Author Archives: kenlefeb

Is Taxation Theft? Why or Why Not?

Posted on August 1, 2010 by kenlefeb

Let’s begin by defining our terminology. Theft. noun. The act of stealing. The felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. An unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property. Obsolete: … Continue reading →

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How to Maintain a Government Monopoly

Posted on July 25, 2010 by kenlefeb

The biggest problem facing any monopoly is that of their customer. Customers are notoriously fickle and do not hold a genuine loyalty to their suppliers. Their loyalty is innately bound up in the products or services which they consume, regardless … Continue reading →

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What is Aggression?

Posted on July 17, 2010 by kenlefeb

As part of my homework for the C4SS class, ATP 101B Introduction to Anarchism, I have to read the first fifteen pages of The Market for Liberty, by Morris and Linda Tannehill, and write about 500 words that answer the … Continue reading →

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More on Satan

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kenlefeb

They have not only given him the power of liberating himself from the pit, after what they call his fall, but they have made that power increase afterwards to infinity. Before this fall they represent him only as an angel … Continue reading →

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Of the Bases of Christianity

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kenlefeb

IT is upon this plain narrative of facts, together with another case I am going to mention, that the Christian mythologists, calling themselves the Christian Church, have erected their fable, which for absurdity and extravagance is not exceeded by anything … Continue reading →

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I’m Allowed to Rob You

Posted on July 6, 2010 by kenlefeb

This video describes, by example, the very core of voluntaryism. I’m Allowed to Rob You! by Larken Rose

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The Character of Jesus Christ, and His History

Posted on July 4, 2010 by kenlefeb

NOTHING that is here said can apply, even with the most distant disrespect, to the real character of Jesus Christ. He was a virtuous and an amiable man. The morality that he preached and practiced was of the most benevolent … Continue reading →

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Of Missions and Revelations

Posted on July 4, 2010 by kenlefeb

Every national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals. The Jews have their Moses; the Christians their Jesus Christ, their apostles and saints; and the Turks their Mahomet; as if … Continue reading →

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Tom Paine’s Profession of Faith

Posted on July 4, 2010 by kenlefeb

It has been my intention, for several years past, to publish my thoughts upon religion; I am well aware of the difficulties that attend the subject, and from that consideration, had reserved it to a more advanced period of life. … Continue reading →

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The Age of Reason

Posted on July 4, 2010 by kenlefeb

A friend of mine asked me if I’d read Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason, and I told him I’d read it decades ago, but didn’t remember anything about it. Well, as it turns out, I have not read this … Continue reading →

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