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Dash Digital Currency - Amanda B. Johnson

A few weeks ago, I was thrilled to spend an evening dining with my old pal Pete and new acquaintance Amanda B. Johnson.  She is a digital currency expert and is working on several projects with Dash.

I complained to her about my ignorance in understanding digital currencies, and she shared with me her series Dash School.  If you or anyone you know is not geeky and ... READ MORE

In The US Taxes Are Voluntary

This great thought from our friend and noted humanitarian Larken Rose:

Every once in a while someone brings up the idea that certain "excise" taxes, such as taxes applied only to certain activities or products, count as being voluntary because they are fairly easy to avoid (don't engage in that activity, and you won't owe that tax), and that taxation, in that case, is therefore not theft.

But this is not the case. If I told you that I was going ... READ MORE

How to Build Freedom – A Brief History of the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast

How to Build Freedom – A Brief History of the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast

by Ashe Whitener

Short description:

Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast is a weekly, interview podcast featuring liberty-oriented Entrepreneurs who are building a freer world. We dive deep into their stories to uncover wisdom from their successes, failures and experiences. Our goal is to provide you with the tools and mindset needed to create your own lifestyle of independence and flexibility. Nobody is going to build freedom for you, so it’s time for YOU to take action!  Read more HERE.

Just After Orlando Gay Nightclub Violence 2016

6-14-16 - Larken Rose:

"No one needs an assault rifle!"

So why do so many cops carry them? Is there some evil force that magically is a threat to them but not to me? Where are the leftists calling for disarming the mercenaries known as "law enforcers"?

"These are weapons of war!"


So who are the cops at war with when they carry AR-15's?




6-12-16 - Larken Rose:

This might sound odd, especially to people who are accustomed to the usual paradigm spewed by the media, but it's true: I carry a firearm out of love, not out of fear or hatred.

Yes, I spend a lot of time loudly and vehemently condemning injustice and aggression. I do that BECAUSE I value and love peace and justice. If I didn't care about the innocent, I wouldn't rail against, and be armed against, those who try to harm the innocent. (I think the likelihood of having to defend MYSELF with a gun is a lot lower than the likelihood of me having to defend someone ELSE with my gun.)


The vast majority of gun owners I know do not think, "I can't wait to kill someone!" Instead, they think, "Killing someone, even if justified, would be completely horrible. But I will do it if I have to in order to protect the innocent." That attitude and mindset comes from LOVE, not hatred.

Now, if you personally are NOT willing to take on the risk, burden and responsibility of being a protector of the innocent, that's your choice. But kindly refrain from demonizing those of us who are.
- Larken Rose





6-12-16 - Larken Rose

Soooooo…. an anarchist running for President. Let’s consider the possible outcomes, shall we?

1) At the time of the election, nowhere near a majority of Americans are anarchists, so the anarchist loses, and can’t do anything “within the system.” By playing the game and “participating in the process,” the anarchist also validates the game that was just lost, thus implying legitimacy to the new statist regime.


2) At the time of the election, a majority, or at least a significant minority, of the population is anarchistic. Most of them, being anarchists, don’t believe in the legitimacy of “government” and therefore won’t vote. However, they also won’t NEED to vote, because when 50%—or even 10%—of the population stops believing in the myth of “authority,” they can simply disobey the ruling class out of existence (with actual resistance being optional).

Is there some third option I don't see? Because the first two make such an endeavor seem drastically pointless.




6-12-16 - Larken Rose

The best way--damn near the only way--to stop bad people from committing violence against innocents, is to have GOOD people able and willing to use defensive FORCE to stop them. This isn't really debatable.


"We need a law!" Words on paper? And then what? Guys with GUNS to enforce it? Congrats, you just acknowledged that BRUTE FORCE is necessary to stop violent aggressors. Unfortunately, you also chose to rely on professional aggressors to "protect" you, which is both logically and historically asinine, AND constitutes advocating aggression against lots of people who haven't harmed or attacked anyone. But hey, at least you got the first part right.

If you're a good person who is tired of hearing about other good people being victimized, maybe you should BECOME one of the good people who has the ability and willingness to use FORCE to stop the bad guys. Nothing else will stop them. Why would you assume it's always someone ELSE'S responsibility to do it?

What Voluntaryism Means to Me by Carl Watner

Taken from http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/means_to_carl.html#.V0V4hExrjIU. Please visit voluntaryist.com for many more wonderful articles like this one!

What Voluntaryism Means to Me

By Carl Watner

(June, 2014)

I don’t have any special qualifications to define ‘voluntaryism,’ except that I have been publishing THE VOLUNTARYIST newsletter since its inception in 1982, and am a long-time student of the concept. Both in historical tradition and in contemporary usage, voluntaryism coincides with my personal philosophy of non-violence and non-participation in politics... READ MORE