Episode 72 - The nature of rejecting liberty, thinking logically about concepts, individuation

Our lives aren't served by the vices of government; collectivistic abstractions don't promote virtue The Rejection of Liberty by Rick Flame http://rejectionofliberty.bravehost.com/ http://www.tolfa.us/arts/roj.htm (from: http://www.tolfa.us/L18.htm) How to Save Endangered Tigers: Kill Them? http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7544724 Part 4: 5/8/09 John Stossel's "You Can't Even Talk About It" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPkVoGx5c4 Common pool problems are created by governments (http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#68) The biggest understatement imaginable: "Government is undesirable from an economic point of view" CLP listener's new site: http://www.whatisliberty.co.nz/ A Vision of Liberty: America in 2030 by Jim Davies (http://www.takelifeback.com/) http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/bopubord/ People in government try to make the wrong seem right; whatever good intentions they have are undermined by the coercive institution of government itself People naturally want to minimize conflict; for example, Merchant Law Self-ownership isn't for sale: http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#65 People own things and they are sovereign Semantics of "ownership" in relation to the self... http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/03/retrospective-thoughts-on-convo-with.html http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-i-reject-self-ownership-redux.html The God Who Wasn't There - http://www.thegodmovie.com/ - History of the Gospels: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=696492648668420724 Mystics of spirit want you to surrender your mind to their hockshops of authority http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mystics_of_spirit_and_muscle.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html Both "God" and "Government are invalid concepts, just invalid in different ways An Issue Of Mortality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html The noncepts of omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility - In Our Own Image And Likeness http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html Our age of pre-logic promotes various contradictory mythologies Grown adults advocating a worse life! Why?! Fear of Chaos. Favorite Problem. Analysis Paralysis. Family and Friends. Identification with the Government. Reluctance to Upset Existing Conditions. and... Religion. Vested Interests (working for the government). Free Talk Live Extended Internet Only Edition (Sam and Ian discuss a eloquent letter at the end) http://media.libsyn.com/media/ftl/FTL2009-06-19.mp3 As more and more people reject fear as a motivator, we'll attain more and more liberty; self-esteem is the key to freedom Advocating a night watchmen State (as the "final authority") is reflective of a lack of individuation from one's authoritarian parents Supporting the status quo is easy If friends and family persist in advocating violence and threats of violence (statism), then you know that their love of control, domination, and fear, is greater than their love of you and peaceful relations Most parents are the recipients of the intergenerational transfer of tribal and statist memes, which result in pretenses and defenses that support aggression, power imbalances, and disrespect If we don't speak up about the truth, the adults in our world will perpetuate the status quo and invariably bring about the destruction of the human race A good reference guide in this process - Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR We must individuate from the "group" - Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43 Taking Responsibility: Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36 One of the biggest obstacles to liberty today is the vast governmental employment system and its myriad ties to the private sector Individualists must strive to work in the free enterprise sector, and unschool their kids... Episode 51 - From schooling to unschooling, respecting little people, the unenlightened job ticket process http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=425371 We must develop a consistent conception of liberty (complete liberty), based on property rights and individual choices Abdicating your own decision-making process means rejecting liberty The Crucial Faculty Of Choice http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html Irrefutable philosophical axioms: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axioms.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axiomatic_concepts.html Each and every self-contained neural system, each human, must be allowed (by other humans) to function naturally, according to reason An assertion of determinism that attempts to deny choice still is a choice; to deny conceptual selection (volition) would be contradictory It's crucial to explore your subconscious thoughts and feelings--and the most effective and efficient way to do that is via sentence completion exercises Please visit my site http://happinesscounseling.com for more details! bumper music "Rise" (Acoustic) by The Cult (could only find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEyMdtMLjfI) http://www.the-cult.com/beyond.html  http://www.myspace.com/cultmusic to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697