Complete Liberty Podcast
Show that promotes total respect for self-ownership, property rights, and personal choice--amidst the authoritarian/obedience-oriented political and psychological memes in American culture (and elsewhere). Basically, governments and all they entail are the problem, not the solution. Voluntarism (or market anarchism, or anarcho-capitalism) and customary law principles, in accordance with reason and dignity, spell the solution. www.completeliberty.com

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http://www.libertyradionetwork.com
Thank Goodness I Live in a Free Country by Don Cooper
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/cooper1.html
Control freak madness, aka regulatory agencies, and the adults they enslave
Call Me an Abolitionist, Please by Glen Allport
http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/allport/allport4.html
The fear of anarchy and the common negative meaning of the term--and thus the fear of freedom
People generally do what they're told (by rulers), instead of seeking to have no rulers
The prison of statism demands conformity, and any deviation from it is "chaos"--thus, "anarchy" is to be avoided at all costs
Laws created by statists are designed to control people and keep rulers in power
Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux (dealing with people's ambivalence towards anarchy)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AidXSubb-2U
Laws that infringe on individual rights cause constant conflict in society
One should never pretend that government caters to its "customers," because good customer service requires voluntary patrons, or willing participants--not an extortion racket and hapless victims
Let's abolish the initiation of force, shall we; abolitionists of statist slavery unite!
Unjust law itself is a crime against peaceful people
Are religions about love or coercion? "faith and force are corollaries," noted Rand: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Delivers State of the State Address (I play an abridged excerpt, and Arnie joins me on the show with a new pack of lies!;) http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/speech/11390/
Schwarzenegger's Green Challenge (politics--where acting is reality)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/60minutes/main4677334.shtml
What could be a more efficient and economical way to meet people's needs than government?!
Why Does the World Feel Wrong? by Will Groves
http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/groves/groves1.html
Do authoritarian sociopaths, aka psychopaths, have a conscience? Fat chance.
Hmm...did psychopaths invent the State to take advantage of the rest of us?
Choice quotes by W.G.: "Inhibiting critical thinking in the masses obviously benefits the state and psychopaths. When overtly self-serving, irresponsible, illegal, immoral, irrational behavior gets treated as normal, we can conclude that the educational system works quite well for our masters."
"...without understanding our social systems, we will never escape from the tyranny unleashed on us by psychopaths."
Essentially, we are being ruled by psychopathic morons, given that irrationality is their MO and a stupid system is the end result
bumper music "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols
http://www.sexpistolsofficial.com/

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The crux of the educational problem: The age-old bad meme of an "authority" presiding over a learner's activities
Sometimes, homeschooling mimics traditional pedagogy (i.e., teacher-directed learning), as do supposedly enlightened private schools (e.g., http://www.vandammeacademy.com/)
Identifying, integrating, and experiencing what you're interested in--the essence of unschooling
The leniency versus authoritarianism educational/parenting paradigm must be dispensed with and replaced by a respectful model
Fears of parents about unschooling their kids, such as they're not "teachers"; but you don't need a permission slip, just an intrinsically motivated kid (which fortunately comes naturally:)
A variety of useful resources for learner-directed homeschooling (unschooling):
http://www.unschooling.com/
http://www.unschooling.info/
http://www.unschooling.org/
http://sandradodd.com/unschooling
http://www.holtgws.com/whatisunschoolin.html
http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/unschool.html
http://www.unschoolingamerica.com/
http://borntoexplore.org/unschool/whatis.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Unschooling-Handbook-Whole-Childs-Classroom/dp/0761512764
We need to see kids as little people, capable of achieving great things, just like good tutors do
And we need to come to terms with the fact that the learner has a teacher within
Only in the educational system are grades given supreme importance; objectively speaking, they are irrelevant to one's life and well-being
An educational system that demands students' obedience to authority is primes people for accepting the principles of communism--even though Americans are taught, via statist propaganda, to see themselves as enemies of communism
Around the world, it's the theme of statism that presides
Virtually all monopolies are coercive (using the coercive tools of government), not natural monopolies, with government itself on the top of the sordid, unjust heap of protection rackets
