govern, and control others stems from low self-esteem, a lack of trust in self and diminished worthiness--projected onto others Bad authoritarian/obedience experiences in childhood foster the memes of statism On Medical Tourism For Stem Cell Therapies http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2010/03/on-medical-tourism-for-stem-cell-therapies.php Demand for Stem Cells Growing Fast, Many Turn to Medical Tourism by Aaron Saenz http://singularityhub.com/2010/02/28/demand-for-stem-cells-growing-fast-many-turning-to-the-allure-of-medical-tourism/ Unfortunately, most scientists don't reason from first principles and instead employ an end-justifies-the-means code of immorality in relation to research funding (and regulation) Countless individuals suffer and die on account of the rights-infringing regulations of the FDA Want to live forever? Become a libertarian by Garry Reed http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1449-Dallas-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Want-to-live-forever-Become-a-libertarian Government itself is the problem we need to get rid of, and you can't do that by being part of it! Why Do We Accept Aging? by Kyle Munkittrick http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/3780/ Disobedience is the basic crime against those who presume to rule over you The basic axiom of any civilized society is to respect persons and property of others Since life is the ultimate standard of value, we must look for ways to solve the problem of aging and death bumper music "Alive" by Pearl Jam http://pearljam.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 105 - The destructiveness of taxation, economic retardation, agorism | Government doesn't respect persons and property, by definition Tax attacks: Hillcrest grudge match pits Market Anarchists against Democratic Socialists by Dave Maass http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/tax_attacks/9008/ All the grand social projects advocated by statists, in addition to being immoral, fail miserably compared to free market standards Socialism is mass coercion with no respect for private property rights Until a statist agrees to put the gun down, arguments from effect (or utility) are somewhat futile Tax objectors have long history in US: Man who crashed into IRS building is the latest defier by Stephen Ohlemacher (AP) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/02/21/tax_objectors_have_long_history_in_us/ Taxes by definition are immoral and unjust; no taxes are legitimate, on account of their involuntary nature I'm Allowed to Rob You! by Larken Rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE It's crucial to make the moral argument against those behaving like authoritarian sociopaths, which strikes at the root of the meme of statism (and its imposed "services") A Society of Criminals by Ben O'Neill http://mises.org/daily/4125 The mystics of muscle and spirit work together to enslave individuals http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mystics_of_spirit_and_muscle.html Your life is being cut short by government: murder on the installment plan Our lives would be so much better economically without government I am Powerful and I Will Never Give Up: An Anti-Stack Manifesto by George Donnelly http://www.fr33agents.com/2364/i-am-powerful-and-i-will-never-give-up-an-anti-stack-manifesto/ Working on personal development and avoiding governmental nonsense are vital to the good life Self-defensive violence against governmental oppressors is NOT the solution to governmental aggression Rather, asking root-striking questions about morality and justice can foster better behavior: http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/8208221 bumper music "u hate freedom" by Sleuth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_tXte8ML-0 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 104 - Some reasons for free market anarchism | Why I Call Myself A Free Market Anarchist And Why I Am One by Brian Micklethwait http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/polin/polin067.pdf Unfortunately there are "Anarchists" who are nothing of the sort, because they violate property rights (or advocate violating them) Today's "capitalism" is also nothing of the sort, because of statist intervention Freedom solves all the intractable problems that statism (i.e., lack of freedom) generates Freedom means being responsible (respecting property rights) Statism means being irresponsible (disrespecting property rights) No product, service, or idea should be delivered at the barrel of a gun Complete liberty will provide a much better life for everyone bumper music "Anarchy" by Skazi http://www.skazilive.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 103 - Unproductive evils of statism, both federal and local, versus self-esteem | The philosophy of pragmatism in America is killing our economy and culture http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html Evasion, rationalization, and repression are common defense mechanisms Government, being a coercive monopoly, fosters immorality and injustice The American Spectator : Just Say Snow by Doug Bandow http://spectator.org/archives/2010/02/11/just-say-snow/ Any government is inherently unproductive, because it makes no profits; no voluntary trade with others The activities of government are a giant lead weight around the neck of our economy The military does not protect individual freedom, because individuals aren't allowed to make their own choices based on property rights (the essence of freedom) Free Will - "God Style" PART 2 by NonStampCollector http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9IvCpiHxA All politics is invariably local Cops protect and serve their own, not "the public" The communized road system is the land of the arbitrary and coercive The San Diego Superior Court--extortion artists par excellence Governmental employees apparently can't conceive of making money in a voluntary fashion Root-striking questions to ask those who want to rule over you... http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/8208221 It's important to explicitly state the nature of the coercive madness to those in government Public property is a contradiction in terms All the good things gained in life stem from mutually respectful relationships Aggression is the utter failure of a reasoning consciousness Are We Not Afraid? by James Tuttle http://alliance.rationalreview.com/2010/02/are-we-not-afraid/ Those who advocate a voluntary society favor peace and prosperity, not the coercive tactics of statism Inner strength comes from dealing with one's fears about challenging "authority"--and speaking the truth And finding kindred spirits... http://freekeene.com http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/ http://www.libertopia.org/ bumper music "White Lies" by E.S.T. http://www.est-music.com/ (http://www.lala.com/#artist/White%20Lies) http://www.myspace.com/esbjornsvenssontrio to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 102 - Socio-economic chaos, striking the root of fear | 15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams by David DeGraw http://www.alternet.org/economy/144109/15_signs_american_society_is_coming_apart_at_the_seams?page=entire Our standard of living would be a great deal higher without the assorted ills of statism and central banking Taxpayer money should be left in the hands of those it was extorted from Productive individuals create jobs, not those in government It's contradictory to think that you're going to be "secured" by a coercive monopoly Homelessness has many causes, but getting rid of "public property," i.e., statism, is the remedy Coercion does not work, in addition to being immoral The health care problem can only be solved by a free market in medicine (and insurance) Voluntarism and peacefulness is the answer to the violent nature of government Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 million http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/02/burgeoning-federal-payroll-signals-return-of-big-g/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States#State_government Government, being a coercive monopoly, delivers the lowest quality "service" at the highest possible price How to end the State by Alex Ryan http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3741 Liberty-lovers who play politics unfortunately make government seem necessary and proper--and virtuous Our volitional mechanism can be used in maladaptive ways, such as avoiding truth and initiating aggression If people held reason and self-esteem as their top values, the world would change dramatically and quickly Recommended reading... Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43 The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35 bumper music "Happiness (Dance Mix)" by Front 242 http://www.front242.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 101 - Objectivist ethics and Randian views | WHY AYN RAND? SOME ALTERNATE ANSWERS by MICHAEL HUEMER http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/01/22/michael-huemer/why-ayn-rand-some-alternate-answers/ Human beings should be rationally self-interested Modern politics stems from denial of self-ownership, among other things What we have is a world of deficient self-esteem Egoism doesn't demand that others sacrifice for one's own sake http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/selfishness.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/virtue.html Objectivist ethics is a reality-based ethics WHY AYN RAND? ANSWERS AND SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION by DOUGLAS B. RASMUSSEN http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/01/18/douglas-b-rasmussen/why-ayn-rand-answers-and-some-questions-for-discussion/ THE WINNOWING OF AYN RAND by RODERICK LONG http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/01/20/roderick-long/the-winnowing-of-ayn-rand/ Rational Ethics: Rational Oughts vs. Deontology by XOmniverse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKM27XazuQc A Basic Introduction to Rational Ethics by Shawn Huckabay http://completeliberty.ning.com/forum/topics/a-basic-introduction-to Rational Ethics: Introduction, Part 1 by XOmniverse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXMwFG1jPQ The key is to live in the present moment, appreciating that you are alive! Your happiness is the ultimate defiance of death Since life is the standard of value, an indefinite lifespan is a profound goal When people don't rid their lives of self-sacrifice, our culture suffers greatly The Nature Of The Matrix: Red and blue pills (psychology meetup discussion) http://www.meetup.com/The-San-Diego-Psychology-Meetup-Group/calendar/12375612/ http://media.libsyn.com/media/hmfb/psychmeetupMATRIX.mp3 bumper music "Born To Be Alive" by Disco Kings http://store.ultrarecords.com/138 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 100 - Roundtable with co-hosts, the future of freedom and honoring truth | Government and Katrina... 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 3 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuL8teeuJD8&NR=1 Governmentally controlled roads should be abolished, based on respect for property rights; highways and byways should be privately owned Imagine if all the people in government, and those they drag into their morass, were not throwing away their productivity; if government were no more, then everyone would be productive, trading value for value "City services" aren't services; they are coercive monopolies funded via extortion; those in government can't "own" anything, because their so-called property and jurisdiction are based on coerced communism Imagine no more DMV, TSA, and other tyrannical organizations... Imagine amazing advances in free market transportation... Imagine amazing advances advances in life-extension... Imagine the newfound levels of respect (of self and others) in a society of complete liberty... Visit http://larkenrose.com I'm Allowed to Rob You! (root-striking video by Larken) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE Imagine no more government-controlled schools, no more mass statist indoctrination robbing kids of their autonomy, self-esteem, creativity, and intrinsic motivation to learn... http://schoolsucksproject.com Imagine no more soldiers following foolish orders, no more statist militarism and senseless battles and wars... http://warisimmoral.com Army's new all-terrain vehicle debuts in Afghanistan http://www.mcclatchydc.com/117/story/81213.html The roots of statism are in the authoritarian/obedience memes of the family On Truth: The Tyranny of Illusion by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/Books/OnTruthTheTyrannyofIllusion.aspx Honoring The Self by Nathaniel Branden http://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Self-Self-Esteem-Personal-Tranformation/dp/0553268147 The Art Of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=38 Imagine if individuals on society developed a mindset that doesn't accept anything less than respectful, peaceful relationships (including kids)... PSA by the Governator bumper music "Imagine" by John Lennon http://www.johnlennon.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 99 - No logical arguments for Intellectual Property | Civil Disobedience? - The Freedomain Radio Roundtable - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3jcon9ffNw CD activism has typically been collectivistic in nature, thus not achieving freedom for individuals Individual sovereignty is the ultimate goal of complete liberty Statist media and memes make our political situation quite difficult Most people believe that the status quo is the best way of doing things Does Monopoly Create Wealth? by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker124.html Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years on 'subversion' charges http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401564.html The porn industry is thriving, despite its major lack of copyright enforcement Proper Intellectual Property by Gene DeNardo http://www.nolanchart.com/article6830.html IP laws create conflict between what producers and consumers want CDs have gone the way of the dodo bird Even with a seller/buyer contract, it's not binding on third parties There are No Good Arguments for Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella http://blog.mises.org/archives/009499.asp People's arguments are typically emotion-based and coupled with fallacies Most people start with the invalid premise that freedom doesn't work Coercion doesn't work, and it contradicts the nature of human consciousness to make decisions The brain was not designed... http://www.amazon.com/Kluge-Haphazard-Construction-Human-Mind/dp/0618879641 Legalese is nonsensical verbiage that serves those interested in coercive power Do any lawyers and judges study justice as a science? Recent San Diego freedom activism... Governmental extortion via property tax (parts 1 and 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6NCwmsfe4E - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMyOWqwpfyE Taking on the California DMV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ZY5LSDEZA So-called representative government fundamentally denies self-responsibility "Public property," being a contradiction in terms, is actually statist property, controlled by authoritarian sociopaths Intellectual Property and Libertarianism by Stephan Kinsella http://mises.org/daily/3863 Minarchism (any government) violates the principle of non-initiation of force Those who involve themselves in government are thus engaged in criminal activities The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide by Stephan Kinsella http://mises.org/story/3682 A status quo creator perspective can foster control freakishness, and thus violations of others' property rights Both democracies and monarchies plunder people, as they are on the continuum of insane behavior by human beings Avatar raises interesting issues of consciousness and self-ownership Dissecting Boldrin and Levine: An Alternate View of Intellectual Property by John deLaubenfels http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/delaubenfels/delaubenfels1.html Trying to control others' property is not only unjust; it also isn't good business IP laws essentially turn all consumers into potential "criminals," even though they've not violated anyone's property rights It's not good business to try to control what customers can and cannot do with what they buy (despite what Steve Jobs believes) Will it blend? - http://www.blendtec.com/willitblend/ Government is the preeminent example of unhealthy human minds scheming to rope people into services and products not of their choosing Stephen's Remix Challenge - http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/216595/january-21-2009/stephen-s-remix-challenge The Best Stephen Colbert / Lawrence Lessig Interview Remix - by Ludachrist - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_w1FR67AXs Colbert Remix Challenge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVqkEr0I1E&NR=1 Stephen Colbert's green screen challenge... http://www.colboard.com/cn/greenscreen.php That which is moral is practical IP Crimes and Vices by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker143.html The ins and outs of the word "epoch"... ;) Yo | 1/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 98 - Copyright versus property rights, anti-IP Objectivism, contradictory logorights | Let's hope this next decade will be better than the last one regarding prospects for freedom... Back to Basics on Property and Competition by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker129.html Property rights aren't respected by governments in civilization; "laws" created by a coercive monopoly infringe on them daily People in the marketplace are the ones who respect property rights, not government Laws, and the people who make (and interpret) them, seek to control others, not respect freedom and justice Property rights exist to make distinctions concerning who owns what and who can therefore utilize what, without conflict or confusion Plagiarism is generally frowned up, and provides a marketplace check against confusion and fraud charges The tentacles of statism in the realm of IP are pervasive, as are the unseen costs of IP laws "Anti-trust" law was created by gangsters with no good intentions A "competitive" marketplace is just one in which people bring values to others unimpeded An Objectivist Recants on IP http://blog.mises.org/archives/011162.asp The principle of self-ownership represents the unification of liberty and property IP fosters rampant legal conflict, on account of it contradicting real property rights The first serious critique I read against IP (hat tip to Ian Freeman of http://freetalklive.com)... Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella http://mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf Classic J. Neil: Informational Property — Logorights http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/12/classic-j-neil-informational-property-logorights/ The human brain is arguably the most complex thing in the known universe, a massively parallel processor Our future, perhaps...The Intelligent Universe by Ray Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0534.html Big picture stuff...The Age of Spiritual Machines: Timeline by Raymond Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0274.html Once patterns of information are released into the marketplace, individuals will likely seek to duplicate them (without conflict) Again, trying to control duplicates of what you've created leads to conflict with others' property rights, as well as more statism and unintended business consequences Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 Holding back progress in the name of the state by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Holding-back-progress-in-the-name-of-the-state Stay tuned for more videos of activism in San Diego, including my recent trip to the DMV http://youtube.com/completeliberty http://youtube.com/hotforliberty bumper music "Master Of Puppets" by Metallica http://metallica.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 97 - Copyright and publishing, challenging Objectivist IP notions | In a world without copyright, content creators would find ways to connect with fans and give them reasons to buy Authors: Beware of Copyright by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker121.html The corporate structure wouldn't exist in a free market, so corporate "policy" and litigiousness would disappear There is no reason for books to be out of print in the digital age, other than publishers having copyright of course Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org) is a good step to the elimination of copyright, although it still relies on it I released Complete Liberty into the public domain; lawyers and legislators be damned Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 People in general like giving credit where credit is due Only with governmental "officials" is lying, cheating, and stealing considered normal and ok At some point or another, people will naturally stop obeying IP edicts Most people who enjoy creative content want to reward its producers, not the corporate/legal entities in between All Property Is Intellectual by Russell Madden http://www.russellmadden.com/property_is_intellectual.html The Fallacy of Intellectual Property by Daniel Krawisz http://mises.org/story/3631 Property rights are ascribed based on usage of technological units Owning the Technological Unit: Land and Air (within Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution) by Murray Rothbard http://mises.org/daily/2120#10 Intellectual Property Versus Real Property: What Are Copyrights and What Do They Mean for Liberty? by Sheldon Richman http://fee.org/articles/tgif/intellectual-property/ A free marketplace contains incentives to be honest and reputable and disincentives to defraud and plagiarize Honesty--alignment with reality--is a key virtue for human beings; it enables them to trust themselves and others Ultimately all aspects of our world that can be owned should be owned; "public property" is a contradiction in terms (noted Rand) Ownership creates accountability and value in the marketplace, as well as efficient allocation of resources Duplication without conflict (i.e., using one's own property) is the main principle for understanding the fallacy of IP Fraud charges don't rely on IP, because they deal with deceptive transactions (lack of disclosure) and thus invalid title transfers You can't "own" your reputation in the marketplace; libel and slander laws are invalid On Property and Exploitation by Hans Hoppe and Walter Block http://mises.org/etexts/propertyexploitation.pdf To reduce scarcity and to value more and more things is to flourish as human beings Anarchy means no rulers, no group called "government" presuming to "govern" individuals against their wills and their rights to property Supplemental reading... The 100-Year Sentence by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker145.html If You Believe in IP, How Do You Teach Others? by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://mises.org/daily/3864 The New Frontier in IP by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker123.html Anti-taxation activism videos from 12/10/09 in San Diego, CA... Governmental extortion via property tax (part 1 of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6NCwmsfe4E Governmental extortion via property tax (part 2 of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMyOWqwpfyE Freedom is about being able to make your own choices in the marketplace and respecting property rights bumper music "Meet Your Master" by Nine Inch Nails http://nin.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 96 - Unnecessary copyright, State-fostered scarcity, creating reasons to buy | Brett comes back from fraternizing with pirates on the high Caribbean seas School Sucks: Caribbean Holiday Spectacular (With Special Guests!) http://schoolsucks.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2009-12-07T09_15_19-08_00 For some reason, people can get along without overt government Fatbeard: Cartman's dream of living the life of a pirate will come true if he can just get to Somalia. http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/220764 'Intellectual property' by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Intellectual-property Sharing ideas is part of the natural process of creativity Market-based IP enforcement is no improvement on the problem of the property rights conflict that IP creates One's property rights end where another's begin, i.e., in the use of what he or she owns I’m sorry, but we have to ban music. That’s just the way it is. by Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/17/im-sorry-but-we-have-to-ban-music-thats-just-the-way-it-is/ Government and their "laws" ration things by having you stand in line; shortages and high prices are common with coercive monopolies Content creation should also focus on creating satisfied customers who will become repeat buyers and implicit sales people The labor theory of value is embedded in IP law, and in the desire to control others' property in general Labor by itself is not a value (guaranteeing income); it depends on its productivity value in the marketplace "Laws" are designed to serve those in charge, funneling money (from law-breakers) to tyrants Members of the Complete Liberty Meetup group in San Diego (http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/) had a little intervention down at the tax office (http://sdtreastax.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIjEa4Cf-c (full) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDLkVoN1kXQ (clip) Root-striking questions (a discussion that led up to the encounter) http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/8208221 People perpetuate nonsensical ideas without critically thinking about them--especially if they serve their economic interests Unfortunately, when people feel that their corrupt way of life is threatened, they typically engage in ad hominem fallacy and shun any sort of constructive ideological change (and change in behavior) Illegal Downloads 150x More Profitable Than Legal Sales - copyright holders can earn 150 times more money from illicit downloads than from iTunes and other legal stores. submitted by GolemXIV (torrentfreak.com) http://www.reddit.com/r/business/comments/9sxpz/illegal_downloads_150x_more_profitable_than_legal/ The gravy train of governmental "laws" works by charging fees and fining law-breakers Unfortunately, hardly anyone ever verbally challenges those who extort money from them and impose "services" on them (such as educating other peoples' kids) Government is the ultimate anti-social institution Scarcity – Does it Prove Intellectual Property is Unjustified? by Dale B. Halling http://hallingblog.com/2009/06/22/scarcity-–-does-it-prove-intellectual-property-is-unjustified/ People don't forward the statist "If you don't like it, you can leave!" argument from a property rights jurisdiction perspective; they instead use a communistic perspective No one has the right to take over your body or occupy your space; that aspect of scarcity reflects self-ownership Hoppe's assessment of the State http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-07-29_008_the_scam_called_the_state.mp3 http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-08-07_015_democracy_the_god_that_failed.mp3 Being able to duplicate something without conflict is one key to understanding property rights Further reading... Talking To 'Pirates' by Cliff Harris http://www.positech.co.uk/talkingtopirates.html Could The RIAA Stop Piracy By Coming Up With A More Compelling Story? by Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090626/030609537 | 12/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 95 - Freedom prospects, professional extortionists, copyright wrongs | The prospects for liberty on the high seas aren't any better than on land, imo Any place of true freedom would entail the dissolution of governmental "jurisdiction" Any place of true freedom would attract many rights-respecting and responsible individuals Trying to enact complete liberty in a large city environment is quite problematic, though not impossible For example: http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/ No matter where activism is done, it's vital to strike the root of statism People who involve themselves in government don't care about respecting property rights, because government itself is an anti-property rights (tax-fed) institution! Private entertainment venues (to the degree that they are unregulated and untaxed) are microcosms of a free society The benefits of living in society, albeit at present highly statist, tend to outweigh living in the boonies Statist notions of "giving back" to "society" or to "the community" are anti-freedom Has the government ever actually provided anything on a voluntary basis? Nope Showing police as immoral and unjust is a very good thing Police "protect and serve" those in charge; they are a coercive monopoly funded via extortion The perceived legitimacy of "government" depends on propaganda, rationalizations, and psychological defenses People's fears of challenging "authority" go way back to childhood Breaking dysfunctional ties takes confidence and courage To assert what you truly value can be a real challenge Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track by David Kravets http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/obama-sides-wit-2/ Billion Dollar Charlie vs. the RIAA by Alex Beam http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/11/18/billion_dollar_charlie_vs_the_riaa/ If you give authoritarian sociopaths an inch, they'll take twelve miles Political people use government to reward their friends and punish their enemies Apple Wants To Make Jailbreaking Worthy Of Jail Time, $2500 Fine by Chris Walters http://consumerist.com/2009/02/apple-wants-to-make-jailbreaking-worthy-of-jail-time-2500-fine.html "Law" is like "God" for many people, the ultimate "authority" that must be obeyed! Woman tapes parts of her sister's surprise party while the movie "New Moon" is playing in the background. Woman records 3-4 minutes of the movie and is arrested, spending 2 nights in jail and facing up to 3 years in prison. (consumerist.com) http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/abhcp/woman_tapes_parts_of_her_sisters_surprise_party/ Government doesn't own anything, so it has no property rights jurisdiction American government, like all governments, contains the core of communism (for the common good) Feds Demand Prison for Guns N’ Roses Uploader by David Kravets http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/feds-demand-6-m/ Punishment is the age-old irrational method that "authorities" use to deal with the disobedient Dell Colludes With RIAA, Disables Stereo Mix http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/11/0128203 Viacom lawsuit: Google told to hand over all YouTube user details by Bobbie Johnson http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/04/youtube.google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmca IP boils down to forcing people to do or not do things with what they own Are we all serfs working for the feudal lord? Things haven't changed much Will secret copyright treaty restrict your digital rights? by Jeff Porten http://www.macworld.com/article/143986/2009/11/acta_treaty.html Governmental "representation" of "citizens" is basically another absurd form of supernaturalism, or belief in "higher powers" Marketplace activity will eventually undermine IP, regardless of the laws that are passed and the punishment for breaking them Does a criminal organization--i.e., an organization that violates others' sovereignty and property rights--have a valid claim to its property? Does any criminal? Of course the main problem with acts of sabotage is that they do no | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 94 - The legal land of copyright and its destructiveness | IP laws impose a labyrinth of restrictions on creative entrepreneurs who would otherwise bring new and interesting products and services to market Pirate Bay founders threatened with fine if site stays open http://www.macworld.com/article/143592/2009/10/piratebay_fine.html The Pirates Can't Be Stopped by Daniel Roth http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/01/14/Media-Defenders-Profile/?TID=st092007ab Kevin Rose Talks About HD DVD Story on Diggnation http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8677843198802000499# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy Copying music and file-sharing are not equivalent to burglary or robbery, because only a duplication is made; the original property is left intact Customers are oftentimes the casualties in the IP wars Do content creators have the right to prevent others from duplicating their content? What about knockoffs and plagiarism? The Music and Book Killers by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker128.html The Nine Inch Nails Theory of Entrepreneurship http://4entrepreneur.net/?p=1268 Trent Reznor and business strategy http://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/2009/04/trent-reznor-and-business-strategy.html The minutia and madness of IP litigation... http://ipcolloquium.com/mobile/2009/09/derivative-work/ What's next for Jammie Thomas-Rasset? by Nate Anderson http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/whats-next-for-jammie-thomas-rasset.ars The purpose of law is not to "deter" crimes, but rather to serve as a method of justice for restoring victims Governmental "law," lacking property rights jurisdiction, violates individual rights Lots of rights-respecting people are currently being kept in cages for rejecting unjust "laws" The prevalent religious doctrine of retribution fosters various forms of irrationality, immorality, and injustice When children are forced to do things against their will, they oftentimes grow up with pseudo self-esteem and believe in the moral righteousness of governmental coercion Complete liberty is about a society that respects individuals and dispenses with the contradictions and moral double standards of "government" Stay tuned for more info on the completeliberty.com site redesign! Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 bumper music "The Beginning Of The End" by Nine Inch Nails http://nin.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 93 - Trademark law, protection rackets, marketplace checks on fraud | Goldman Sachs seeks Goldman sucks site suit by Austin Modine http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/10/goldman_sucks_site_suit/ further reading...Goldman Sachs in Talks to Acquire Treasury Department http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx?ID=7047 and...Wallstrip - Goldman Sachs (GS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyl46aaSWnE Peter McCandless interview with Daniel Lakemacher - 11/07/2009: Hrs. 1,2,3 (from http://www.petermacshow.com/show-archive.html) http://www.petermacshow.com/mp3/PeterMacShow20091107a.mp3 http://www.petermacshow.com/mp3/PeterMacShow20091107b.mp3 http://www.petermacshow.com/mp3/PeterMacShow20091107c.mp3 and Larken Rose interviews Satan http://www.petermacshow.com/show-archive/55-halloween-larken-rose-a-satan-hr-1.html http://www.petermacshow.com/show-archive/56-halloween-larken-rose-a-satan-hr-2.html http://www.petermacshow.com/show-archive/57-halloween-larken-rose-a-satan-hr-3.html Maintaining a trademark registration - http://www.uspto.gov/faq/t120052.jsp further reading...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark Legal Questions : What Does a Trademark Protect? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tl8r1paHw "Trademark rights" are in the land of the arbitrary, i.e., they are contradictory Trademark blog - http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?limit=&chunk=0&topic=Trademark Trademark Ain't So Hot Either... by Stephen Kinsella http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=836 If governmental services are so important and valuable to people, then why do they have to be forcibly imposed and funded? "Public goods" and "free rider" arguments are fallacious, being based on a coercive and collectivistic (i.e., non-property rights) framework Trademark "law" doesn't really deal with the main issue of customers being defrauded Trademark and Fraud by Stephan Kinsella http://blog.mises.org/archives/007409.asp Against Libertarian Legalism: A comment on Kinsella and Block by Frank van Dun http://mises.org/journals/jls/17_3/17_3_4.pdf Reply To Van Dun: Non-Aggression And Title Transfer by N. Stephan Kinsella http://mises.org/journals/jls/18_2/18_2_3.pdf People with the same name don't sue each other, unless they're trying to use each other's property, so why do identical trademark holders? Trademark "law" is really about excluding competition in the marketplace Facebook Sues German Social Network StudiVZ by Nik Cubrilovic http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/18/facebook-sues-german-social-network-studivz/ Adobe Target FreshAIRapps Officially Moves to a New Home by Paul Glazowski http://mashable.com/2008/07/20/adobe-refreshingapps/ Apple wins copyright infringement case against Psystar in California by Nilay Patel http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/14/apple-wins-copyright-infringement-case-against-psystar-in-califo/ Slashdot Apple Story | Psystar Crushed In Court http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/1954259/Psystar-Crushed-In-Court Think of a new name for iPodderX http://www.tuaw.com/2005/11/29/think-of-a-new-name-for-ipodderx/ Customer preferences in the marketplace place a check on company naming confusion and encourage differentiation Government and various IP laws are merely a bunch of protection rackets, gaining an unfair advantage through the initiation of force Monster Cable's Monstrous Abuse of Trademark Law http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000000803 The Scariest Monster of All Sues for Trademark Infringement by Steve Stecklow http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123869022704882969.html Trademark lawyers are out of their mind by Christian Zimmermann http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000000663 Perhaps the biggest barrier to the dissolution of "government" in general and "IP laws" in particular is people's projection of fears from having no "authority" ruling over your/their decisions Train Operators Around The World Stopping Others From Helping Riders... Due To Intellectual Property by Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/articles/2 | 11/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 92 - The seen and the unseen of patent falsehoods and non sequiturs | Our last episode dealing strictly with patents...next up, trademarks and copyrights Supreme Court to decide: What kind of innovations get a patent? by Warren Richey http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1108/p02s13-usju.html High court considers whether business methods can be patented by Peter Whoriskey http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110903301.html The patent industry relies on the coercion of government to garner profits Patents being State-granted monopolies, rather than fostering innovation, work to hinder it Much wealth is squandered on patent litigation, and the unseen costs are immense Walking the tightrope of governmental regulation is illusory; any intervention is damaging and unjust Threatening people with violence and limiting their actions doesn't promote progress in the useful arts and sciences There is no such thing as a "limited monopoly" Arbitrary is the name of the patent game, as well as the government game Various Libertarians, such as Mary Ruwart (http://www.ruwart.com/), apparently have yet to question the IP memes, patents in particular FDR interview - http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1504_dr_mary_ruwart_interview.mp3 You should not be able to control the property of others, regardless of whether they are using "your ideas" A world without IP encourages constant improvement and innovation If patented ideas are so great, just like governmental "services" (allegedly), people in a free marketplace will choose them Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates Say by Dugie Standeford http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2008/07/07/intellectual-property-regime-stifles-science-and-innovation-nobel-laureates-say/ IP creates a worse economic environment for the poor, in addition to the rest of society When you accept the meme of government, you end up promoting all sorts of fallacies and non sequiturs in order to do damage control Abolishing government (and obviously the FDA) would mean abolishing the unnecessary costs of drug development (the lion's share of the costs) Where Are the Cures? by Michael Heller http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0811/030.html Ownership rights shouldn't clash; given this, there is no such thing as "too much ownership" Modifying the patent system won't work, and it isn't moral; IP must be abolished Once a system of monopolistic privileges is set up, few will repudiate it You don't make money within a patent system by being creative, so much as employ laws and courts to prevent competition Harvard Among Six Schools Urging Drug Access for Poor by John Lauerman http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aa23AHBWnxew The notion that without patents no profits could be made is simply a rationalization for the status quo IP creates conflict by trying control what other people may and may not do with their own property Seen and Unseen Cost of Patents by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker126.html further Tucker reading... The Hoax of Invention History by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker131.html Do Patents Save Our Lives? by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker132.html IP: It's a Market Failure Argument by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker135.html Having to engage in defensive patenting or having to wade through thickets of "prior art" are simply wastes of time and money from a free market standpoint ...statement by Boldrine and Levine: "'Being a monopolist' is, apparently, akin to going on drugs or joining some strange religious sect. It seems to lead to a complete loss of any sense of what profitable opportunities are and of how free markets function. Monopolists, apparently, can conceive of only one way of making money, that is bullying consumers and competitors to put up or shut up. Furthermore, it also appears to mean that past mistakes have to be repeated at a larger, and | 11/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 91 - Patent madness, property and contracts without conflict | The Liberty Roundtable #1: Education and the State http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_bLcxOU4ww Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes | The Onion - America's Finest News Source http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130 With the force of patent law, some producers supposedly have more rights than others? Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' by David Meyer http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39481766,00.htm Company that won $585M from Microsoft sues Apple, Google by Jacqui Cheng http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/company-that-won-585m-from-microsoft-sues-apple-google.ars The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte TWiT 216: It's Pimpin' Time - http://twit.tv/216 Patent litigation spells a proliferation of conflicts in the marketplace Time spent litigating patent claims is time spent away from catering to present and future customers Money spent on litigating patent claims is money not spent on innovating and marketing Patents are essentially monopolistic privileges granted by government that try to control other people's use of their own property Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook Design by Barb Dybwad http://mashable.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-lawsuit/ Non-disclosure agreements are a problematic aspect of contract law Promises to do or not do something that aren't based on actual property, but rather on IP, aren't valid Promises that don't involve the transfer of property don't constitute contracts either "...validly enforceable contracts only exist where title to property has already been transferred, and therefore where the failure to abide by the contract means that the other party’s property is retained by the delinquent party, without the consent of the former (implicit theft). Hence, this proper libertarian theory of enforceable contracts has been termed the 'title-transfer' theory of contracts." ...from The Ethics of Liberty Chapt 19. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE THEORY OF CONTRACTS by Murray Rothbard http://mises.org/rothbard/Ethics/nineteen.asp The title transfer theory of contracts is grounded in actual property The work that Rothbard credits for insights about contract validity is: Toward A Reformulation of the Law of Contracts by Williamson M. Evers http://mises.org/journals/jls/1_1/1_1_2.pdf further reading - A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, and Inalienability by N. Stephan Kinsella (though there are some logical problems with some of his arguments against Rothbard) http://mises.org/journals/jls/17_2/17_2_2.pdf In a free market, people are free to honor original content creators by buying their stuff (or donating) Producers of content must discover free market ways to receive compensation for their efforts Identity theft is a form of fraud, the use of someone's property without consent, under false pretenses Knockoffs are a form of flattery, and like in fashion, consumers choose which ones to buy (and they can afford) Patent Claim Could Block Import of Toyota's Hybrid Cars http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/08/212200/Patent-Claim-Could-Block-Import-of-Toyotas-Hybrid-Cars How Patents Are Harming Small Companies Too http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090601/0007575076.shtml Patent holders, be they individuals or corporations, constantly hold back innovation in the marketplace Fallacy Run Amok by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker130.html Bringing even a "knockoff" product to market successfully takes time, effort, and money Patents foster perverse incentives not to innovate and to discourage others from innovating Property rights resolve conflict, whereas "IP rights" create conflict Rights equal freedom to act in a social context, without conflict with others Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 Check out the new social network for CL-related ideas - http://completeliberty.ning.com CL FB fan pa | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 90 - Police and military madness, patent history and IP pitfalls | Everyone has scary cop stories, which is on account of cops' legalized coercive monopoly Is Halloween a form of sublimation for the scary aspect of the coercive nature of our society? Police enforce arbitrary and unjust laws, regardless of the particular "state" Police don't have property rights jurisdiction The governmental system is set up for total lack of accountability (and of course appalling "customer service") If property rights aren't logically defined in society, we're in big trouble U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan http://www.theonion.com/content/news/u_s_continues_quagmire_building The U.S. military is a communized organization, with fascist input via defense contractors Because national military competence is impossible, the powers that be indoctrinate people about memes of necessary "national security" School sucks, except for military planners, who are masters of existential (and monetary) c*********ks Afghanistan - The universality of war propaganda by Glenn Greenwald http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/10/28/propaganda/index.html Empathy for people affected by war elsewhere is sorely lacking in many Americans Self-responsibility and its Effects on Obedience and Aggression http://www.logicallearning.net/obedience.html Deindividuation, disinhibition, and dehumanization are key factors in evil actions Revenge is a natural consequence of destructive and harmful actions; war begets more war Authoritarianism is the conceptual common denominator between war and patent law July 31, 1790: New Nation Issues First Patent by Randy Alfred http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/07/dayintech_0731 A Book that Changes Everything by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://mises.org/story/3298 Ayn Rand's IP contradictions: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/patents_and_copyrights.html Do Patents Encourage or Hinder Innovation? The Case of the Steam Engine by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine, and Alessandro Nuvolari http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/do-patents-encourage-or-hinder-innovation-the-case-of-the-steam-engine/ Why do people seek to use legal protection rackets? Mainly, fear of not making money without them, in a free market and misunderstanding property in relation to the creative process, leading to control of others It's vital to resolve the IP disagreement within the liberty movement, and logically define property rights Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 Daniel's site: http://warisimmoral.com Brett's site and podcast: http://edu-lu-tion.com and http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com bumper music "War" by Pearl Jam (originally recorded by Edwin Starr) http://www.pearljam.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfBSXbuQfcw to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 11/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 89 - So-called intellectual property, duplication without conflict, criminals George Singal and Arnold Huftalen | Complete Liberty chapter six was the most difficult to write: Ending Modern Day Letters Patent http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php Orthodox Objectivists tenaciously hold onto the IP meme Marx's labor theory of value is in operation with the promotion of IP Australia's Woolworths, Apple in logo dispute http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091006/bs_afp/australiaustrademarkwoolworthsapple http://digg.com/apple/Apple_may_take_Woolworths_to_court_over_similar_logo Apple patents The OS X Dock http://digg.com/apple/Apple_patents_The_OS_X_Dock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/08/apple_patents_osx_dock/ Time, money, and effort spent using the IP racket means time, money, and effort not spent on innovation Innovation is the product of creativity, and creativity is the antithesis of conformity IP means getting your corner on the market with the guns of government Corporations engage in reciprocal licensing arrangements on account of patent combat; attorneys work deals so they can continue functioning Nokia files suit against Apple by by Hibah Yousuf http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/22/technology/Nokia_Apple_lawsuit/?postversion=2009102211 IP law is used to control others in the marketplace; creators tend to see their products in the hands of others as still their property! Property_Is_Intellectual by Russell Madden http://www.russellmadden.com/property_is_intellectual.html Especially in a non-IP marketplace, reputation for how you relate to content creators is key What actually is property? Something you possess (own) and use without conflict with what other people possess and use; property rights thereby minimize the potential for conflict in society, as well as ascribe accountability and efficient use (and production) of resources And what constitutes so-called intellectual "property"? It depends... Against Intellectual Monopoly by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm Monopolistic privilege granted by government is the essence of IP, which entails trying to control others' property rights Being able to reproduce or duplicate something is qualitatively difference than taking it (thereby preventing another's use) Theft by definition entails use or possession of someone else's thing, not allowing them to use and possess that thing Being able to duplicate without conflict is the operational principle in the realm of property rights "Tax Protester" Elaine Brown sentenced to 35 years in prison today....will do more time than murderers, r****t, or child m******rs. http://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/9qc0a/tax_protester_elaine_brown_sentenced_to_35_years/ Those in government fear non-compliant political slaves most http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2009/10/02/nh_tax_evader_gets_35_years_in_prison_for_standoff/ Judge George Singal and Assistant U.S. Attorney Arnold Huftalen are outright criminals, responsible for the destruction of the lives of the Browns (and countless others) Governmental judges and prosecutors "work" for the same team, which is the ultimate conflict of interest, a monopolistic privilege on "justice" But this doesn't bother them: http://freekeene.com/2009/10/24/sam-dodson-guilty-in-uneventful-trial/ http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=35+years+for+Elaine+Brown&articleId=d8e1ed41-d388-47c5-b8c5-db52b9fcc113 Comment that speaks for itself: Dr. Brown was our dentist for 11 years. She is one of the most decent people I know. The government has taken her home, business, and possessions. That is enough. I feel she has more than enough paid for this. She is very old and I think it is outrageous to treat someone of her age like that. She spent her entire life helping other people. I think this state needs to pardon her and treat her humanely. I am sorry Elaine and all my 8 children love you. Thanks so much for your great work! You are awesome. - Penny T, Plymouth, NH Further reading: http://en | 10/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 88 - Personalizing politics, real class conflict, fiscal and monetary parasitism, respecting property and trade | Bureaucrats in government, as members of the parasitical class, always try to get "their cut" from businesses Those in government shouldn't be welcomed onto private property Question for terrocrats (terrorist bureaucrats): Other than the threat of physical violence, what is the reason for our relationship? Another question for terrocrats: Other than your flag and pretended legitimacy, how are you any different than the mafia? Government and statist media promote various 'scares of the day' to control people There are two kinds of people in the world: those who want to live in peace, trade, and not be bothered, and those who don't Why do those in government maintain a coercive monopoly on their "services"? Because they fear having to be compete and be accountable In a free market, people would see that governmental "services" suck, so they'd either have to change or dissolve Because they've monopolized various services, those in government accuse those who don't want to be extorted as being "free riders" Agorist Class Theory: A Left-Libertarian Approach to Class Conflict Analysis by Wally Conger, drawing on the unfinished work of Samuel Edward Konkin III http://www.nostate.com/2164/agorist-class-theory-audio-mp3-podcast/ http://agorism.info/docs/AgoristClassTheory.pdf Modern politics serves as a distraction from the primary problem: people using the State to sacrifice others Those in government want people to be part of their process (the parasitical class), so their actions appear justified Statism as a cancer on society... What happens when the host can no longer support the parasites? If government is virtuous, the more the better, right? A Vigorous Push From Federal Regulators by Lyndsey Layton http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202554.html Pentagon speeds up work on 15-ton bomb http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33293807/ns/us_news-military/ Obama has brought a lot of change to washington; unfortunately, it was all for the worse We've Seen the Future, and It's Unmanned by Brian Mockenhaupt http://www.esquire.com/features/unmanned-aircraft-1109 Militarism, imperialism, foreign occupation, and nation-building--the not-so-secret recipe for terrorism blowback The demise of the dollar by Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar-1798175.html The monetary scheme of the Bretton Woods "agreement" has led to extreme devaluation of the US dollar, the ultimate fiat currency The last thing that governmental "officials" want is to relinquish their control of the money supply and monetary system Fiscal and monetary "policy"--two horsemen of the apocalypse Currency inflation is an insidious and cowardly form of taxation; the US dollar is now only about 3% of its original value Obama fails to win Nobel prize in economics by Tom Bemis http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-fails-to-win-nobel-prize-in-economics-2009-10-12 The Governator pays another visit to CLP! Schwarzenegger Signs Tougher Anti-Paparazzi Law http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8812090 California must go bankrupt by John C. Dvorak http://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-must-go-bankrupt-2009-09-18 Government is a refuge for those who choose not to function voluntarily in a free marketplace People can learn how to get along without being violent Progressive Claptrap by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=3506 Partisan Politics—-A Fool’s Game for the Masses by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=3596 Socialist mentality entails developmental victimization and thus using the State to victimize others The whole reason to live in a society is to interact with others voluntarily, offering and receiving knowledge and trade http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/free_market.html Recognition of self-ownership and property rights is the solution to the ills of government Most people are in massive denial about the nature | 10/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 87 - Non-objective law, individual creativity versus tribalism and mysticism, causality | Government--a group of people claiming immunity from simple moral judgment (don't hit people and don't take their stuff) Why don't we have a system in which people and their property are respected consistently and universally? Objective law entails honoring individual rights Ideas rule the world, not guns and jail cells The idea of government gives "legitimacy" to rights-violations Market monopolies are fundamentally different than coercive monopolies The Question of Monopolies by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/articles_essays/question_of_monopolies.html (also in http://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Ideal-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451147952 ) Coercive monopolies exist in regulated economies like today's Local utilities are a prime example of coercive monopolies People tend to project their fears of others onto property owners, ignoring their present enslavement by statism HOA's don't exactly uphold freedom principles Surrendering one's autonomy is part and parcel of statism Enforcing irrational, immoral, and unjust laws is the supposed "job" of "police officers" Governmental laws are basically the nonsensical scribblings of control-freak mentalities Teen’s DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New Hope by Kim Zetter http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/kamwamba-windmill/ Governmental "aid" (i.e., expropriated tax dollars) fosters dependence and perpetuates human suffering Morality entails the virtue of independence, not dependence Freedom—An Ethical Issue - http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomethica.html Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Aid-Working-Better-Africa/dp/0374139563/ Dambisa Moyo, Author Of Dead Aid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBH47mByATc Dambisa Moyo discusses Dead Aid with an MP - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Pkk2sq9Cg Mysticism crowds out rationality, and when mysticism creeps into daily affairs, it can be deadly Superstitions are rampant in tribes, where conformity to the group and mystical "causality" reigns The Early Human Condition - http://www.logicallearning.net/libearlyhumancon.html Creators are not selfless; each creator lives for his or her own sake A mystical metaphysics inverts the nature of reality and logical causality A solid, objective, metaphysics leads to understanding reality correctly and respecting others achievements Identity And Causality, And The Use Of Logic - http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html Female genital mutilation is one horrible outcome of the tribal mentality and superstitious beliefs http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_cutting William Kamkwamba on building a windmill http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill.html Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html How much more generous and charitable would people be if taxation (and government itself) didn't exist? Ask Dr. Ruwart - What is the libertarian approach to developing alternative energy sources? http://www.theadvocates.org/liberator/vol-14-num-16.html Coercion can't achieve benevolent ends In a free market, entrepreneurs see needs, ascertain what people value, and respond accordingly Inside the Nobel Prize: How a CCD Works by Charlie Sorrel http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/ccd-inventors-awarded-nobel-prize-40-years-on/ bumper music "It's My Life" by Dr. Alban http://www.dralban.net/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 86 - Facets of minarchism vs market anarchism, contradictory democracy, individualism and unschooling | We were taught to believe in the statist version of "freedom" in governmental schools Government is seen as a protector and provider for "the people" If we're going to enact the principles of statism, why limit it? The illusion of an ominous external enemy perpetuates the notion of governmental military "protection" Without "freedom" rhetoric and propaganda to accompany their violence, those in government have no perceived legitimacy Jan Helfeld who is a Minarchist Objectivist Debates Larken Rose an Anarcho-Capitalist. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/PFPMovementRadio/2009/09/06/The-Jan-Helfeld-Show http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/shows/show_666179.mp3 Minarchism is simply a form of statism Fear of freedom seems to be what largely separates minarchists from market anarchists The credo of all statists: necessity validates the initiation of force The political ideal of those in power is to convince the slaves that they are "free" Comfort through compliance garners various "benefits," all while destroying untold, unseen possibilities "Make believe is fun and comforting, but I wouldn't suggest it as a political philosophy." B.V. The obedience training process has to incorporate rationalization in order to deny plain truths A superman view of militaristic government (that can beat up all the bullies) can never be limited The notion of a "final authority" with a legalized monopoly that prevents conflict among humans has its origins in corrupt parent/child and teacher/child relationships Even in the "elite" private schools, obedience to authority is the MO The central planning pedagogical ramblings of Alexander Inglis... "The propaedeutic function of secondary education" http://tinyurl.com/y9cfm8d John Gatto's take on Inglis: http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm A European example of the ideological/pedagogical aftermath: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_France How much lack of self-trust does it take to want to dominate and control others? Why do people think that those in government are different than other people? If "people are stupid and dangerous," why on Earth should they be able to "govern" others? Dumbocracy, where the "will of the people" fills the void of "God" as "authority" Those in government feel that they deserve to rule over others (it's okay for them because they're special or "chosen") Government is a fundamentally different concept than the "roving gangs" postulated by minarchists "The law" is viewed an an authority that we must obey, and breaking "the law" is seen as one of the greatest moral/political sins Because government is seen as a "protector" and/or "provider," its false legitimacy must be countered through discourse and non-compliance The most cleverly conniving in society will always infiltrate the coercive institution called government If you advocate the violation of one person's rights, then you advocate violence against an entire society You can't just change the people who're staffing government; you have to get rid of the entire coercive system The beauty of the free market is that you only pay for what you get, and you only get what you pay for Wal-Mart and the corporate structure: http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#80 The "free rider" and "public goods" fallacies lead to further rationalizations for the initiation of force Minarchism's political contradictions and errors about human nature - http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html You can't protect someone while not protecting them (i.e., while taxing them) "For your own good" perpetuates the governmental meme of tyranny over individuals The Idea of a Private Law Society by Hans-Hermann Hoppe: http://www.mises.org/story/2265 Collectivism makes living as full-fledged individuals impossible Objectivist ethics: don't sacrifice yourself to others, and don't sacrifice others to yourself The moral contradiction of statism: freedom will give you less freedom; therefore, you mu | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 85 - The obedience meme of political enslavement versus demanding property rights and freedom | Obedience to "authority" is a main factor in our political enslavement There should be no contradictions in the realm of politics, yet self-ownership isn't recognized by governments Government is allegedly designed to protect you and provide for you, but at whose expense? Businesses in the marketplace don't impose their services on customers; they offer and revise their offerings according to customer desires "Public good" and "free rider" arguments are based on economic falsehoods--and immoral premises If you weren't threatened with fines, incarceration and other punishments for not paying taxes, would you pay them? Collectivistic memes support unjust services such as the "military," which is funded via extortion and enslaves its own "employees" Employers and employees are not slaves and masters; each can discontinue their relationship at any time for any reason When people aren't allowed to opt out, daily rights-violations are perpetrated with impunity Those involved in the authoritarian nature of government don't take responsibility for their immoral and unjust actions As government grows, people blank out the essentials and avoid making moral distinctions even more Scientists are notorious for blanking out regarding issues and ideas of immorality and injustice Once again, the obedience meme is keeping us enslaved Why do so many rational individuals allow so much of their lives to be controlled by the threats and coercion of those in government? A disrespectful family environment tends to deny self-ownership and leads to enslaved "citizens" Stop saying "Please"! by Larken Rose http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3113 The sordid political tale of the Boston Tea Party... http://mises.org/story/2110#6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party#Tea_Act_1773 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party#Resisting_the_Tea_Act http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/04/bernstein_on_th.html http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/related/sons.htm The concept of individual rights is key to understanding the nature of rights-violations We are made of star stuff, and as conceptual beings, we need to realize the implications of reason in relation to rights Violent resistance won't destroy the authoritarian/obedience meme Civil disobedience entails demanding that your rights be respected, with firmness and no slavespeak "Police officers" are criminals themselves to the extent that they "make" money via extortion and work for the coercive monopoly of government The jurisdiction to search for evidence of a crime (actual wrongdoing) naturally stems from property rights; owners have jurisdiction; cops don't Freedom should be our highest value (assuming good physical and psychological health) Feel free to add your comments: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=529054&comments=on In order for Free Staters (http://freestateproject.org) to achieve freedom, they need to see disobeying unjust "laws" and demanding respect for individual rights as virtuous Resignation to the political status quo (obeying unjust "laws") is not the answer To try to use government to get rid of government is not the answer either Those in government don't care about individuals, but they do care about being seen as legitimate Politics "works" by destroying people's lives As long as we consider disobedience (and its consequences) less moral and less practical than obedience, we'll never achieve complete liberty People who derive benefits from government are engaged in a ethical contradiction The moral/practical dichotomy is the main deterrent to living an authentic and principled life, as well as a major impediment to experiencing freedom If you're not respecting other people, you're not respecting yourself (and vice versa) People in government essentially fear operating in the free market, i.e., acting in a voluntary fashion Once a certain level of self-esteem is attained, there's no felt "need" to sacrifice others fo | 9/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 84 - The immorality and impracticality of obedience to so-called authority | The purpose of talking about the negativity of politics is to create a better world for everyone The moral double standard of government must be challenged People comply all the time for all kinds of reasons "Agents of the State" do not work for us; they work for those "in charge" Cops: America's one and only--by force! A legalized monopoly on police force will always use that force against you Public property leads to making victims out of all of us, by "agents of the State" Impounding equals theft equals extortion racket Many "businesses" collude with those in government and use the force of the State to make money The goal of government is to maintain obedience (in order to "make" money and keep control) In traditional education, kids are managed, watched, and told what to do by those who presume to be "authorities" over them, which leads directly to statism Arbitrary enforcement of unjust laws makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Typical "news" stories don't have truth and freedom in mind Government as Jabba the Hut... Episode 3: A Young Person's Guide to the American Political System http://schoolsucks.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2009-08-24T09_20_02-07_00 The illusion of freedom is fostered on multiple fronts in multiple ways The "authority" of the family--i.e., the head of household--has always held sway and generated the fear mechanism By what right, standard, and code do you presume to rule over me? It's incumbent on parents to see their kids as equally deserving of respect Unschooling principles are based on a mutually respectful code of morality And kids who are unschooled according to rational moral principles won't tolerate tyranny as adults Each generation is within reach of complete liberty; it's just a matter of how much of your life you want to take back that has been stolen from you "Public property" is a contradiction in terms, and a sure-fire way for authoritarian sociopaths to treat others unjustly Our distinct lack of freedom is the issue and idea of our age... The common denominator of socio-economic problems is government, and the irrational/unjust memes fostering it Hernando de Soto's misguided ideas about property rights http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/int_hernandodesoto.html The illusion of property rights serves the interests of those in power to essentially harvest the products of the free-range slaves Lack of understanding in economics and human motivation leads to fears about exploitation by property owners Re-educate thyself in the nature of freedom: http://tolfa.us Feel free to rate and review CLP... http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=254220370 The fundamental difference between Marxism and Objectivism (property understood and applied) is logic http://wiki.objectivismonline.net/wiki/Introduction_to_Objectivist_Epistemology http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/epistemology.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/objectivism.html Most philosophers throughout history have denied the validity of the senses and thus forward illogical epistemology Do you think that freedom should be the highest value for human beings? Reason, purpose, and self-esteem all require freedom Both personal and political freedom are necessary to live a life proper to a human being Rationalizations for statist memes serve as sick substitutes for genuine choices in a free marketplace The founders of Sudbury Valley School unfortunately incorporated "democratic" statism into an unschooling school (free school) environment - http://tinyurl.com/leukmc Being told that you have "a voice" in a democracy is basically saying that you don't exist as a respectable person The obedience meme is widespread, even among the liberty movement Some have decided NOT to obey - Lauren Canario Eminent Domain Arrest (in 2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ElrlwnMrA Is the lack of freedom in your life preferable to experiencing the consequences of living f | 9/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 83 - Property rights violating government, contracts and volition, persuasion over force | People protest a lot of things about government, but rarely its monopolization of so-called justice Governmental tyranny boils down to violating property rights If those in government were truly concerned about your rights, they wouldn't be the first ones to infringe on them The epic myth of Libertarian slavery by Kevin Joseph Tull http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3018 BIG UPDATE regarding Daniel's enslavement in the Navy (HE'S BEEN RELEASED): http://immoralityofwar.blogspot.com/2009/09/day-131-end-of-my-military-enslavement.html Military contracts are invalid, as they are not based on freedom GTMO prisoners who are depraved of due process are used as a tool for political fear-mongering The U.S. military, via politicians, creates blowback threats to Americans, while violating their (and others') property rights in the process The real issue is the rights-violations perpetrated by those in government; government itself is the main problem regarding threats to our lives and well-being Psych 101: Locking up individuals for years without any due process would naturally foster homicidal (and suicidal) thoughts in them All rights originate from property, first and foremost self-ownership Imagine government running the cell phone industry...of course, the FCC and lobbyists have done a number on it already The FCC extortionist and regulatory racket, which ultimately costs consumers billions and results in greatly inferior services: http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_factsheet&id=73 http://cases.som.yale.edu/spectrum/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9955376-7.html The fantasy of monopolistic justice will remain so Returning to the four pieces of paper (the USC) won't fix the moral contradiction of government You cannot be required to obey a contract once you disagree with it, which would be acting as if you no longer have volition In other words, you can't sign--and bind yourself to--a valid contract without your consent throughout the entire contractual term Walter Block's monstrous contractual contradiction: Privatizing Rivers and Voluntary Slave Contracts by Walter Block http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block134.html (links to his other papers within) Using volition to deny volition involves concept-stealing: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolen_concept--fallacy_of.html You have to be exercising volition in order to keep a contract, so a contract of enslavement is both unjust and epistemologically absurd Clarity of concepts is key... http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/epistemology.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/definitions.html People who use, or advocate the use of, initiatory force against others (or even themselves) exempt themselves from rational, volitional discussion Excluding competition in the realm of justice is itself a form of injustice - http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Why are you doing this to me? Why do you hate me so much? by samadamscw http://www.dailypaul.com/node/105656 Jan Helfeld checkmates Bill Richardson on Government and Rights http://www.janhelfeld.com/video/35/bill-richardson-on-goverment-and-rights.html Stefan Molyneux checkmates Jan Helfeld on the contradictions of minarchism: http://www.anarchism-wow.com/2009/08/30/fdr1445-stefan-molyneux-jan-helfeld-debate-anarchism-versis-minarchism/ http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1445_jan_helfeld_debate.mp3 No one possesses the right to initiate force against others, so it can't be delegated to those in government either Miniarchism is statism in principle, so advocating it means that the irrational, immoral, unjust meme of government remains intact Dear Robert Ringer, by Carl Watner http://www.voluntaryist.com/forthcoming/anopenletter.php Bill of Law by Michael van Notten - http://completeliberty.com/chapter8.php#153 Root striking Hans Hoppe: http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2009-08-18_130_the_economics_of_world_government.mp3 Either | 9/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 82 - Angels and government, ominous statist parallels, self-esteem and family issues | Taking Marriage Private by Stephanie Coontz http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/opinion/26coontz.html?_r=2 The Psychology of Romantic Love by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=45 http://tinyurl.com/musarz The Romantic Love Question and Answer Book by Nathaniel and Devers Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_24&products_id=31 http://www.ebookmall.com/ebooks/what-love-asks-of-us-branden-branden-ebooks.htm Madison’s Folly by Thomas L. Knapp http://c4ss.org/content/905 Humans are volitional creatures that choose to do good or bad things, based on their values Are free staters angels of liberty? Cutting the parasite of government down to a minimal size doesn't extinguish its tyranny The unjust power to tax inherently creates unaccountability and irresponsibility The ability to participate in government doesn't lesson the inherent tyranny of government People use a selective filter when viewing the nature of the American government, due mainly to "public schools" Democracies sacrifice the smallest minority, the individual, to the "agendas" of the collective American "law enforcers" are no different than Hitler's SS if individuals accosted by them resist their aggression The Ominous Parallels: A Brilliant Study of America Today - and the 'ominous parallels' with the chaos of pre-Hitler Germany by Leonard Peikoff http://www.peikoff.com/lr/home.htm Dealing With Friends and Family Who Don’t Get It by Paul Rosenberg http://www.fr33agents.com/573/dealing-with-friends-and-family-who-dont-get-it/ Stefan Molyneux and Larken Rose on The Peter Mac Show http://www.petermacshow.com/show-archive.html?start=24 The two potent defense mechanisms of denial and rationalization prevent people from realizing political truths Kids are expected to sacrifice their rational faculty to various mythologies Extremely disrespectful parental behavior such as spanking or other types of punishment also reflects low self-esteem Fear of disobeying perceived legitimate "authority" leads to mass political compliance Parents can empathize with children's needs via self-esteem-building exercises The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35 The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399 Between Parent and Child - The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by Haim Ginott http://tinyurl.com/598j76 Pseudo self-esteem tied to politics and political "leaders" fosters denial of self-responsibility and perpetuation of the statist status quo Being ruled and being "part of the system" is a precarious mental house of cards Having an opinion that contradicts rationality and individual rights, i.e., statism, isn't morally acceptable Threats of initiatory force (clear and present dangers) warrant self-defensive measures Militarism avoids widespread domestic governmental tyranny; it distracts people from the real enemy of their freedoms It your relationship isn't based on respect, it's merely a pretense at a relationship, and harmful to your life and well-being Try to find the rationality in people who are resistant to freedom, but don't tolerate being verbally attacked for advocating freedom See the promotion of statism as a self-esteem issue Unconditional love denies responsibility, accountability, and rational judgment BRETT'S PODCAST AND NEW WEBSITE: http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com and http://edu-lu-tion.com DANIEL'S SITE (with the latest updates): http://warisimmoral.com MHD interview with Daniel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfdPsAaWrjI http://motorhomediaries.com/war-is-immoral/ bumper music "Help Save the Youth of America" by Billy Bragg http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/talking_taxman/talking8.