BlogHide Resteemsjoybran (37)in voluntaryism • 6 years agoOn Strike!( As I was traveling down the street today, I saw a group of people--maybe fifty or sixty--carrying signs saying On Strike! Since about half of them were strolling along the sidewalk in front of a…joybran (37)in voluntaryist • 7 years agoWho can you control?Most of us spend a lot of our precious time trying to control other human beings. Perhaps it is natural for us to try to control the people closest to us; our family, friends, business colleagues…joybran (37)in voluntaryist • 7 years agoWhat Does It Mean To Be A Voluntaryist?My blog is called Voluntaryist Living because I’m writing about living my life as a voluntaryist, but what exactly is a voluntaryist? The Merriam-Webster dictionary, which bills itself as “America's…joybran (37)in voluntaryist • 7 years agoWhy I Refuse To VoteThe most obvious thing that makes voluntaryism different from any other “political” philosophy is that it advocates NOT participating in politics at all. That means, among other things, NOT VOTING.…joybran (37)in voluntaryist • 7 years agoWhat Does It Mean To Be A Voluntaryist?My blog is called Voluntaryist Living because I’m writing about living my life as a voluntaryist, but what exactly is a voluntaryist? The Merriam-Webster dictionary, which bills itself as “America's…joybran (37)in voluntaryism • 7 years agoWhat was I thinking?Why would a voluntaryist write a blog post ( that sounds like she is defending General John Kelly, General Robert E. Lee, and, of all things, the Confederacy? All nation states enslave their…joybran (37)in history • 7 years agoCourt Historians Fly Into a FrenzyI'm no fan of John F. Kelly but to see him savaged by the court historians for daring to say that Robert E. Lee was an honorable man disturbs me. It has only been in the last few years that anyone…joybran (37)in voluntaryism • 7 years agoOkay, So What Am I Doing Here?About a year ago, I got the idea that the one thing I wanted to do with the rest of my life was to write about being a voluntaryist. So I bought the domain name voluntaryistliving.com, set up a…joybran (37)in libertopia • 7 years agoWhat is Libertopia?Libertopia is a community that espouses and promotes a society of free and responsible people. We believe in the power of individuals to govern their own affairs through voluntary associations…joybran (37)in voluntaryism • 8 years agoWTF is the Deep State?I recently reconnected with a friend from fifteen years ago who used the term “deep state.” Back in those days, I was already a voluntaryist, but the only word I had was “anarcho-capitalist.”…joybran (37)in snowden • 8 years agoSnowden the Movie, Snowden the ManThe movie "Snowden" by Oliver Stone tells a story that is too well known to be "spoiled," but that every American should see to understand what it means to stand for principle. The main narrative…joybran (37)in introduceyourself • 8 years agoMy Journey to VoluntaryismI always loved to read. Maybe that was why I loved school, in spite of the regimentation, which I mostly ignored. My life was in my head, not in the stupid rules I had to follow. My father was a…
