Everything Voluntary With Skyler J. Collins

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A podcast about voluntaryism, free markets, agorism, radical unschooling, peaceful parenting and self improvement. Hosted by Skyler J. Collins.

Episodios

  • Exploited By a Day Laborer & Compounded Ignorance Leads to Hubris (17m) – Episode 464

    25/03/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 464 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in September 2011 titled, "That Time I was Exploited by a Day Laborer"; and an article he wrote in May 2018 titled, "Compounded Ignorance Leads to Hubris".

  • Aphorisms in Honor of Liberty, Part Ten (21m) – Episode 463

    23/02/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 463 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following aphorisms written by Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski: "A 'guaranteed profit' is something akin to a riskless danger."; "A fool believes that liberty comes from participation in power. A person of reason knows that it comes from dissipation of power."; "A libertarian does not oppose the welfare state because he does not care about the poor, but because he cares about them too much to believe they deserve being caught in the web of lies, empty promises, perpetual dependence, hate-mongering, and cultural degradation created by self-serving, power-hungry crooks."; "It takes a common thug to commit injustice, but it takes an exceptional thug to call it 'social justice'."; "Collectivism: the practice of exploiting humans in the name of humankind."; and "All delusions aside, personal development consists in little more than scrubbing oneself clean of endless layers of folly."

  • Nonconformity Quotes to Help You Resist the Crowd (38m) – Episode 462

    14/02/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 462 has Skyler giving his commentary on several quotes about noncomformity published be Jon Miltimore at the Foundation for Economic Education.

  • When Are You Willing to Take Responsibility? (23m) – Episode 461

    08/02/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 461 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: taking responsibility for a fetus whose mother wants to abort it; taking responsibility for a child whose parents want to abandon it; taking responsibility for your neighbor's welfare; taking responsibility for a criminal's incarceration; and more.

  • Police Academy, Rigged Game, Benign Religion, Passing Laws, & Grand Ambition (25m) – Episode 460

    04/02/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 460 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics from r/blackpeopletwitter and r/whitepeopletwitter: the preference for a 4 year police academy instead of a 6 month one; the Gamestop incident and revealing the rigged game; non-religious people and privately practiced religion; Marjorie Taylor Greene being allowed to help pass laws while Colin Kaepernick lost his job; and the need for a purpose or grand ambition in life.

  • When Does Law Become Criminal? & Technology Kills the State (22m) – Episode 459

    30/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 459 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in August 2011 titled, "When Does Law Become Criminal?"; and an article he wrote in May 2018 titled, "Technology Kills the State, Over and Over".

  • GameStop Short Squeeze, Ontario Barbershop, & Scottish Secession (28m) – Episode 458

    29/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 458 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following news stories: the short squeeze that happened to, at least, GameStop stock, costing one hedge fund $13.1B in losses (see Wikipedia); from CTVNews.com, "Ontario barbershop reopens despite provincial lockdown using loophole"; and from Reuters.com, "Scottish nationalists lay groundwork for second independence referendum".

  • How Does School Wound? Let Us Count The Ways (36m) – Episode 457

    27/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 457 has Skyler reading and adding commentary on a blog post by psychology research professor Dr. Peter Gray, who shares and analyzes research by Dr. Kirsten Olson on the many wounds caused by schooling.

  • ARK3 Returns, Pessimism, US Capitol Building, & Bureaucratic Character (1h3m) – Episode 456

    23/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 456 welcomes back Alex R. Knight III to the podcast to chat with Skyler on the following topics: pessimism about the future of America; the display of dominance by the corrupt left over Trump for 4 years; the press revealing their strong leftist bias by going silent now that the Presidency is in Democratic hands; Twitter as Establishment, not radical left; Stefan Molyneux; the justice in destroying the US Capitol building (a monument to slavery and continual oppression); a thought experiment on acquitting an unpopular defendant even when widespread riots are guaranteed; politicians and bureaucrats being put under oath and having their claims cross-examined; the fact that government actors have no skin in the game of interfering with our lives; the character flaw that is allowing yourself to assume authority over others without liability (immunity); talking to cops about why they became cops and seeing how far they've been corrupted away from those probably noble rea

  • MLK, Jr.’s Libertarian Movement, Labor Day, Spanking, & the Social Contract (28m) – Episode 455

    19/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 455 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: why Martin Luther King, Jr. and the fight for civil rights was a libertarian movement; where wages came from and why they have been a blessing for humanity; why spanking is unintelligent, lazy, selfish, and unnecessary; and the central problem in social contract theory and a more accurate way to formulate it (as a peace treaty in a threat game).

  • Section 230, Amazon and Parler, Caveat Emptor, Contracts, & Alternatives (41m) – Episode 454

    17/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 454 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and what is and is not libertarian about it; Amazon Web Services cancelling their contract with social media platform Parler without the contractually specified notice of 30 days; what should happen to contracts in the future; examining our dependencies and building alternatives; and more.

  • Apartheid Israel, Facebook Italy Fine, Seizing Sammiches, & Pakistan Blasphemy Executions (32m) – Episode 453

    14/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 453 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following news stories: from APNews.com, "Leading human rights group calls Israel an 'apartheid' state"; from TheRegister.com, "Facebook appeals ruling that it stole tech. So, Italian judge issues new judgment: Pay 10 times the original fine"; from TheGuardian.com, "Dutch officials seize ham sandwiches of drivers arriving from UK"; and from AlJazeera.com, "Pakistan court sentences three to death for blasphemy".

