Individualists Unite - Conversations With Real People

How much power do you want governments to have? Do you want them to have the power to stop those other people from doing what they’re doing? Just remember, if you do that, you are giving government the power to stop you from doing what you’re doing? That could never happen, you say? Yes, it could.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Warning! You may not want to watch/listen to this video. It’s about boring old money. Not very exciting, but very informative.Episode 2b, about more interesting stuff, comes next week.Stay tuned. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Max just turned nineteen. He’s my grandson, and a very interesting guy. He does not live a conventional life.We discuss issues in education, the demand for conformity, and what it’s like to live in Portland, OR.Check it out.Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

A nation of 330 million people (the USA) is never going to all agree. Ever.What should we do about it? Nothing.I’ll let you be you, if you’ll let me be me. Otherwise, we have a problem. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Can we predict the future? Do you know what your job will be, twenty years from now? Will machines take your job? Bekah and I discuss the possibilities.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

There’s a lot that you can learn, that they will never teach in school.Is your job really your job? Your job was created by your employer, and he is paying for it. Doesn’t that mean it’s his job?Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Who’s in charge here?Am I the boss of you, or are you the boss of me?Sometimes, it’s both.Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

What does it take to be successful?It’s easy. Work hard, accept risk, take responsibility.That’s right, anybody can do it. But no everybody does.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Bekah is my granddaughter. Does the world look different from the perspective of two different generations? Yes...and no.Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Governments can print money, but they can’t print value.If it hasn’t been produced, it can’t be bought, even by rich people.So, how do economies really work? Where does our stuff really come from?Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

If you have received a typical public school education, you have learned that businessmen are mean, greedy, insensitive charlatans. Or something like that.Ken and I are businessmen. We resent what you have been taught. Judge for yourself in this episode of Conversations With Real People.Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Is capitalism good for us? Would you want to have to live without it?Is money an accurate measure of an economy?What’s coming next? Tim and I discuss.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Judge not, lest ye be judged.In other words, if you judge others, you must accept their right to judge you.How good are you at accepting that?Zinnia and I are not too big on judging others, for obvious reasons.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

We all like to go around proclaiming our freedom. But none of us is entirely free.In the past, freedom, as we know it, was unknown. It took a lot of effort by selfless people to get us to the point where we can take freedom for granted, sort of.Tim and I explore that history.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

How black and white is black and white?Zinnia and I are of entirely different backgrounds, yet think very much alike.How is that possible?Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Slavery was well accepted for many centuries, and was practiced by all races. What social forces caused it to be eliminated in the nineteenth century? How have people changed over the years? How are they the same?Maybe we’re not as different as you think.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Can capitalism, socialism and communism peacefully coexist? What is corporatism?Governments are deciding things for us. Do they have the right? Are thy good at it?Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Whose judgment do you trust most, yours or the government’s? Why?Do you trust your own judgment too little or too much? How about government?Sam and I sort it all out for you. Trust us!!!Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

How much of what you are told can you believe?Do only fools believe everything they’re told?Who decides what is disinformation and misinformation?Should governments determine our values?Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

What law did Trump Break? Says who?The government can print money, but can it print prosperity?Find out, in episode 4.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

What has our ability to communicate directly with each other done to the media’s ability to control the narrative? What IS their narrative?Do we control our destiny, or do governments? Is that good or bad?Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

To see Chris-Episode 1 click HEREWhy are some people poor? What should we do about it? Can we do anything about it? Is it all Trump’s fault? Chris and I hash it out.Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Juliana and I continue our discussion about Mexican drug cartels, and what we can do about them. We also discuss the Dept of Education and Trump's plans to eliminate it Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Can the government protect you from you? Shouldn't you be responsible for your life? Sam and I discuss. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Things get a little touchy between me and Chris. How can two people look at the same thing, but see things so differently? Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Nope, all baby boomers are NOT alike. Here are two boomers, one who fears Trump, and one who supports him, having an intelligent discussion about it. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Juliana discusses siblings, who they are the same and how they are different. She talks of her father, an immigrant from Mexico. She has some distressing things to say about Mexican cartels. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Sam and I have different outlooks on economics, but we both agree we're headed to a brick wall of debt. And what about educational policy and energy policy? Stay tuned. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Do teachers all think the same way? Apparently not. Chris and the Radical Individualist see some things the same way, and some quite differently. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

Hear from real people living real lives. If you want to hear the same old talking points from the same old politicians, you won't find it here. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe