Everything Voluntary with Skyler J. Collins

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 374 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: "Why are so many democratic nations in peril? Has democracy become a liability to free nations?"; "Has U.S. capitalism abandoned the middle class?"; "Why do some people support anarchism?"; and "Is the root of all evil simply a man's belief in evil?"

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 373 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/shitstatistssay: NecrosavroGutsfucker writes, "I think that if you for example havent not even once smashed the face of a racist , or afraid to join at least once a year an insurectionary event with anarchists or alone , you must not consider yourself an anarcho."; Hollie Nyseth Brehm says, "People who commit genocide are not evil."; @perri_goldstein writes (reddit), "Bringing a gun to a protest and saying you're there to 'assist police' is like if I brought a scalpel to a hospital and said I'm there to 'assist doctors.'"; BBC writes, "FBI worried that Ring doorbells are spying on police"; and s1monsys writes, "what if we dont realize it because we live relativity wealthy lives but if you look at where most of the money is held, its still a small group of extremely wealth people. We still have kings who send Fodder off to die. Nothings really changed we just are slightly more advanced."

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 372 welcomes back Chris Jenkins to chat with Skyler on the following topics: learning Spanish; culture shock moments in Chicago for Skyler and Philadelphia for Chris; gringos con latinas (white boys with hispanic wives); Mises Institute events; Monopoly on Violence documentary; Atlantic Council and it's Utah connection in Jon Huntsman, Jr.; Richard Grove's Autonomy course and 19 Essential Skills download; integrity; gratitude; culture of excellence; scarcity/abundance mindset; can-do attitude; delegation; adding/selling value; kids and household chores; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 371 welcomes David Scholes to the podcast to chat with Skyler on the following topics: what becoming foster parents entails; why he and his wife chose to become foster parents; initial and interval requirements to being a foster parent; where foster kids come from and some trouble cases he's seen; why he adopted his son out of his foster care; abuses in the system; how being a foster parent can be rewarding; video game "addiction" and what's really going on there; the free range kids phenomenon; protecting himself from illnesses like COVID-19 through his ketogenic dieting, 5 years on; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 370 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following aphorisms written by Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski: "A fool believes in designing markets. A person of reason believes in marketing designs."; "A consistent freedom lover is an anarchist in the making."; "A fool deplores the fact that without the state, the poor would be at the mercy of individual charity. A person of reason delights in the fact that without the state, the poor wouldn’t be at the mercy of institutional violence."; "Happiness: fulfillment without boredom."; "A nationalist is someone who praises domestic illusions out of fear of confronting foreign realities."; "A seeming ontological nihilist believes that nothing really exists. A real ontological nihilist believes that nothing only seems to exist."

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 369 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: a new report stating that white supremacists and militias have infiltrated police forces across the United States; Powell's Books in Portland pulling their inventory from Amazon in a bid to rebuild local community; astronomers and other dark sky advocates upset at Elon Musk's Starlink plans to launch satellite constellations bringing internet to disadvantaged communities around the world; scientists discover a rare person whose immune system obliterates the HIV virus; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 368 welcomes back Ian Mayes to have a chat with Skyler on the following topics: working in the neighborhood where George Floyd was killed; his experience with the Minneapolis protests and riots; Kyle Rittenhouse; lockdown created tinderbox across the country and world; Minneapolis "defund the police" campaign; lack of real anti-authoritarian sentiment; political coalition building and guilt by association; civil wars and anarchists; Portland neighborhood "wake up" protests (Reason interview); voluntaryist welfare actions, ie. silver linings; restorative justice systems (Kibbe interview); and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 367 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: "Should children be obliged to give something back to their parents?"; "How do I deal with this? I live together with my friend, his 10-year old son is living with us. I know I am not his parent, but I do am an adult and feel like he should listen to me. He feels like he can do whatever he wants in the house."; "Is it okay to bring young children to a public park if you don’t want them to interact with other children?"; "Can a father be friends with his son?"; and "What are your dreams for your children?"

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 366 welcomes back Corey Christiansen to chat with Skyler on the following topics: getting married; Stefan Molyneux's YouTube ban; the Rationality Rules YouTube channel; his new work in the solar industry; self-reliance; COVID-19 experience in Southern Utah; Trump and why legacy media loves him; 2020 has been a very good year for him; gig economy, independent contractorship, and autonomy; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 365 welcomes back Chris Jenkins to chat with Skyler on the following topics: adventures in delivery work; social conformity in the pandemic era; divisiveness caused by government action; bypassing due process to punish people in Los Angeles; COVID-19 lawsuits against governments; schooling in the pandemic era; the World Economic Forum's "Great Reset Initiative"; qualified immunity in Federal verse State courts; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 343 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: "Is unschooling educational neglect?"; "Do you think that fatherhood is relevant or irrelevant in general?"; and "Is it normal to get to the point where you can’t stand your own grown children?"

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 342 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: The Trump Administration's threat to ban social media app TikTok, where that draconian authority comes from (the obviously unconstitutional IEEPA) and Microsoft's plan to purchase it; Australia requiring companies Google and Facebook to pay licensing fees for sharing news headlines from Australian news sources; and China blocking Hong Kong citizens from leaving with a British overseas passport.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 341 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the triple-edged sword that is vying for the government to assist you against your employer; impregnating others with ideas through writing and podcasting; what identity is and the absurdity of basing it commonalities with others instead of on what makes you unique; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 340 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: continuation of the Economics 101 mini-series concluding Walter Williams' Economics for the Citizen series; continuation of the Wizard’s Rules mini-series, Wizard’s Tenth Rule: “Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self”; and more.

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 339 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the Trump Administration's desire to remove CDA Section 230 platform liability protections for altering third party content; the United State surpassing 4 Million COVID-19 cases, which according to recent research is probably 10x higher, producing a death rate of 1/3 of 1%; the possible national teachers' union strikes over reopening in-person instruction without certain safety precautions; and a coalition group putting pressure on businesses benefiting from Chinese Uighur slavery.