[Note: On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we cover another one of Kyle Rearden’s classic articles, found in his book, Just Below The Surface: A Guide to Security Culture. Herein, he covers the dangers of joining formal organizations, whether they tout liberty or not; and why leaderless, decentralized resistance…
Tag: Collective Movementism
The following, evergreen article is taken from the October 1965 issue of INNOVATOR, an old libertarian publication Rayo edited and contributed to often. We’ve said before that, at times, Rayo could be a wordsmith. This short article is demonstrative of that fact. Please enjoy! To “welfare” administrators who attribute the…
The So-Called Liberty Movement There is a relatively large group of people world wide that self identify as “the liberty movement”. They are quite diverse in their philosophy, their goals, their strategies, their life styles, their talents, their wealth and social status, their levels of education, their understanding of how…
The following are a few quotes by Rayo from VONULIFE, March 1973–images courtesy of Jason Boothe. This publication will be released to the public within in the next couple of weeks; audiobook to follow. Please enjoy, share, and consider shooting us a donation to support our efforts! Political crusading has…
In this miniseries on what Rayo called localized areas of liberty, Shane and Kyle have covered ethical enclaves, free isles/free ports, and intentional communities. His fourth and final proposal was something called a local congregation, which can be defined as: A geographical area where libertarians have strategically relocated so as…
“The ethical principal of non-coercion can be stated: One should not initiate the use of physical force against a volitional being or against property created or acquired through voluntary consent. Many people espouse this principle.” -Rayo ~~~ For this first season of The Vonu Podcast, Shane Radliff and I focused…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle discuss three concepts Rayo formulated, namely: Servile Society: A servile society could be defined as one that does not respect self-ownership or individual liberty, but rather heralds the supremacy of government and authority; in other words, it upholds the collective…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle cover the final component of the statist/servile society: collective movementism. To put this in the form of an equation, the servile society (which will be discussed at length in a future episode) consists of: POLITICAL CRUSADING + CONTROLLED SCHIZOPHRENIA +…
Note: The following is an article by TVP host, Kyle Rearden, published on his blog, The Last Bastille. “Do you think I’m a hypocrite? Well, you should; I wouldn’t disagree with you. The road to power is paved with hypocrisy, and causalities. Never regret.” – Frank Underwood (from House of…