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category | 9/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 81 - Political slavery, the folly of working within the system, the matrix | People and their property are politically enslaved by coercive government Obedience to "authority" in the family and the classroom are the roots of our enslavement Most of what people understand about government they learned in elementary school American governmental mythologies are pounded into kids' heads in school Why We Couldn't Abolish Slavery Then and Can't Abolish Government Now by Robert Higgs http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs128.html "If you don't like it, you can leave" is merely collectivistic slavespeak The "government" doesn't own anything People and their property shouldn't be pushed around on "public property" Governmental laws violate individual rights, in defiance of natural law principles Authoritarian sociopaths in government resort to violence against the non-compliant A story of barroom allegations... Ultimately, the barrel of a gun is the method of attaining obedience from the resistant Underlying the pretenses of slaves and authoritarians is fear, fear of self-realization and self-reliance and fear of others When people refer to "the sheeple," they are oftentimes projecting their own mindset Many people have become sponges for other people's horrible ideas People in the communistic organization known as government claim to know best for everyone else Denial of self-responsibility is the essence of representative government Your so-called "representative" likely doesn't even know that you as an individual exist Government tries to turn people into unthinking rather than thinking animals by treating them like a herd Lysander spooner had some wise words about accountability in relation to those who presume to govern others... The Nature Of Present Government - http://www.logicallearning.net/libnatureofgover.html Government is a euphemism for slavery by Kent McManigal "Countries" are essentially collectivistic abstractions created by governments to rule people http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Government-is-a-euphemism-for-slavery Trying to get freedom by involving yourself in government is morally contradictory Florida man spends three months in jail for possession of breath mints http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/9c1ra/florida_man_spends_three_months_in_jail_for/ Statist judges violate individual rights on a daily basis The myth of using the system to change the system... Try to change a small coercive gang first before trying to change government http://www.atlasmediaonline.com/hx-says/stefan-molyneux-philosophy-freedom-thoughts http://freedomainradio.com/board/forums/t/21074.aspx The system of government is not worth working in; one shouldn't try to work for a rights-violating institution The moral is the practical and vice versa Involving oneself in electoral politics (might makes right) is contradicting a rational moral code; the end (freedom) doesn't justify the means (coercion via illegitimate government) Seeing the nature of the matrix entails thinking for oneself and thinking critically Statist propaganda spans the globe, fostering self-denying collectivism Government is the opposite of peace and happiness; it's based on the idea that it's good to exploit others Having low self-esteem makes one vulnerable to obeying and legitimizing any would-be "authority" the matrix is the state http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSLzXikXks Government wasn't created as an answer to prehistoric and historic problems of aggression and violence; it's just a more powerful way to promote them Children must be seen as independent and conceptual little people, worthy of respect Brett's educational podcast - http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/ Daniel's site (with podcast) - http://warisimmoral.com bumper music "Happiness In Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails http://www.nin.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 80 - The injustices of judges, lawmakers and courts, natural law, realizing freedom, convincing others | Judge sentences man to 6 months for yawning in court http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/12/judge-sentences-man.html Judges wield their power to initiate force against people Our fellow political slaves are oftentimes the biggest hindrance to achieving freedom A "republic" is just another form of statism--treating individuals in an involuntary fashion Most fellow political slaves represent the ideas they were taught in governmental schools For instance, most say that we need "good rulers" or political "leaders" Political "leaders" thrive on arbitrary and involuntary collectives of people Statist falsehoods such as "implicit contract" and "consent of the governed" are the mainstays of political slaves It's important to follow the money trail in the so-called court system Lawyers filter out any and all critical thinkers with peremptory challenges The so-called legal system in America is communistic and tribal in nature Statist judges and lawmakers are drunk on power, coercive and monopolistic power Public property is a contradiction in terms that facilitates all the statist nonsense http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/public_property.html Governmental courts have no jurisdiction because they directly violate property rights The only rights are private property rights, i.e., individual rights http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.html Authoritarianism seeks to control the most basic functions of people's lives The orders in the court mimic the orders in the classroom All governmental courts are kangaroo courts, in which unjust authority reigns, without individuals' consent Go to http://freekeene.com to read comments by statist slaves to free stater posts about tactics of non-compliance Justice agencies in a free market would honor individual rights The only reason to take someone to court is on account of a rights violation The purpose of law and justice in a free society is to right any wrongs perpetrated by aggressors To question things about statism is to stand apart from the collective Ignorance of natural and objective law (based on natural rights) is no excuse! Initiating aggression is wrong Admitting to wrongdoing is not something that pretentious and authoritarian people tend to do Seeking real justice in a statist society is nearly impossible; all that can be done is shaming the wrongdoers, informing others of the illegitimacy of the "court system," and not obeying their rights-violating edicts LAWS THAT PROMOTE OUR PURSUITS OF HAPPINESSES - http://completeliberty.com/chapter8.php Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt" http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/15/212254/Arizona-Judge-Tells-Sheriff-Reveal-Password-Or-Face-Contempt Sheriff Joe Arpaio, authoritarian sociopath par excellence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWJHu1wgPHU Sheriff Joe Arpaio: The Fascist Face of the Drug War - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBQu1spxxFA How to Survive Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jail System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqp0Bo_2644 The Murder of Scott Norberg - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BeOd_Ukm_s Ernest Hancock interviews Lew Rockwell and MHD guys, and tells stories about AZ police state nonsense July 23 - http://tinyurl.com/l6x7d4 July 24 - http://tinyurl.com/n94jza http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Standard-Page.htm?EdNo=001&Page=00189 Any organization that funds itself through taxation is invalid Any monopoly provides the lowest quality service at the highest possible price You don't have to do civil disobedience to speak the truth about "government" The more one asserts one's individuality, the more one understands the nature of freedom and oppression The less one asserts one's mind and life, the more the illusion of freedom is maintained If you are worthy of happiness, then it's just a natural thing to assert yourself and respect others Reason, purpose, and self-esteem are key values; rationality, productiveness, and pride are their corresponding vi | 8/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 79 - The prison experiment called statism, roadblocks, responsibility for kids and adults, persuasion | Mobile Authority Resistance Vehicle and crew get harassed by border nazis Captured Audio Reveals What Border Agents Think of MHD, Gun Owners & Testicles http://motorhomediaries.com/captured-audio/ https://www.checkpointusa.org/ Uniformed individuals disguise themselves in the cloak of virtue--that "gvmt is our protector" NEW PODCAST BY BRETT - SchoolSucks Podcast: The END of Public Education http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/ Upwards of ninety percent of Americans are indoctrinated to not question "authority" in governmental schools Lewis Black's Root of All Evil American Idol vs. High School - Opening Statements http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=166309&title=american-idol-vs.-high-school American Idol vs. High School - Oswalt on High School http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=166311&title=american-idol-vs.-high-school Unschooling parents understand that kids need to take responsibility and make their own choices If you're not allowed to have freedom when you're a kid, how will you embrace freedom as an adult? When your young mind is controlled by others, your decision-making ability is seriously compromised Self-governing capitalism fosters self-regulation and self-responsibility http://www.logicallearning.net/liblogicalpoliti.html http://www.logicallearning.net/libmentalshiftin.html Statism fosters mass compliance and thus more acts of authoritarianism A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment Conducted at Stanford University http://www.prisonexp.org/ http://www.lucifereffect.com/ The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812974441/understandi0d-20 The tribal premise is still culturally predominant, which includes tactics of collective punishment Stop Signs and Liberty by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://mises.org/story/3570 The stop sign as a metaphor for the State The more people reflexively obey the "authorities," the faster we devolve into a police State There is no such thing as "citizens" or "States," so there exists no duties of allegiance or protection Governmental "enforcement" attracts essentially control freaks who seek to dominate others and not honor property rights Cases in point: http://www.rememberfallujah.org/why.htm http://dahrjamailiraq.com/usiraq-rules-of-engagement-thrown-out-the-window http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080514_iraqs_mosul_a_ghost_city/ http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqvideos.html The military, rather than protecting us, is really protecting their own Mexican gun control evils - http://www.davekopel.com/Espanol/Mexican-Gun-Laws.htm Conversing with a believer in government and liberty, curious about voluntaryism It is not "our government"; one must beware collectivistic possessive pronouns Everything the communists in government provide becomes the literal road to hell Competition, coopetition, and cooperation all factor into providing highly accessible products and services of good value Without control of the highways and byways, the way of life of coercive people ends rather abruptly In for example Massachusetts, even road maintenance is beyond the capabilities of government We don't know the optimal way for roads until they're marketized Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/yes-50-scientifically-proven-ways-to-be-persuasive Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion by Michael Cloud http://www.theadvocates.org/secrets.html Arguments from effect and arguments from morality can both be employed, but the moral argument is key Ultimately, an individual's relationship to "authority" is the crux of the argument Ask basic questions about how a person was treated by "authorities" during childhood and their feelings about it Advocates of statism commonly identify with their oppressors http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/collectivism.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/statism.htm | 8/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 78 - Supernatural contradictions, free will, behaviorism and determinism, compatibilism | Evil is the most unnecessary thing Does evil come from our free will, as granted by "God"? The concept of God can't be defined coherently "God," a placeholder for good parents? The people in power first used religion to control people After the scientific revolution, they used determinism and behaviorism The more correct knowledge you have, the better choices you tend to make The Crucial Faculty Of Choice http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html The senses are valid means of acquiring knowledge via reason; anything else is contradictory The metaphysical laws are needed to logically understand reality http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axiomatic_concepts.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axioms.html Laws of identity, causality, and non-contradiction http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html Religions promote the principle of sacrifice in ethics Individual rationality is sacrificed to religious doctrines and rituals So few parents apologize for having their kids indoctrinated in religion and statism Disobedience is punished in both religion and statism "Laws" are based on operant conditioning, with punishment for breaking them The carrots and sticks of statism don't treat people as reasoning beings "God" and determinism are confessions of ignorance Human consciousness is essentially a conceptual faculty (inextricably tied to volition) The idea that you don't make choices is basically a really bad meme Compatibilism reconciles brain causality with volition Volition is a manifestation of causal properties in the brain in relation to its environment We are autonomous, reasoning creatures that make our own choices Our choices can't be determined by "society" or "government" or "God" Both bad parenting and governmental schools stifle individual free will Radical unschooling enables children to take responsibility and make their own choices Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm Posturing as the authority over another person's mind is a monstrous moral contradiction Wealthy people tend to have even bigger rationalizations for goodness of government The phrase "happy to pay taxes" is slavespeak for sanctioning evil If various governmental "services" are wanted in a free market, they'll be chosen and funded voluntarily Pragmatism is the dominant anti-philosophy in America, if not the world http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html Can anybody ever consent to the State? by Rad Geek http://radgeek.com/gt/2009/01/08/can_anybody/ No government rules by consent, and no government possesses just powers Taxation is simply extortion that enslaves individuals in society The nature of evil is to initial force and destroy another's choices People's reluctance to acknowledge tyranny is deeply psychological The future of humanity resides within the child bumper music "Freewill" by Rush http://www.rush.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 77 - Consequences of statism, violence of government, false freedom, speaking truth | After the Latest U.S. Airstrike, Can Anyone Wonder Why Do 'They' Hate Us? by Liliana Segura http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/www.alternet.org/139923/ War is the end of the chain of consequences of statism Extortion and fiat currency inflation are the statist means to war Terrorism arises from statism; it won't be defeated until statism is extinguished The "war on terror" isn't about freedom or justice; it's a con game to deny people's freedoms The Historical Societal Problem http://www.logicallearning.net/libhistoricalsoc.html Resorting to violence by Larken Rose http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=2770 We live in a politically enslaved culture; people pretend they aren't slaves, as they slavishly obey If government were voluntary...it would then become a justice agency that respects property rights Government is the initiation of force People in government don't own anything, so they have NO jurisdiction Only smart acts of civil disobedience, coupled with education, will be able to appreciably change the status quo Reason and reality prevail over violence and mythology Just How Free Is the World’s Freest Economy? by John C. Goodman http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDgyZmI1NGNlNmYzYjA5YzFkMGQ3YjY4MTU2MzMwNWE= "Free health care"...at whose expense? Any and all governmental "benefits" are neither moral nor just--in addition to being terribly efficient Property taxes mean that you don't own your property; those in government can seize it anytime Voting to get goodies from government yields a giant welfare state Voting destroys self-responsibility and free market prosperity Humans must respect themselves enough to embrace and promote the ethics of liberty Why I Write And Publish The Voluntaryist by Carl Watner http://www.voluntaryist.com/articles/093.php No people should presume to be authorities over your own mind and life The "law" is something created by other human beings to control people; lawmakers have no understanding of individual rights and natural law--and therefore no understanding of justice Philosophical enlightenment of our culture is key to successful change bumper music "Masters Of War" by Bob Dylan http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/masters-war to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 76 - The seen and unseen of politics, mythologies, lifeboat ethics, evil, contract theory | Is Evil Necessary? - Lost Liberty Café by Joey Carlisle http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/04/10/is-evil-necessary/ Changing the name for "government" won't get rid of its extortion racket and other rights violations... FDR's 'Statism is Dead' makes the Freedom Force Report for June and July 2009 http://freedomainradio.com/board/forums/t/21237.aspx CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15 When government violates your person and property, who protects you? The boogeyman of anarchy (fear) prevents people from thinking critically A stateless society will have FAR less criminality, courtesy of property owners and a justice-oriented culture Real security is provided by other people in the marketplace Those who fear the alleged ills of anarchism are those who embrace and perpetuate the vast ills of statism It's the perceived legitimacy granted to the warlords and gangsters in government that matters most Withdraw your moral sanction, and Colossus will be destined fall... The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie http://mises.org/MultiMedia/mp3/audiobooks/Boetie/Boetie_Introduction.mp3 If God were to exist, why would he/it allow evil? Ah, the "free will" escape hatch! Beware philosophizing in midstream--the realm of supernatural metaphysics (non-perception, non-consciousness, non-reason) Moral Orel theme song - http://www.markrivers.net/songs/heart.html shows: http://www.adultswim.com/shows/moralorel/index.html Faith is setting aside reason and what you know to be true You were told to believe in and take bites out of "invisible apples," as Stefan Molyneux has astutely noted: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3 also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility are invalid concepts (impossible) http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html Religion is a primitive form of philosophy - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/religion.html We must use our (fallible) senses in concert with reason to understand more and more of reality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html Understanding emotions is key: http://www.logicallearning.net/libemotions.html Religion gives every grown adult a pass for the evils that they perpetrate (because evil's in our "nature") Evil defined: To initiate force, which nullifies the choices of a sovereign consciousness http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/evil.html Evasion is the precursor to evil actions - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/evasion.html ~40% out-of-wedlock births, from Taking Marriage Private By Stephanie Coontz - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/opinion/26coontz.html Fear of not being able to survive and lack of self-esteem contribute to the meme of "necessary evil" In survival mode, morality is most needed, so that no one is sacrificed The phenomenon of the State is our real-life lifeboat situation Survival "at all costs" is the nature of statism It's heroic for a kid to contradict the irrationality of his or her parents To assert oneself, regardless of one's age, means stating plain facts and spurning nonsense The "benefits" derived from governmental "services" are illusory; it's vital to focus on the immense, unseen benefits of complete liberty Ethic of Liberty - Title Transfer Theory 19. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE THEORY OF CONTRACTS by Murray Rothbard http://mises.org/rothbard/ethics/nineteen.asp A kangaroo court (governmental court) is one in which the judge and plaintiff (prosecutor) work for the same organization A fair trial is impossible in governmental courts; see http://marcstevens.net No Charge: In Civil-Contempt Cases, Jail Time Can Stretch On for Years by ASHBY JONES http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137263059962659.html http://digg.com/odd_stuff | 7/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 75 - The evils of militaries, psychology of identity, selfless statism, recognizing truth | Truth, reality, and reason are on the side of liberty Tyranny, oppression, and slavery are on the side of government A "voluntary military" is part of the pr scheme http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/dictator.html The coercive means of government become the ends http://www.strike-the-root.com/archive/ludlow.html All non-objective philosophies are the philosophies of death If everyone worked for the government, rendering us helpless dependents, would our problems be solved? Government fosters rampant irresponsibility, in which people are encouraged to live at others' expense "Because I said so!" and shirking responsibility are the methods of military operation Individual autonomy is shunned under command and control "management" The Prussian educational system was designed to foster blind obedience to authority Democracy is the worst form of government when it comes to the war machine Reflections on State and War by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe17.html The Political Economy of Monarchy and Democracy, and the Idea of a Natural Order by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications/ McNamara: From the Tokyo Firestorm to the World Bank by Alexander Cockburn http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn07072009.html Robert S. McNamara, Architect of a Futile War, Dies at 93 by Tim Weiner http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/us/07mcnamara.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all McNamara’s Other Debacle by James Bovard http://www.fff.org/comment/com0907b.asp Nobody in the military wants to see themselves as a slave--even though the military enslaves people The defensive process of rationalization helps to assuage people's crisis of conscience http://warisimmoral.com raises people's awareness and creates cognitive dissonance in authoritarian sociopaths Deficit "financing" of war is assisted by means of massive propaganda Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village by Robert Imrie http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us/us_upside_down_flag People who are taught to worship symbols form their identity around them and thus attack others who desecrate them The bare minimum requirement for complete liberty is respect for private property rights "We're fighting for your freedom" is the favorite military mantra Freedom, security, and economic stability are always jeopardized by governments and their militaries Where do people in government derive their jurisdiction? Nowhere. Jurisdiction is a property rights issue When the State is seen as a parental figure, people will obey it, in principle Are the guys in GTMO POWs? Nope. They are in legal no-man's land, where there isn't a scintilla of justice Disturbing documentary about the "war on terror" and statism, "Taxi To The Dark Side" - Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX0MPcN08Zc full film, though link may become defunct at some point - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2987535946644608661 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side U.S. military interventionism fosters blowback from people who resent the death and destruction being wrought upon them Dying To Win: The Strategic Logic Of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400063175/qid=1123148762/ The collectivistic "we" makes despicable actions seem okay; groupthink fosters irresponsible and evil acts Objectivist Goose-Stepping - http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/bertrand/bertrand1.html Security pertains to respect for property rights, and so government is always anti-security because it violates property rights Corporations are also part of the public sector and thus benefit from statism Words of wisdom by Smedley Butler - http://warisaracket.org/ http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm Militaries, being inherently communistic in nature, are also colossal wastes of money and resources No communistic organization, no military, can defend people in the (supposedly free) marketplace The fals | 7/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 74 - Pragmatism versus rational morality, collectivistic independence, family and State | The best pedogogy fosters intrinsic motivation and respects the will of the learner Challenging the bureaucrats on their methods of immorality... http://freekeene.com/2009/07/02/liberty-activists-pays-property-tax-in-1-bills/ The institution of government blinds people to its coercive nature, so ingrained it is Activism must be accompanied with education Caller ridicules free staters, but questions the nature of the statist system (first few mins of clip) http://freekeene.com/files/Talkback2009-06-13.mp3 People putting the pieces of the statist puzzle together, only to reject the final product (and what it implies for their beliefs and behavior) Passing principled moral judgment in the realm of statism can be scary, which explains why most avoid it Stephen Colbert vs Ayn Rand? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-tIY99QFFk If people had the freedom to make their own choices, would they starve? Should self-interest and economic efficiency be favored over governmental coercion and its expropriated "safety net"? Government is the complete invitation for the abdication of moral responsibility From each according to their ability to each according to their need, the Marxist death knell for any economy Central governmental planning has resulted in millions of deaths A coercive social "safety net" is immoral and unjust and encourage self-responsibility Selflessness is not virtuous, but those in government pretend that it is Governmental programs basically create excuses to perpetuate themselves The present form of tyranny, the status quo, is the real evil that plagues us, not the supposed evildoers abroad "We" don't need "national defense" Libertarian Accusations by Ayn R Key http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2009/05/libertarian-accusations.html Accusations against liberty-lovers as selfish, greedy, or arrogant are merely the projections of the accusers The philosophy of pragmatism dispenses with rational moral principles and upholds self-sacrifice and collectivism Statist intellectuals are the new high priests asserting the divine right of Kings (governments) http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html Pragmatism, being philosophically bankrupt, adopts the ethics of altruism, the ethics of self-sacrifice and collectivism Open letter from Edward-Lewis and Elaine-Alice Brown http://newhampshirefreepress.com/node/423 Using mystical concepts to forward freedom ideas confuses rather than clarifies The mafia must envy those in the governmental "justice system"...if they only had a flag Governmental courts practice the unscience of injustice, as Lysander Spooner noted eloquently A government is not a corporation; a corporation is an extension (legal fiction) of government People's compliance with governmental edicts tends to foster the illusion that they're voluntary High cost of texting, one big example of the costs of fascism in the telco industry... http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show492#toc7 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/20/why-do-text-messages-cost-so-much/ What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?_r=1 http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/06/if-text-messaging-is-so-cheap-why-does-it-cost-so-much.html Government "works" by concentrating the benefits and dispersing the costs The 4th of July: Collective Independence Day!...replacing one despotic government with an even worse government One of the main problems with Democracy is that everyone has their own version of "representation" The best way is the present way, so says pragmatism Meet (and obey) your new mommy/daddy: Government You can't opt out of a system that is inherently collectivistic Can anyone really be an individual in the matrix called America? http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/04/10/is-evil-necessary/ The good-end-justifies-coercive-means-argument predominates our culture It's wrong to aggress against a person and their prop | 7/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 73 - Nature of freedom, politics and principles, your freedom quotient, congruence | The complete liberty message is about your own individuality and making your own choices Government consists of individuals who claim to have rights that others do not, which is the ultimate moral contradiction Government by definition is coercive and monopolistic Self-government stems from self-initiated and self-regulated action, i.e., making your own decisions No one should have a superior claim to your life and property! Obeying "authority" stems from corrupt family environments; "citizens" are children of the State Leaps of faith require suspension of awareness, reason, rationality, essentially your own independent judgment Seeing children as irresponsible (not able to make good decisions) is merely self-fullfilling prophecy Honoring the rational faculty and ability of kids means respecting their self-responsibility Principles and Politics: Like Oil and Water by Randall Holcombe http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=2407 Principled politicians is oxymoronic The political process is completely disconnected from self-responsibility People in government are not valid agents; they are not engaged in voluntary association with people in the marketplace; rather, they are engaged in racketeering and extortion Don't feed the beast of government by filling out their paperwork "voluntarily"; this is not voluntary, contrary to what Harry Reid wants you to believe: Paying income tax in America is Voluntary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg Define terms, so that moral double standards are fully exposed http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/principles.html Good question to ask statists: How do you live with such moral double standards Strategies For Advancing Liberty — Building Alternative Structures To Government by Brad Warbiany http://tinyurl.com/cwxjed Just getting rid of the consequence of ideas (government) won't do; one must strike the ideological root No civilized society can have taxation; all societies that tax are not civilized Minimal self-respect means minimal respect for others "Supreme Court" people are no different than the rest of us (except that they clearly don't understand natural and objective law) No liberty lover should continue in efforts to work within government It's important to use logic to understand one's beliefs and actions, so that one doesn't promote contradictions, i.e., things that defy the facts of reality Empiricism mustn't be pursued at the expense of rationality; gathering evidence to determine a principle begs the question of the principle People seem to naturally act contrary to what they profess; congruence is a challenge for all of us Economic Means to Freedom - Part X by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/economic/eco_10.html Is the private sector really part of the public sector? in many ways, yes... "People in the private sector typically support government by... Licensing rackets mean poor customer service (http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#107) Explore your subconscious with sentence stems: http://happinesscounseling.com A main psychological goal is to think for yourself and take responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, and actions Another great psychological resource: http://nathanielbranden.com Subverting coercive nonsense: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/littlebrotheraudiobook/ your Liberation Factor minus your Enslavement Factor equals your Freedom Quotient When non-compliance is done surreptitiously, it's not as powerful a promoter of liberty as overt non-compliance coupled with a principled liberty message "The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves." Dresden James http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sanction_of_the_victim.html In the workplace environment we really need to try to operate in the free enterprise sector, in order to live with congruence One | 7/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 72 - The nature of rejecting liberty, thinking logically about concepts, individuation | Our lives aren't served by the vices of government; collectivistic abstractions don't promote virtue The Rejection of Liberty by Rick Flame http://rejectionofliberty.bravehost.com/ http://www.tolfa.us/arts/roj.htm (from: http://www.tolfa.us/L18.htm) How to Save Endangered Tigers: Kill Them? http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7544724 Part 4: 5/8/09 John Stossel's "You Can't Even Talk About It" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPkVoGx5c4 Common pool problems are created by governments (http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#68) The biggest understatement imaginable: "Government is undesirable from an economic point of view" CLP listener's new site: http://www.whatisliberty.co.nz/ A Vision of Liberty: America in 2030 by Jim Davies (http://www.takelifeback.com/) http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/bopubord/ People in government try to make the wrong seem right; whatever good intentions they have are undermined by the coercive institution of government itself People naturally want to minimize conflict; for example, Merchant Law Self-ownership isn't for sale: http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#65 People own things and they are sovereign Semantics of "ownership" in relation to the self... http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/03/retrospective-thoughts-on-convo-with.html http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-i-reject-self-ownership-redux.html The God Who Wasn't There - http://www.thegodmovie.com/ - History of the Gospels: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=696492648668420724 Mystics of spirit want you to surrender your mind to their hockshops of authority http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mystics_of_spirit_and_muscle.