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Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Aristippus — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:08:35 GMT

We're moving along quite nicely. Check out this weekend's articles. http://voluntaryistreader.wordpress.com/

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Clayton — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:31:37 GMT

Let's see if we can build some momentum. Please rate, comment and share as many articles as you can.

A regular stream of small contributions is preferable to a slow trickle of feature pieces. I'm not discouraging anyone from writing lengthy pieces, of course, but if you have something brief to say in the interim, don't be afraid to get it posted.

Clayton -

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Anenome — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:04:20 GMT

Thanks.

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Bert — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:59:56 GMT

No, but I already did it (was "fixing" some things on some posts).

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Anenome — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:32:24 GMT

Sure... I thought the page did that automatically.

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Bert — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:18:06 GMT

Anenome can you put the "Continue Reading" link in your post? It'll shorten it in the main page so everything seems more streamlined.

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Anenome — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:59:28 GMT

My first submission:

Dear Egypt: Constitutions Are Not Magic

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Kelvin Silva — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:03:48 GMT

I posted 1 article on prices.

Ive got an idea for public education article.

And telling about it in india.

The rsa animate vid and the ted talks vid are things ill post on it as references to the article.

Still working on it.

Im a slow writer.

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Aristippus — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:35:51 GMT

There's been quite a few new articles published over the last week, and we've been getting a bit of attention. If anyone feels like posting something, don't be shy, we'd love to have you on board.

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Marko — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:26:57 GMT

I'm not bad at editing. Maybe I can help?

Maybe you can indeed! Hop over to mcb.boards.net and create an account, and after someone grants you privileges you can start right there. :)

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NonAntiAnarchist — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:56:51 GMT

I'm not bad at editing. Maybe I can help?

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Bert — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:53:18 GMT

@RothbardsDisciple, how do you believe voluntarism contradicts anarcho-capitalism/libertarianism when it's the same thing (NAP, voluntary association, free from coercion), only a matter of semantics and approach, yet you believe monarchism is capatible with anarchism?

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Jargon — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:22:18 GMT

Wheylous:

I like the Y in voluntarYism because it places an especially harsh emphasis on the entire word "voluntary."

This is why AnCaps only exist on the internet! Voluntaryism is practically unpronounceable!

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

Anenome — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:10:54 GMT

gotlucky:

Voluntaryism is just the belief that all forms of human association should be voluntary. There is nothing in voluntaryism that prevents criminals from being punished. Voluntaryism is not pacifism. Don't forget estoppel. If an individual chooses to violate another's rights, then he can't cry foul when that same person responds in kind.

Yeah, agreed.

Wheylous:

I like the Y in voluntarYism because it places an especially harsh emphasis on the entire word "voluntary."

I used to prefer the 'y' version, but lately, just for aesthetic and pronounciation reasons, have been using 'voluntarism.' It also follows the general rule for words that end in 'y' preceded by a consonant, such as:

puppy - puppies
army - armies
supply - supplies
sky - skies
party - parties
library - libraries
rely - relies
marry - marries
theory - theories
study - studies
apply - applies

Similarly, when you add a suffic to a word that ends in 'y' it usually is turned into an 'i':

happy - happiness
beauty - beautiful
busy - business
mystery - mysterious
luxury - luxurious
fancy - fanciful
envy - envious
mercy - merciless
ordinary - ordinarily
vary - variance
apply - appliance

The only exceptions seem to be some verbs, which do not drop the 'y,' and 'voluntary' is certainly not a verb like these:

study - studying
hurry - hurrying
relay - relaying
pray - praying
portray - portraying
apply - applying

So, for all those reasons, I drop the 'y' and people will naturally understand that the root is 'voluntary' since this kind of change is so very common in english.

The again, when adding 'ism' there's precedent for not dropping the 'y', so it's truly abritrary at this point.

entryism

Then again, that word would be destroyed by dropping the 'y' so maybe not :P

Re: The Voluntaryist Reader

gotlucky — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:08:45 GMT

I don't see how. Just because I prefer social cooperation doesn't mean I won't respond with conflict should someone else initiate.