It's important to distinguish between what is unethical and what is unjust, as well as what is psychologically respectful (unschooling) and what is not (traditional, controlling, or teacher-directed, methods)
The kinds of socialization that take place in the prison system, i.e., in the governmental schools, aren't good for anyone (Ayn Rand quote referenced in http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html)
In order to maintain its power, government must control money and schools (fiat currency and fiat education)
The discipline and self-esteem movements as manifestations of the coercive system
http://www.logicallearning.net/learnerdrivened.html
To doubt students' capability and initiative to direct their learning processes does NOTHING to foster their growth, and it only perpetuates widespread self-distrust
Students should be seen as consumers of educational services, not obedient servants
It's important to distinguish between self-efficacy and self-esteem, and to define self-esteem properly--as well as to see it as impossible to achieve in a coercive educational system, which is always contrary to development of intrinsic motivation
Governmental school teachers are conduits for implementing a command-and-control pedagogy
The idea of change on a national and individual level is pretty disconnected
Job tickets as main goal of "higher education" (John Holt quote referenced in http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html)
Unfortunately, it's easier (in the short term) to not take responsibility for one's learning process
How Academic Guilds Police Higher Education by Gary North
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north632.html
Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education) by John Holt
http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Beyond-Innovators-Education-John/dp/0867093676
Holt's experience of teaching student-directed learning to Harvard grad students revealed the psychology of coerced students: "You don't care about us, otherwise you'd tell us what to do."
Yet, the educational buck has to stop at some point, and it might as well stop at the individual learner, not some conjured "authority" (i.e., just another individual)
Decompressing from a schooling environment to an unschooling environment takes a little time, time to restore the independent decision-making ability and intrinsic motivation of the learner
Unschooling: What is Deschooling? (Dayna Martin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meP3a64MzY
Dayna Martin: Common Unschooling Questions Answered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NheCjqDMM
Couple more resources: http://joyfullyrejoycing.com/ ; http://www.homeedmag.com/HEM/171.00/jf_art_unsch.html
An idle (and busy) school teacher is a Devil's workshop--a teacher-directed learning environment commonly leads to controlling learners and thus stripping them of intrinsic motivation
The chicken and the egg problem of statism and statist education; we need to reconfigure the dna to create a new species of thinking and acting--new and respectful memes need to replace domination memes
Einstein, the rule breaker! Ad astra, and beyond...
bumper music "School's Out" by Alice Cooper
http://www.myspace.com/officialalicecooper  http://www.alicecooper.com/

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Americans to Undergo Preschool Reeducation in Advance of Country’s Conversion to Communism
http://www.newsmutiny.com/pages/Communist_Reeducation.html
Coming to terms with communistic principles in America
The Timeless Allure Of Communism: http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15
Once the State controls education, the rest of the insanity naturally follows, such as forced "sharing"
The double bind lessons from kindergarten: don't hit people and don't take their stuff; and, don't be selfish and share your stuff!
The power of language to shape thought...defining anarchy, for instance
It is essential to define one's terms in order to understand both concepts and reality
The folly of basing one's conclusions on other people's conclusions--social metaphysics
The ways that emotional issues can block logical analysis (http://www.logicallearning.net/liblogicforunder.html) and the mental trickery of rationalizations
The nature of pretending that governmental "services" are voluntary...
The latest from Mordor: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/#early-childhood
There's no such thing as "voluntary universal" governmental programs
About Last Night...Episode 1212 (Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2008) While the country celebrates the outcome of the election, the new President-elect catches everyone off guard when he arrives at the White House prematurely.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1212/?
The Greatest Thief Club In The World: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/209730/
Charter schools are no threat to the communized educational system, because they too are dependent on stolen wealth and statist edicts
"Public school" educators need to raise their self-esteem enough to trust their capabilities to provide their services in a non-domineering and voluntary fashion
The hypothetical scenario of "pushing the button" to get one's way in society can be a device to expose the double standard of the statist code of morality (a vicious one-way ethical street)
Notice how much people's claims for the "common good" entail their individual self-interest, albeit short-term and irrational
Making unjust coercion look defensive and noble...
