BlogHide Resteemspaulvp (53)in davidfriedman • 4 years ago[draft, work-in-progress] Some comments on David Friedman's book, The Machinery of FreedomRecently (finally, after years of professing to being an anarcho-capitalist!), I began to read David Friedman's now classic book The Machinery of Freedom (the 3rd edition). Starting from the…paulvp (53)in judicial • 4 years agoA Christian anarchist perspective on the role of the Church in judicial work : adjudication, dispute resolution and judgementsChristian anarchists reject the State (and all its archist offices) as being anti-thetical to justice and Law . They believe that the Church obediently works to end the slavery of the State, as…paulvp (53)in eugenics • 4 years agoWhy does the global total State seem opposed to racialist discrimination and eugenics? What is the response of the Church?The screenshot below is from a post that inspired this note. It containts quotes from Betrand Russell's "Impact of Science on Society" . I have not read the book but found some more…paulvp (53)in anarchism • 4 years agoChristian Anarchist Reflections on Apostle Paul Invoking Roman CitizenshipThe following is a synthesis, with my own reflections, of some responses from a Christian anarchist perspective ( what is that? ) to the following question : Did the Apostle Paul immorally…paulvp (53)in ethics • 5 years agoA Christian Anarchist perspective on ethics, law and moralityI am a Christian anarchist (this already implies, at the very least, that I subscribe to : natural law and associated private property norms, the libertarian non-aggression principle, praxeology…paulvp (53)in freespeech • 5 years ago9 free speech media and social media alternativesIn no particular order, the following 8 sites are useful places to find and produce uncensored free speech, media and social media : steemit (this site!) gab flote.app…paulvp (53)in state • 5 years agoOn Romans 13, Christian Persecution and Compromise and Complicity with the State -- A Tale of Two Churches from Nik RipkenMy wife recently read the book 'The Insanity of God' by Nik Ripken. The book is about the author's travels to and discoveries of stories from the persecuted Church. My wife brought Chapter 22 to my…paulvp (53)in anarchism • 5 years agoChristian Anarchism : a selection of links to articles and booksWhat is anarchism? What is voluntaryism? What is the State? How does the Christian faith and the Church relate to the State? How does the Church theologically reason about ethics and justice? What…paulvp (53)in scalise • 7 years agoThe Scalise AffairContext : Well, well, well.... So, we all know that there is a Mexican standoff between three parties : (a) the Deep State globalist establishment elites (largely neoliberal and…paulvp (53)in software • 8 years agoHow I prepared for Google and Facebook Software Engineering interviews?Last year, I interviewed for software engineering roles at Google and Facebook. I created the following curriculum for myself. For personal reasons, I had to continue working at my then day job…paulvp (53)in aleppo • 8 years agoAleppo, Syrian Civil War, Geopolitics, Genocide, Globalist Elite Media Narratives & MemesThese days, the mainstream media narrative, and, therefore, social media narratives, have honed in on the tragic fighting in Syria, particularly on the most recent battle for Aleppo. The mainstream…paulvp (53)in fakenews • 8 years agoMy take on "fake" newsIt seems like the elites and the narrative-control mainstream media want us to talk about "fake news". Alright, bring it on! First of all, keep in mind that all entities (official news media…paulvp (53)in clintonfoundation • 8 years ago#pizzagate (collection of links)A collection of links to track original research as well as summaries and meta-summaries related to pizzagate (deprecated and obsolete links will be struck out).…paulvp (53)in trump • 8 years agoHillary Clinton is not the problem and Donald Trump is not the solution....the last few years in the US The steady stream of revelations from Wikileaks and Project Veritas Action in these recent weeks have served as a rude awakening to many and as reinforcement to…paulvp (53)in libertarianism • 8 years agoWhat kind of life ought to be lived, in the context of one's relationship to others in society? What kind of vocation ought to be pursued?What kind of life ought to be lived, in the context of one's relationship to others in society? What kind of vocation ought to be pursued? There is a way of coercion and force -- a way that…paulvp (53)in anarchism • 8 years agoAnarchy in Spain -- it is working and it is beautiful! (or, The popular but completely unnecessary mythology of the State)Remove the government and the people prosper. The mythology of the necessity of a centralized all-powerful and mandatory State, outside the natural governance of a person's community -- i.e. family…paulvp (53)in libertarianism • 8 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Why aren't everyone libertarians? (or, why is there so much coercion?)A few moments of reflection on the nature of reality and human affairs ought to convince anyone about the exclusive correctness of libertarian precepts -- that a person's life and justly acquired…paulvp (53)in fed • 8 years agoWe do not have a free-market -- we have subsidies for the wealthyAn article surveying how the entrenched, vested and powerful establishment class pillaged America and the World via fiat money and interest-rate repression. The free market does not exist today.…paulvp (53)in anarcho-capitalism • 8 years agomusings of a voluntaryist/anarchist/libertarianThe following is a collection of links, in reverse chronological order, to some posts about politics that I would like to highlight from my Blogger blog. My politico-philosophical and ideological…