  • Building Alternative Institutions, Enforcing the NAP, Taxation, & Simple Libertarianism (26m) – Episode 452

    13/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 452 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: he starts the episode with a complaint against Quora for banning it's most prolific author, Dennis Pratt; "How do Libertarians intend to implement/enforce the NAP?"; "Libertarians, what do you make of the argument that taxation isn't theft because you are able to choose your representatives, so either choose ones that disagree with taxation as well or start your own political party?"; and "What is a simple explanation of libertarianism?"

  • Shepard Returns, Redneck Hooligans, Humor, Propaganda, & Prison (1h3m) – Episode 451

    11/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 451 welcomes back Shepard the Voluntaryist to chat with Skyler on the following topics: sitting on the sideline during political uncertainty; trying on different colored glasses to see the world more clearly; JP Sears success and using comedy to fight the state; Washington DC redneck hooliganism; the outpouring of propaganda through 2020 and 2021; uncontrolled kids becoming uncontrollable adults and untraumatized kids becoming peaceful adults; making peace with going to prison for frivolous and arbitrary reasons; defending yourself with surety bonds, challenging jurisdiction, petroleum jelly, or whatever you can to stop their attack on your peaceful behavior; making the most of being a prisoner, recognizing your sphere of control; dealing with prisoner politics in various ways; the perseverance of the 1st and 2nd Amendments, or rather, the perseverance of the American cultural commitment to free speech, free religion, peaceable assembly, and bearing arms; and more.

  • Jim C. Returns, Surviving 2020, Living is Learning, & TV Recommendations (56m) – Episode 450

    10/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 450 welcomes back Jim Carigan to chat with Skyler on the following topics: surviving 2020 in Kentucky; living is learning; facial hair; memorable years in his life comparable to 2020; his Yankee mom and Dixiecrat dad; comparing mask mandates to the Vietnam War draft; recent attention on Federal spending; long term view of the effects of money inflation; 80% of humanity are meat puppets, 80% of the remaining have screwed themselves up, and the remaining 4% of humanity are "with it", and even they disagree among themselves about good and evil; television show recommendations: PBS's "Line of Separation", HBO's "Chernobyl", Netflix's "The Crown", and Prime Video's "The Expanse"; and more.

  • Washington Shitshow, Good People, Radio vs. Streaming, & GPS Speed Limiters (26m) – Episode 449

    08/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 449 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/unpopularopinion: his own commentary on the January 6th events in Washington DC; GNU_Yorker writes, "Good people still outnumber bad people by a monstrous amount"; CainKilledAbleton writes, "Listening to radio when driving is better than music streaming"; and flammmes writes, "Cars should have speed limiters that communicate with GPS signal to update the limiter according to the road's limit."

  • Millennial Socialism, Teachers’ Strike, Fat Capitalist Bezos, & Work or Die (26m) – Episode 448

    07/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 448 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/shitstatistssay: @NathanHRubin writes, "Millennials don't hear socialism & think about the USSR or the Cold War... we think about Canada, Switzerland..."; PixPls writes, "It's time that teachers stood up to their states and just said 'No'. And while they are at it, a 20% raise is in order."; Wordsmifff2991 writes, "The biggest cause of poverty is greed... Yes Jeff Bezos I'm talking to you."; and NeonDepression writes, "There wouldn't be any value without labor period. The worker HAS to create it for there to be any wealth whatsoever. Property inherently is theft... There is no such thing as a free market when people are forced to work in order to live. Thats called coercion."

  • Avian Flu, Elected Transgender Women, Macron on Brexit, Pedophile Castration, & Pope Francis (30m) – Episode 447

    06/01/2021

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 447 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following news stories: from IndianExpress.com, "Avian flu confirmed: 1,800 migratory birds found dead in Himachal"; from PinkNews.co.uk, "Two trans women win election in historic moment for LGBT+ visibility in India" (Wikipedia.org, "LGBT themes in Hindu mythology"); from reddit.com, "Brexit a product of ‘lies and false promises’, Macron says in New Year’s message"; from JakartaGlobe.id, "Child Predators to be Chemically Castrated Under New Regulation"; and from TheGuardian.com, "Pope condemns travelling abroad to escape coronavirus lockdowns" (YouTube / Ivor Cummins, "Crucial Viral Update Jan 4th - Europe and USA - Covers it ALL").

  • Liberty Quotes: Bertrand Russell, Thomas Jefferson, Francis Mahaffy, Mahatma Gandhi (28m) – Episode 446

    31/12/2020

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 446 has Skyler giving his commentary on a quote by Bertrand Russell on the idea that some questions and opinions aren't open to discussion; by Thomas Jefferson on disobeying unjust laws; by Francis Mahaffy on the concept of "social justice" and the damage it does to justice; and by Mahatma Gandhi on the inhumanity that is the use of coercion.

  • Anderson’s Journey, Philosophy, Stoicism For a Better Life (1h6m) – Episode 445

    30/12/2020

    Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 445 welcomes Anderson Silver to the podcast to chat with Skyler on the following topics: the French language in Canada; the cultural diversity of Montreal; his journey to self-reeducation; publishing 3 books on Stoicism; how Stoicism saved his life; our physical needs versus our mental and spiritual needs; how we each have a spirit, or soul; Stoicism and parenting; the prevalence of unidentified philosophy, or people learning and choosing the wiser course of action; human capacity for good and evil; striving toward clarity in dire situations; emotions make for bad advisors; Vulcanism versus Stoicism and Virtue Ethics; Stoic insight on New Year's resolutions; and more.

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