Music Libertarians Will Help See We’re Listening To…In 1000 Years

http://longplayer.org/what/overview.php The peace meditation Longplayer will play for 1000 years…all made thinkable by spreading technology, peace and long-term Libertarian/SMILE  thinking…with a little luck, we’ll be alive to hear it, too…As Libs will be there 1000 years from now, guardian advocates of rights, non-punitive and voluntary choices.

LIO Fellows, Pro-Libertarians Created the Internet–Not Coercive Government, Which Tries To Tax and Suppress It

…and in fact coercive government, far from inventing the internet, has done all it can to keep the internet from happening, and still is busy trying to control it with crazed web censorship and surveillance statutes–and in the US, a ‘fair’ internet sales  tax ( getting rid of these silly taxes is never discussed)  that will mandate additional snooping while in fact taxing every business more with a website via more crazed rules and lost time–and likely draconian non-compliance penalties)… Libertarians and friends as with many things were the driving force liberating personal action that created the internet–  LIO Fellows  and Lib friends

Libertarian International Org Alone Defines Libertarianism…vs anti-Lib Nonsense of the Year?

Extreme conservatives are at it again–trying to re-define Libertarianism as ‘non-anarchist’ and having as a basic (!) principle the size of government…. Thanks to the venerable Robert Rich– one of MG’s first 1000 Lib pledgees and one of the last living attendees of the Salamanca Conference in the 60′s –  for his quick answer which he just sent us.  The Good News: Many Libs and LIO Friends are posting comments at misleading articles urging folks to get to know LIO… N.B. the lost soul among the commenters  who thinks the much-disliked by many Libbies and so-named Kochtopus is the reason behind modern Libertarianism… This cool response is so good we say LINK THIS POST! –and for more info please see:

• http://www.dailypaul.com/136246/rand-paul-im-not-a-libertarian 
• SMILE! http://www.libertarianinternational.org/apps/videos/ (Libs in general)
• Libs= Pledged Libertarian, Libertarian-direction, libertarian-oriented ( 3 types in civics working for for LIO eco-community, free-choice zones/waivers, and secular federal liberal and direct democracy friendly to Libs respectively) and Lib fan: http://www.libertarianinternational.org/faqsstarterlinks.htm 
• See some of our first articles for juicy early movement info…
• LIO, a Lib near you since 1592: http://www.libertarianinternational.org/liofellowsboard.htm 

RE: http://redalertpolitics.com/2013/04/26/libertarianism-defined-why-the-gop-needs-to-support-young-libertarian-politicians/#comment-35746

 

RICH responds:

The Libertarian International Organization alone defines the terminology and curates the movement of Libertarianism. This was decided by the then Libertarians in the late ’60′s. Their site makes things pretty clear at  http://www.libertarianinternational.org   No wonder, since the LIO predecessors have been active for 500 years.

 

Its present curator, Michael Gilson-De Lemos, as a young man revived the movement and defined modern Libertarianism in 1969 and replaced all other forms, pledged the original Libertarians, and networks the all-volunteer LIO the largest world group. His http://www.libertarian-institute.info drives most Libertarian legal change.

 

A browse through the site and its sister sites shows this article is based on an extreme  conservative fantasy that once again tries to re-define L/libertarianism, especially given e.g. that people like Rand Paul say they are NOT Libertarians. Perhaps it’s because at present most pro-libertarians in the US vote Democratic–and the movement has far deeper goals than caring about just the size of government: it’s about voluntary solutions in all fields.

NB: We expect that as the movement grows we’ll see more of this nonsense.

“Good news everybody! Libertarians are now ‘defined’ by some Goldwater influencee as anti-anarchist social conservatives who love  just a little coercive government! Soon, 2 +2 will equal 22!”

The Sayings Of Chairman Jeff…Our Libertarian Idea of the Month

…why should Mao have all the fun? See: http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/content.php?pid=77323&sid=573588 

Quasi-Libertarian State Bank Concept Spreads

 …to 17 US States after the performance of the common sense-based one  in North Dakota. http://banknd.nd.gov/NB: LIO encourages localism, but also on making such services autonomous, non-monopolistic and not tax-supported. Also, Lib-oriented user-run Credit Unions and  S & L’s weathered the recent crisis fine…using such ideas as strong reserves and not making crazy loans because the regulators said it was good for the country, say critics…The concept uses Lib minarchist tools in that a) It is community owned in principle ( we’ll see) and b) Does not prohibit  competitors. More:

