PostsCommentsPayoutsthomas.shirk (38)in #capitalism • 8 years agoProfits Are Not Confiscated ProductThe Marxist idea that profit is excess value confiscated from the workers by the capitalist is patently wrong. Profit…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoAverage Joe's Principle of Self-OwnershipMy name is Average Joe and I own myself. I can be sure I own myself through simple common sense. Presenting a…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoRational Ethics, DehydratedPeople are often intimidated by logic. They should not be. Everyone uses logic, they just don't realize it. Most of…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoThe Spock Fallacy"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one" only works voluntarily "The needs of the many…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoOwn yourself: you already do.In many ways, "self-ownership" is a fancy way of saying "free will". It is the acknowledgement that only the actor may…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoOn Property RightsRights and property are inextricably linked and can only be exercised by the individual. The right to self-ownership…thomas.shirk (38)in #capitalism • 8 years agoEvil CorporationsThe word "corporation" is becoming synonymous with "evil" in Western society, if not the globe. However, most people…thomas.shirk (38)in #capitalism • 8 years agoObscenely obscene profits obscenity"Obscene profits" is a term at once vague and arbitrary, all of it based upon the idea that a person can somehow…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoTax handouts for the richArbitrarily defining larger numbers as "more than they deserve" does not justify theft Whenever a person of ample…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoThe Journey Into WisdomA summary of a Voluntaryist position on natural rights This is the third and final piece in my series on a…thomas.shirk (38)in #introduceyourself • 8 years agoDELETEDDeletedthomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoRead me my rightsThe previous article in this series discussed the validity of the "natural rights" concept as well as set up a frame…thomas.shirk (38)in #voluntaryism • 8 years agoOn Natural RightsDebate between Voluntaryism and other philosophies often times come down to the concept of "natural rights".…thomas.shirk (38)in #anarchy • 8 years agoTHAT'S NOT FAIR!"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a…thomas.shirk (38)in #capitalism • 8 years agoMoney is not the root of any evilINTRODUCTION "Money is the root of all evil" is, in addition to being a sorry mistranslation of the biblical phrase…