Commentsonevoluntaryist (34)in anarchy • 7 years agoRE: Fake Experience, Fake Reality (Part Two)I stand corrected. Sorry, I misremembered. Put in context, how important is this compared to the 10 millennia I cited?onevoluntaryist (34)in anarchy • 7 years agoRE: Polite Pirates99.9% of laws violate rights the authorities swore to uphold. Still for law enforcement? By what standard do you "downplay" that? Without rights there is no standard. There is a goal. It is first…onevoluntaryist (34)in anarchy • 7 years agoRE: Polite PiratesIt was "the choice of the people" in Nazi Germany (30 million people) to support the murder of their patriotic, Nazi Jewish neighbors. If not, it would not have been done. It was the choice of the…onevoluntaryist (34)in anarchy • 7 years agoRE: Polite PiratesThe two are the same, morally, and that's the most important thing.onevoluntaryist (34)in anarchy • 7 years agoRE: Fake Experience, Fake Reality (Part Two)Once authority to initiate violence is granted, all is lost, no civilized society can exist. But this is done all over the world. When people stop exempting authorities from morality their lives…onevoluntaryist (34)in anarchy • 7 years agoRE: Fake Experience, Fake Reality (Part Two)The world did not have cops until late in the 19th century. Why did it take 10,000 years after cities started? Clue: It wasn't public demand. It was for public control and protection of an elite at…onevoluntaryist (34)in psychology • 8 years agoRE: The Double-Edged Sword of Movies, Media, & Entertainment: Unintended Consequences That Shaped A War MachineMy favorite Rand work is: "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology". I have read it over and over. At 75 I can reflect it is the most influential philosophy I have read. (Philosophy was my college…onevoluntaryist (34)in patriotism • 8 years agoRE: Patriotism, an AbominationGeorge found a movement and was drafted by those without political authority to take military leadership, as if arrogance was enough. It worked. He got followers, He got a lot them killed, captured…onevoluntaryist (34)in patriotism • 8 years agoRE: Patriotism, an AbominationWhere does your "moral superiority" come from that allows you to preach "lose your arrogance and learn some humility..."? Do you see you are the one being arrogant when you make "your" moral…onevoluntaryist (34)in patriotism • 8 years agoRE: Patriotism, an Abomination"...moral is deeply rooted in religion..." For most, not me. It never was, and never will be. My morality developed slowly over decades using reason for my ethical system, not superstition, not…onevoluntaryist (34)in patriotism • 8 years agoRE: Patriotism, an AbominationNo one knows how we are going to achieve civilization. It is a work in progress. But we have history to tell us what doesn't work. Any society that worships violence as supreme, over reason, over…onevoluntaryist (34)in patriotism • 8 years agoRE: Patriotism, an AbominationI mark the beginning of the US Empire at the invasion by the Northern states into the Confederacy. This was a denial of state sovereignty and their right to secede. Lincoln justified this aggression…onevoluntaryist (34)in patriotism • 8 years agoRE: Patriotism, an AbominationIf I get conned, it's partly my fault. I am responsible for my ignorance and my mistaken decisions. When the invasion of 'Nam was seen by enough people to be a mistake, the war ended. As long as…onevoluntaryist (34)in patriotism • 8 years agoRE: Patriotism, an AbominationTranslation: "You upset me with your facts. I can't refute them or explain their relevance because I am overwhelmed by emotion."onevoluntaryist (34)in statism • 9 years agoRE: Dissecting the Statist MindYou insulted yourself, and you didn't even know it.onevoluntaryist (34)in statism • 9 years agoRE: Dissecting the Statist MindI hate driving. Traffic has ruined auto travel. Who is responsible for the roads? The construction delays never end, with double penalties everywhere. And the planned "obsolete before built" layouts…onevoluntaryist (34)in statism • 9 years agoRE: Dissecting the Statist MindThe British colonies freed themselves with citizen militias, not the Continental Army. Washington was great at talking his way our of capture, but terrible at warfare. He trusted regimentation…onevoluntaryist (34)in statism • 9 years agoRE: Dissecting the Statist MindSomething strange just happened when I tried to "up vote" this article. It went from 446.26 to 437.26. (The $ amount went DOWN $9). What the hell is going on? Is Larken the victim of a hack? Or am I?onevoluntaryist (34)in politics • 9 years agoRE: Life Within The Leviathan : 3 Reasons I'm Not Fleeing The Empire (Sorry, Berwick)I chose to boycott the state at 12 (1954). I only reason I didn't leave in the late sixties/early seventies was because I couldn't afford the one freer place I found, Switzerland. So I opened a…onevoluntaryist (34)in government • 9 years agoRE: DMV: A Study in StupidityWhat % of the population would defend the cop in this situation? Way too many. To recognize the tyranny this represents is to accept responsibility for it, partially, if you support the idea of…
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