Our Libertarian ‘Peer to Peer’ Revolution: Lib Idea of the Month

…get aware of it, well documented and discussed at this great site (NB-many authors don’t get it and try and turn it into some mixed-up socialism, but great data and debate nonetheless) : http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/

Lib Idea of The Month: Growing World Travel This Year…

…thanks to Libs championing peace, eased border restrictions, and increasingly cheap deregulated travel…places to see@ http://www.bing.com/travel/content/search?q=Mysterious+Sights%3a+Moeraki+Boulders%2c+New+Zealand&FORM=TRSSPG

Emergency Water Storage Explained

…Water bricks plus more story links at this informative site: http://saltnprepper.com/water-bricks

Anti-Libertarian of the Month Award: Even Some Volunteering Is A Stretch In Some Advanced Countries

 ”Libertarianism? Sure! Volunteer. Go Voluntary. But only as ordered.”

( Propaganda portrait of “Marshal Stalin” )

The nation that once gave us  the Subbotnik of  ’coercive volunteerism’ as a regular thing now has people who, well,  don’t quite just get the life- and society- extending Lib volunteer/voluntary approach… http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/world/europe/internet-spurs-many-to-aid-flooded-krymsk-russia.html?_r=1&src=recg … and arrest volunteers for showing up to help before the government arrives and hand out ‘anti-government’ ‘volunteering is groovy’ literature.

(Update: Sadly, in the recent US Sandy disaster, as pro-FEMA media propagandists boasted of how necessary government aid was and better than ‘greedy’ and unealistic private action, officials arrested people for bringing free gas to neighbors bought in adjoining states, the mayor forbade average citizens  feeding the homeless without going through a variety of costly licenses,  or officials told out-of-state  construction volunteers to stay away unless they were locally licensed…meanwhile OWS and pro-Libertarian or other preppers–several associated with LIO Volunteers Project–quietly helped communities, organized neighbors and handed stranded officials food…not to mention

Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award: We Need Government Coercion As We Do Road Signs

--NOT!…Enjoy 10 examples of what’s wrong with the “obvious” but silly argument trotted out by some academics and pundits to “refute” libertarianism and ‘over-liberal- autonomy :http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/119285

Facepalm Award

LOLTwitPics–Another Lib-Championed Benefit

…from the evil quasi-de-regulated economy regulators declared impossible … have a laugh! http://loltwitpics3.blogspot.com/

Voluntarist Site Has Great Voluntarist Book

…so we suggest you voluntarily check it out…http://www.everything-voluntary.com/p/book-project.html 

STOCKHOUSE! Lib Idea of the Month: Libertarian Fans Start Largest Stock Info Site In Canada

…with empowering data, critique, self-management and consumer comparison tools once forbidden that came with Lib-led deregulation: http://www.stockhouse.com/

This Month’s Youtube: LIO Fellow Murray Rothbard On Alternate Commodity Currencies of 1776

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iIX2zZ9jSmA ..We’ll always have wampum…One of many interesting lectures alerting scholars and the public to under-researched areas being posted on the great Libertarian advocate and contrarian economist/social scientist and historian…

Jefferson on Libertarian-Direction Anarchism, 2 Years Before The Federal US Started

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…or at least a-governmentalism and informal governance. More Wise Sayings of Chairman Jeff:

…”…Societies exist under three forms, sufficiently distinguishable: (1) without government,

How Coercive Government Created the Health Care Crisis

…it ‘solved’ the last one by forbidding doctors, unions and voluntary charities from providing cheap care with long term contracts. An essay

Plastic Bottle Homes

…to match plastic bottle prepper storage…and that you can build, and people are creating right now:

3 Great Data Websites

…another benefit of the world Lib info revolution…From the pro-Lib site: http://whakahekeheke.tumblr.com/page/7

1. onelook.com- Look up any word and onelook.com gives you definitions from all the major dictionaries (plus medical dictionaries, philosophy lexicons, legal dictionaries, etc.). Very useful for debates, essays, semantics.
2. tineye.com- If you’ve ever seen an image on the net and want to know where it came from, who/what it’s a picture of, or just want a bigger version of the same image… just copy-paste the URL of the image (or upload the file) and tineye will do a “reverse image” search and find you all the versions of that image on the net and tell you where they’re located.
3. surf-forecast.com – This amazing site tells you what the surf is going to be like for the next week at any beach anywhere in the world in nerdy detail. No more disappointing, wasted trips or calling around to see where the surf’s good

LAW SWITCHEROO? SEE HOW THEY SELL US ANTI-VOTER ‘VOTER ID’ -Just look at your old voter ID. This Month’s Libertarian Facepalm Award.

Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award

From Free and easy Voter Identification to Voter INFORMATION cards then claims that we need new, expensive, hard to obtain State ID? It’s happening all over the US…

In the US recently  laws to have people show expensive state ID’s to vote–so purging the voter rolls of students, the elderly, frequent movers, ’by mistake’ those in smaller parties,  the poor, unhappy Hispanic and other immigrants caught in inaccurate federal immigration status lists, and others of those who tend to vote against the fanatic extreme hard right–are being justified on the basis that the automatic free voter cards are just ‘voter information cards’…BUT if one looks at one’s old voter card, in previous years the cards were called VOTER IDENTIFICATION as often seen at the top…and were provided free after personal and address verification…

This is an example of ‘salami slicing’ where

Should You Marry A Robot? Hey, In France You Can Marry A Tree

…should you use an electric masseur? Thought-provoking opinion, http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/11/sexdrive_1130 and no, we don’t say marriage (though in parts of Europe it was last we chack still legal to marry a tree with the full endorsement of the Catholic Church) , but the future may have some surprising options only a Libertarian voluntary approach can handle with stability and low social conflict. You think we’re kidding on tree marriage? See    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/604014/tree-marriage and      :

Social Media Explained

…and not a moment too soon, as tools expand thanks to Libs having led the fight against legislation that blocked this great tool that is the robot for all.

How Coercive Governing Screws Up Trust Funds…

A sad tale from the UK…

ANTI-LIB AWARD: Good News Everyone! (Glub!) More on Libertarian Lifeguards, Or How Authoritarians Accuse Libertarians Of What THEY Do

 

…and make the Libertarian case–old news to us, but maybe news to you: Read http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/trust-me-this-is-good-news/  , then look at GOOGLESEARCH BELOW, then share…

*LIO Fellow E. Goldratt: Libertarians TOC-Freedom via Theory Of Constraints

…is catching on, a variant of the participative management, IPO and SIS /goals-productivity analysis focus approaches pioneered by Lib management consultants such as Carl Garlick and others, and systems theorists such as van Bertalanfy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt The proactive analysis betters enterprises and undoes coercive assumptions…Goldratt, like other LIO Fellows interested in management, saw it not as contending schools but had an integrated vision. Some links:

UK Chiefs Like Police Quasi-privatization

…a full one would involve user hires and more independent mediators, but it’s a first step: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/04/police-privatisation-plans-defend-acpo

Libertarianism is Privatizing Nuclear Weapons: Lib Idea of the Month

…just not the way narrow-minded dunderhead critics expect, says MG who predicted it in 1977 –Will critics now say “But what about the poor?” Intrigued? Find out how it’s being done at :http://www.silohome.com/

Another Potential Libertopia Town

…namely this small town ready for sale, population: 1 –and BTW so much for the idiots who think saying “Libertarianism would mean people would have their own town” is an argument. http://www.bufordtradingpost.com/?p=154

 

…and to find out about the Libertarian community project and how to start one locally, go to: http://www.Libertarian-Citizen.org

More 100′s Of College Courses Go Online Free

http://www.freecollegeclasses.org/ Well, why not? say Libs agitating for more truly free education for all who desire it, freed from coercive rules and vast hidden costs.

Secret Libertarian Utopia Unveiled

…or so says BuzzFeed, noting that parts of Austin, Texas have many characteristics once thought “Libertopian…” http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/sxsw-might-be-a-libertarian-utopia

Alert! Libertarian-oriented Food Sovereignty Nullification Movement on the March

…as towns pass ordinances that they’ll pass on the helping of crazy rules from above, thanks.

Libertarianism In Brief…LIO Libertarians Championed Clearing The ‘Laws’ That Blocked The Inventions–Libertarian Idea of the Month

 

Via: makeuseof.com

…and often played a role in everything from the PC to telephone deregulation allowing new add-on devices that brought about the internet…not to mention helping in ending many info-blocking dictatorships, attitudes and laws…and encouraging participative and open management styles that ease innovation…To see what else is going on, sign up at http://www.Libertarian-International.org

How Libertarians Have Helped Change The World

SPECIAL: Like this article? How to Spread Libertopia Today and about S.M.I.L.E.!

…explained through  sounds your teen co-editor mostly never heard…but the result of Lib-driven de-regulation, de-monopolization, and more…http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106713

Farmer To Be Jailed for Feeding Hungry? Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award of the Month

http://farmwars.info/?p=7913  …many Libs suggest re-insured certification for these private co-ops along with vigilant consumers who know the provider.