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html Both "God" and "Government are invalid concepts, just invalid in different ways An Issue Of Mortality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html The noncepts of omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility - In Our Own Image And Likeness http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html Our age of pre-logic promotes various contradictory mythologies Grown adults advocating a worse life! Why?! Fear of Chaos. Favorite Problem. Analysis Paralysis. Family and Friends. Identification with the Government. Reluctance to Upset Existing Conditions. and... Religion. Vested Interests (working for the government). Free Talk Live Extended Internet Only Edition (Sam and Ian discuss a eloquent letter at the end) http://media.libsyn.com/media/ftl/FTL2009-06-19.mp3 As more and more people reject fear as a motivator, we'll attain more and more liberty; self-esteem is the key to freedom Advocating a night watchmen State (as the "final authority") is reflective of a lack of individuation from one's authoritarian parents Supporting the status quo is easy If friends and family persist in advocating violence and threats of violence (statism), then you know that their love of control, domination, and fear, is greater than their love of you and peaceful relations Most parents are the recipients of the intergenerational transfer of tribal and statist memes, which result in pretenses and defenses that support aggression, power imbalances, and disrespect If we don't speak up about the truth, the adults in our world will perpetuate the status quo and invariably bring about the destruction of the human race A good reference guide in this process - Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR We must individuate from the "group" - Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43 Taking Responsibility: Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36 One of the biggest obstacles to liberty today is the vast governmental employment system and its myriad ties to the private sector Individualists must strive to wor | 6/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 71 - Government, unnecessary and insane destroyer of economies, and the American Dream | Onion-like headlines from FEE In Brief (http://fee.org/fee-pubs/in-brief/) http://fee.org/articles/in-brief/government-mission-change-gms-bureaucratic-mindset/ The melding of America with the USSR Legacy health care costs out of control, but make perfect socialistic sense! (further reading: The Relentless Process of Socializing Health Care by D.W. MacKenzie http://mises.org/story/2946) Government just takes money from the economy (or prints it), leaving people poorer overall Corporations are part of the systemic problem of government too, typically lobbying against competition http://fee.org/articles/in-brief/ama-objects-government-insurance/ (further reading: Competition Would Save Medicine, Too by John Stossel http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090609-stossel-medicine.php) Insurance companies and their policies are the result of fascistic government; free market health insurance would be vastly cheaper and more sensible Fighting for our liberties - http://www.livefreenow.org/images/cartoons/cartoon30.gif Only "governments" go to war, which means groups of people hiding behind flags to kill people Imagine celebrity political death matches between "leaders" of "nations"...on pay-per-view, with proceeds funding cancer research Governmental schools teach "citizens" to become collectivized, willing and able to sacrifice their individual lives The "collective" never suffers; only individuals suffer The "universal health care" of the VA; communized medicine provides poorest service at highest cost--economics 101 Choices go up and the costs goes down in a complete liberty economy The immense immorality and injustice of a fiat currency (courtesy of legal tender laws) Recap on gansters and banksters: CLP37 - http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=390270 California, Out of Money, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/21calif.html We don't need government in the 21st Century! Governmental workers need to shift to the free enterprise sector and trade voluntarily and productively with others Self-righteous state unions are coercive protection rackets HASTA LA VISTA, ARNOLD! What California's Budget Mess Means for America http://reason.tv/video/show/783.html Socialism is economically unsustainable over the long term--and it's always immoral and unjust Inflation as an insidious form of taxation; case study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar The fiat currency stroke of evil genius: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system Governmental "charity" drives out private charities (just like bad money drives out good money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham's_Law) "Doing business" in government is an insult to businesspersons everywhere (as is governmental "revenues") The concept of political representation is insane What part of your life would you like someone else to govern? The Governator makes an appearance and tries to explain himself! Schwarzenegger suggests state consider flat tax http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/flat-tax.html Tax "Reform", Terminator-Style by William Shughart http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=2374 California would really flourish under a 0% tax rate; violence isn't necessary to help people The people in government are the most selfless people (and thus the most irrational) Stealing is immoral, regardless if you try to hide behind a flag and big buildings with columns We need to convert the slavespeak words, e.g., governmental "revenue," into truthful words, which exposes the sham Worshippers of government need to be challenged on their slavespeak http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2009/04/03/chains-we-can-believe-in/ Good question for others: What is it about freedom that you're so afraid of? Those in government and their supporters are essentially preventing realization of the American Dream Energy industry is a case study in governmental stifling of competition http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/show | 6/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 70 - War on terror, memes of collectivism, individualism and rights, respecting children | The insanity of war and statism... Poll: Most oppose closing Gitmo http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-01-gitmo_N.htm The "war on terror" is really about fear, not significant risks 'Supermax' prison draws attention in Gitmo debate http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-06-03-supermax_N.htm SamIAm update (after clp70 was recorded): http://freekeene.com/2009/06/09/breaking-news-sam-kicked-out-of-jail/ http://freekeene.com/2009/06/04/trial-scheduled-for-sam-615-130pm-et/ Statists like to impose their stupid views known as "laws" on rights-respecting people Historically, those in governmental militaries have terrorized civilians far more than non-statist terrorists Dying To Win: The Strategic Logic Of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400063175/qid=1123148762/ The collectivistic "we" makes despicable actions seem okay; groupthink fosters irresponsible and evil acts Statist memes promoted by the mainstream media discourage people from thinking critically The bromides about Americans' "freedoms" have hoodwinked people into embracing the tribal premise and collectivism Early advocates of individualism knew better: American Anarchism -- 19th century individualist anarchism by Wendy McElroy http://www.wendymcelroy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.149 The Origins of Individualist Anarchism in the US by Murray N. Rothbard http://www.mises.org/story/2014 Only by seeing yourself as an independent individual can you free your mind from statism Fear-mongering can only be counteracted by reason and emotional awareness Once people surrender to the "authority" of statism and militarism, they run roughshod over others' rights Functional Rights: The Elephant in the Parlor, Part II by Scarmig http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/scarmig/scarmig2.html Rights are universal; they apply equally to all rights-respecting individuals everywhere "Rights: Not granted or protected by any state, God or magical hoodoo monster. What we call rights are reciprocal agreements negotiated on the fly between individuals..." George Potter Respect is simply reflected in peaceful negotiation of reciprocal agreements (which occur implicitly and explicitly among individuals on a daily basis) Those in the U.S. military violate simple market principles of respect, and thus generate widespread conflict in the form of death and destruction Most people are encouraged to be collectivistic, rather than individualistic, in their patriotism Reason, Individualism, and responsibility resolve conflict best Government breaks the order of an orderly society and causes people to denigrate rights There is no such thing as collective authority; there are only individuals who choose to do good or bad Cops are slaves to their system of employment, and they are masters in irresponsibility ("it's the law!")--with psychological problems galore Protecting those in charge and doing their bidding is the name of the statist game (as well as self-sacrifice), from police to military employment Liberties are publicly acknowledged and reciprocated claims of rights Government equals domination and authoritarianism, by definition Private property enables sensible and clear negotiations of agreements; "public property" enables people to get shoved around and violated We learn to acquiesce to domineering and authoritarian (i.e., rights-violating) third parties known as governments, mainly from our early experiences with our parents As a parent, it's important to enable little people to flourish, grow, and make their own choices; children need freedom and respect, which will be returned in kind How to get kids to do boring (but necessary) tasks - http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/half_full/?p=836 1. Show empathy 2. Offer meaningful rationales 3. Imply that they have a choice rather than of using "controlling language" Incidentally, all three of these are violated by governmental employees in relation to ri | 6/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 69 - Governmental prison injustice, immorality and insanity of war, virtue of independence and achievement | United States of prisons... 1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison.html Law and order stems from people's respect for each other, not "laws" and jails Government demonstrates unlawful and disorderly conduct on a daily basis Invalid "public land" creates political conniving and "special interests" that exist at others' expense Complete liberty would enable vast opportunities for work (and pleasure) and wealth-creation Without property rights, no other rights are possible (hat tip to A.R.) Government imposes "services" that you can't refuse without being accosted CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15 People in government are "good" at creating crises and fear in the populace, and more government, and still more oppression The governmental response to 9/11 wreaked further death and destruction overseas, and imprisonment of some in Guantanamo Bay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo by Erik Saar and Viveca Novak http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594200661/ Governmental "officials" have denied the necessity of habeas corpus and due process Gitmo prisoners have been used as a political weapon in the "War on Terror" Guantánamo Detainee Ruled Not Mentally Fit To Testify About Psychological Torture http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/guant_aacute_namo_detainee Who Are the Gitmo Prisoners Released With Sami al-Haj? by Andy Worthington http://www.alternet.org/rights/84907/ Even though governmental courts don't provide justice, alleged "enemy combatants" suffer even more injustice (usually without public awareness) No End in Sight for the 'Enemy Combatants' of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington http://www.lewrockwell.com/worthington/worthington9.html Judge: Gitmo legal documents must be public http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31050764/ A Child At Guantánamo: The Unending Torment of Mohamed Jawad by Andy Worthington http://www.fff.org/comment/com0906a.asp REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION AS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR Hospital Corpsman Daniel J. Lakemacher Petty Officer Second Class http://coapplication.blogspot.com/ Day 9 - Reflections on GTMO http://www.warisimmoral.com/2009/05/day-9-reflections-on-gtmo.html To reject "God" and "Government" and the irrational/immoral actions of their adherents is a heroic achievement Truth is determined by a rational faculty looking at reality in a logical fashion Governmental rights-violations--law of the jungle Most people's critical faculties whither under institutions supporting the tribal premise (churches and states) Peer pressure and emotional turmoil take their devastating toll on people's independence Every child is subjected to horrific authoritarian/obedience memes in our culture Parents need to understand that they are naturally authoritative--and that being authoritarian is acting from insecurity Thuggish actions don't encourage responsibility, reasoning ability, self-esteem, independence, or happiness If you want your child to flourish, live a great life, and to respect you (and demand respect from others), then respect his or her mind, will, and belief in self Encourage kids to think rationally, to challenge authority, and question any destructive and contradictory belief--this will enable a voluntaryist future About War by John Cory (no longer posted on Truthout.org) http://www.john-cory.com/warandpolitics.html War is self-created hell; it starts with self-conflict and extends to conflict with others, exacerbated and perpetuated by the sick institution of government Government relies on propaganda to further itself and promote fear and lies and obedience--in the name of sacrificing individuals Foreign invasion would just change our masters; the slaves remain enslaved | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 68 - Anti-free market mentality, libertarian partyarchy, moral and political consistency | Early on, we internalize contradictions and develop a pattern of not questioning immoral double standards Walter Block believes that people are "hardwired" to reject free market economics (which denies volition) Reparations and Restitution http://tinyurl.com/r3avdg (from: http://fee.org/library/podcasts/young-scholars-colloquium/) Foundation For Economic Education Podcast rss feed: www.fee.org/podcast/rss.xml Your mind is your tool of survival (nod to A.R.) The tribal premise explains why most people reject free enterprise principles in politics MSM encourages everyone to think like a tribal leader, and to worship political "leaders" The deeper aspects of this learned behavior: http://www.psychohistory.com/ If religion and statism were natural outcomes of being human, indoctrination and propaganda wouldn't be needed People have been conditioned to not challenge the corrupt forms of morality in their midst, in politics, in religion, and in the family Academic intellectuals promulgate statist slavery for definite immoral reasons Economic theories are rooted in people's moral codes, the two main ones being voluntary and involuntary There's no such thing as legitimate crime Dennis Prager's moral contradictions and self-induced political blindness (http://dennisprager.com) You can never escape your own independent judgment to either follow your own moral code or follow someone else's moral code The libertarian premise is about personal choice, making your own decisions Playing politics is self-aggrandizement writ large You can't create a just government (by definition) What is Libertarian Centrism? by George Phillies http://www.nolanchart.com/article6423.html Libertarianism denounces the initiation of force, which means no rulers, no slaves no masters, no governments Adherence to justice is the right thing to do; it has nothing to do with obedience Equality laws beget more inequality and injustice; instead, everyone should be equally free The Real Lincoln and Lincoln Unmasked by Thomas DiLorenzo http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Unmasked-Youre-Supposed-Dishonest/dp/030733841X/ http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=204650-1 The only consistent form of libertarianism is libertarian anarchism (i.e., anarcho-capitalism) The false nutritional theory of government (terrible things will happen if you don't have some gvt) Rands three rules; inconsistent libertarians will lose in principle to the enemies of liberty: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/principles.html The idea of "President" is an invalid concept, just like the rest of the noncepts of politics, such as "states" of "nations" Libertarians need to take off their rose-colored glasses of statism Reaffirming Libertarianism by Tibor Machan http://www.freedompolitics.com/articles/told-1014-libertarian-complacency.html Being parasites, politicians create nothing; they bring no products or services to market The American colonies were also collectives ruled by governmental rulers Episode 24 - Another unfree birthday for America (for a logical analysis of the Declaration of Independence) http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=357077 Each person has the right to contract or not to contract, which those in government infringe upon Government as "legitimate"--the horrible contradiction within the libertarian movement It all goes back to the family, once again--disrespectful parenting The contradictory meme of government disallows people to grow up and become full-fledged, independent adults Everyday Anarchy Part 4 of 7 by Stefan Molyneux http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/molyneux/molyneux5.html "It is more accurate to say that these contradictions were visible exactly to the degree that they were avoided. Everyone walked through a minefield, claiming that it was not a minefield, but unerringly avoiding the mines nonetheless." S.M. When "law" is not based on natural laws principles, i.e. | 5/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 67 - Small government versus no government debate | http://ronpaul.meetup.com/93/calendar/9410200/ Anarcho-Capitalism Resources http://ronpaul.meetup.com/93/messages/boards/thread/6854056#27484041 Some Fun With Definitions http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/05/some-fun-with-definitions.html bumper music "Carmina Burana - O Fortuna" composed by Carl Orff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff e.g., http://www.amazon.com/Carmina-Burana-O-Fortuna/dp/B001XIM4MU/ and http://tinyurl.com/c8dl5b to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 66 - Pirates big and small, philosophy of voluntaryism, simple disobedience, injustices, scientific progress | Individuals are not to be sacrificed as means to other people's ends Pirates vs. Emperors by Joseph Nevins http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/07-6 Cruise ship attacked by pirates used sonic weapon (couldn't find exact article referenced) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-07-cruise-blast_x.htm Governments have once again prevented effective measures of self-defense, this time at sea Accountability for mice and impunity for lions; U.N. is a ridiculous organization "Government" serves as a shield to protect its employees from wrongdoing Rulers nab bad guys so they themselves aren't perceived as bad rulers Initiatory force versus retaliatory force is a critical distinction The Authoritarian Mindset http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2009/05/authoritarian-mindset.html The most docile slaves and the most demented dictators are psychologically similar; both are driven by fear and pseudo self-esteem, fostered in childhood of course and bolstered by the violent institution known as government Fundamentals of Voluntaryism (nod to Carl Watner) http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.php The Epistemological Argument; The Economic Argument; The Moral Argument; The Natural Law Argument; The Means-End Argument; The Consistency Argument; The Integrity, Self-Control, and Corruption Argument Ideas, both good and bad, are bulletproof "Vital" services are determined by those in the marketplace, not by mafias with flags All prosperity occurs in spite of the parasitism by the State http://anarchy.tv - using logical ideas in fictional stories to reveal truths and portray a better world Abolition of the coercive tools of government engenders respect in the populace, not rebelliousness and chaos To restrict people's freedom is do a terrible thing People aren't coerced to work in government--they choose to coerce others! http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728 Government (and parents) seek to alter "citizens'" (and children's) volition via threats and punishments Discourse on Voluntary Servitude http://www.constitution.org/la_boetie/serv_vol.htm As people stop supporting their "rulers," they gain more freedom Simple disobedience and non-compliance break the well-oiled (obeyed) governmental machine Empathy begins with recognition of how oneself has been subjected to tyranny Playing politics violates all the principles of voluntaryism There is no respectful or logical alternative to individuals making their own choices One man, SamIAm, refusing to comply with authoritarian sociopaths... http://freekeene.com/2009/05/04/sams-jail-blog-wednesday-april-29/ The stupid pop behaviorism of laws and retribution fosters, among other things, the slacker mentality People working in the "corrections system" are prime examples of irresponsibility, because they imprison rights-respecting people "Judges" do a major disservice to the concept of justice; they violate individuals' rights on a daily basis How does a group of people get a superior claim to your life and property? Illogically, immorally, and unjustly Robo-scientist's first findings by Victoria Gill http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7979113.stm Amazingly beneficial scientific innovations and discoveries are in store for us--especially as governmental funding declines Scientists need to become fully aware of the moral issues and of how government stifles scientific progress Metaphysical poem: Imagine http://devernay.free.fr/paradoxlost/html/imagine.html bumper music "Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys http://www.deadkennedys.com/albums_fresh.html http://www.myspace.com/deadkennedys to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 65 - Freedom, innovation, and parasitical government, senseless laws, prohibition on justice, empathy | A Measure of Freedom by Jim Davies http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/davies/davies8.html "Government" pretends to be a higher authority than yourself Become part of The Online Freedom Academy http://tolfa.us Government is destined to destroy itself economically There's nothing free about government Twenty Twenty-Two by Jim Davies http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/davies/davies15.html Capitalism creates a greater and greater supply of values The bigger the supply or surplus, the more government steals As long as people can reap the rewards of applying their own intelligence, prosperity is assured James Burke's great Connections program - http://www.mahalo.com/James_Burke ...couldn't find referenced Industrial Revolution episode, but these two are pretty close: James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Credit Where It's Due", 3 of 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g413rYkYL7I James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Credit Where It's Due", 4 of 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YmR-BtJx-k MO of government is to cater to special interests at everyone else's expense; "laws" are passed to facilitate this Government is an easy (but unjust) way to take from some in order to give to others--while making it look virtuous The principle of property is denied with any level of taxation The scary thing about the prospect of undiluted freedom is that it challenges the deeply held belief in "authority" The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (That Don't Work) by Robert Evans http://www.cracked.com/article_17216_5-most-popular-safety-laws-that-dont-work.html Speed limits; Three Strikes laws; The Amber Alert; Sex Offender Registries; Zero Tolerance Policies at School The Power of Design by Richard Farson, a statist intellectual with some stateless tendencies... http://www.greenway.us/index.php?id=112 Government, as a coercive monopoly on so-called justice, can't effectively apprehend criminals, nor is it incentivized to do so Another MO of government is inducing fear and paranoia in the populace "Laws" don't prevent bad people from doing bad things; "laws" violate individual rights and foster irresponsibility We should have zero tolerance of governmental nonsense Commentary: Legalize drugs to stop violence by Jeffrey A. Miron http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/ Story pertaining to Ca medical marijuana dispensary owner Charles Lynch http://reason.tv/video/show/760.html ; http://reason.tv/video/show/510.html ; http://reason.tv/video/show/736.html Change we can be jailed for by Greg http://fr33agents.com/change-we-can-be-jailed-for/ http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/226362/april-30-2009/ethan-nadelmann The rights-infringing actions of governmental employees are mostly shielded by a false perception of legitimacy Each person has the right to consume whatever he or she wants We need to get rid of the prohibition on justice in the marketplace, i.e., get rid of government The violence of government traumatizes entire civilizations The Nature Of Present Government http://www.logicallearning.net/libnatureofgover.html Contradictions will always be psychologically and existentially destructive People fear their future in relation to others if they practiced honesty (via RTR http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR ) An active mindset is key to your personal evolution--and to getting rid of an institution that stifles your choices Parents who listen to their children and treat them with respect help build a much better world bumper music "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar http://www.redrocker.com/index.php?s=media&a=discography&aid=16 http://www.myspace.com/sammyhagar to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 64 - Power of words, aspects of slave mentality, exposing tyranny via CD, Objectivist gang of government | The invalid legal fictions of statism: counties, states, nations, etc. Report #TL07A: THE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml "It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head." Sally Kempton It's the nature of slavespeak to keep you in your place, i.e., oppressed Terrocrat--coercive political agent "...it's absolutely vital that you understand that the primary means terrocrats use to subjugate, control, and dominate their victims is words." F.M. Beware the cattle guards for your mind, which are typically devised for you at an early age The fundamentally irrational nature of spanking, or "tough love," rests on rationalizations for evil actions Authoritarian sociopaths demand "respect" (in the form of fear and obedience), but turn-about is not fair play Rationalizations support pseudo self-esteem and vice versa; if you don't honor yourself, you won't honor others People in government commit crimes (such as extortion and kidnapping) with impunity, crimes which are forbidden to individuals "[The State] will give you everything if you worship it, this new idol: thus it buys for itself the luster of your virtues and the glance of your proud eyes." Nietzsche People have to maintain the language of seeming truth in order to maintain their power People falsely believe that they would suffer if the State fell The language of liberty (and euphemisms) are used to cover up the tyranny of statism In general, slave-mentality can consist of many elements... Each of us is responsible for our own happiness Life is neither fair nor unfair; fairness is a concept that concerns human relationships "It's the law" is slavespeak that denies taking personal responsibility for injustice and immorality There are psychological payoffs for feeling down and out "A belief that you have to sacrifice part of your earnings, property, etc. 'for the good of society'" spells complete enslavement Absolute truth is absolutely true :) http://www.ozarkia.net/bill/anarchism/Fallacies.html#Self%20Exclusion Thanks for all the letters! by Sam Dodson (aka SamIAm) http://freekeene.com/2009/04/23/thanks-for-all-the-letters/#more-1887 http://www.youtube.com/ObscuredTruth How many civil disobedients and libertarian voices will it take to instill freedom memes in the general populace? In a free market you get what you pay for, and you only get what you want--unlike imposed governmental "services" Book TV on C-SPAN2 - Top Nonfiction Authors Every Weekend - Robert Higgs http://www.booktv.org/watch.aspx?ProgramId=ID-10300 who's your nanny? by Trevor Bothwell http://bothwell.typepad.com/whos_your_nanny/2009/04/american-the-idol.html Conflation of State and society disarms the masses and perpetuates the Stockholm syndrome Mass cognitive dissonance circulating in the culture on account of the State Orthodox Objectivist claptrap: http://capitalism.org/faq/anarchism.htm "Legitimacy" of government is fostered by virtue of being a coercive "legalized" monopoly Individual rights exist prior to any government; you are free to make choices by virtue of being a rational animal The magnitude of the problem of government is reflected in slavespeak and failure to reason from first principles (and defining terms) as well as rewards for obedience The choice for budding Objectivists: become a Randroid, or become an independent thinker (and thus anarcho-capitalist) Once you abandon your search for truth, you succumb to your fears Government equals completely communized justice; a monopoly of "justice" will always provide the worst quality at the highest price Galt's Gulch was anarchy! Fear of "competing gangs" stems from fear of others, not trusting them to be responsible individuals "I swear--by my life and my love of it--that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." John Galt bumper music "drum-1a" by friend and Free Stater Roger Grant (better song t | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 63 - Freedom to travel, reside, and work without government, where property rights are respected | Do people have the freedom to travel? Of course they do, regardless of what people in government say and do Most people believe in the memes of statism and collectivism, having attended governmental schools The Ugly War on Immigrants: Snatch-and-Jail Justice? By Dave Lindorff http://counterpunch.org/lindorff04142009.html Lack of empathy for others follows from dehumanization of them and vice versa http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/racism.html La Migra, the official U.S. kidnapper and ruiner of people's lives The twisted bureaucracy of many names - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service Calling fellow human beings "illegal aliens" leads to violating their rights as human beings--first and foremost, their right to travel and to live and work in particular places You simply can't be for liberty and for "border security" "Representatives" don't and can't be valid agents for individuals Ron Paul's statist ramblings based on economic and historical ignorance that play on unjustifiable fears, which is typical of politicians: Immigration Reform in 2006? by Ron Paul http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul343.html We all should look forward to the day when more people ignore unjust, immoral laws, which have NOTHING to do with legitimate torts and thus have no complaining party (in other words, no individual rights were violated) Baptist pastor beaten + tazed by Border patrol - 11 stitches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUzd7G875Hc My own recent story about dealing with the border patrol jackboots for about 6hrs; the scene of the crime was about a dozen miles north of the actual "border" - http://tinyurl.com/d9l4sq It's vital to delegitimatize the collectivistic memes of nationalism and "citizenship" Self-defense is hardly possible when criminal activity (of governmental "officials") is legalized and legitimatized Playing the 4th Amendment card or using other USC appeals fosters police state dehumanization dynamics The jackboots are destroying liberty in order to allegedly protect it Obedience to a job description, regardless of its irrationality, is no excuse for rights-violating behaviors The Third Reich has arrived, once again It's important to parse out the language explicitly about having to bend your will to authoritarian sociopaths' immoral and unjust orders--in order to make them aware of their coercion As more people wake up to the nature of tyranny, the tyrants' way of life will eventually come to an end The Founding Fathers weren't asked for their "papers"; but present day "authorities" would consider them enemies of the State ("terrorists") Humans owe no allegiance to any "nations"; that would be a form of slavery The government is this magical place where crimes become legal (and evil becomes good, and ignorance is strength, and freedom is slavery, and war is peace...) The Freedom to Move by Oscar W. Cooley and Paul L. Poirot http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-freedom-to-move/ A communized justice service (government) can never protect you against fraud and coercion Unquestionable familial "authorities" train us to embrace a monopolies of coercion http://freekeene.com, a place for cataloguing smart libertarian activism People in government are not your "servants"; rather, they presume to be your masters http://www.marcstevens.net/content/view/26/33/ Obedience to unjust laws is contrary to living a rational life Conformity to various customs is an individual affair, having nothing to do with law Only one type of person pulls a gun and makes you do "business" with them: a criminal (or mafia with a flag) Christian morality of self-sacrifice is quite problematic Dispelling the various economic fallacies and fears of immigration... Socialism's focus on consumption and "equitable distribution" ignores the nature of production and the ever-expanding marketplace The Goal Is Freedom: Free To Migrate by Sheldon Richman http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,040 | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 62 - Defining capitalism, electoral ROI injustice, avoiding immoral quagmires | Libertarian Party email: 47% of Americans reject capitalism! Fight back, Paul! http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/04/libertarian-party-email-47-of-americans-reject-capitalism-fight-back-paul/ Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/just_53_say_capitalism_better_than_socialism Unfortunately, the current fascist welfare State is already pretty socialist; the memes of enslavement are here The LP believes that defeating politicians via elections will defeat the socialistic memes, but liberty-minded voters is oxymoronic If we could vote our way to liberty, it would be illegal! Did the Founders "work within the system"? Nope Yet, the Founders, rather than getting rid of government and its rulers, just changed the faces and created a more tyrannical State (now the biggest in the world) Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution — and What It Means for America Today by Thomas J. DiLorenzo http://www.mises.org/store/Hamiltons-Curse-P534.aspx Authoritarian sociopaths, i.e., "rulers," have pseudo self-esteem, a concept Nathaniel Branden outlined What Self-Esteem Is and Is Not http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/articles_essays/what_self_esteem.html Society can't be made better via the force and fraud of government "The public" doesn't exist; only individuals exist Do people understand what capitalism is? Its critics don't seem to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Criticism The dictionary definition of capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. We don't have capitalism today; we have fascism and socialism Any interaction that doesn't involve free trade is a net loss, a zero-sum or less-than-zero-sum experience Hmm, why do you think that governments--unlike businesses--don't offer money-back guarantees? Because they don't trade; they loot and destroy Capitalism, i.e., free trade based on property rights, doesn't lead to economic turmoil or exploitation or pollution; only lack of property rights enforcement coupled with government and its attempts at "regulating" lead to those bad things Kazakhstan: Nuclear Testing Aftermath http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTGloWEIAA Russia's Black Future by Shanti Menon http://discovermagazine.com/1996/feb/russiasblackfutu701 If you don't have private ownership, no one is going to take responsibility FEE: Privatizing Roads and Oceans (Walter Block) MP3 http://odeo.com/episodes/24076766-FEE-Privatizing-Roads-and-Oceans-Walter-Block-MP3 The Privatization of Roads and Highways by Walter Block http://www.mises.org/store/Privatization-of-Roads-and-Highways-P581.aspx http://mises.org/books/roads_web.pdf Superpower communized roads--great stuff! (except for 40,000 people dying on them every year in the USA) The enemies of liberty (typical intellectuals) believe that people are weak and inept; they can't survive as responsible individuals in the marketplace; so, others (who are ~somehow~ responsible) must provide for them Hypothetical Answer On Political Parties by Jonathan Wilde http://www.distributedrepublic.net/archives/2004/11/05/hypothetical-answer-on-political-parties/ Public choice theory, etc. predicts that libertarians will always be at a disadvantage in an electoral system Elections yield "laws" and redistribute wealth according to political wishes; voters want a "return on investment" The "public good" of liberty simply can't be supplied by government, no matter what or who you vote for Personal control of politics through voting is illusory Two things that governmental people offer you: stolen wealth (tax dollars) and threats of coercion if you disobey The free rider notion doesn't apply when a coercive monopoly is involved, that is, when services are being forced on you Our Problem Is Immorality by Walter E. Wil | 4/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 61 - Bad meme infections, contradictory moral and political codes, liberty and responsibility, anti-voting | The state of statist intellectuals; victims of bad, contradictory memes For example - UN Plaza: The Soft Underbelly http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18763 An interesting blogger discussion - Science Saturday: Just a Theory; Ancient violence and the fear of being eaten http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18623?in=42:39&out=60:37 It's important to address politics from first principles--and to define one's terms If intellectuals thought logically and didn't take collectivistic memes for granted, they'd improve society immensely Individuals (or groups of them) logically don't have the choice to nullify others' choices What is the origin of human conflict? Not respecting others and their property, courtesy of sacrificial and statist memes The fact that most people comply with governmental edicts doesn't minimize the ills of government Other political insanity from around the world... China nabs website staff for erotic audiobooks http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/20/china_arrests_four_erotic_audio_books/ "Authorities" are basically authoritarian sociopaths Society consists of individuals using their own volitional mechanisms, which no one has the right to contradict Authoritarian sociopaths' demise will happen when their "legitimacy" is undermined The doctrine of self-sacrifice leads politically to sacrificing individuals for the so-called "good of the collective" (i.e., for other individuals) Australian censorship board site pwned (http://classification.gov.au) http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/87mqb/australian_censorship_board_site_pwned/ http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9880/miscs.jpg Saudi clerics urge TV ban on women, music http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29826511/ Somehow, the authoritarian sociopaths are able to convince the oppressed that their edicts are good and must be followed Extropianism means living the most flourishing lives possible, maximizing our potential via technological innovation (http://www.extropy.org/principles.htm) http://www.extropy.org/conferences.htm Liberty and Responsibility: Inseparable Ideals by Max More http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/liberty-and-responsibility-inseparable-ideals/ We must be careful not to romanticize America's founding; the Constitution only applied to those who agreed to it, and plenty of authoritarian sociopathy and collectivistic memes were present The parasitical legal profession lives off the meme of statism and strips people of their common sense and resources License is not responsibility; so, it undermines liberty "Without the liberty to choose our own actions and make our own choices, we lose the qualities of responsibility and virtue that make us uniquely human...Only freely chosen actions reflect character." M.M. The idea that governmental officials protect your rights is merely part of their public-relations scheme "Interventionism and welfarism act as a tax on responsibility." M.M. Politics, being the fourth branch of philosophy, deals with how individuals should treat each other; the only logical (i.e., non-contradictory) politics is voluntarism, or complete liberty http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/politics.html People naturally desire to be responsible in a society that respects their property Evil--the initiation of force--nullifies the capacity for humans to make choices To engage in voting, a process that is fundamentally irrational, is nonsensical and counterproductive It's Time to Get Passionate About Not Voting by Stewart Browne http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/browne/browne1.html "To all libertarians, I now pose the dilemma of Your Own Personal Bailout: If you could vote for or against a nice big government check written specifically for you, on a secret ballot, knowing full well that every day people all around you are voting to take large chunks of taxpayer change for themselves, what would you do? This, in a nutshell, is the problem with democracy. It is also why we advocates of liberty wil | 4/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 60 - Greed and coercive power, explicit objectivism, freeing oppressed minds, voting illogic | Complete liberty is about getting rid of the authoritarian/obedience memes that foster government Coercion and altruism both lead to self-sacrifice All About Greed by Sheldon Richman http://fee.org/featured/greed/ "as long as self-interest is held to be morally corrupt, the market order will be suspect." Is there a rational definition of greed? Wanting more, not less--when one takes responsibility for profits and losses "If we can't trust people with freedom, how can we trust them with power?" S.R Government is appeasement of, by, and for the irresponsible The ethical doctrine of sacrifice (of self to others and others to self) distorts the concepts of greed and selfishness Greed With John Stossel part 1 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0VHiONkot8 Step It Up! by Tyson Russell http://rebirthofreason.com/Articles/Russell/Step_It_Up.shtml Lower your tolerance for evil; don't let it win by default http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/moraljudgment.html Any sort of behavior that runs counter to a voluntary system (in which individuals make their own choices) is evil and wrong Objectivism is the philosophy for living on Earth; it's based on the facts of reality and the nature of humans (reasoning beings) Government is the opposite of respect, the opposite of rationality Property is how people manifest their values and trade with others Psychology of ownership is key http://www.logicallearning.net/libpsychologyofo.html The fundamental choice is to make one's philosophy explicit and define the terms objectively and logically, or not and advocate some variant of disrespect and statism Solutions by Larken Rose http://www.rogershermansociety.org/solutions.htm also read by Ian of FTL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCDQgLyrG0 Violence can't kill bad ideas, namely the bad idea of statism: "To wit, the American Revolution ended up creating the largest extortion racket and the most powerful standing army in the history of the world." L.R. We don't need the permission of rights-violators in order to be free--no need to make sacrifices to the horrible volcano of the State Government can't be reformed; there's no such thing as a "nice master"; no one has to be "in charge" in a free market "You have to work within the system" is the mantra forwarded by statists and enslaved peasants (even some anarchists, unfortunately) Actions of self-preservation in a statist world must be distinguished from sanction of the victim http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sanction.html It's all about freeing your mind from the authoritarian/obedience memes "The greatest weapon the oppressor has is the mind of the oppressed." Steven Biko Statist thugs' "authority" only exists in the minds of those they dominate Callers (e.g., Kurt) logically explained the ills of voting to the hosts of FTL starts at 1:09:45 - http://www.blubrry.com/freetalklive/353052/ftl2009-03-03/ starts at 1:18:55 - http://www.blubrry.com/freetalklive/353630/ftl2009-03-04/ Might does not make right; majority doesn't rule; the end (liberty) doesn't justify the (coercive) means Trying to work within government to get rid of government doesn't promote the idea of voluntarism; rather, it fosters perceived legitimacy in the very system that is actually illegitimate Since government relies on extortion to survive, its various "employees" necessarily sanction its existence Imagine an outspoken anarchist saying: I won't take the position you elect me to; actually, I seek to abolish it immediately (if not sooner)! Participating in voting and elections is simply playing by the rules of statists; it's also part of the "legal" process by which people are plundered Noncompliance and re-education (e.g., http://tolfa.us) are keys to libertarian success Carbon Nanotube Muscles Strong as Diamond, Flexible as Rubber By Brandon Keim http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/nanomuscle.html bumper music "Sirens" by Authority Zero http://www.authorityzero.com/ http:/ | 3/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 59 - Divorcing government, evolving to anarchism, freedom-based integrity | The Liberty Forum (http://www.freestateproject.org/libertyforum) Exploring the many paths to liberty...and taking the objectively valid one The key educational path of unschooling (http://www.holtgws.com/whatisunschoolin.html) It's important for new intellectuals to challenge the contradictory philosophies of present intellectuals, so that truth and mutual respect can prevail in society http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/intellectuals.