Keith Knight, our Managing Editor and host of the Don't Tread On Anyone podcast, went on Dave Smith's Part of the Problem to discuss Keith's new book (Amazon's #1 bestseller in anarchism!) The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes. Keith...
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Hearing the Other Side: Progressivism & Voluntaryism. Steven D. Grumbine & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Dec 23, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/MHnw5F1RmLE The Jimmy Dore type of leftist (the ones who are anti-state but also support social safety nets) could have most to everything they want in an anarchist society in the form of mutual aid societies. Those are the types of leftists that are...
Governments Are by Nature Invasive & Predatory #TheAnarchistHandbook
by Keith Knight | May 31, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/kdFu3J0TQX4 ... I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists oppose the State because it has its very being in such aggression, namely, the...
What’s the #1 Cause of Homelessness?
by Keith Knight | Apr 6, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/SSX3jlsertI Whenever a third party coercively intervenes in a voluntary exchange, the voluntary parties are both worse off. "Any statute or administrative regulation necessarily makes actions illegal that are not overt initiations of crimes or torts...
New Libertarian Manifesto – Book Summary & Analysis. John Bush & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Mar 3, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/BSraoRkf3mI John Bush is a radical activist, entrepreneur, and father of two based in Austin, TX. He owns Brave Botanicals which offer high quality kratom and CBD and founded the Freedom Cell Network, a mutual aid society intended to help individuals...
The “Power Vacuum” Argument
by Keith Knight | Feb 9, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/Ip9bl0SHtS8 No revolution has ever sprung forth, fully blown and fully armed like Athena, from the brow of existing society; no revolution has ever emerged from a vacuum. No revolution has ever been born out of ideas alone, but only from a long chain...
The Argument for Free Markets: Morality vs. Efficiency – Walter E. Williams
by Keith Knight | Dec 3, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/b94C3BUgwiw “As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White...
Anarcho-Capitalist – AMA
by Keith Knight | Sep 1, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/HGRfZTV22-s One very popular charge against anarchism is that it “means chaos.” ... anarchists have always believed that the establishment of their system would eliminate the chaotic elements now troubling the world. ... The root of the word comes...
Book Summary – Origins of Voluntaryism
by Keith Knight | Mar 1, 2020 | Blog, Don't Tread on Anyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnuFIFU4l3M LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/Book-Summary---Origins-of-Voluntaryism:3 BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/9qdnIwImGCaY/ Archive:...
Episode 382: What If There Were A Voluntaryist Radio Show On Everyday?
by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 26, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
43 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited the founder and lead host of the terrestrial radio show Free Talk Live to come on the show. FTL is broadcast on over 200 radio stations 365 days a year delivering messages of voluntaryism, anarchy, cryptocurrency, peace and whatever the...
Episode 364: ‘Animating’ What A Voluntary/ANCAP Town Would Look Like
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 15, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
58 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited animator and ANCAP Tomasz Kaye to the show. Tomasz is most famous for his animated, 4-minutes video, "George Ought to Help." Tomasz uses his animation skills to communicate the ideas of voluntaryism and anarcho-capitalism but is also a...
Veterans 4 Voluntaryism Interview
by Scott Horton | Nov 23, 2019 | Blog
Hosted by Jordan, Jake and Dane: Check it out here.
The 1619 Project’s Ignorance of Individual Rights, and Illogical Trust in the State
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 3, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
The New York Times has embarked on an endeavor that has people either shaking their heads in disbelief, or heralding it as “stunning, and brave.” What they’re calling the “1619 Project” (referring to the year the first African slave, possibly an indentured servant,...
Ayn Rand’s Objections to Anarchism DEBUNKED Ep. 122
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jun 30, 2019 | Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/YSALRynb_hA Keith returns to the show with a vengeance! In today's episode, we do a quick refresher on Ayn Rand's background and her connection to the libertarian movement, then dive right in to her quoted opinions of anarchy. Could the legitimacy of...
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A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
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