by Scott Swain | Feb 5, 2023 | All Articles, Corruption, Culture, Liberty, Life, Machine Learning, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Me:”Hello, please summarize the book ‘Democracy, the God That Failed’ by Hans-Herman Hoppe. Describe up to 10 of the key ideas in the book, and for each key idea, give up to 3 arguments or pieces of evidence from the book that support the...
by Scott Swain | Dec 23, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
On the surface a person might believe, “If we didn’t have intellectual property laws, it would open the floodgates for copycats everywhere, reducing incentive for people to create. We would have Chinese phones that look like iPhones and poor Apple!...
by Scott Swain | Oct 14, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Feminism, Liberty, Life, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Originally written in 2020. Updated often. Over the past few years there has been an acceleration in what some call “cultural Marxism”, “identity politics”, tokenism, or “wokeness”. One form this has taken has been in films,...
by Scott Swain | Oct 13, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Climate, Corruption, Economics, Liberty, Life, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Originally written Nov 24, 2018 How & why did this begin? In 1974, “The Weather Machine,” a BBC show, warned of impending climate disaster. After four decades of cooling temperatures, the idea was there was a threat of a new ice age coming. In the...
by Scott Swain | Oct 5, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Life, Money, Prepping |
First, the obvious Keep some emergency cash in it. Buy some gold and/or silver rounds to keep in there for when the economy collapses. A safe helps you keep what you have, in case of burglary or even dishonest people attending events in your home. Now for the less...
by Scott Swain | Aug 27, 2022 | All Videos, Liberty, Life, Vids-EQ, Vids-NVC, Vids-Parenting, Vids-Voluntaryism |
Video is below Animation created January 2012 On Odysee (LBRY): On...
by Scott Swain | Aug 21, 2022 | All Articles, Health, Liberty, Life, Prepping, Voluntaryism |
Began December 2021. Modified often. Price: Free This is for growth, learning, play, and connection. Not a money-making endeavor. New Location “Central Park” at 38th & Lamar. Message me for exact location. We meet in my apartment. Back door opens into...
by Scott Swain | Aug 20, 2022 | All Articles, EQ, Liberty, Parenting, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
vir-tue [ vurchoo ] 1. goodness: the quality of being morally good or righteous 2. good quality: a quality that is morally good 3. admirable quality: a quality that is good or admirable, but not necessarily in terms of morality. “If you make a choice under...
by Scott Swain | May 21, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
On the surface a person might believe, “If we didn’t have intellectual property laws, it would open the floodgates for copycats everywhere, reducing incentive for people to create. We would have Chinese phones that look like iPhones and poor Apple!...
by Scott Swain | May 10, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, Politics, Unschooling, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2014. You probably see the inequities and corruption in our system. Do you also see the growing distance between you and other humans, in your beliefs, amount of time spent with others, and level of compassion you feel? Maybe you even...
by Scott Swain | Apr 5, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, Liberty, Life, Voluntaryism |
2022 Coming soon: Recommendations. For now, use the button below for the full list. The List of Festivals Feel free to copy and repost! I appreciate hearing of new events or...
by Scott Swain | Mar 13, 2022 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
All of us want and may see pragmatic or “practical” solutions, issue by issue. On the surface that may sound more effective than a principled approach, if you even understand what “principled approach” is. Example that I hope helps clarify the...
by Scott Swain | Feb 7, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Originally written 2016. Updated. We have all heard American Republicans and Democrats speak of each other with rancor. It is especially tragic when we realize both “sides” want the same things; fairness, peace, health, prosperity, a strong WiFi signal,...
by Scott Swain | Jan 5, 2022 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
From an article by Walter Block on 2009-04-16. “I advocate the complete, total, and full privatization of all roads, streets, highways, byways, avenues, and other vehicular thoroughfares. And I am serious about this, deadly serious.” This is so far off the...
by Scott Swain | Dec 17, 2021 | All Articles, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
“I want to have snoop-free online communication. Should I go with Telegram or Signal?” Most mainstream sources right now are pushing Signal, claiming it has better encryption. Let’s look at this claim, along with some other facts that have been...
by Scott Swain | Dec 10, 2021 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2015. “But… I thought we need a government to incentivize, force, and punish some behaviors so the weak and poor are not trampled under the boots of those with more power?” It is a legitimate concern to worry about...
by Scott Swain | Dec 9, 2021 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2015. “What if, in a society run on voluntary principles, corporations were to become warlords by enslaving the entire population in a military style dictatorship? And… how do we protect ourselves against other governments...
by Scott Swain | Oct 4, 2021 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Liberty, Life, Politics, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
What if being “highly independent” can make it difficult for us to see the value of strong relationships and our “me-first” attitude, completely logical, in reality, can be supplemented with even just a bit of compromise at times in order to...
by Scott Swain | Aug 19, 2021 | All Articles, EQ, Liberty, Parenting, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2016. An effective way to spread Voluntaryism while rewiring your brain for increased awareness, control of your own emotions, understanding of responsibility, and personal power. Have you ever wished you could demonstrate your...
by Scott Swain | Jul 15, 2021 | All Articles, All Videos, Culture, Liberty, Life, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Vids-Marxism, Vids-Pinned, Vids-Racism, Vids-Voluntaryism, Voluntaryism |
From the premiere episode of Jason Whitlock’s new BlazeTV show, comes one of his patented fire-starter monologues. It’s a letter to black America that covers everything from Colin Kaepernick to George Floyd to LeBron James and the all-too-cozy relationship...
by Scott Swain | Dec 17, 2020 | All Articles, Liberty, Voluntaryism |
Originally written 2016. Updated. If a pillar of Libertarianism is tolerance and acceptance of different ways, let’s recognize some ways the “Brutalist” Libertarian merely has a preference for different values than the...
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