Everything Voluntary with Skyler J. Collins

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 362 has Skyler giving his commentary on the subtopic “Government” from Mike Huben’s “The Short, Simple Dismissal of Libertarianism“. He writes, “99% of libertarianism is obviously untrue or unacceptable for one or more of these reasons… How can we know that so easily? Here are some simple principles that make it obvious.”

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 362 has Skyler giving his commentary on the subtopic “Government” from Mike Huben’s “The Short, Simple Dismissal of Libertarianism“. He writes, “99% of libertarianism is obviously untrue or unacceptable for one or more of these reasons… How can we know that so easily? Here are some simple principles that make it obvious.”

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 361 welcomes back Mish Ochu to chat with Skyler on the following topics: postmodernism as a heroic endeavor for libertarianism and science; the problem of scientism that results from political influences; the pros and cons of peer review; citizen science and citizen journalism; automation and micro-capitalism; crypto communities; gun culture in Nigeria and England; Prince Andrew and the indirect control of the media; the fourth estate as the propaganda arm of the state; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 361 welcomes back Mish Ochu to chat with Skyler on the following topics: postmodernism as a heroic endeavor for libertarianism and science; the problem of scientism that results from political influences; the pros and cons of peer review; citizen science and citizen journalism; automation and micro-capitalism; crypto communities; gun culture in Nigeria and England; Prince Andrew and the indirect control of the media; the fourth estate as the propaganda arm of the state; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 360 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: Federal court in Houston protects teen from being forced to cut off his hair by local high school; Germany's new 3-year donation-funded universal basic income experiment; Danbury, CT naming their sewage plant after HBO comedy news show host John Oliver; Taiwan aiming to free up their economy to replace Hong Kong as area's financial hub; Ghislaine Maxwell's concern over getting a fair trial after deposition material released to the public; robocall company and its creditors getting robbed of almost a billion dollars by federal courts; Greece denying their program to send over 1,000 "illegal" migrants back out to see to fend for themselves or get rescued; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 360 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: Federal court in Houston protects teen from being forced to cut off his hair by local high school; Germany's new 3-year donation-funded universal basic income experiment; Danbury, CT naming their sewage plant after HBO comedy news show host John Oliver; Taiwan aiming to free up their economy to replace Hong Kong as area's financial hub; Ghislaine Maxwell's concern over getting a fair trial after deposition material released to the public; robocall company and its creditors getting robbed of almost a billion dollars by federal courts; Greece denying their program to send over 1,000 "illegal" migrants back out to see to fend for themselves or get rescued; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 359 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: why empowerment is not telling people that they are helpless to do anything for themselves and must wait for others to act first; the importance of secure property rights to economic growth; why it's muddy metaphorical thinking to claim that homicides, suicides, et cetera, are "costs" of loose gun policy; a couple of point against antinatalist philosophy; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 359 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: why empowerment is not telling people that they are helpless to do anything for themselves and must wait for others to act first; the importance of secure property rights to economic growth; why it's muddy metaphorical thinking to claim that homicides, suicides, et cetera, are "costs" of loose gun policy; a couple of point against antinatalist philosophy; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 358 welcomes back Chris Jenkins to chat with Skyler on the following topics: their Jurassic Park movie favorites, in order; movies during the 2020 pandemic; social distancing verse physical distance and whether something more sinister is afoot; Samuel Konkin III's agorism and counter-economic strategies for starving the state of tax revenue; civil disobedience; challenging the state's jurisdictional claims (and a bit on Skyler's recent experience with his Airbnb, found here); gumming up the gears of state action through courts and in raising the costs of their bureaucratic enforcement; Utah allowing community service in lieu of paying traffic fines and where that law originated; unschooling and homeschooling as agorist action; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 358 welcomes back Chris Jenkins to chat with Skyler on the following topics: their Jurassic Park movie favorites, in order; movies during the 2020 pandemic; social distancing verse physical distance and whether something more sinister is afoot; Samuel Konkin III's agorism and counter-economic strategies for starving the state of tax revenue; civil disobedience; challenging the state's jurisdictional claims (and a bit on Skyler's recent experience with his Airbnb, found here); gumming up the gears of state action through courts and in raising the costs of their bureaucratic enforcement; Utah allowing community service in lieu of paying traffic fines and where that law originated; unschooling and homeschooling as agorist action; and more.