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RE: The 4 Foundational Principles of Voluntaryism
In a lifetime of coming across some pretty weird examples (and mind-blowing analogies), the following is hard to beat, I find:
"For example, if a child tripped and stepped on your toe, it would be escalating violence to shoot the child in the head for this accident because it causes more damage with intent than the original action."
Also, aren't the second and fourth principles pretty much the same the thing making one of them redundant?
Interesting otherwise, and the way I've always tried to lead my life. I guess I'm a voluntaryist and I didn't even know it! I've just mostly tried being a fairly decent human being, most of the time. I get by well enough, generally.
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The 4th stems from the 2nd, and the 3rd stems from the 1st. The 3rd and 4th principles are expansions on the first two, to emphasize the mindset that Voluntaryists should have when trying to resolve conflicts.
That's great this resonated with you! As @finnian pointed out, most people accept the principles but just aren't conscious as to their articulation.
What separates Voluntaryists from most people though, is their consistent application of the principles to all human interactions, no exception.
Voluntaryists do not make exceptions for anyone, including the State and parents, which is what most people do.
For example, Voluntaryists find taxation (imposed by the State) and spanking (imposed by many parents on their children) unethical whereas most of the people in the world are neutral or in positive support of taxation and spanking.
Most people are and don't realize it. A vast majority of people are peaceful and seek to do everything voluntarily in day to day interaction. What ruins everything is those same people's false belief that they need a ruler. They don't. Then they force that ruler on me.