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/philosophy.html An objective ethics (values and virtues) demands the best of everyone http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/objectivetheoryofvalues.html How Do You Divorce Your Government? by Russell D. Longcore http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2009/tle507-20090222-05.html Are we witnessing the battered spouse syndrome, wit large?--more like children abused by domineering parents; Mommy/Daddy Government presides over our lives "Citizens" allegedly have a duty of allegiance to the State, in return for the "State's" protection--both of which are utterly false notions; search on YouTube: Liberty Forum 2009 Marc Stevens Do rights exist? Well, do freedoms exist? Or how about justice? All these concepts are valid and identify proper behavior http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.html As long any person disagrees with the political structure and are forced to comply anyway, that political structure is unjust and immoral Americans have never experienced complete liberty; there was never, ever a "happy marriage"; and, government is never chosen like a spouse is chosen, so the battered spouse analogy is less accurate than the obedient child/domineering parent model Those in the institution of government benefit from creating victimless crimes Intellectuals who are supported by statism don't want to bite the hand that feeds them, which is explained in the following book: How (Not) To Achieve Freedom by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#HNTAF I’ve Evolved … into an Anarchist by George Donnelly http://georgedonnelly.com/asides/evolved-into-anarchist The magnificent PR campaign of government, making victims look like criminals! The thugs in government aren't the only problem; those who aid and abet governmental memes are just as problematic How to Be a Successful Tyrant: The Megalomaniac Manifesto by Larken Rose http://www.amazon.com/How-Successful-Tyrant-Megalomaniac-Manifesto/dp/0977783413/ Kicking the Dragon (Confessions of a Tax Heretic) by Larken Rose http://www.kickingthedragon.com/ There is no hope for "reforming" government; institutionalized, unjust coercion must be abolished, not reformed Statists realize that trying to reform government into something that upholds liberty is futile Words of Kryptonite for the statist and for statism: I do not consent Those who choose not to respect others and their property ought to leave or be incarcerated No person has the right to nullify another's choices; choosing to deny choice is contradictory Who owns you? Glenn Jacob's (http://libertyradiounderground.com/) answer: http://media.switchpod.com/users/citizenx/SelfOwnership2.m4a George Donnelly's stellar to-do list: "Study the works of authors such as Lysander Spooner, Samuel Edward Konkin III and Murray Rothbard. End my membership in the LP and BTP. Cease all donations to political parties, candidates or organizations that participate in the electoral process. Hand over de facto control of the LP Transparency Caucus and shadow bylaw and platform committees to someone else (if anyone even wants them). I will also be ending the 'My LP' and Libertarian Party Candidates projects. Search for ways to work for greater liberty, without supporting governments. Evaluate all of my activities with the goal of ending any and all support for governments. Actively withdraw my consent from governments." If people acted on their own like those in government, they'd be put in jail by governmental workers Obama secretly ends | 3/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 58 - US of non-freedom, illusory freedom, statist hypocrisy, non-consent of the governed | Mercatus Center at George Mason University - Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom by William P. Ruger and Jason Sorens http://www.mercatus.org/PublicationDetails.aspx?id=26154 A coercive State, i.e., government, will never respect people's rights A limited government can't stay limited for long What would happen if Libertarians got elected? What sort of "work" would they be doing? Basically, they would be employees of an unjust organization; case in point: NH legislators have busy schedule for 2009 http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090106-NEWS-901060349 What's the purpose of government if not to govern people! Because government funds itself through extortion, every person who works for it is supporting extortion No product or service should be provided at the barrel of a gun (hat tip to http://marcstevens.net) Civil disobedience, or non-compliance, prevents tyranny from overwhelming a society The media are typically cheerleaders for statism, i.e., tyranny Left/Right distinction is tenuous, but taxation, regulation, and "programs" are always anti-freedom Case in point: Trans Fats Banned in NYC Restaurants https://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/Trans-fats-banned-in-NYC-restaurants.shtml All of the several American states violate Americans' freedoms Can personal satisfaction and fulfillment occur without freedom? Are our bodies disconnected from our minds? We must beware the mind/body dichotomy concerning pleasure http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/soulbodydichotomy.html You can't be a slave to your job or to money, but you are made a slave by those in "government" If people didn't comply with taxation and regulation, they'd quickly determine how little freedom they have YouTube - 20/20 bailouts and bull http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=20%2F20+bailouts+and+bull&aq=f http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7067596&page=1 The Middle Class Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You by John Stossel http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=7055599&page=1 The nature of sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomethica.html Sacrifice is used as a weapon against individuals to get them to surrender their self-esteem, autonomy, and independence to other people (the selfish ones;) Jesus, making the ultimate sacrifice, promoted the philosophy of death No matter how difficult it is to make money in a mixed economy, an extortion racket will never be charitable or encourage self-responsibility True slavery comes from the guns of government The several states are cannibalizing their own economies What would be the point of moving to a slightly freer US state? Perhaps for organizing and doing smart activism (e.g., http://freekeene.com) DEA to halt medical marijuana raids: Holder confirms states to have final say on use of drug for pain control http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29433708 Medical MJ "reality check" from Mordor: California Medical Marijuana Information http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ongoing/calimarijuana.html Exactly How Legal Is Medical Marijuana? by Madeleine Brand http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93697469 Liquor and statist hypocrisy; Lew Rockwell interviews Dr. Mark Thornton http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-12-04_078_75_years_ago_prohibition_was_repealed.mp3 We as a society need to understand and apply a universal code of respectful morality: don't hit people and don't take their stuff; honor persons and property Really the only thing that should be illegal is the initiation of force (via coercion or fraud) Capitalism favors mutually beneficial interaction, which will eventually dissolve all arbitrary statist borders Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory by Crispin Sartwell http://www.amazon.com/Against-State-Introduction-Anarchist-Political/dp/0791474488/reasonmagazineA/ Played this short interview: A | 3/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 57 - Striking the governmental root, John Galt's message, slave roads and their masters | Without property rights, no other rights are possible Applying self-ownership in a consistent fashion means complete liberty Time for a Trim? by Jim Davies http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/davies/davies5.html The principle of self-ownership is axiomatic and irrefutable, for any attempt to deny it requires utilizing it Government has been around for centuries, running on the pr scheme that they are our protectors and providers (as they violate individual rights) So, it's important to strike at the root, i.e., dispense with the idea of government itself, so unjust coercion doesn't remain institutionalized ‘Going Galt’: Everyone’s Doing It! By Eric Etheridge http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/going-galt-everyones-doing-it/ Who is John Galt? Modern intellectuals don't have a moral clue Taxation and regulation are violations of your freedom to choose and act as an individual Essentially, your mind should not be enslaved to other minds The nature of romantic realism in fiction requires the portrayal of humans as they might be or ought to be (as Aristotle noted) http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/literature.html Galt's main message: Live for your own sake, based on reason and reality, not for the sake of "others"--don't sacrifice What would make you want to stop paying a group of thugs extortion money and stop obeying their regulations? Could Eddie Willers ever have taken a moral stand against tyranny and self-sacrifice like John Galt did? Statism asks that we sacrifice ourselves to collectivistic abstractions that prevent people from taking responsibility for evil actions; communized anything is bad Going John Galt basically entails focusing on what's going to enlighten fellow human beings and encourage them to stand up for their own dignity--and to defy "authority" Something to ask "authorities": Other than threats of physical violence, what is the nature of the relationship between individuals and those in government? "Conservatives" vs. "Liberals" by Ayn Rand http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/conservativesvsliberals.html Both conservatives (mystics of spirit) and liberals (mystics of muscle) hold the lethal premise of the mind/body dichotomy "...each camp wants to control the realm it regards as metaphysically important; each grants freedom only to the activities it despises." (A.R.) Neither camp rejects the slave/master dynamic Who Will Build the Slave Roads? by Dale Everett http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2009/02/09/who-will-build-the-slave-roads/#more-273 What percent of a slave are you? Well, when you don't own yourself and property free and clear, you're one-hundred percent a slave! "Until no one else has first dibs on your productivity, and until you are supporting yourself and making your own decisions about your own life, you are 100% a slave." (D.E.) Successful businesspersons trick themselves into thinking that they aren't 100% slaves; yet, they continuously obey governmental edicts "Government roads are a necessity for modern slaves. They are slave roads." "When you’ve been trained to be a slave your entire life, it can be scary to imagine life as a free person, but I encourage you to try." (D.E.) bumper music "Whose Authority" from "Lucky" (2008) album by Nada Surf http://www.nadasurf.com/ http://www.myspace.com/nadasurf to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 3/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 56 - Participatory fascism, mixed economies, living for your own sake | Are We All Socialists Now? Not at All by Robert Higgs http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/61504.html Is socialism as dead as the dodo? Its new guise as participatory fascism Authoritarian sociopaths are always on the lookout for new ways to blame the marketplace and go where they haven't gone before with coercive programs, be they in education, energy, or health care Authoritarian sociopaths engage in a constant process of breaking things and then breaking more things while trying to "fix" them Two of the wealthiest participatory fascists: Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Talk With UNL Students About Much More Than Money by Steve Jordon, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/260603/bill_gates_and_warren_buffett_talk_with_unl_students_about/ Authoritarian sociopaths waste the loot they steal from those who don't waste it (productive people) People are hoodwinked via indoctrination and propaganda--and many pick the low-hanging fruit of governmental jobs and contracts Dreaded participatory fascism health-care headlines: http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/wireless?issueid=0609794D-1FD7-4B20-836F-72B0230FA9EF&sid=72af7153-ad2d-4c88-ac7b-16b89b6c75b2 What would happen if people kept their money away from the authoritarian sociopathic programs? By what right, standard, or code can some people presume to "let" other individuals makes their own choices? No right, an unjust standard, and an immoral code Government delivers the lowest possible quality at the highest possible price Not only does the emperor have no clothes--there is no such thing as emperor! Because governmental action is based on coercion and involuntary interaction, no good can come from it; rational minds require choice to function The mainstream media gives you only a fraction of the info you need to make informed decisions A 'Rebel' With A Cause on CBSNews.com (Michelle Muccio http://www.acton.org/people/mmuccio.php ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go1HyZ6x-aI The problem of libertarian concessions to consistent statists is hindering the progression to freedom Each of us exists for our own sake, not for the sake of the State or "others" At the end of the day, Ron Paul is a politician; he writes in "earmarks" to bring home loot to his "constituents" in his "district" and concedes the statist premise of Constitutional government Immigration Reform in 2006? by Ron Paul (statist insanity!) http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul343.html In Defense of Ron Paul’s Earmarks by Eric Phillips (who thinks sound principles can be fudged) http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/phillips5.html Are "the masses" willing to accept personal responsibility? Higgs says "No" CLP says "Yes" In truth, a minority of the American population, the so-called intellectuals and the authoritarian sociopaths are the ones who are unwilling to accept personal responsibility Further reading: Freedom—An Intellectual Issue http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomintell.html A mixed economy confuses the moral issues and ideas in the statist extortion and regulation rackets Philosophers and intellectuals aren't using the method of non-contradictory identification (logic) in ethics and politics one wit The host doesn't need to parasites to survive and thrive; we don't need them (those in government) to survive and thrive Today's America is running on prior capital, which today's level of statism is unapologetically consuming Slumdog Millionaire winning awards is an indication or how morally bankrupt our culture is--the portrayal of wallowing in poverty, filth, and wretched contentment, coupled with rampant immorality and injustice Political systems throughout the world are impoverishing whole countries Is America Number One? by John Stossel (which includes inspecting the differences in starting and running a business in Hong Kong, Calcutta, and NYC--though all within the statist paradigm, in which you don't live for your own sake) | 3/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 55 - Mafia with a flag, coercive monopolies, producers versus parasites | The essence of complete liberty is mutual respect of persons and property If people in government really wanted to help people, they wouldn't do "business" at the point of a gun (the mafia with a flag) For statists, freedom is passe One damn fine statist automobile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant Uber Czar to be Renamed by Jennifer Kerfuffle http://manhattancapital.blogspot.com/2009/02/uber-czar-to-be-renamed.html The drug war has been greatly successful in destroying individual rights Shooting socialistic/fascistic fish in a barrel... Ending the Hidden Agenda Behind Tax Cuts by Joe Brewer http://www.truthout.org/021709R Liberals/progressives and conservatives are basically two statist peas in the pod of authoritarian sociopathy What is one thing that government (aka a legalized coercive monopoly) does better than any business in the marketplace? Perhaps public relations! A coercive monopoly imposes the lowest quality product/service at the highest possible price The various euphemisms of taxation... People don't need others to impede their trade--or take a cut of it; statists aren't needed It boils down to the productive people versus the parasites Should freedom be free? Of course You don't need representation: You represent yourself every day via the money you make, save, and spend Presidents merely posture and pretend to have authority The number one goal of authoritarian sociopaths is to control productive people; if it weren't for their pr scheme, they'd be shamed out of their "jobs" Key question: If what those in government provide is so valuable, why don't they provide it in a voluntary manner (i.e., without pointing guns at people and coercing them)? Words such as "must" and "require" simply reflect the ideology of violence The people who are attracted to governmental service are most interested in controlling others Gangsters and banksters run together; they're part of the same tribe in which legislation creates economic disasters, which subvert personal responsibility Progressives et al forward governmental solutions to government-created problems If you consider yourself a moral person, and you think that the institution of government is good, then you really need to check your contradictory premises Just because people comply and toss ballots in a box, doesn't mean they're not being coerced Citizens and states are legal fictions, arbitrary constructs that enslave individuals The nature of the (future) profit-driven health care system, versus the statist status quo with shoddy service and high prices Coercion is anti-reason and anti-life Statism is the philosophy of death bumper music "United States of "Whatever" (Bush Remix)" by Liam Lynch, directed by Jerry Gilio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3XiW9goo1U to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 54 - Competing justice agencies, customary law principles, praxeology | Read email from listener, living in the not-so-distant future, a transitional period between 20th century statism and complete liberty--competing justice agencies, flights of fantasy or not? No one is 'in control' in a complete liberty society; anarchy rules ;) Red pill reality versus blue pill reality; the ever-present matrix of false and destructive memes that distort most people's viewpoints The freest economies are the wealthiest economies The vast disparities between regulated and unregulated labor markets are typically overlooked by statists It's a fallacy to think that people (immigrants) are stealing jobs from other people--merely statist propaganda Retaliatory force (self-defense) must be used in proportion to the force that is initiated against you, though it's normally best to involve an independent third party for objectivity's sake (thus the need for justice agencies) Governmental police are a contradiction of the highest order--they extort money from you in order to protect you from thieves The governmental court system, with its men/women in black dresses, prosecutors, and public pretenders is a complete insult to the idea of justice Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_re_us/courthouse_kickbacks The evil nature of the unionized "corrections system," in which the people involved perpetuate the unjust status quo and increase their power and wealth--it's again wise to follow the money trail in these matters So-called privatization is still relying on extortion for funding--pure fascism Is the customer always right? Context matters, and in the realm of justice services, the concept of right entails upholding the principles of self-ownership and property--thou shalt not aggress, which also applies to any agent of justice "Customer service" at the DMV: pay or get shot (if you resist) Justice is a virtue that implements a respectful form of ethics; unjust acts must not be committed with impunity, i.e., without restoring the victim(s) Rand's take on the concept of justice: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/justice.html Understanding customary legal principles is key to a just society: http://completeliberty.com/chapter8.php#153 Justice requires a value system that understands self-ownership and respectful relations with others A germane article: Property, Causality, and Liability by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae7_4_6.pdf Morally enlightened people will not tolerate agencies that are biased and violate individual rights Statism represents moral corruption and mass unenlightenment Justice agencies, like individuals, will be incentivized to minimize conflict Another germane essay: Does the State Resolve or Create Conflict? by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.mises.org/story/2075 Where there is competition in the marketplace, and therefore consumer choice, customary law that minimizes conflict (and thus reduces costs) will be the order of the day--people will naturally choose it over favoritism, bias, corruption, and injustice Reasonable and cost-effective insurance policies ensure that justice is served, no matter how badly particular customers might behave; one doesn't throw a just business model away on the whim of an unjust customer Prohibiting choice removes market indicators of what is good and what is not good Praxeology and the Austrian school of economics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxeology bumper music "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" by The Clash http://www.theclashonline.com/music/super-black-market-clash to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 2/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 53 - The people's romance with government | Open access router network? The People’s Romance: Why People Love Government (as Much as They Do) by Daniel B. Klein http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=536 ; http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_10_1_1_klein.pdf "Why do some people never support a free-market proposal, even when they think it would work better than government intervention? For many, the reason is that collective political action offers the romantic notion that 'we’re all working together,' while market mechanisms seem to them less lofty because they rely on the self-interest of individuals acting privately." (D.K.) TPR (the people's romance) encourages governmental intervention for its own sake Pundits constantly conflate Americans with government, i.e., the people in government who rule over them Fearing, revering, and worshipping power and the process of indoctrinating a public that kowtows to "authority"--main aspects of TPR Encompassing sentiment coordination of the WHOLE group, whether you like it or not, is the nature of TPR In actuality, there are no "citizens" and there is no "State"--both are arbitrary collectivistic and legal abstractions that lead to coercive control of rights-respecting people and distortion and destruction of entire economies Without imposing a communized infrastructure, government would lose all perceived legitimacy The in-group and out-group dynamic is also part of TPR--the out-group must be either shunned or subdued Libertarian aphorism: The are two types of people--those who want to be left alone and those who won't leave them alone Most slaves don't like seeing other slaves trying to break free of their shackles--so they attack them and keep all enslaved TPR lives off coercion The conceptual common denominator between fanciful Objectivist government and actual government is the coercive monopolization of its "services" Feelings are tools of evaluation, not tools of cognition; people can have "joyous" feelings based on a whole host of contradictions--though they betray their true selves, their authentic selves The three types of libertarians: classical liberals; laissez-faire capitalists (or minarchists); anarcho-capitalists, or market anarchists, or voluntarists (or agorists) TPR lies at the heart of communism The differences between working for a communist boss and a capitalist boss are immense, although oftentimes diminished in a mixed economy like today's Statists are afflicted with slavespeak (http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.htm) and the Stockholm Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome) The fatuous superstition of "the consent of the governed" leads to "being greater than kings and less than men" (de Toqueville) Taxation is an extortion racket to no end Lysander Spooner's 1840's attempt at competing with monopoly gang of the USPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner#Early_years_and_the_postal_monopoly Statists' version of a "civilized society" is one in which rights-respecting people are forced to do things against their wills--oh so civilized, isn't it! Penn & Teller: B******t!: Recycling http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product.do?episodeid=121062&seriesid=134&seasonid=0 or watch here (though may go defunct) http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/92358/detail/ http://www.videosift.com/video/Penn-Teller-B******t-Recycling Understanding property rights yields a better environment Property Is An Extension Of Self-Ownership http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#68 Psychology of Ownership http://www.logicallearning.net/libpsychologyofo.html Regulatory "policies bind people together, like a bundle of sticks" (D.K.) Failing to strike the root of the welfare state...Dr. No's statist insanity: Immigration Reform in 2006? by Ron Paul http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul343.html Free trade brings respectful relations with former strangers Advocates of TPR abhor people withdrawing their participation by pursuing private interests The | 2/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 52 - The meaning of rulers (government) and no rulers (anarchy), abolitionism, pathocracy | CLP on new 24/7 Net station: Liberty Radio Network http://www.libertyradionetwork.com Thank Goodness I Live in a Free Country by Don Cooper http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/cooper1.html Control freak madness, aka regulatory agencies, and the adults they enslave Call Me an Abolitionist, Please by Glen Allport http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/allport/allport4.html The fear of anarchy and the common negative meaning of the term--and thus the fear of freedom People generally do what they're told (by rulers), instead of seeking to have no rulers The prison of statism demands conformity, and any deviation from it is "chaos"--thus, "anarchy" is to be avoided at all costs Laws created by statists are designed to control people and keep rulers in power Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux (dealing with people's ambivalence towards anarchy) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AidXSubb-2U Laws that infringe on individual rights cause constant conflict in society One should never pretend that government caters to its "customers," because good customer service requires voluntary patrons, or willing participants--not an extortion racket and hapless victims Let's abolish the initiation of force, shall we; abolitionists of statist slavery unite! Unjust law itself is a crime against peaceful people Are religions about love or coercion? "faith and force are corollaries," noted Rand: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Delivers State of the State Address (I play an abridged excerpt, and Arnie joins me on the show with a new pack of lies!;) http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/speech/11390/ Schwarzenegger's Green Challenge (politics--where acting is reality) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/60minutes/main4677334.shtml What could be a more efficient and economical way to meet people's needs than government?! Why Does the World Feel Wrong? by Will Groves http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/groves/groves1.html Do authoritarian sociopaths, aka psychopaths, have a conscience? Fat chance. Hmm...did psychopaths invent the State to take advantage of the rest of us? Choice quotes by W.G.: "Inhibiting critical thinking in the masses obviously benefits the state and psychopaths. When overtly self-serving, irresponsible, illegal, immoral, irrational behavior gets treated as normal, we can conclude that the educational system works quite well for our masters." "...without understanding our social systems, we will never escape from the tyranny unleashed on us by psychopaths." Essentially, we are being ruled by psychopathic morons, given that irrationality is their MO and a stupid system is the end result bumper music "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols http://www.sexpistolsofficial.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 1/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 51 - From schooling to unschooling, respecting little people, the unenlightened job ticket process | The crux of the educational problem: The age-old bad meme of an "authority" presiding over a learner's activities Sometimes, homeschooling mimics traditional pedagogy (i.e., teacher-directed learning), as do supposedly enlightened private schools (e.g., http://www.vandammeacademy.com/) Identifying, integrating, and experiencing what you're interested in--the essence of unschooling The leniency versus authoritarianism educational/parenting paradigm must be dispensed with and replaced by a respectful model Fears of parents about unschooling their kids, such as they're not "teachers"; but you don't need a permission slip, just an intrinsically motivated kid (which fortunately comes naturally:) A variety of useful resources for learner-directed homeschooling (unschooling): http://www.unschooling.com/ http://www.unschooling.info/ http://www.unschooling.org/ http://sandradodd.com/unschooling http://www.holtgws.com/whatisunschoolin.html http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/unschool.html http://www.unschoolingamerica.com/ http://borntoexplore.org/unschool/whatis.htm http://www.amazon.com/Unschooling-Handbook-Whole-Childs-Classroom/dp/0761512764 We need to see kids as little people, capable of achieving great things, just like good tutors do And we need to come to terms with the fact that the learner has a teacher within Only in the educational system are grades given supreme importance; objectively speaking, they are irrelevant to one's life and well-being An educational system that demands students' obedience to authority is primes people for accepting the principles of communism--even though Americans are taught, via statist propaganda, to see themselves as enemies of communism Around the world, it's the theme of statism that presides Virtually all monopolies are coercive (using the coercive tools of government), not natural monopolies, with government itself on the top of the sordid, unjust heap of protection rackets It's important to distinguish between what is unethical and what is unjust, as well as what is psychologically respectful (unschooling) and what is not (traditional, controlling, or teacher-directed, methods) The kinds of socialization that take place in the prison system, i.e., in the governmental schools, aren't good for anyone (Ayn Rand quote referenced in http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html) In order to maintain its power, government must control money and schools (fiat currency and fiat education) The discipline and self-esteem movements as manifestations of the coercive system http://www.logicallearning.net/learnerdrivened.html To doubt students' capability and initiative to direct their learning processes does NOTHING to foster their growth, and it only perpetuates widespread self-distrust Students should be seen as consumers of educational services, not obedient servants It's important to distinguish between self-efficacy and self-esteem, and to define self-esteem properly--as well as to see it as impossible to achieve in a coercive educational system, which is always contrary to development of intrinsic motivation Governmental school teachers are conduits for implementing a command-and-control pedagogy The idea of change on a national and individual level is pretty disconnected Job tickets as main goal of "higher education" (John Holt quote referenced in http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html) Unfortunately, it's easier (in the short term) to not take responsibility for one's learning process How Academic Guilds Police Higher Education by Gary North http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north632.html Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education) by John Holt http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Beyond-Innovators-Education-John/dp/0867093676 Holt's experience of teaching student-directed learning to Harvard grad students revealed the psychology of coerced students: "You don't care about us, otherwise you'd tell us what to do." Yet, the educational buck has | 1/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 50 - The audacity of hoping for change in communistic American education, unschooling principles | Americans to Undergo Preschool Reeducation in Advance of Country’s Conversion to Communism http://www.newsmutiny.com/pages/Communist_Reeducation.html Coming to terms with communistic principles in America The Timeless Allure Of Communism: http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15 Once the State controls education, the rest of the insanity naturally follows, such as forced "sharing" The double bind lessons from kindergarten: don't hit people and don't take their stuff; and, don't be selfish and share your stuff! The power of language to shape thought...defining anarchy, for instance It is essential to define one's terms in order to understand both concepts and reality The folly of basing one's conclusions on other people's conclusions--social metaphysics The ways that emotional issues can block logical analysis (http://www.logicallearning.net/liblogicforunder.html) and the mental trickery of rationalizations The nature of pretending that governmental "services" are voluntary... The latest from Mordor: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/#early-childhood There's no such thing as "voluntary universal" governmental programs About Last Night...Episode 1212 (Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2008) While the country celebrates the outcome of the election, the new President-elect catches everyone off guard when he arrives at the White House prematurely. http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1212/? The Greatest Thief Club In The World: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/209730/ Charter schools are no threat to the communized educational system, because they too are dependent on stolen wealth and statist edicts "Public school" educators need to raise their self-esteem enough to trust their capabilities to provide their services in a non-domineering and voluntary fashion The hypothetical scenario of "pushing the button" to get one's way in society can be a device to expose the double standard of the statist code of morality (a vicious one-way ethical street) Notice how much people's claims for the "common good" entail their individual self-interest, albeit short-term and irrational Making unjust coercion look defensive and noble... "Leader of the free world," an authoritarian sociopath? Yup. If parents took responsibility for their kids' education, it could stem the tide of the real dropouts--that is, kids who drop in to coercive education and thus drop out of being intrinsically motivated learners Of course, without governmental "support," especially for education, civilization would simply implode and disappear into an abyss...right... The sick and twisted world of elitism; in a world of collective psychosis (where people detach from the actual reality of their situation) and deranged authoritarian sociopathy, coercive funding of coercive education makes perfect sense! The voracious nature of Leviathan... Governmental control of education is evil to the core, and it's psychologically damaging to everyone involved, serving to destroy people's self-esteem, i.e., their self-confidence and self-respect--and thus their confidence in and respect for others The welfare hook--"free" everything, though always at others' expense The three immoral lessons of governmental schooling: Don't bite the hand that feeds you; never look at what the hand is attached to; and, never ask how it got filled with free food Not only does "the Emperor" have no clothes; why are you calling someone "the Emperor"? Education: Free and Noncompulsory by Scott McPherson http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0802d.asp If there is one thing that the communistic educational system has done really well, it's to get people to think like central planners--"public policy" opinions galore! Unschooled doesn't mean uneducated; unschooled means self-motivated, independent, inquisitive, and creative Unschooling fosters trusting one's