"Leader of the free world," an authoritarian sociopath? Yup.
If parents took responsibility for their kids' education, it could stem the tide of the real dropouts--that is, kids who drop in to coercive education and thus drop out of being intrinsically motivated learners
Of course, without governmental "support," especially for education, civilization would simply implode and disappear into an abyss...right...
The sick and twisted world of elitism; in a world of collective psychosis (where people detach from the actual reality of their situation) and deranged authoritarian sociopathy, coercive funding of coercive education makes perfect sense! The voracious nature of Leviathan...
Governmental control of education is evil to the core, and it's psychologically damaging to everyone involved, serving to destroy people's self-esteem, i.e., their self-confidence and self-respect--and thus their confidence in and respect for others
The welfare hook--"free" everything, though always at others' expense
The three immoral lessons of governmental schooling: Don't bite the hand that feeds you; never look at what the hand is attached to; and, never ask how it got filled with free food
Not only does "the Emperor" have no clothes; why are you calling someone "the Emperor"?
Education: Free and Noncompulsory by Scott McPherson
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0802d.asp
If there is one thing that the communistic educational system has done really well, it's to get people to think like central planners--"public policy" opinions galore!
Unschooled doesn't mean uneducated; unschooled means self-motivated, independent, inquisitive, and creative
Unschooling fosters trusting one's mind (and hence senses) and questioning the nature of arbitrary postulates (further perusing: http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html, http://www.logicallearning.net/libmentalshiftin.html, and http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html)
The irony of scientifically minded statists criticizing Christian homeschooling...
Active learning versus uncritical absorption
Educational questions for the young and old alike, such as "What would you have done without school?"
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
http://lowryhousepublishers.com/TeenageLiberationHandbook.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170
What do you, as a student, really want to spend your time doing? Having a constructive conversation with parents to get out of the coercive system is key
Let's Abolish High School by Robert Epstein
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/04/04/31epstein.h26.html?print=1
Trashing Teens: Psychologist Robert Epstein argues in a provocative book, "The Case Against Adolescence," that teens are far more competent than we assume, and most of their problems stem from restrictions placed on them.
by Hara Estroff Marano
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20070302-000002&print=1
Conforming Creativity by Doug French
http://www.lewrockwell.com/french/french104.html
The goal is to be a dynamic and curious individual, regardless of your age
Montessori's notice of the "camouflages of adults" who seek to dominate children and her wonderful observations of child psychology (referenced here: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html)
bumper music "More Than Useless" by Relient K
http://www.relientk.com/music.aspx

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Understanding the Web and America's youth
http://www.rocketboom.com/rb_08_dec_03/ (An Interview with Don Tapscott)
net@night 79: Don Tapscott, Grown Up Digital http://twit.tv/natn79
What are the implications of always being connected to the Internet?
Governmental schools are the main anchor around the neck of our society
The common person seems to follow all the clueless statist intellectuals
Coercively-funded "Public schools" cannot teach anything coherent about economics--because they operate outside the free market
The ills of Keynesian (governmental) economics versus the goodness of Austrian (free market) economics
What government does (perpetrate crimes) is prohibited to individuals outside of government
Of course, government by nature has no interest in defending and upholding individual rights
Being a "good student" leads to being a "good citizen," in which obedience and compliance are expected
Liberation by Internet by Gennady Stolyarov II http://mises.org/story/3060
Surfing the Net via China? http://chinachannel.hk/
More and more access to information will eventually destroy the statist memes
Focusing on technological improvements without focusing on getting rid of authoritarian pedagogy is beyond ridiculous
http://www.grownupdigital.com/index.php/2008/12/teachers-and-technology-should-work-together/
Teaching is the highest form of manipulation, said one of my college profs
The fine pedagogical art of of trimming leaves on a rotten tree...and singing teachers union songs
Mimicking free market innovations in the governmental school classroom still retains an antiquated pedagogy and statist memes
The entire authoritarian structure of governmental education must be hidden (in plain sight) with propaganda and threats
Check out iTunes University for tons of educational stuff!
