12/29/2023 0 Comments Dammit carl![]() Besides all of the past issues of The Voluntaryist, there are many other websites where one can go to learn about living a life of non-aggression. The great advantage of the internet is that there is now a huge buffet of interesting information available with the click of a mouse. So, if you are looking for more from Carl and Wendy, then I encourage you to check these items out. But I just can't even get enthused enough to get started because it does not seem to really solve any problems that I see with what we have now because the single tax still relies on having someone manage it.Īnyway, everything she has posted there has been very interesting and thought-provoking for me. Frankly he is rabid about it and is constantly pushing me to investigate it. I'm interested in all libertarian analysis of Georgist ideas because I have one libertarian-minded acquaintance who has really taken to the idea. She has not written much on that site yet, but what she has posted has been particularly interesting and relevant to me because two of her posts are about Georgism and the single tax. She is presently doing a lot of writing in various places but for this post I wanted to point to her writings for The Daily Anarchist. The man was so far ahead of his time wasn't he? (More on this is in Section XIV of Spooner's book.)Īnother example of something I found particularly interesting is that Spooner defended assisted suicide and explains why it should not be a crime. Spooner says parents need to be careful that they are not keeping their children from questioning, from experimenting, because in doing so, we can prevent them from developing their ability to figure out what is and is not conducive of his well-being. One place in particular was interesting to me personally because it pretty much mirrored my ideas on parenting. You have to love how Spooner just lays out each objection and then goes on to demolish it with logical reasoned points. I have since read Spooner's Vices are not Crimes and there it's a great little book. Lysander Spooner, one that managed to escape the editor of Spooner's Indebted to Carl Watner for uncovering an unknown work by the great The piece for Day 15 is Murray Rothbard's introduction to Lysander Spooner's Vices are not Crimes and in that introduction Rothbard writes, The first item I wanted to mention is part of Robert Wenzel's 30 Day Reading List That Will Lead You To Becoming A Knowledgeable Libertarian. ![]() Running across their work gave me the idea that one thing I could continue to do with this blog is post those items when I see them. The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.Lately I have come across links that either refer to, or are written by Carl Watner and Wendy McElroy, who as you probably know if you've been reading this blog are the main founders of The Voluntaryist. ![]() It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets. But we all know that’s not going to happen. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.” It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. But that won’t last, and it’s a one-time thing. □ So no problems.Įxcept right now I’m letting it run to burn off all the accumulated dust, and it’s stinking up the cabin. …was remembering how to work the thermostat. This time I put a screen over the outside vent, and that successfully kept mice out. Finally got the plumbing to the point where it didn’t need some sort of tinkering.Īlso, last autumn I had to evict a mother and babies from the firebox, and then painstakingly remove a whole bunch of mouse nest. I wondered if that would be the case, because this is also the first year where the pipe was pressurized all through the hot season. I think this is the first time since I installed it in 2017 that the pilot lit right up. Plus, traditionally it’s a bitch to light first thing in the season. But for the next six weeks or two months it’ll only get cold at night, and not every night, which just makes it a propane suck. Mind you, once the cold moves in permanently the bedroom heater is my bestest friend.
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