mind (and hence senses) and questioning the nature of arbitrary postulates (further perusing: http://www.logicallearning | 1/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 49 - Information revolution, learning with Web technologies, schools that don't suck, self-interest and self-responsibi | Understanding the Web and America's youth http://www.rocketboom.com/rb_08_dec_03/ (An Interview with Don Tapscott) net@night 79: Don Tapscott, Grown Up Digital http://twit.tv/natn79 What are the implications of always being connected to the Internet? Governmental schools are the main anchor around the neck of our society The common person seems to follow all the clueless statist intellectuals Coercively-funded "Public schools" cannot teach anything coherent about economics--because they operate outside the free market The ills of Keynesian (governmental) economics versus the goodness of Austrian (free market) economics What government does (perpetrate crimes) is prohibited to individuals outside of government Of course, government by nature has no interest in defending and upholding individual rights Being a "good student" leads to being a "good citizen," in which obedience and compliance are expected Liberation by Internet by Gennady Stolyarov II http://mises.org/story/3060 Surfing the Net via China? http://chinachannel.hk/ More and more access to information will eventually destroy the statist memes Focusing on technological improvements without focusing on getting rid of authoritarian pedagogy is beyond ridiculous http://www.grownupdigital.com/index.php/2008/12/teachers-and-technology-should-work-together/ Teaching is the highest form of manipulation, said one of my college profs The fine pedagogical art of of trimming leaves on a rotten tree...and singing teachers union songs Mimicking free market innovations in the governmental school classroom still retains an antiquated pedagogy and statist memes The entire authoritarian structure of governmental education must be hidden (in plain sight) with propaganda and threats Check out iTunes University for tons of educational stuff! http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/ http://deimos3.apple.com/indigo/main/main.xml Finding ways to approach statist mentalities in a constructive rather than destructive (pugilistic;) fashion Explaining another's point view, so that he/she feels understood The main problem with minarchism is that it leads the statist apparatus (coercive monopoly) in place to abuse the populace Having a negative tone towards government (because those in it act unjustly and immorally) really means having a positive view of individuals (and the respect they deserve) Resourceful, creative, independent, innovative, and moral individuals are threats to government itself; thus governmental schools Basically, because people are not practicing enough self-responsibility, we have government Noble purposes must be ascribed to the unjust and immoral actions of governmental officials, in order to appeal to people's inherent virtues and make things seem not what they are People defend evil in order to prevent their worldview from dissolving Our task is to be objective and state the truth, especially when nearly everyone is defending falsehoods (particularly statist intellectuals) The importance of Wikipedia for fact-checking and information literacy Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_comes_everybody Web 2.0 technologies will eventually rid the world of powerful guilds, so-called experts, and sundry "authorities" Statism is anti-self-esteem and anti-change; complete liberty is pro-self-esteem and pro-change The agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, information revolution were all exploited by government to enslave and destroy individuals We still live in the age of pre-logic, where most people pay little attention to contradictions An attempt at a peaceful world? http://www.itakethevow.com/ Those in government ultimately depend on violence, theft, and deception in order to exist; since people already know this, why do they make excuses for statism? One of | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 48 - School sucks, the nature of compulsory education versus respectful and effective pedagogy | 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling http://www.theonion.com/content/news/6_year_old_stares_down_bottomless What if children really knew what they were being dragooned into? "Public education" is group think writ large; "This is what we're supposed to do"; adults erroneously believe it's "good for socialization" Schools as prisons, basically forced "socialization" It's HOW you're taught that does the harm The Student as N****r: Essays and Stories by Jerry Farber http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030301studentasnigger.html "...imagine what the effect must be upon our apt and impressionable minds of a twelve-year course in servility. Think about it...What is it that they're teaching you? Twelve years pitted against your classmates in a daily Roman circus. The game is Doing What You're Told." The insanity of forcing people (either big people or little people) to learn things The Comprachicos by Ayn Rand (in "The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution", pp. 41-95. Signet, 1975); government school "socialization" leads to gang warfare and loss of conceptual thinking and objectivity http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/learning.html Choice quotations: http://www.stormy.org/edcompr.htm Ayn Rand and her thoughts on Rational Education by Michael S. Berliner http://tinyurl.com/8ylvr8 "Learning" by memorization rather than conceptual integration doesn't foster enlightened and healthy minds; it's dire and hopeless and soul-crushing "Public education" can't be rationally defended, but educators do have their rationalizations... Since "public education" is coercively funded, we can expect the aftermath--such as mass servility and obedient payment of property taxes Jerry Farber's "IF IT WEREN'T COMPULSORY..." http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030301studentasnigger.html "It would be well if we stopped lying to ourselves about what compulsory schooling does for our children. It temporarily imprisons them; it standardizes them; it intimidates them. If that's what we want, we should admit it. There's not much point in going on about this. If you've somehow missed reading A.S. Neill's Summerhill, you ought to go out and get it." http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School http://www.amazon.com/Summerhill-School-New-View-Childhood/dp/0312141378 Parents and other adults are much better able to create educational environments that cater to the varying interests and abilities of children, and kids should be free to pick and choose as they see fit Delayed adolescence courtesy of governmental schools Trashing Teens: Psychologist Robert Epstein argues in a provocative book, "The Case Against Adolescence," that teens are far more competent than we assume, and most of their problems stem from restrictions placed on them. by Hara Estroff Marano http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20070302-000002&print=1 The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen by Robert Epstein; Ph. D. http://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Adolescence-Rediscovering-Adult/dp/188495670X Being able to conceptually integrate in an objective fashion is the hallmark of maturity (and the teenage brain has this capability) John Holt's five points on effective tutoring and learning (on page 202) http://books.google.com/books?id=oRk28eZoYNkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI#PPA202,M1 Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better by John Caldwell Holt (John Holt) http://books.google.com/books?id=oRk28eZoYNkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI#PPP1,M1 How individualism is stamped out by the system; one only creates resistance and problems by trying to control other human minds Successfully nurturing individual young minds via student-centered and self-directed learning is key In addition to stopping their coercive behavior, government school educators need to alter their pedagogy, particularly who's in charge | 12/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 47 - The history and illogic, immorality, and psychological destructiveness of governmental education revisited | Salting roads for the common good (and corroding vehicles) Private property owners have no interest in benefitting from commerce and trade--not! But what about the roads (and fire and police "services)! Nothing like institutionalized legalized monopolies as the best way to solve problems Bureaucratized utilities once again to the rescue; preservation of the status quo is always best, especially regarding the utility monopolies; thinking outside the statist electricity box; the genius of Nikola Tesla: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_tower#Theory_of_wireless_transmission But what about the schools! Most realize the massive failure in this area Harry Browne's hypothetical of government running the computer industry http://www.harrybrowne.org/articles/FreeTheSchools.htm Imagine if education worked like the computer industry; the sky's the limit So, in the spirit of Thoreau, we must strike at the root of coercive education, not merely hack at the branches http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/henrydavid161709.html Future School: Reshaping Learning from the Ground Up: Alvin Toffler tells us what's wrong -- and right -- with public education by James Daly http://www.edutopia.org/future-school It's way past time to abolish governmental schools, which are designed to produce "disciplined" industrial workers but don't even accomplish that; instead, they barely inculcate rudimentary skills while fostering compliance and obedient mentalities Leave it to Marx and Lenin to promote the essentials of authoritarian education And leave it to John Dewey and Horace Mann (and Henry Barnard and Josiah Quincy and Jacob Abbott et al.) to implement their authoritarian scheme Crossing Education's Rubicon With Horace Mann http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/cubedseducationblog/2007/05/education_is_a_.html Becoming the property of the State via compulsory education Education: Free and Compulsory by Murray N. Rothbard http://www.mises.org/story/2226 And leave it to religion to lay down a framework of blind obedience to "authority," in which "authority" is seen as benevolent Mann is seen as the father of American "public education"; in addition to being a master of phrenology;) he was also a big supporter of the temperance movement (abstinence), which led to the prohibition era championed by big Mann-fan and despot Woodrow Wilson Following the Prussian educationist model, Mann promoted the following: the debilitating "whole-language," or "look-say," reading method; a centralized educational system at the federal level; and, getting private universities to be publicly funded With governmental schools, the bad ideas and bad money (extorted via taxation) drive out the good ideas and good money (voluntarily exchanged); it's hard for the private sector to compete with "free" governmental schools The Spread of Education Before Compulsion: Britain and America in the Nineteenth Century by Edwin G. West http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3872 Families find themselves "...caught in a choice-restricted monopoly system serving the interests not of the demanders but of the rent-seeking suppliers."--as in all things involved in government, follow the money trail... Coercive education, like coercive government, is predicated on the belief that some people know what's best for all people In order to implement his own form of arbitrary power, Horace Mann and those of his ilk gravitated toward the coercive educational models practiced in foreign countries where the cancer of statism had metastasized (i.e., the most consistent adherents to the principle of statism) The people in today's power-centers of coercive control see themselves as a cut above the rest The essence of being an authoritarian sociopath is choosing to deal with others in a disrespectful fashion, using threats and violence instead of persuasion and reason Hiding in and not taking respo | 12/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 46 - The illogic, immorality, and psychological destructiveness of governmental education | Throwing some scraps to the slaves in Taxachusetts (mj leniency), where 70% of voters endorsed the status quo of income expropriation Education is the main component for maintaining the meme of statism; governmental schools are seen as a necessary good "Education is a weapon" said Stalin Government Education Is Broken? It Just Ain't So! by Alan Schaeffer and Marshall Fritz http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=8366 Pundits typical "solution" to the problems of "public education": more money! Dropping out as psychologically healthy The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education http://lowryhousepublishers.com/TeenageLiberationHandbook.htm No school system can be all things to all students, and no coercive school system is good for anyone Even though it's always alleged to help them, kids from poorer families suffer the worse from governmental schooling, as did their parents Governmental employees are the perfect products of governmental schooling; they've inherited the bad memes fully The nerve-touching moral question always looms large: How exactly is this system funded? Statist arguments from emotional convenience--being treated with ridicule and outrage by those who don't want to face their history of statist indoctrination and advocacy Two fallacies: that the government school system is a failure, and that government can fix it! John Dewey's perverse coercive educational goals: to make good people; to make good citizens; to make each person his or her personal best From the horse's mouth: "My Pedagogic Creed" http://www.infed.org/archives/e-texts/e-dew-pc.htm Link (to a link) to Rand's take on Dewey: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/education.html The true aim of governmental education is, in H.L. Mencken's words, "to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality." John Taylor Gatto - State Controlled Consciousness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ogCc8ObiwQ Stupid in America by John Stossel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx4pN-aiofw Being shackled as a governmental school employee, or even a State-regulated private school teacher Regimentation, standardization, and segregation are the mainstay of coercive "public" education Maria Montessori's key insight: "The child has a teacher within" http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html Bad tendency of adults to interfere with kids' intrinsic motivation Alfie Kohn's insights on intrinsic motivation (versus extrinsic rewards and punishments): Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn by Ron Brandt http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/pbracwak.htm GRADING: The Issue Is Not How but Why by Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/grading.htm Understanding our natural gifts as children; being creative, imaginative, innovative, and fearless Keeping the entrepreneurial spirit and society alive with these gifts Kids are incessant question-askers, as opposed to most adults Why is it that most adults--and even libertarians--send their kids to governmental schools... Constitutional arguments against governmental education are invalid, because the Constitution itself is not a valid contract As Lysander Spooner pointed out: No Treason. No. VI, The Constitution of No Authority http://www.lysanderspooner.org/notreason.htm#no6 The false binary "choices" offered to us by the statist system To advocate coercion to provide education is beyond the pale Because "poor people" need to be educated so much, the market will quickly fill this need cheaply and effectively (sans government) The coercive "business" of governmental education, purported as being for "the common good" (which is never very common and thus never achieved) The fallacy of voting (collectivized plunder), in which people supposedly get something for nothing and extort those with supposedly more wealth If you d | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 45 - Authoritarian sociopath-elect Obama, the governmental job creation myth, principled libertarianism | Barack Obama pledges $700B public works plan to help economy by Peter Wallsten http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-stimulus_5sdec07,0,3049287.story Drunken sailer extraordinaire Best way to make federal buildings "energy efficient" is to close them down Obama sees 2.5 million more governmental jobs in our future, for starters Your Monday Message from the Libertarian Party: The LP Goes to Harvard, posted by Andrew Davis http://www.lp.org/blogs/andrew-davis/the-lp-goes-to-harvard Digging holes and filling them back up...all via extorted wealth The MO of government: distribute the costs and concentrate the benefits In order for government to refrain from intervening in the marketplace, it must disintegrate and disappear Government is nothing other than a coercively funded and arbitrarily imposed organization Government, being a parasite on the economy, doesn't make anything; it acquires money via extortion To "stimulate" an economy through coercion is evil Government isn't fit for a society of rational and respectful people, so it must be abolished No one, including those working in "government" have the right to impose a service at the barrel of a gun World's Shortest Political Quiz by Marc Stevens http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/88/33/ Win Every Political Argument by Marc Stevens http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/89/33/ Some people disingenuously assert that governmental employees don't impose their "services" at gunpoint; compliance isn't voluntary, as innocent people thrown in governmental cages can attest As long as slaves remain obedient, their masters treat them well Keynesians (statist economists) believe in the meme of authoritarian sociopathy writ large--that the State is legitimate and all-powerful; mystical God is to the believer as mystical Government is to the statist "Public property" just invites boondoggles, among other sordid things The collectivistic term "national debt" has no validity and must be repudiated Even though persons such as Milton Friedman have tried, one can't rationally perform a "cost/benefit ratio" on the use of coercion, which is forcing people to do things against their wills http://www.logicallearning.net/libcapitalismpol.html (search for choice quote by Friedman) You wouldn't allow people to force you against your will if they didn't call themselves "government," would you? The crimes committed with impunity by those in government are the same ones that those in government prohibit private individuals from perpetrating (assault, battery, kidnapping, theft, extortion, counterfeiting, murder, etc.) Obama has chosen to be the head of a coercive organization, an organization of people who treat others in an involuntary fashion, an organization of people who rely on propaganda, pr, and widespread obedience to maintain the illusion of legitimacy There shouldn't be political parties or a republic form of government; there should just be the free market, filled with enterprising entrepreneurs who ensure people's rights if need be (justice agencies http://www.logicallearning.net/liblegalagencies.html ) We shouldn't aim for "smaller government, lower taxes, and more freedom" We should aim for no government, no taxes, and complete liberty bumper music "Highway To Hell" by ACDC http://www.acdc.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 12/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 44 - The essence of socialism, ethical confusion, governmental sadists, confronting statist memes in people | Evil Concealed by Money by Walter E. Williams http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/08/EvilConcealedByMoney.htm Williams' new book: http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-versus-Tyranny-Socialism-Controversial/dp/0817949127 Let's talk about socialism, in America..."The forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another" The perceived virtuous coercion to get people to do things is the essence of government The doctrine of self-sacrifice fits perfectly with statism The glaring contradiction of "people are selfish and greedy," so they must be coerced The irrational greediness of governmental bureaucrats knows no bounds The alleged virtue and "good intentions" of government versus allegedly lessor others in the marketplace Most people sense the wrongness of government, but they don't know what to do to fix it; they're not organized, for one thing The nature of integrity in relation to immoral, unjust edicts Feeling isolated by the repercussions for not complying with statists--and fearing being attacked by one's fellow slaves People are really ambivalent about freedom and government Freedom activist Lauren Canario's courageous and independent-minded civil disobedience http://www.youtube.com/tackletheworld http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/238 Lauren Canario was released from CT Prison yesterday http://www.keenefreepress.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=377&Itemid=36 or http://tinyurl.com/y58xuo FTL did an in depth interview with Lauren: http://media.libsyn.com/media/ftl/FTL2006-12-22.mp3 NH: Lauren Canario returns from jail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZTm-Hiz6Xs The most disturbing documentary about statism, imo: "Taxi To The Dark Side" - Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX0MPcN08Zc (full film, though link may become defunct at some point) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2987535946644608661 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/20/guantanamo/index.html Goes to show that authoritarian sociopaths have no qualms about putting innocent people in cages for indefinite periods--and torturing them This is why we must strike at the root, at the meme of government itself; people really need to change their perspective about tyranny No good end ever justifies using coercion against innocent people; government actions are never virtuous on account of this "Compensatory justice" (i.e., getting one's "fair share" of the stolen loot) is a non sequitur "Congress" is another widespread term of slavespeak While the Founding Fathers were seemingly more aware of the principles of liberty than today's goons, they still sold out and used coercion Case in point: James Madison, the architect of the Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_madison JM was instrumental in this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States The Constitution authorizes the initiation of force against individuals (e.g., the "power to lay an collect taxes"); therefore it's corrupt and contradictory to the core No 'right person' can be in politics, because he or she refuses in principle to be involved in a coercive institution A Dollar in Peril by Jim Davies http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/davies/davies8.html Creating cognitive dissonance by challenging individuals' statism memes (like voting); voting is violence, plain and simple JD "Voting is one of the most immoral things one can do," because it's all about laying obligations on people STR's powerful non-voting archive: http://www.strike-the-root.com/vote.html The collectivistic meme of the tribal premise http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/tribalism.html & http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/tribalpremise.html What is life if you lose your curiosity?!? A good question to ask others: Are there any aspects of your life that you'd like someone else t | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 43 - Legal standing, invalid courts versus valid justice services, the state of the American State, spreading complete | Bureaucrats Never Have a Case by Administrator (aka Marc Stevens) http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/20/27/ Statism is based on the illogical premise that you don't own your own life A "complaint" shouldn't be confused with a "case" The Stockholm Syndrome, writ large http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome IF IT’S NATURAL TO BE FREE, WHAT’S STOPPING US? http://completeliberty.com/chapter9.php "Citizens" and "States" don't really exist; they're unjust legal fictions The words on paper crafted by bureaucrats are necessarily open to vast interpretation, and many of words spell injustice The Constitution’s Problems: Article I Section 8...Sadly, A Template For Disaster http://completeliberty.com/chapter2.php#47 Once you allow taxation, you open society up to unending tyranny, saying in effect that extortion is good and proper and useful The two absolutely essential elements of legal standing: 1) violation of a legal right and 2) personal injury The unjust laws of the Nanny State create "criminals" out of everyone and generating constant "revenue" for the terrocrats The problem with our society today is not strictly the authoritarian sociopaths in the insane institution of government; it's all the people who are either tuned out or tacitly or directly support violent ideologies; mostly slave-on-slave violence keeps us enslaved Why does society need the monstrous contradiction of government, the preeminent violator of individual rights? Such a meme only promotes low self-esteem and perpetual enslavement "Tax cases" are an indication of how truly sick and twisted our culture is--governmental employees are putting people in cages who've violated no one's rights! Statists allege (but never prove) that the "State" has a legal right to "tax revenue" (your money) and governmental employees are "injured" when they don't get their extorted money "No attempt is made to put such allegations in an 'indictment' because it’s impossible to establish factually how an obligation to file a 'tax return' was created. To prove an obligation or legal right was created, there must be a connection between the people asserting the right and the person who allegedly has this obligation. Statists immediately point out the 'constitution.' And that is the point where they lose; and lose big time." Basically, people in government seek to deprive individuals of self-ownership and property rights simply by virtue of their geographical location, essentially claiming that we are born enslaved It's monstrously contradictory to claim the "right" to deprive innocent others of their rights to self and property The Constitution binds or obligates no one and created nothing; no one today has signed or agreed to it as a contract, except perhaps some brainwashed governmental employees, those who really need to unbrainwash themselves by reading the following: No Treason. No. VI, The Constitution of No Authority. (1870).* http://www.lysanderspooner.org/notreason.htm#no6 "The State" can't be a valid plaintiff; it's at best a fictional third party; "The State" has no standing in any case, not even regarding real crimes such as murder "There is no such thing as a legitimate government, so nothing they do is legitimate regardless of the endless red herrings statists throw up." "Government is men and women providing services on a compulsory basis; pay or get shot. To be legitimate they would have to drop their guns and provide their services on a voluntary basis. However, the moment they do so, they cease to be a government." Either you're for voluntary social interaction (complete liberty) or you're for anti-social human interaction (statism) "...statism and it’s supporting theology are not here to promote freedom or protect 'Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness'; it’s mind control to divert our attention away from the actions of anti-social individuals who are so desperate to 'protect' us t | 11/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 42 - Communized courts, desiring statist coercion, Zeitgeist Addendum critique, promoting a reason-based society, selfi | Free Talk Live Host Sentenced To 93 Days In Jail http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/024015.html Ian Freeman arrested and jailed for 93 days RAW FOOTAGE (by http://www.candid-world.com/ ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlcT-3niVes Those who posture as "authorities" who enact "justice" "Judges" as authoritarian sociopaths who have no standing and whose paychecks are derived from extortion (taxation) Rising for the Judge, Bowing to the State by Manuel Lora http://www.lewrockwell.com/lora/m.lora57.html http://freekeene.com for full details Properly holding in contempt those working in statist courts Authoritarian sociopaths who become their victims' servants (reflecting subconscious guilt, no less) The power of the Web to expose terracrats http://jailedactivist.info/bureaucrats/city-officials/mikaela-l-engert/ Does anyone in government understand (or want to understand) individual rights and how they're violated? The court as elementary schoolroom full of bullies... Authoritarian/obedience memes that arise from having one's will dominated as a child Progressives, truthers, and peaceniks who've been waiting to take their turn with the coercive tools of government (to rewards friends and punish enemies) Emotional regurgitation of propaganda, rather than using logic and objectivity to discern truth and moral principles The vast quantitative and qualitative differences between voluntary trade and regulated trade Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans Than Illegal Drugs by David Gutierrez http://www.truthout.org/111208HA The more regulated the industry, the more the corruption, immorality, and other bad effects Why do we need the FDA, or any other authoritarian sociopathic groups of individuals?! Zeitgeist Addendum critique (http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912 Resource based economy by Jacque Fresco http://www.thevenusproject.com/resource_eco.htm Zeitgeist Addendum: The Review by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1JcUBx2dxU The alleged ills of the profit motive and selfishness The supermarket as a microcosm of capitalism's delivery of abundance to everyone--all via the profit motive and selfishness Obama's cabinet members as K-Street lobbyists and tax-fed parasites; Obama's grand fantasies of statism will acceleration economic decline Throughout history, the doctrine of sacrifice has predominated http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html Under capitalism, profits equal helping others http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/capitalism.html Enlightened, rational selfishness as the primary healthy goal Government directly fosters all the irrational selfishness we see in society Money and barter, and those who want to wish them away... Defining money as a naturally arising, handy, and universally recognized medium of exchange A reason-based society rather than a coercion-based society The one-way street of morality, based on the doctrine of sacrifice, is killing our civilization The abundance of violence in society is preventing us from evolving We need to apply the libertarian non-initiation of force principle to every individual and institution--no double standards The Venus Project as a parody of a socialist manifesto... Religious theme of attacking money - The Camel and the Needle's Eye by Robert Sheaffer http://www.debunker.com/texts/needleye.html Selling things in abundance! - Coca - Cola Admits That Dasani is Nothing But Tap Water by Trevor Datson http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Lincoln Simon http://tinyurl.com/kdpj9 Understanding the nature of resources as the result of creativity, ingenuity, and free trade Making sacrifices for others and for the central planner... Money as a commodity that creates efficiency and more capital investment Freedom as the main ingredient to respecting everyone's choices; everyone is self-governing and | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 41 - Defining libertarianism, thinking logically and objectively about authoritarianism, the nature of children | The Attack on Libertarianism by Aaron David Ward http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/ward-aaron4.html The End of Libertarianism: The financial collapse proves that its ideology makes no sense by Jacob Weisberg http://www.slate.com/id/2202489/ The three variants of libertarianism (classical liberalism, laissez-faire capitalism, and anarcho-capitalism), only one of which is logical (market anarchism and voluntarism, i.e., anarcho-capitalism, i.e., complete liberty) Capitalism And Current Political Views: http://www.logicallearning.net/libcapitalismpol.html Either you advocate statism or you don't; there's no wiggle room for a night-watchman State that allegedly would respect rights Libertarianism isn't on the continuum of statism, so it's neither left nor right The nature of human autonomy and the nature of reality We must show respect for each other; logic demands it; each person is deserving of respect and happiness The initiation of force is anti-reason and anti-life If you do not define your terms properly, it will lead you down contradictory paths http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/definitions.html We don't have "self-regulating financial markets," by any stretch of the imagination A communized fiat currency and a host of regulatory "agencies" are the main economic problems, not "unregulated credit market derivatives" Modern intellectuals' denial of individuals and focus on politics in midstream (out-of-context analysis) Alan Greenspan's betrayal of his own earlier views: Gold and Economic Freedom by Alan Greenspan (1966) http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north204.html Our present fiat currency (dollars) would disappear quickly in a free market, and be replace by gold and silver (or any other tangible commodity that can't be dramatically inflated and devalued) Regulation always compounds the political problem (whatever it is) and it obscures the real nature of the injustice (coercion) as well as the solution (get rid of the institution of government) Cato and Reason "libertarian" think tanks as apologists for statism; neither strikes at the root of the problem (government itself) The analytic/synthetic dichotomy in modern philosophy http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/analytic.html The arbitrary division of rationalism and empiricism http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalismvsempiricism.html http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html The basic metaphysical/epistemological issue is how well do one's concepts adhere to the facts of reality The concepts of libertarianism adhere perfectly to the facts of reality, because they are in accordance with a non-contradictory (logical) view of human nature; any other interpretation, any version of statism, would be contradictory Those who believe in "government" are supporting the bully mentality writ large, institutionalized disrespect of persons and their property Those who believe in "government" deny the irrefutable principles of property rights and self-ownership What we need are new intellectuals, able to think logically and objectively, especially in relation to challenging the meme of government (which Ayn Rand failed to do, though ironically she did denounce statism) http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/intellectuals.html Brief clip of Ayn Rand on the New Intellectuals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xKGZMwaIG8 Freedom—An Intellectual Issue: http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomintell.html Roundtable discussion!... Ridiculous laws and the practice of civil disobedience--where do you draw the line in terms of kowtowing to "authority"? If you're not willing to expose the coercive entities of the State, then you're granting them legitimacy Propaganda is used to promote the myth that those in government (authoritarian sociopaths) are our "protectors" and "providers" Using the Internet to reverse the statist propaganda; San Diego Free Press, perhaps Can you really change others? You can't delegate to others any rights that you yoursel | 11/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 40 - Activism for liberty, the idea and feeling of freedom, challenging the status quo, wrongheaded research | Front Page Article in Keene Sentinel on Free Staters http://freekeene.com/2008/08/31/front-page-article-in-keene-sentinel-on-free-staters/ Free State project is moving slowly: Like-minded people are still coming to the Granite State By PHILLIP BANTZ The nature of the FSP motto...to get rid of, or not to get rid of, government? The proper goal should be: To get rid of the powerful meme of government in the general populace Is the power of the government in the people's hands? The nature of the "idea of freedom" in California; reinventing yourself and your life, washing away useless traditions Versus California's status quo political oppression that people don't think about (which pretty much exists everywhere) Government rations things by having you stand in line Special guest: "The Governator" ;) Main question to him: Why didn't you let the government of California go bankrupt and thus disappear? The market creates and rewards independent, self-sufficient people Non-cooperative activists in Keene, NH challenging the "authority" of the governmental thugs The greatness of civil disobedience is that it reveals the way of life of governmental employees (coercion) Sam Dodson's great handiwork: The Obscured Truth Network - http://www.youtube.com/obscuredtruth Governmental-issued "ID" is a typically unnoticed form of tyranny The fear of liberty in a NH resident is typical in America; status quo, all the way! Excuses for not being an activist for liberty: Don't want to be bothered; it's too difficult; I'm afraid; I can't do it! Corrupt form of morality allows for political disrespect on a daily basis; "knuckling under for the common good" "Good" slaves attack other slaves seeking freedom What other people decided years, decades, and centuries ago has NOTHING to do with your individual rights in the present The NH constitution's "common good" nonsense In Search Of The Governed’s Consent http://completeliberty.com/chapter10.php "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights, cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." AR http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/minorityrights.html The culture of government; coercion and brainwashing The Zimbabwe catastrophe, caused by government of course; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe Expanding the U.S. government's military empire into Africa... http://www.africom.mil/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command Beware slavespeak: http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml Magnetic field 'aids coma victim' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7669056.stm Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation might be the cure for the terracrats in government... The tremendous ills of coercive funding of scientific research (i.e., via taxation) Basing your life on research money from government gives you little motivation to solve disease-related problems, unlike market-based research, which is currently hamstrung by authoritarian/obedience memes related to coercive organizations such as the FDA and protectionist rackets such as the AMA Basically, it's time WAKE UP! You don't have to go through a windshield to be in a coma bumper music "A Great Day for Freedom" from The Division Bell album by Pink Floyd http://www.pinkfloyd.