by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 9, 2025 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written 2024-03. *”Anarchy” has many flavors. I’m talking about the flavors that respect property & body rights, such as “Voluntaryism,” “Anarcho-Capitalism,” and “Agorism.” ONE. We...
by Scott Howard Swain | Sep 10, 2024 | 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 Howard Swain | Jun 4, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2020. Voluntaryist Empathizing with and Addressing the American Democratic Socialist Perspective No matter what your philosophical / political beliefs, odds are: you have a desire to increase joy, prosperity, health, and security for as...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 10, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, PEP, Politics, Practical Empathy Book, Privacy, Relationships, Unschooling, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2014. You probably see the inequities and corruption in our current 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 or are...
by Scott Howard 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 Howard Swain | Dec 17, 2021 | All Articles, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
Originally written 2016. Updated often. “I want to have snoop-free online communication. Should I go with Telegram or Signal?” Most mainstream sources (and uninformed nerds) right now are pushing WhatsApp. Or Signal, claiming it has better encryption....
by Scott Howard 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 Howard Swain | Jul 2, 2020 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Most people agree it’s imperative for any entity initiating harm to face consequences. The disagreements tend to be about how. Government regulation is currently the most used and acceptable method for attempting to hold businesses accountable. Unfortunately,...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 24, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
This article is a summary of the video of Scott on the right, below the Candace Owens and Thomas Sowell videos. “Where are we if we don’t have diversity of thought? How are we to have intelligent conversations with each other? How are we to learn from each...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 22, 2020 | All Articles, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
“But if I am doing nothing wrong then why worry?” What if privacy is something that makes you a human? While it is useful to deny snoopers such as Facebook, Google, US National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, Police, insurance companies, etc., from seeing your...
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