http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/  http://deimos3.apple.com/indigo/main/main.xml
Finding ways to approach statist mentalities in a constructive rather than destructive (pugilistic;) fashion
Explaining another's point view, so that he/she feels understood
The main problem with minarchism is that it leads the statist apparatus (coercive monopoly) in place to abuse the populace
Having a negative tone towards government (because those in it act unjustly and immorally) really means having a positive view of individuals (and the respect they deserve)
Resourceful, creative, independent, innovative, and moral individuals are threats to government itself; thus governmental schools
Basically, because people are not practicing enough self-responsibility, we have government
Noble purposes must be ascribed to the unjust and immoral actions of governmental officials, in order to appeal to people's inherent virtues and make things seem not what they are
People defend evil in order to prevent their worldview from dissolving
Our task is to be objective and state the truth, especially when nearly everyone is defending falsehoods (particularly statist intellectuals)
The importance of Wikipedia for fact-checking and information literacy
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_comes_everybody
Web 2.0 technologies will eventually rid the world of powerful guilds, so-called experts, and sundry "authorities"
Statism is anti-self-esteem and anti-change; complete liberty is pro-self-esteem and pro-change
The agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, information revolution were all exploited by government to enslave and destroy individuals
We still live in the age of pre-logic, where most people pay little attention to contradictions
An attempt at a peaceful world? http://www.itakethevow.com/
Those in government ultimately depend on violence, theft, and deception in order to exist; since people already know this, why do they make excuses for statism?
One of Stefan Molyneux's brilliant assessments of the subject:
http://www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Episodes/FDR1233_Free_Will_Determinism_And_Self_Knowledge
Governmental schooling is an organization of authoritarian sociopathy the purports to be good for "students"
Paul Dressel's smart quote: "A grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to which a student has attained an undefined level of mastery of an unknown proportion of an indefinite amount of material."
Facts and Fancy in Assigning Grades. Basic College Quarterly, 2 (1957), 6-12 (referenced here: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html)
Grades and tests as essential methods of controlling students
Brett's world history lesson in 10 seconds: A long story, continuously repeating itself, looping century after century, about how an extremely small group of people controls an extremely large group of people by fear or by force--and their best weapon is the ignorance of the people
Though the Bill of Rights looks good on paper (supposedly restraining despotic government), it harbors a false premise--it legitimizes a coercive institution that violate individual rights on a daily basis
To defy property taxes (i.e., extortion) is heroic--it's crucial to stand up for logic, property rights, and especially individual learners
Sudbury model (the "free school" model) compared and contrasted with Montessori, Waldorf, and Progressive schools (and "student government"), as well as homeschooling
http://www.sudval.org/
A couple useful resources (basically, parentally unstructured homeschooling): http://www.unschooling.org/index.htm and http://www.unschooling.com/
The fastest and best way to help kids become educated, self-esteeming, and mature is to respect their right to make choices as individual learners
Interest (intrinsic motivation) is the only criterion for engaging in any activity, and satisfaction the only evaluation of success (Sudbury model, or any enlightened pedagogy)
My favorite child psychology book: The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399
A learner who doesn't know what to learn (no imposed lesson plan), will then learn how to know what to learn! Learning as manifestation of the entrepreneurial spirit
Boredom as learning experience; people's discomfort with themselves is yet another product of governmental schools
Democratic decision-making denies self-responsibility and objectivity, though it is a good tool for quelling dissent and imposing self-blame (You, it's what's for dinner!)
The two aspects of government that really suck--the one that doesn't work for you (even though it's supposed to) and the one that works for those in charge
Democracy: The God That Failed: The Economics And Politics Of Monarchy, Democracy, And Natural Order by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://tinyurl.com/lv7xr
Psychologist Carl Rogers' fabulous quotation about the proper educational attitude: "To free curiosity; to permit individuals to go charging off in new directions dictated by their own interests; to unleash the sense of inquiry; to open everything to questioning and exploration; to recognize that everything is in process of change—here is an experience I can never forget." (referenced here: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html)
Ultimately, the governmental school is a processing plant: The child goes in; the obedient employee/soldier/taxpayer goes out
What's needed: The Practice of Self-Responsibility by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36
bumper music "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance
http://mychemicalromance.com/

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