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfri5tMXfc4 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 11/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 39 - Police injustice, the mystical meme of Objectivist government, absurd partyarchy | Economics of Police Brutality by Art Carden http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=174 All of the world's problems could be solved is we had clearly defined ownership The contradiction of "public property" and the unaddressed fears of ownership WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT (AFTER A BIT OF INSPECTION) http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php Psychology of Ownership http://www.logicallearning.net/libpsychologyofo.html Competition is a civilizing force; externalities explained (they're all around us) The Obviousness of Anarchy by John Hasnas http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/hasnas.pdf Riding shotgun with a cop; the-end-justifies-the-means argument to provide "security" Part 1: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/21/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-15/ Part 2: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/22/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-25/ Part 3: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/23/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-35/ Part 4: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/24/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-45/ Part 5: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/25/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-55/ Security comes with respect for individuals rights, not violation of them 'Competing' police forces follows from a privatized system (no "public property") The ills of socialized/communized "services"--denying individuals self-responsibility Crime is the Health of The State, The Kaptain's Log by Kapt Kanada, aka Manuel Miles http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2007/tle446-20071202-09.html Statists practices of the fine arts of theft, rape, murder, arson, and duplicity The Statist "justice" system grows with the creation of more unjust laws, i.e., those that infringe on individual rights Government people protecting their own, essentially ensuring their own security, not yours The practice of coercing you in order to "help" you; the immense propaganda needed to keep the sham going Ayn Rand's contradictions about government and objective laws http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/anarchism.html Anarchy simply means "no rulers"--no tyrants allowed The government is a naive floating abstraction; the meme of government isn't much different than the meme of God, except that government translates directly into violence Projecting one's fears onto the marketplace, creating gangs of armed thugs in one's mind to somehow maintain the meme of government (which is a giant gang of armed thugs, btw) More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime And Gun-Control Laws by John R. Lott Jr. http://tinyurl.com/elg5u For a rights-respecting person, the freedom to defend yourself is absolute Peaceful coexistence is impossible with the gang called government Defining one's terms: "competing governments" as contradictory A coercive monopoly in the realm of justice essentially ruins society Rand's (and big "O"bjectivists') strain of authoritarian sociopathy Basically, people's fear of conflict with other people enslaves them and perpetuates government A coercive monopoly of "justice" services, i.e., government (even one funded voluntarily) will always provide unjust and incompetent and expensive "services" One case in point: Laws against private electricity production commerce; Jon Udell's Interviews with Innovators: Jock Gill - On Energy, IT, Markets and Society http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3825.html My experiences with the local mafia with a flag--parking ticket Nazis--who look to make criminals out of rights-respecting individuals The brilliance of Ayn Rand was that she taught individuals to think independently and to use logic according to the main metaphysical laws (identity, causality, and non-contradiction) Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff, Harry Binswanger http://scholar.google.com.mx/books?id=_znYGPoNe2wC&dq=subject:%22Objectivism+(Philosophy)%22&lr=&as_brr=0&hl=en&rview=1&pgis=1 Objectively speaking, the coercive monopoly of government is a authorita | 10/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 38 - Voting, politics, coercion, versus a free life of optimism and curiosity | Using the guns of government--for the "good" of whom? Report: 60 Million People You'd Never Talk To Voting For Other Guy http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_60_million_people_youd The endless rationalizations for unjustifiable statist coercion So-called informed voters as the most corrupt The contrary definitions of the word anarchy Who gets to enforce their views on others? Voters, of course Contrary to a democracy and even a Constitutional republic, in a just society there are no irreconcilable conflicts between individuals "Conflicts" of Men's Interests by Ayn Rand (audio) http://atlasshrugged.com/ayn-rand-works/ar-conflicts.html Local governments as biggest meddlers in our lives, who coercively monopolize whole swaths of the economy and extort money from individuals The fallacy of the night-watchman State Cognitive dissonance people retain between the nature of the market and government Ominous parallels from Nazi Germany; collectivism and kowtowing to authority The moral corruption in seeking a "license," getting approval from an unjust organization of people Regulatory madness under the guise of "protection" of consumers; selling the regulatory racket... How can someone claim to possess the authority to override your life and property? "Because I say so!" Parental mistreatment of children's wills, inducing fears and destroying their semblance of rationality with mythologies The article we didn't cover, for obvious reasons: The Case for Obama by Bruce Ramsey http://libertyunbound.com/article.php?id=24 None of the Above by Doug Casey http://libertyunbound.com/article.php?id=26 Five reasons why you shouldn't vote: 1) it's unethical 2) it compromises your privacy 3) it's a degrading experience (begging for your freedom) 4) it just encourages the bastards 5) your vote only counts in the sense that it makes you complicit in the crimes inevitably committed by its recipient; and, of course, voting booths are merely suggestion boxes for slaves A libertarian political party is contradictory; ballots can't be cast to determine and uphold principles An encounter with SEK3, who wrote: http://agorism.info/docs/NewLibertarianManifesto.pdf Why don't we vote for whether or not extortion is permissible in society! if you could really change things through voting, it would be illegal; the coercive funding of government is the crux of the issue The end of "public property" spells the end of government, which is why people always bring up "the roads" argument--they sense the demise of mommy/daddy government if the roads are privatized The authoritarian triad of family, church, and state Give me Libertarianism by D. Allen Kerr http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081015-NEWS-81015016 Live and let live; don't hit people and don't take their stuff Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence by David Kelly http://theobjectivistcenter.org/showcontent.aspx?ct=38&h=51 Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand: Truth and Toleration in Objectivism by David Kelly http://books.google.com/books?id=C6x38zJL3ccC&dq=truth+and+toleration&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 (The rebuttal: FACT AND VALUE by Leonard Peikoff, Ph.D. http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_fv) Viable Values by Tara Smith http://books.google.com/books?id=v4U9Toa7CeQC&dq=viable+values&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 The fear of anarchy and our ambivalence towards it (and thus towards freedom) Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AidXSubb-2U http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/03/21/the-anarchy-boogey-man/ http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/04/18/lack-of-faith-is-a-virtue/ Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice; extremism as smear word and anti-concept http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/anticoncepts.html Free Talk Live (http://freetalklive.com) promoting the good memes of anarchism under the pragmatic watch of the FCC All humans are created equal; therefore, no one can rule over an equal | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 37 - Governmental gangsters and banksters, financial alchemy versus real money, freeing your mind | Freedom is always an inside job A New Beginning for e-gold? http://blog.e-gold.com/2008/07/a-new-beginning.html Kowtowing to the fascists in order to run a business Fed pot calling the e-gold kettle black: The U.S. government is the biggest money launderer in the history of humankind! The governmental "officials" are the REAL criminals Money laundering as primarily a phenomenon of the "war on drugs," i.e., the war on people Fed's modus operandi: printing "money" out of thin air and monopolizing the universal medium of exchange (e.g., via legal tender laws) Another hard money business, http://goldmoney.com, and issues with the Liberty Dollar http://www.libertydollar.org/ - latest news, btw: http://www.libertydollar.org/news-stories/pdfs/1222573426.pdf Perceived value of fiat currency...courtesy of governmental coercion, of course Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury--the biggest counterfeiters around The dynamic economy that governmental goons have deprived you of over the years Devaluation of fiat currency makes you more and more poor Trading dollars for real money as good monetary, political, and psychological action Paper receipts redeemable for metal money versus non-redeemable paper dollars The abandonment of the semi-free market gold standard and the sinister master stroke of pricing oil in dollars Info tech productivity effects as great counterweight to governmental insanity Governmental (communized) roads and bridges are NOTHING compared to governmental currency (communized "money system") Fractional reserve banking as financial alchemy and the ultimate Ponzi scheme Money as metal, and fiat currency as mere paper backed by guns (dominating the world today) All fiat currencies have failed throughout history Those "in charge" know less than nothing; they only know a lot of what isn't so; Keynesian economics is illogical and immoral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics Spotlight on Keynesian Economics by Murray N. Rothbard http://mises.org/story/2950 Dissent on Keynes: A Critical Appraisal of Keynesian Economics Edited by Mark Skousen http://www.mises.org/books/dissent.pdf The Critics of Keynesian Economics Edited with an Introduction and new Preface by Henry Hazlitt http://www.mises.org/books/critics.pdf "The business cycle" as the result of nonsensical ideas Business Cycle Primer by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. http://mises.org/article.aspx?Id=606 So, those who cause recessions, depressions, etc., are the worst type of fascists, because they seek to control the very lifeblood of an economy--money We must look to the free enterprise sector to utilize sound money; e.g., Shire Silver (http://shiresilver.com/) The end of fractional reserve banking would make honest people out of present banksters The end of the State spells the end of the deceptive and corrupt corporate system too What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard http://mises.org/money.asp We would have so much more wealth in a free market economy; everything becomes more affordable, every year things become cheaper Stop Worrying about the Election by Isaac M. Morehouse http://mises.org/story/3129 Don't become accustomed to bondage - Keep the spirit of freedom alive! The biggest enslavement is of your own mind; A Prison for Your Mind http://tinyurl.com/lje25 The Shawshank Redemption - Final Scene - Movie Ending http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjyR_3mUsM Being ungovernable (like the early Quakers in Pennsylvania and the freedom fighters in communist Poland) and generating freedom-based hope and a positive sense of life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Hand_Luke Cool Hand Luke - "Failure to communicate" scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fuDDqU6n4o If we didn't have regulation, or violence against creativity, we'd see more things like http://www.iconaircraft.com/ Freeing your mind by coming to terms with your own fears about others being free... What do you do every day to promote (or | 10/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 36 - Political parasites, living the morality of freedom, and challenging authoritarian sociopaths | Reflections on the Origin and the Stability of the State by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe18.html The Hobbesian State remains in a perpetual state of nature Who governs the governors? It's turtles all the way down... The State itself isn't bound by any outside enforcer, so no external 3rd party exists to hold it accountable; the State is in a state of anarchy! The State as the mafia with a flag, the organization of authoritarian sociopaths who live off productive people The procedures of government are just public relations bs The basic structure of all government comes from the desperation of the authoritarian sociopathic personality within any given community realizing that they have nothing of value (no product or service) to offer their neighbors in voluntarily trade Those in government love the idea of forcing others to provide for them The mainstream media's complicity, and government schools' as indoctrination camps supplemental reading: The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm The gravity well of governmental coercion and corruption You don't need to steal to provide a product of service Fear of productiveness and the hatred of the good for being the good http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/envyhatredofthegoodforbeingthegood.html The cover-up: collectivistic and altruistic propaganda, and the ethics of sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html Governmental employees true motives are the opposite of their rhetoric If you have to deal with a governmental bureaucrat, ask them this pointed question: Other than the threat of physical violence, what is the nature of the relationship between you (and your violent organization) and me? Making coercive thugs pay a spiritual price, just by asking some simple questions and making some simple ethical observations The State is a legal fiction; thus, there can be no crimes against the State An alternative pledge of allegiance: I pledge allegiance to the logic of my own life and my own well-being and to my own happiness for which it stands, one mind independent, purposeful, with liberty and justice for me Neither bullets nor ballot: Violence, including the vote, cannot bring liberty by Wendy McElroy http://www.wendymcelroy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.165 "Benjamin Tucker maintained that one could no more attack government by electing politicians than one could prevent crime by becoming a criminal" No one has the right to a position of power over others; something Ron Paul Revolutionaries need to integrate Most people are conflicted philosophically, so their integrity suffers Essentially, voting is violence "Anarchism analyzes the State as an institution whose purpose is to violate rights in order to secure benefits to a privileged class...Thus, the political anarchist must explain why he aspires to an office he proclaims inherently unjust" The contradictory ideas and behavior of most Free State Project members (http://freestateproject.org) Rationalizing taking governmental jobs... Another question for governmental employees: If what you're doing is so valuable to the community, why don't you offer it on a voluntary basis? Exposing a contradictory code of ethics Various Free Staters' bad plan of joining the mafia and convincing their fellow coercers that putting down the guns will be a good thing Exposing the psychological, emotional, landscape... Transitioning mentally to the ethics of complete liberty; the growing snowball of awareness Making people aware of their fear of good ideas Message to Free Staters: Joining a criminal gang in order to get rid of criminality won't achieve freedom Freeing your personal life from statist mentalities, and then strategizing a plan to free your political life from statist mentalities Getting personal with those who seek to rule over you Signs of Autumn by B.R. Merrick | 10/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 34 - Who is Nathaniel Branden? | The need for courage, integrity, and certainty, to resolve the personal side of ethical and political contradictions in our relationships Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) by Stefan Molyneux http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ Implications of the "against me" argument 927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/ The political contradiction of Objectivism's politics, which hinges on a collectivistic notion of a coercive monopoly; a couple extensive refutations: The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Disproving the State: Four arguments against government by Stefan Molyneux http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/molyneux4.html Separating the messages from the messengers in the early Objectivist movement The Passion of Ayn Rand by Barbara Branden http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/books/other/passion.html I read my paper titled: Who is Nathaniel Branden? Psychologist/Psychotherapist: http://www.nathanielbranden.com His books, in order of most recent: Self-Esteem at Work (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) A Woman’s Self-Esteem (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) Self-Esteem Every Day (collection of thoughts on self-esteem) The Art of Living Consciously (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) Taking Responsibility (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) The Art of Self-Discovery (psychotherapeutic workbook; my favorite:) The Power of Self-Esteem (shorter book on the topic) My Years with Ayn Rand (revised edition of Judgment Day) How to Raise Your Self-Esteem (psychotherapeutic workbook) Honoring the Self (treatise) If You Could Hear What I Cannot Say (psychotherapeutic workbook for relationships) What Love Asks of Us (with Devers Branden) (question and answer book) The Psychology of Romantic Love (treatise) The Disowned Self (treatise) Breaking Free (compilation of vignettes from therapy) The Psychology of Self-Esteem (seminal work on the subject) Who is Ayn Rand? (deals primarily with Rand's novel moral code) Overview of his biocentric psychology, in relation to objective philosophy Volition as essential component in self-esteem and value-judgments Emotions as indicators of "for me" or "against me" The nature of the subconscious and automatization Comprehensive framework of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, from metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, to politics and esthetics Branden's revolutionary refinement of the concept of self-esteem, which can be seen as an integrated sum of self-confidence and self-respect; choice quotation from The Psychology of Self-Esteem: "To understand a man psychologically, one must understand the nature and degree of his self-esteem, and the standards by which he judges himself" Man's mental health depends on being able to deal with reality--in particular, his internal reality--in an unblocked fashion The Pillars of self-esteem: The practice of living consciously The practice of self-acceptance The practice of self-responsibility The practice of self-assertiveness The practice of living purposefully The practice of personal integrity Branden's humanistic focus on the methods by which to acquire and maintain self-esteem stands as the ultimate tribute to the human soul The respective roles of philosophy and psychology; inspecting the problematic modern dichotomy The nature of psychotherapy and its challenges, both inside and out To choose | 9/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 35 - Class, equality, and agorism, voting nonsense, personal pemes, autonomy and legitimacy, police statism | Class and equality under statism versus a free market The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas Woods http://www.mises.org/store/The-Politically-Incorrect-Guide-to-American-History-P247C0.aspx?AFID=14 http://books.google.com/books?id=ltSIOnW6XLsC A video talk about the book: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=184310-1 How Capitalism Saved America by Thomas DiLorenzo http://tinyurl.com/4r37q6 Book's review: How Capitalism Saved America by Laurence M. Vance http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance90.html The Capitalist Manifesto by Andrew Bernstein http://www.andrewbernstein.net/books/capman.htm "Equality," like freedom, is an inside job The bloody credo of communism--ability required to feed "need" Rising prosperous economic tide of true capitalism lifts all boats Nature of "abusive" corporations; The Semi-Good, The Bad, And The Ugly http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#80 The free market never fails, but force and faith must always Forcing "equality" on people is anti-mind and anti-life; it represents the evil doctrine of sacrifice Coercive monopolies only exist because of the legitimacy granted to them by most people The Importance of Agorist Class Theory by Niccolo Adami http://catholicmarketanarchy.blogspot.com/2008/05/importance-of-agorist-class-theory.html The entrepreneurial class versus the parasitic class Problems with the idea of classes; http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15 SEK3's essence of agorist class theory; http://agorism.info/docs/NewLibertarianManifesto.pdf Should agorists ban together as comrades? Religion as fosterer of conflicts between groups Pemes, or political memes, that are enslaving us #TL074: PEME-THEORY - BASIC, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED By Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl074.shtml Challenging those, first and foremost in your personal life, who advocate statist aggression Voting Decisions Made Easy by Hal O'Boyle http://www.haloboyle.com/2004/03/voting_decision.html to "...those who refuse to shuffle off to the voting booth like Eloi in the thrall of the Morlocks' dinner siren." ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morlock - ominous parallels... "Representatives" don't represent you--no valid contract of agency The insanity of gun control laws, especially in Mexico War on drugs is war on individual rights, creating rampant crime both here and in Mexico What would happen if they held an election, and nobody voted? Evidence that people don't see themselves as slaves anymore! No such thing as a "Republic," and "Democracy" is a farce Only the voluntary marketplace is legitimate, i.e., a society of rights-respecting individuals What is Legitimacy? by Bill Orton, aka Hogeye Bill http://www.ozarkia.net/bill/anarchism/library/aa/p004.html Autonomy and self-ownership versus being ruled by other individuals (and governmental memes) Sacrifice is really the corrupt ethical doctrine we must confront Police State Mission-Creep by Scott McPherson http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/mcpherson10.html statist "strength in numbers" thuggery We aren't "customers" of the "business" of government 'Sensational' fossil illuminates birth of dinosaurs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/08/22/scifossil122.xml bumper music "Freedom Now" from album Crossroads by Tracy Chapman http://www.myspace.com/tracychapmanfolk http://www.tracychapman.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 33 - Statist methods of domination, the monstrous moral contradiction of statism, free minds and markets | How – Actually – Does the State Work? 'Do As You Are Told, Or We Will Kill You' by Jeff Knaebel http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel19.html Methods of domination... People who really value liberty are not so organized The ridiculous sporting event of politics, where winning equals everyone losing The free state project http://www.freestateproject.org Direct, raw violence perpetrated by individuals "working" for government Is democracy relative? Any initiation of force is wrong, absolutely Unjust laws...ad naseum The floating abstraction of "the public"; trying to hide government's true aims through the use of euphemisms Molding the minds of youth via "public education," i.e., extortion-funded governmental education Arguments against the notion that taxation is extortion and aggression, which are of course illogical Sick dependency created by those in government The monstrous ethical contradiction of using force as the means to (attempt to) achieve benevolent ends Stossel in America - ABC 20/20 Freeloaders - Creating Dependency Segment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4teq7aKTNJ4 http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2007/01/03/is_this_any_way_to_help_the_homeless Violence is not a way to "help" people Should we fear employees of the State (those in power) or, rather, our fellow slaves? The Next Thing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_paOt6_ZI 948 The Next Thing (Part 2) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/25/ the backstory: Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de la Boetie http://www.constitution.org/la_boetie/serv_vol.htm Inculcating obedience through nonsense statements such as, "As long as you comply, it's not force" Ruling through fear; http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler Conflating America with American government The popular values of equality, universal health care, and no child left behind can never be realized through force, and government is the biggest hindrance to realizing such values The initiation of force is the invalid means to achieve one's ends Only the free market can foster popular values, and then some! Obviously, the more government intervention, the worse the results Lessons From Tennessee's Failed Health Care Reform by Merrill Matthews, Jr. (beware the author's slavespeak) http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/BG1357ES.cfm The unpeaceful nature of Sweden, and other liberally praised authoritarian domains Sweden, Banana Republic by Per Bylund http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund12.html Per Bylund Archives: http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund-arch.html The argument from morality in relation to the welfare state The congressional umbilical cord to the military/industrial complex How The Military/Industrial Complex Works: You Scratch My back, Bombs Away! http://completeliberty.com/chapter2.php#45 Government "servants" that impose "services" on us, versus the beauty of services provided by businesses Government, by definition, is incapable of providing what we want; what we want are voluntarily chosen services (i.e., not to be forced) Speaking of which, my own new service :) http://www.happinesscounseling.com Ayn Rand had it right: happiness is our highest moral purpose http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/happiness.html The psychological payoff for avoiding the immoral essence of governmental "services" Worry as future related guilt, and our various means of dealing with it President as good domineering parent; Kings ordained by "God" and "the people" Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans Hermane Hoppe http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications.php#democracy http://tinyurl.com/4zt79u (searchable text from google books) http://www.mises.org/store/Democracy-The-God-That-Failed-P240C0.aspx Ah, government is beyond failure, because its employees perform magic tricks and miracles using the golden (blood drenched) g | 8/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 32 - Obedience of young and old, slavespeak, slave-on-slave violence, power, setting moral standards | Must the Government Combat Americans’ Addiction to Foreign Bananas? by Robert Higgs http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/53228.html banana crises sidenote: http://www.slashfood.com/2008/02/24/the-great-banana-panic-continues/ Understanding free market economics and international trade, for the umpteenth time Resistance to the truth is aided by rationalizations http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalization.html Is Richard an 'merican?... Keene Man (Russell Kanning) to Auction Off Vote by Kat Kanning http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/209 Exposing the hypocrisy of political vote buying "Representatives" don't represent you; don't fall for the slavespeak THE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml Statement from Jason Gerhard (incarcerated friend of tax resistors Ed and Elaine Brown) http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/197 Imposing "services" at gunpoint: the essence of government Parents forcing children to do things, which leads to uncritical acceptance of politics The Meaning and Value of Gold by Glen Allport (in reference to growth of government pie charts) http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/allport/allport2.html Self-esteem versus rationalizations and defense mechanisms No Such Thing as a Good Cop by Larken Rose http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/203 The horribly dangerous authority myth--the denial of personal responsibility "...committing immoral violence is an unavoidable part of every cop's job." (LR) The disorder created by government (and authoritarian parenting) Simple rules for persons in a free market: Don't lie, cheat, and steal What is the ~nature~ of parental influences? ~How~ the messages are delivered makes all the difference Introducing, particularly to adolescents--via the Web--the anti-authoritarian anarchistic philosophy, which is a kind of psychotherapy to deal with the various abuses of one's will by others, by family, culture, and governmental "officials" Authentic, independent challenging of "authority" versus inauthentic (typically collectivistic) revolting against it and replacing it with yet another "authority" People's ambivalence about anarchy Intro to Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AidXSubb-2U How – Actually – Does the State Work? 'Do As You Are Told, Or We Will Kill You' by Jeff Knaebel http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel19.html Corrupt power cannot withstand moral courage Implications of the "against me" argument 927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/ Setting the standard for rational debate Defending the Undefendable: The pimp, prostitute, scab, slumlord, libeler, moneylender and other scapegoats in the rogue's gallery of American society by Walter Block http://www.mises.org/store/Defending-the-Undefendable-P136.aspx http://mises.org/books/defending.pdf One way to create a better world (especially for yourself): By not collaborating and compromising with those who forward evil premises http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/compromise.html Errors of Knowledge vs. Breaches of Morality by Ayn Rand http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/errorsofknowledge.html Nullifying the will of others: the essence of the love of domination ("authority") Respect presupposes a sovereign use of consciousness--which is why the initiation of force is NOT to be tolerated Objectivists distorted use of moralization Email dealing with the non sequitur of minarchism and fallacies about "human nature" We can't escape philosophy http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/philosophy.html The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_1/3 | 8/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 31 - Authoritarianism and family, getting personal with ethics, battles of the wills vs authenticity and self-esteem | Is RTR crackpottery? Judge for yourself: http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Brutalization of the child "off limits" domains of morality Ethics: the relative and the objective Questioning the one-way street of authoritarian morality The psychological payoffs for evasion and obedience Catastrophizing http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-is-catastrophizing/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion Practicing RTR http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolenconcept.html Listening to feelings Questioning one's premises--can we look to peer-reviewed psych/phil journals for answers? Focusing on the psychological/philosophical essentials Being aware of the argument from morality The Argument From Morality by Stefan Molyneux http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/molyneux7.html The payoffs for love of domination--and for enabling it Experiments in liberty--questioning liberty is questioning oneself Having compassion for other people's feelings, and challenging "authority" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalization.html Illogical philosophical catch phrases--Ayn Rand astutely noted that evil philosophies are systems of rationalizations Defining self-esteem--self-confidence and self-respect Staving off the feeling of being unfit to exist with defense mechanisms and pseudo self-esteem The brutalizing process of relativistic ethics and eating invisible apples (blue pill city) There are no conflicts among people's self-interest and self-esteem The error of "getting" a child to eat dinner...developing a context for normalization An anarchist’s declaration by Mike Gogulski http://www.nostate.com/an-anarchists-declaration/ Expressing anger in trying to understand the optimal context of childrearing Getting rid of parasitic memes John Gottman's (http://www.gottman.com) research: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling 'The Four Horsemen': Why Marriages Fail by Alix Spiegel http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4823861 http://www.gottman.com/press/releases/detail.php?id=13 Living an authentic life in relation to one's own mind, based on objective reality The Anatomy of Slavespeak by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml The Nature of Government by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07b.shtml The most important thing to show kids, besides your happiness: authentic and principled expression of values and virtues The truth shall set us free! Peer-reviewers' fest of altruism Developing self-trust in one's own understanding of objective morality--and living it! Just For Fans of Stefan Molyneux (when seemingly nice people turn nasty) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY30C6Grv3o The Art of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden (examining subconscious premises) http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 The Art of Living Consciously by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=28 Taking Responsibility by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36 Personal evolution also means the evolution of our culture bumper music "See You on the Other Side" by Ozzy Osbourne http://www.ozzy.com/music/ozzmosis to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 30 - The self-directed will of the child, volitional hindrances, flow, love of dominion, scaled-up bullying by statists | Early experiences with bad adult behavior Fear of authority and feeling a lack of authoritativeness It all starts with agreeing to the "invisible apple" A Transcript of Freedomain Radio Podcast 70: “The Parable of the Apple – or, How to control a human soul...” by Stefan Molyneux http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3 also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Psychology of Education http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html Between Parent and Child - The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by Haim Ginott http://tinyurl.com/598j76 The "normal" talk that drives kids crazy "Sanity depends on trusting one's inner reality," noted Ginott Honoring the volitional capacity of the child Parents' and teachers' love of dominion (as noted by Herbert Spencer) Misbehavior doesn't usually emanate naturally from the child "The child has a teacher within," noted Maria Montessori The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399 Respecting the will of the child, allowing the psychic energy to flow Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0060920432 Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi http://books.google.com/books?id=lNt6bdfoyxQC&dq=flow&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) The Secret of Childhood: Normalization and Deviations-lecture given by Dr. Rita Shaefer Zener http://www.michaelolaf.net/lecture_secret.html There can't be familial harmony when there's love of dominion going on The early deviations fostered by adults Four characteristics of personality that signal normalization: love of work; concentration; self-discipline; sociability Statecraft 101 by Brad Spangler How do I start my own country? http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1021 Human beings bullying others both politically and parentally Bringing war upon individuals, courtesy of those in government The Thin Blue Lie by Wendy McElroy http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.1698 The police are the enemies of freedom; they enforce unjust laws, are paid through extortion (taxes), and work for a coercive monopoly Why you should never talk to cops without a lawyer (video of lawyer and cop making this point) http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/342.html San Diego Plays 'Sophie's Choice' for Fascists by Lawrence M. Ludlow http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/ludlow/ludlow1.html "Law" as an opinion backed by a gun Law must be based on human well-being and happiness--to be objective and valid, it must adhere to the principles of individual rights, self-ownership, and property Cooking Stimulated Big Leap In Human Cognition http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/12/2036254 bumper music "Love Will Set You Free" by Starchaser http://www.myspace.com/starchaserofficial to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 29 - Curiosity of children, faith and force of adults, logical metaphysics, origin of life | The Dangerous Question by Marcel Votlucka http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/votlucka/votlucka2.html Why?...Do most individuals need/want Mommy/Daddy Government? Unquestioning adults as much less mature than children Kids are naturally predisposed to active-mindedness Ayn Rand's take on "Open Mind" and "Closed Mind" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/openmindandclosedmind.html Listening to what your mind is telling you... Deism and Freedom by Robert L. Johnson http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/johnson/johnson1.html America is based on fear...What is fear? Punished for disobedience--the ties between Parents and Governments If we lived with our governmental oppressors... Which is worse: tyrannical parents or tyrannical employees of government? All political punishment is local Attila and the Witch Doctor...softening the bones and brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_New_Intellectual by Ayn Rand For the New Intellectual by Ayn Rand http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_nonfiction_for_the_new_intellectual Review by Edward Tanguay http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tanguay/70.htm The meme of government has jailed our minds (and thus limited our choices) a long time ago A prison for your mind http://tinyurl.com/yp4hdv Valid definition of God is impossible because it has no referents in reality Feelings about God aren't irreducible primaries The triad of supernatural consciousness: omnipotence, omniscience, and infallibility Will a post-technological singularity consciousness be Godlike? "God" as the Universe makes the notion superfluous Former atheist Antony Flew's and Peter Murphy's Deistic thinking... http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/atheist_philosopher_041210.html http://www.deism.com/dogmaticatheism.htm Scientist Stuart Kauffman's thoughts on catalytic closure of molecular species http://www.logicallearning.net/libevolution.html Kauffman's At Home in the Universe http://books.google.com/books?id=o-Owb5IDkSQC&dq=stuart+Kauffman+catalytic+closure&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 The secret of life is auto-catalysis review by Gert Korthof http://home.planet.nl/~gkorthof/kortho32.htm Beyond Reductionism: Reinventing The Sacred by Stuart A. Kauffman http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/kauffman06/kauffman06_index.html Consciousness is inextricably tied to material reality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html To postulate supernatural consciousness is the ultimate metaphysical question-begging The laws of identity, causality, and non-contradiction must determine our beliefs http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html How belief in a "Creater" relates to fear... The mental sacrifice of taking the leap of faith http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html Faith and Force as corollaries... Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Any Rand http://freedomkeys.com/faithandforce.htm Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Any Rand (audio of Rand herself, speech and q&a) http://www.atlasshrugged.com/ayn-rand-works/ar-faith-and-force.html from Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand http://www.aynrandbookstore2.com/prodinfo.asp?number=AR07B Scientists Close to Reconstructing First Living Cell Researchers get genetic material to copy itself in a recreation of a simple protocell that could have existed eons ago by Nikhil Swaminathan http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-close-to-recon Replicating clay particles and origin of life... Various hypotheses: http://scienceweek.com/2005/sw050429-1.htm http://originoflife.net/cairns_smith/quotes/ Cell as metaphor of complete liberty Reality is knowable and science is how we find out more about it Using logic to function optimally with our consciousness in objective reality Asking "Why?" as way to truth, honesty, and virtue (or uncovering pretense, evasion, and lies) Nathaniel Branden's quotation about the uniqueness of human consciousness and self-awareness h | 8/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 28 - The psychological side of complete liberty | Getting to the root of the problem Is depression increasing in society? Depressingly Easy by Kelly Lambert http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=depressingly-easy&sc=MND_20080731 Challenging one's silent assumptions Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns http://www.feelinggood.com/books.htm#book_fg http://www.feelinggood.com/ The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35 Stop "Depressing" Checking one's conscious and subconscious premises Real-Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR False self vs True self The Art of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Living in accordance with rational self-interest and your own happiness WebWise Business: Where Confidence Grows, Cashflow Goes Chris Curtis of Web Business Ownership talks with Kirk Nugent on the VoiceAmerica Business Radio Network http://www.webwiseshow.com/shows/show4.htm Dealers of Deceit by Kirk Nugent (from: I Just Want To Testify "Pursue Your Passion Edition") http://www.kirknugent.com/ excerpt from Practical Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#PA excerpts from Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#EA The psychological need for questioning social axioms Rejecting the emotional trap of social metaphysics Social Metaphysics by Nathaniel Branden in The Psychology of Self-Esteem http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=54 We are lonely for ourselves Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43 Solzhenitsyn, chronicler of Soviet gulag, dies http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/03/1718171-solzhenitsyn-chronicler-of-soviet-gulag-dies Solzhenitsyn's nationalism, Stockholm syndrome, and regimes of fear Pursue Your Passion by Kirk Nugent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4wDVrfLIq0 The Ultimate Answer by Kirk Nugent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4e0xCLf28s I Need You To Remember by Kirk Nugent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DH35qC1D34 bumper music "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones http://www.jesusjones.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 27 - Rights, choice, governance, and the psychology of statism | A Foundation for Panarchy by Michael S. Rozeff http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff210.html Are there primary and secondary rights? Run for your life whenever you hear a governmental "official" talk about your safety and happiness... Does the Jeffersonian rhetoric hold water? Government's "securing rights" is a non sequitur Because ideas are bulletproof, it's important to understand their origin and influence, particularly authoritarian ones How does one provide one's "consent" to the government, while maintaining one's rights? Certainly not by birth and physical proximity Individual rights defined Implications for so-called intellectual "property" Gated communities and HOA's versus governments Interacting on entirely private property based on the rules of the owner(s) SamIam's Obscured Truth Network http://www.youtube.com/ObscuredTruth The State has no standing and no actual legitimacy Elections make a mockery of choice ("suggestion box for slaves") http://www.panarchy.org/ Government versus governance; panarchism versus anarchism The essence of the Red Pill Tibor Machan's defense of government http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html "Private property" is a redundancy, as is "individual rights" "Public property" is a contradiction in terms Voting is a joke; your choices are not honored "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." H.L. Mencken http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes_by/h.+l.+mencken Invalid forms of governance If you like tyranny, then ~you~ can leave; in a just society, bullies are banned The Jeffersonian Matrix Robert Nozick's defense of government http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Coercive monopolies of retaliatory force will always lead to injustice Acceptance of false moral premises; the psychology of statism Holding people accountable for their levels of immorality 927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux (the two magic words: would you be in favor of using force "against me"?) http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/ Helping people look past their fears Microfiltering Sepsis by Jennifer Chu http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/20816/?a=f Innovation in free market medicine versus FDA hindrances bumper music "Revolutionary" Etude by Frederic Chopin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étude_Op._10,_No._12_(Chopin) to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 8/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 26 - American fascism, self-responsibility and personal control, collective defense | Collectivistic statist turf war insanity King rejects govt's resignation, for now by Robert Wielaard http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/17/king-rejects-govts-resignation-for-now-1/ Governmental "officials" tear markets apart and extol self-sacrifical "public service" D.C. Arrests Residents For Missing Jury Service by Keith L. Alexander http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301798_pf.html Forced "justice" makes perfect sense, doesn't it; coercion is "cooperation" Jurors are essentially slaves of judges; jury nullification is illegal, sayeth "the law" The legal system benefits government and lawyers and screws the enslaved "customers" Once again, voting and jury nullification are not needed to achieve liberty; rather, people's independent mindset is Legislature approves bill banning trans fats by Samantha Sondag http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/15/MN0111OTUA.DTL The 'land of ban' scoffs at the nature of property rights; public pressure is voluntary; governmental pressure is coercive The most important thing in the world that needs protecting: Your right to choose a couple interesting scientific articles related to cardiovascular health: Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis -- The Role of HDL Cholesterol, Lp(a), and LDL Particle Size (just google the article title and click from there, if you get the annoying sign-in page) http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/439375 Measurement of LDL and HDL particle size does not improve CAD diagnosis http://www.lipidsonline.org/news/print.cfm?aid=6602 Genetic-testing start-ups asked to stop selling in Calif. by Stefanie Olsen http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9971383-7.html?hhTest=1 Perfect example of the regulatory State; following the money trail and areas of corporate convolution What a free market in medicine would be like: everything becomes more and more affordable Bush lifts executive ban on offshore oil drilling http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/bush.offshore/index.html Politics in midstream, once again, based on central planning; rather, all drilling areas should be privately owned and regulated--and thus be accountable here's a great blog post with lots of info: The Oil Pricing Squeeze Is On by David Theroux http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=140 Deadliest job in America: Working on cell phone towers http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/97827 OSHA fascists to the rescue! Give me a break; say goodbye to common sense and productivity; workers know their work best; rational tort law All the most vile forms of tyranny come from the edict that "This is for your safety"--as if we should look to a coercive monopoly to protect us The guiding light for people in the free market: Use your own judgment, do things reasonable and prudent based on the circumstances, and don't follow authoritarian rules for their own sake Loss of personal control and belief in Higher Powers http://atheists.meetup.com/518/boards/view/viewthread?thread=5064714 Need for self-esteem and individual choice "But Who Will Build the Roads" Market Anarchy Explained http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/166 The contradiction of government: Evil people controlling other purportedly evil people? Death By Government by R. Rummel http://tinyurl.com/rusyx The governmental employee modus operandi: passing the buck and shirking moral responsibility They Didn’t Attack Switzerland by Bill Walker http://www.lewrockwell.com/walker/walker32.html The whole "war on terror" is ill-gotten; US government only protects their own (and even that fails) Collectivistic thinking treats States as quasi-individuals; coercive government is the real problem, not a State that has an interventionist foreign policy bumper music "All You Fascists" by Billy Bragg And Wilco http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/mermaid_avenueII/merII11.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 25 - Responsibility of the press, Stockholm syndrome writ large, self-concept, force vs trade | Truthdig - Reports - The Hedonists of Power by Chris Hedges http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080623_the_hedonists_of_power/ Modern-day courtiers: The mainstream media Colbert stickin' it to The Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_White_House_Correspondents'_Association_Dinner http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879 Fascism in America via State-created corporations Get rid of government--problems solved! Journalists' individual sacrifices Where people get their collectivistic fears... Ridiculous nation-state chest-pounding Philosophical rationalizations hide fears Stockholm syndrome writ large: Identifying with and apologizing for the actions of one's political abusers The youth in Iran as potential catalyst for positive change Dealing with political frustration Meddlings of governments as genesis of terrorism The individual values of journalists--or lack thereof Croc Dundee to tax authorities: 'Come and get me' http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx/?news=321662>1=28101 The Real Crocodile Dundee by Vin Suprynowicz http://www.lewrockwell.com/suprynowicz/suprynowicz48.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_William_Ansell Don't appease tax "authorities" (thieves); either you honor property rights or you don't Question for statists: Should any unsolicited product or service be imposed at gunpoint? Recognizing the difference between coercion and voluntary trade "It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head." (Sally Kempton) A society of complete liberty is a society of dignity Politics as reflection of self-concept Coming to terms with childhood trauma and fear vis a vis authority The Disowned Self by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=46 The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds by Patrick Farrell and Kassie Bracken http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/dining/28flavor.html http://flavortripping.wordpress.com/ & http://www.miraclefruitman.com/ Riding a Flavor Trip :) http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=1615a44db1aa2c70758ae67c12b06cb1f4be9808 bumper music "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon http://johnlennon.com/html/discography.aspx?upc=724352485826 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 24 - Another unfree birthday for America | The Faux of July by Mike Wasdin http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/wasdin/wasdin1.html The nation of unwitting slaves; new planet shopping, anyone? Are Obama and McCain your typical Nazis? Declaration of Independence http://www.constitution.org/usdeclar.htm Ah, the land of collectivism, a place where all sorts of evils are supposedly sufferable The 'can-do' American spirit still exists and is vital to our future The nature of consent, contracts, breach of contracts, and unanimous consent Government, the antithesis of freedom Petition for redress of grievances; being humble has its drawbacks We The People Foundation http://www.givemeliberty.org/ The Lawsuit to Restore Constitutional Order http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/InfoCenter.htm http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/CourtFilings/ComplaintAmended-9-15-04.PDF http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/PROJECTS/Court-Docs/6700-2ndCirc-Full-Appeal-Oct-2007.pdf What makes jurisdiction? The contradictory concept of "state" and other deleterious collectivistic abstractions The Pentagon Is America's Biggest Polluter by Joshua Frank http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/85186/?page=entire The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives by Nick Turse http://us.macmillan.com/thecomplex A Pentagon's Who's Who of Your Life by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt329.html Root of despotism: the "power" to lay and collect taxes Shays Fought the Revolution's Final Battle, and We Lost by George Smith http://www.strike-the-root.com/52/smith/smith4.html Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle by Leonard L. Richards http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13777.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion Ever Wonder How Politicians Think? (the grasshoppers vs the ants, from A Bug's Life) http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/26/33/ The many facets of statism, and the fear and ignorance that creates them Shirking responsibility and rationalization Hiring leaps in public sector by Dennis Cauchon http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080430/1a_lede30_dom.art.htm The ills of the parasitism of government Astronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's Twin by Jeanna Bryner http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080624-st-planet-tally.html bumper music "American Idiot" by Green Day http://www.greenday.com/greenday.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 23 - Libertarian anarchism versus Libertarian statism; voting as corrupt; faith and force | An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism by Brain Police http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/04/05.aspx Voting as an lack of consumer choice Representatives don't represent you Supposed "checks and balances" Small government isn't beautiful; government itself is ugly to the bone Mississippi Drug War Blues, The Case of Cory Maye by Drew Carey http://www.reason.tv/video/show/403.html The folly of working for the State in order to get rid of the State False--and forced--"agency" Watered-down libertarianism, and its political rejection World's Smallest Political Quiz, and its erroneous divisions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Smallest_Political_Quiz Agorism and the informal (gray and black) market economy http://agorism.info/counter-economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_economy Freedom Quotient--that is, Liberation Factor minus Enslavement Factor Economic Means to Freedom - Part X by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/economic/eco_10.html Participating in politics is illogical from the get-go Libertarianism as abolitionist in principle, not reformist The psychology of jailers and other perpetrators of heinousness The fallacy of "voting as an act of self-defense" and acquiescence to plunder--going behind the magic curtain The Nature Of Present Government (quoting Lysander Spooner on knaves, dupes, and the rest, and on taking responsibility for your political plunder) http://www.logicallearning.net/libnatureofgover.html Societal Structures Posturing As Proper: Democracies And Republics (quoting Benjamin Tucker on majority rule as evil and ballots as bullets) http://www.logicallearning.net/libdemocraciesan.html Some solutions: Economic disengagement from statism (agorism); education (www.tolfa.us); Hoppe's anti-intellectual intellectuals (delegitimizers of statism); civil disobedience Secular humanists faith in statism Religion and Libertarianism by Walter Block http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block103.html Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Ayn Rand http://freedomkeys.com/faithandforce.htm http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mysticism.html "Redeem your mind from the hockshops of authority" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html The church prepares the "flock" for the dictator FCC wants a magic, porn-free wireless Internet http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/24/fcc-wants-a-magic-po.html bumper music "Get Up Stand Up" from Songs Of Freedom (Disc 2) by Bob Marley and the Wailers http://www.bamstores.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3017162 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 7/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 22 - War on human choice, government as serious health hazard, anti-politics | Legalize Every Drug by John Stossel http://www.nysun.com/opinion/legalize-every-drug/80204/ Myths, lies, and downright stupidity of fear-ridden control freaks, so-called drug "warriors" The liberty to make bad choices too Trying to make a contradiction exist (government) Why Have Governments? by Peter Namtvedt http://www.reasontofreedom.com/why_have_governments.html "...a million men serving in wretchedness, their necks under the yoke..." Fearing choices and obeying authoriteye Five Ways to Survive Any Disaster by Jen Phillips (interview with survival researcher Amanda Ripley) http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2008/06/five-ways-to-survive-disaster.html Government as perennial go-to organization during crisis! Government-issued "crutches" Information flow restricted by governmental "officials" An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/04/05.aspx Problematic concepts that one accepts as valid, e.g., sacrifice Regardless of who you vote for, you're not getting what you want Note to statists: Don't hit people and don't take their stuff Libertarian voting...and then a miracle happens... Nathaniel Branden's powerful sentence completion exercises http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Liberty to me means-- Message to Ron Paul revolutionary candidates: The institutional framework of the State is for the purposes of statism Coffee is actually okay (a long-term study reveals) The One Minute Case For Individual Rights http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/individual-rights/ bumper music "Whiskey Lullaby" by Alison Krauss Feat and Brad Paisley from A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection album http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=6962 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 21 - Unsolicited "services" of statism, theory of statist mind, Objectivism's political contradiction, unjust law | Rape by government; the nature of unsolicited "services" Cooperation versus coercion Imagine defending the statist position Roping us into a collectivistic nation My first introduction to libertarianism and its central flaw: Libertarianism in One Lesson by David Bergland http://www.theadvocates.org/onelesson-interview.html Capitalism fosters good will; government fosters ill will The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm The public relations scheme of statism (our protector and provider) Can you be expected to obey unjust government? Casting off the 'Santa Claus' of the State Ayn Rand's contradiction of government - the coercive monopoly of the State Competing justice agencies based on the principle of individual rights Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Preemptive initiation of force doctrine (i.e., imposing government on society) Dealing with parking ticket Nazis and their irrational laws The ultimate conflict of interest - government (the accuser) judging the case! Thoreau: To follow unjust law makes one an agent of injustice Dave Ridley, the Outlaw Puppeteer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY9jx-VsHVo bumper music "Don't Tread On Me" by Damn Yankees http://lockgen.com/damnyankees/damn.php (fan site) to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 20 - In the midst of statists, public education, fearful defenses | Without responsibility there is chaos, i.e., government A thread on the truther message board http://9-11.meetup.com/279/messages/boards/thread/4766129/0 Anarchy is personal responsibility Rationalizations for State-run stuff, e.g., "education" Free riders and unfree "services" Turning the tables on the craziness Learner-driven education http://www.logicallearning.net/learnerdrivened.html Ending thuggery in education and coerced payment for it The Comprachicos by Ayn Rand Government school "socialization" leads to gang warfare The r****t in one's living room Everyday Anarchy Part 3 of 7 by Stefan Molyneux http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/molyneux/molyneux4.html Why people CAN handle complete liberty Why we must battle moral premises (or rather, immoral ones) bumper music "One" from Inquisition Symphony by Apocalyptica http://www.apocalyptica.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 19 - The Obviousness of Anarchy | Government is disorder; no government is order (and sanity) This brilliant essay sums it up--from both an empirical/legal point of view as well as a logical one "The Obviousness of Anarchy" by John Hasnas http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/hasnas.pdf http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/hasnasj/?action=viewpublications&PageTemplateID=109 bumper music "You Look Good To Me" by the Oscar Peterson Trio from We Get Requests album http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=10113&aid=2867 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 6/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 18 - Life-changing freedom, libertopia, Liberty poll, rights issues | Meaning of complete liberty L. Neil Smith's inspirational discussion of the future of freedom The race to the bottom with governments Unanimous consent and the utopian vision by L. Neil Smith http://www.lneilsmith.org/utopian.html Immense economic benefits of freedom--nearly everything becomes affordable "All my life I always really wanted..." Is respect for individual rights utopian? The contradictory "we" and illogical "public property" A New Covenant by L. Neil Smith http://www.lneilsmith.org/new-cov.html Liberty - The Liberty Poll Results - 20th Anniversary http://www.libertyunbound.com/archive/2008_06/poll.html Analyzing the questions and answers... The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm Minarchism's inherent contradictions and thus rights violations Does your 'right to life' trump the property rights of others? Run 151 miles in the desert? No sweat by Amy Turner http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article3725024.ece bumper music "Get Better" by Sandy Chambers with KMC http://www.myspace.com/sandychambersofficial to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 17 - Mental prison, limited slavery, pseudo-anarchy, Constitutional nonsense, LP accord | Living in The Matrix and seeing the ethical/political code A prison for your mind http://tinyurl.com/lje25 Ron Paul at Duke and The American Form of Government http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5335883552107085649&hl=en The political spectrum revised, in The American Form of Government http://youtube.com/watch?v=DioQooFIcgE Fears that stuff and then knock down the straw man of "Anarchy" http://www.Agorism.info - real anarchy Limited Government slavespeak: The proper amount of aggression makes everyone freer! "Law" and "the proper amount of government" as despotism and slavery "Social contract/compact"? Rather, wrongdoers should leave, not free marketeers Sausage making at its worst Those who favor using force against you Constitutional nonsense and self-sacrifice LP Party platform debate and minarchism/anarchism turmoil The Dallas Accord Is Dead by Less Antman http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/antman1.html Governmentally fostered vermin: biting bedbugs and crazy rasberry ants Vancouver's Bedbug Plague by Christopher Pollon http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/05/15/BedBugs/ Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics by Linda Stewart Ball, AP Writer http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_us/texas_ants Market remedies to infestations (both political and insect) bumper music "All In My Head" (Decoder & Substance Mix) by Kosheen http://www.kosheen.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 16 - Sickness and statism, Self-motivation, Cuba, rule-of-law anarchism, unjust law and collateral damage | Congress Passes Bill Barring Genetic Discrimination http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bill-bars-genetic-discrimination The chronic ills health care reform Free market health insurance Violence and obedience being seen as beneficial Living in the Matrix and seeing the authoritarian code Fear arguments Subtle messages of parenting Extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation http://www.alfiekohn.org/ Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1236214 Life on Castro's plantation - and on ours... Iron Man's statist theme Little Brother by Cory Doctorow http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/littlebrotheraudiobook/ Hacking the System Rule-of-law Anarchism: A Strategy for Destroying the State's Legitimacy by Kevin S. Van Horn http://freeamerica.ws/BBB1/rule-of-law-anarchism.html The giant legal conflict of interest - government courts Michael van Notten and the four different meanings of law Customary law in a free society - mechanics of voluntarism The State as outlaw against individuals Undermining the State's false authority and creating a stateless system of natural and customary law with non-violent enforcement Unjust law and police violence 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/198_methods.pdf Death of the sitcom frees up 2,000 Wikipedias worth of cognitive capacity http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/27/death-of-the-sitcom.html Post-podcast segment - collateral damage and other statist insanities Killing Enemies Without Trial by Jacob Hornberger http://counterpunch.org/hornberger05062008.html Inverting the media's statist messages bumper music "Washington Bullets" by The Clash http://www.theclashonline.com/music/sandinista to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 15 - Fear of consistent ethics, climate change and environmentalism, happily stateless Quakers | Anarchy in your head - the Anarchy Boogey-man and people's fears http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/04/04/iron-fist-to-the-rescue/ Climate change alarmism - Is the sky falling? There Is A Problem With Global Warming... It Stopped In 1998 by Bob Carter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/04/09/do0907.xml Putting things into perspective and examining fears of the free market and love of coercive control Climate and the Carboniferous Period http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Carboniferous_climate.html Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh by Phil Chapman http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23583376-7583,00.html Apparently, we're overdue for another ice age... Environmental grains of truth by an Objectivist... The Danger of Environmentalism by Michael S. Berliner http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?a532a6cc-17b3-424f-af03-6fbcc88a699f New solar technology...cool stuff No government in early America! Seriously! What it's going to take for Americans to make this to happen again... The Origins of Individualist Anarchism in the US by Murray N. Rothbard http://www.mises.org/story/2014 Andromeda headed our way in 2 billion years...prepare yourself for Milkomeda Hubble Photographs Dozens of Colliding Galaxies http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080424-colliding-galaxies.html bumper music "What On Earth" by bodymindsoul http://www.myspace.com/chrishaspeckmusic to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 5/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 14 - Taxation is immoral and unjust, unhealthy (and healthy) education, national tyranny, legal standing | 79% - Say Tax Cheating is Wrong - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20080411/ts_pew/79saytaxcheatingiswrong Moral corruption of taxes The moral and the practical false dichotomy Taxation with representation is still tyranny by Mary Ruwart http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=1269 Feeding (and collaborating with) the beast... Don't vote: it just encourages the bastards Teaching subservience by Larkin Rose http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/14239 "Training the peasant larvae" Mark Twain's smarts Refusing governmental schools as the antidote Free Tibet? Hell, free America! by Mark Morford http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/04/16/notes041608.DTL& Celebrating Jefferson's birthday a crime? So About That Tree of Liberty… http://www.theagitator.com/2008/04/13/so-about-that-tree-of-liberty/ Issue of standing...adventures in legal land Standing Cross-Reference by Marc Stevens http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/52/27/ Amerikan Communism For the love of dogs Physicist off his rocker--or not? Teleportation and forcefields possible within decades, says Professor Michio Kaku http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/02/eakaku102.xml bumper music "Enemy" by Days of the New (Days Of The New II album) http://www.daysofthenew.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 13 - The injustice system, civil disobedience, and political power | The prison system--follow the money trail Hawaii’s Prison Gravy Train http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?53df994b-7b9c-49f7-8f78-724bca9c1434 Protester 'will go to prison again' http://www.stalbansobserver.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.2152227.0.protester_will_go_to_prison_again.php The injustices of police and courts Cheerleaders for taxes Sanction of the victim by Larken Rose http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=1226 Traffic cop authoriteye Individual's relationship to government Ayn Rand's brilliant "Anatomy of Compromise" http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/compromise.html Insufferable suffrage John Locke: Great robbers are rewarded with laurels and triumphs... Changing the psychological/moral status quo Road monopoly extortion racket Political elite and financial power Inequality and Excess by Arnold Kling http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=040708A Just 12% of Idaho parents would choose public school if had a choice http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/fischer/080404 Look-alike solar system found Fastest runner with a prosthesis! bumper music "Yell Fire!" by Michael Franti & Spearhead http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 12 - Media, military, war, and statist memes | Can you trust the media? Military survey says... The U.S. Military Index http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4198 "The Obviousness of Anarchy" http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/hasnas.pdf Are militaries EVER necessary? Doomsday clock Rational defense in a voluntary society The memes of war promoted by "new atheists" "Religion, Politics and the End of the World...For readers who weren't able to attend the Truthdig debate between Sam Harris and Chris Hedges, we now have full coverage. So sit back, relax and enjoy the fireworks." http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20070617_religion_politics_and_the_end_of_the_world/ Chris Hedges: I Dont Believe in Atheists Posted on May 23, 2007 "Chris Hedges reads from his essay at the Truthdig debate Religion, Politics and the End of the World on May 22, 2007 (Page 3)" http://www.truthdig.com/report/page3/20070523_chris_hedges_i_dont_believe_in_atheists/ Insane state of the State in China a little satirical bumper music "Warriors of the World United" by Manowar ( http://www.manowar.com/ http://www.myspace.com/manowardefendersofsteel to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 11 - Conspiracies (and 9/11 lies and truth) | 7 Insane Conspiracies That Actually Happened By Ned Resnikoff, Peter Hildebrand http://www.cracked.com/article_15974_7-insane-conspiracies-that-actually-happened.html Played condensed (my edits) version of the following interview from C-SPAN After Words podcast: Philip Shenon author of "The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation" interviewed by Michael Duffy, assistant managing editor of TIME magazine http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9172&SectionName=Politics&PlayMedia=Yes Analyzed the above interview (as well as terrorism and the "war on terror") from a complete liberty standpoint Observations about the 9/11 truth movement to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 10 and Addendum | This is the last episode of the audio book, and it covers chapter ten, which is titled "LIVE FREELY AND NOT DIE!" as well as the ADDENDUM: IMPORTANT IAQ (infrequently asked questions). Chapter ten's sections are: In Search Of The Governed's Consent Changes In Many Points Of View First, Free A State The bumper music is from an electronic song titled "Svalbard Theme" by Icebird. This is the closest link I could come to finding it (used to be available for free download at the old mp3.com): http://www.cddkmusik.com/icebird.html Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 9 | This one covers chapter nine, which is titled "IF IT'S NATURAL TO BE FREE, WHAT'S STOPPING US?" It contains the following sections: Anti-Social Political Behaviors: Lying, Cheating, And Stealing Noticing The Obvious, And Judging It Properly Liberty-Oriented Values and Virtues The bumper music is from an electronic song titled, "The promised land" by Lagoona. Here's a link: http://andreasviklund.com/music/lagoona/ Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 8 | This episode covers chapter eight, which is titled "LAWS THAT PROMOTE OUR PURSUITS OF HAPPINESSES." Its sections are: What About The Bill Of Rights? Welcome To The Bill Of Law Making Sense Of Foreign Policy Nonsense The bumper music is from an electronic song titled, "Happy Theme" by The Cynic Project: http://www.tcpmusic.com/e107/news.php Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 7 | This episode covers chapter seven, which is titled "THE DEMISE OF THE STATE." It contains the following sections: A Fully Privatized System What Abouts And What Ifs: Last Ditch Attempts To Save The State The bumper music is from an electronic song titled "BOMB the BASE [Paradise Decay] by NINA - Goddess of Dance, whose site is: www.ninagoddess.com Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 6 | This episode covers chapter six, which is titled "ENDING MODERN DAY LETTERS PATENT." Its sections are: Closing Pandoras Intellectual Box The Legal Jungle Of Patents, Copyrights, And Trademarks The Nature of Contracts How About IP In Perpetuity? Creative Commons, And So On How The Market Performs Without Intellectual Property The bumper music is from an electronic song titled "Free space" by ANTINOMIE, again, so we're only left with the site with the new name and music: www.myspace.com/nemystic Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 5 | This episode reaches approximately the halfway mark through the book, covering chapter five, which is titled "ENDING AUTHORITARIANISM AND MODERN DAY GUILDS." It contains the following sections: Thou Shalt Not Alter Your State Of Mind, With Exceptions Thou Shalt Not Take Full Responsibility For Your Own Treatment - Authorities Will Handle That Thou Shalt Not Do Business Without Joining The State Guild - Licensure The bumper music in this one is from an electronic song titled "The rebel" by ANTINOMIE, which is now apparently a different name. This is the closest I could come to finding the song (didn't find it): http://www.myspace.com/nemystic Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 4 | This episode covers chapter four, which is titled "THE IMMORALITY OF POLITICS." It's sections are: Corporations: The Semi-Good, The Bad, And The Ugly The Sand And Molasses Of Statism: Regulation And Preventive Law For Whom The Market Fails Imagine A Free World Effects Of Government On Producers And Consumers Schemes Of Villainy The bumper music for this episode comes from two songs, the first being "Imagination" by OOZ, and the second being "TRIP to the MOON" by NINA - Goddess of Dance. Here are the links: http://www.funender.com/music/ooz http://www.ninagoddess.com/ Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 2 and 3 | In this episode we pick up where we ended in chapter two about the US constitution Article 1 Section 8 Clause 7, which is in the chapter's last section titled "The Constitutions Problems: Article I Section 8...Sadly, A Template For Disaster." After finishing the rest of chapter 2, we cover all of chapter 3, which is titled "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT (AFTER A BIT OF INSPECTION)." It contains the following sections: Freedom In A Nutshell Self-Ownership Property Is An Extension Of Self-Ownership To Those Who Dislike Property And Profit The bumper music used in this episode is from the electronic song "The Wake (Mercy Cage remix)" by Abney Park. This particular remix doesn't seem available for free on their site (I got it from the old mp3.com years ago), but other versions are. Here's their link: http://www.abneypark.com/ Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/ | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Chapter 2 | This second episode covers most of chapter two, which is titled "DEMOCRACY OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE POLITICIANS, FOR WHOM AGAIN?" Due to the length of this chapter, this podcast ends with a critique of USC Article 1 Section 8 Clause 6. We pick up with Clause 7 in the third episode. The sections in chapter two are: Choose Your Weapon: Representative Democracy Or Popular Democracy Common And Uncommon Political Sense General Welfare, Common Good, Public Interest: The Gateway Abstractions How Politicians Work: Let Corruption Ring! How The Military/Industrial Complex Works: You Scratch My back, Bombs Away! The Constitutions Problems: Article I Section 8...Sadly, A Template For Disaster The bumper music used is from a song titled "Tiny Nucleus" by OOZ. Here are a couple links: http://www.funender.com/music/bands/137/ http://music.download.com/ooz/3600-8357_32-100151447.html Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComplete Liberty audiobook Preface and Chapter 1 | This covers the Preface and the first chapter, which is titled "WHY POLITICS IS SO CONFUSING." It contains the following sections: Politics In Mid-Stream The Timeless Allure Of Communism America, The Land Of Political Opinions Shaped By The State The bumper music for this episode comes from an electronic song titled "MATRIX_Trinity_reload_." Unfortunately, I couldn't track down the artist (or mixer) for this one, though I could for the rest of the songs used in all the other episodes. Btw, I downloaded all of them freely from the old mp3.com website many years ago. Visit the book's website at www.completeliberty.com in order to download the ebook for free or purchase the softcover edition, as well as to join the forum (which is dedicated to brainstorming ways to attain complete liberty asap). to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697 | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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