eazierider (36)in #government • 6 years agoGovernments are shooting at their citizensGovernments are shooting at their citizens. And not just in what the “enlightened city dweller” may call “backward countries”. This will not surprise people that have ever…eazierider (36)in #anarchy • 6 years agoResponse To: Can violence be moral?Got sent another article, which I find very flawed. It’s called “Can violence be moral” and was written by David Nussbaum and Séamus A Power for the Guardian. Link: The…eazierider (36)in #anarchy • 6 years agoResponse To: Can violence be moral?Got sent another article, which I find very flawed. It’s called “Can violence be moral” and was written by David Nussbaum and Séamus A Power for the Guardian. Link: The…eazierider (36)in #government • 6 years agoResponse to: "A Day in the Life Without Government"This is an article written by Toni Bernhard J.D. that was sent to me by an acquaintance at the end of an argument about government. I'm guessing the acquaintance's intention was…eazierider (36)in #freedom • 6 years agoEducation Doesn't Mean What You Think It MeansImagine if we raised our children with the following education: "You don't have any rights. Rights are an abstract concept in people's heads. You cannot have or hold them…eazierider (36)in #anarchy • 6 years agoEnough is enough."Enough is enough." People usually say this in abusive relationships, when they are finally willing to end them. If they’re courageous, they’ll leave that relationship. If…eazierider (36)in #fear • 7 years agoBe Courageous — You Have ToAll emotions spring from either love or fear. They’re not opposites: fear is merely the absence of love. It is easy to determine, whether a certain kind of behavior is rooted…eazierider (36)in #politics • 8 years agoWe don’t have any rights. We have to do rights.It’s astonishing what one can achieve by mumbling words. Assuming sufficient authority, one can stop people from doing things and make them do other things. We can conjure up…eazierider (36)in #philosophy • 8 years agoWhy I am an AnarchistWhen one tries to get to the bottom of things, it’s helpful to start with first principles. One such principle is the notion that one cannot use force against another human being…eazierider (36)in #voting • 8 years agoFirst we need to grow upFriends, we seriously need to stop having emotional debates and instead look at facts and the meaning of words. I know, it is easier to be emotional, because emotions travel…eazierider (36)in #anarchy • 8 years agoParenting is the most important job in the worldDo you think the amount of love we receive determines how quickly and easily we can grasp the virtue of voluntarism and the non-aggression principle? The more love you receive…eazierider (36)in #power • 8 years agoSecurity-Herion / Sicherheits-HeroinENG (German below): Politics across the western world have become so predictable thanks to all the great minds that dedicated their lives to explaining to us how the not so…eazierider (36)in #freedom • 8 years agoFreedom means... / Freiheit bedeutet...ENG (German below): Freedom means the absence of arbitrary, despotic authority. Freedom does not mean the absence of threats to your life and safety. If you want to give up…