Villages.cc Is Here!

https://villages.cc/ …another Lib tool type project, working to ease and network communities

Smart People Use Mediterranean Diet, Which Makes Them Smart

See? So smarten up: http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-mediterranean-diet-brain-health-20120213,0,5561161.story  and talk to physician about joining many LIO Libs rejecting the old silly official guidelines that reduce lifespan, cause emotional swings leading to crime, and enrich political contributors.

Common Law vs Statute Systems: Total Myth, Say Libertarian Thinkers

…or at least in our book, as scholars confuse  historical accident or cultural emphasis with the need for both plus ignored the third and powerful  private re-statement in consultation with the people now drivimng world change…as Libs like MG (who grew up in Spain) did in studying the Ur-text of Iberian common law, the surprisingly Lib-similar and  modern Usatges, now available in English translation…Lib scholars have also studied case law systems such as the Xeer, which is why most Somalis ignore their western-imposed government in recent years and develop independent cantons like Somaliland, and interested LIO Fellows welcome or actively  urge local and national study of systems starting with native peoples…

Libertopian Ideals Spread: Free University of The People

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2012/01/19/a-free-college-education-for-all/  “…Founded in 2009, University of the People will exclusively use volunteer faculty. Indeed, the distinction between faculty and student is hopelessly blurred in their model. As a result they aspire to be a tuition-free university open to any high school grad anywhere in the world. Initially they are offering programs in business administration and computer science, and are seeking regional accreditation. While there is no tuition, there are some fees, but the total cost for a bachelor’s degree will likely be a few hundred dollars, depending on where you live…”

More On US Tuition-Free Colleges

…such colleges are still forbidden in much of the world. Two lists at

Anti-’Libertarian Open Management’ Errors Of Darth Vader

…besides blasting entire planets after lying to his own daughter about it, include   :

1. Building an organization around particular people, rather than institutions.
2. Depriving people of the chance to have a stake in the organization.
3. Having no tolerance for failure.
4. Focusing all of the organization’s efforts into a single goal and failing to consider alternatives.
5. Failing to learn from mistakes.

 

More at:

*LIO Fellow Arthur Clarke Space Elevator Discussed

http://www.arthurcclarke.net/ …the 2001 author  proposed many things from communication satellites on… for placement by taxless national trusts or space companies. More here:

Awake! Sleepy Unions Adopt Libertarian Ideas

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trumka-laborers-20120222,0,3765485.story …forming more flexible agency-based associations instead of traditional government-regulated unions, with excellent results. And read the now classic LIO Libs Want You to have 4 Unions and check out the story at:

Now All Terrorist Wyoming Is Prepping

…at least terrorist according to silly FBI rules making anyone with a week of food suspicious (and contradicting FEMA, which urges people to prep away for everything from hurricanes to a job loss), if legislators have their way. The state proposal is about exploring its own currency, ships and more in the event DC  Shrugs…and as the the TV Show Preppers now says a majority is looking into the once ‘extreme” (according to those on the extreme right or left who think they’re mainstream) Lib proposal for autonomy–as indeed many are following the NAT GEO show . Our guess? IOHO savvy Wyoming citizens won’t wait around for a government study or note from Mommy. Story:

Somali Women Demand Rights

…and Libertarians are right there, having helped separate Somaliland by introducing secessionist tools, and now working for local autonomy and more…check out LIO for info on what Libs are doing there,their common law system the Xeer studied by Libertarian thinkers,  and check out this great update as most in the MSM prattles on that ‘Somalia is an example of Libertarian chaos” and “We must support extremists to bring stability, as they’ll never tolerate women’s roles”…

Voluntarism, Voluntaryism, Libertarianism…

 http://www.voluntaryist.com/ see some great tools…BTW, LIO usages are helpful: Liberalism focuses on less government abuse and more rights and when informed by libertarian ideas –and Jeffersonian ward-republic in structure –is treated as Libertarian-oriented, Voluntarism is about replacing all social forms by voluntary means, Libertarianism is

Robert Poole: Lib Tools Helping Fix Freeways

…as governments introduce Libertarian baby-steps, though much remains, says Robert Poole, the re-privatization Pericles in this Update: http://reason.com/blog/2012/02/21/robert-poole-on-fixing-americas-freeways Note:  We  focus on that the real problem is re-legalizing private and community owned roads open to the public–not purported privatizing that’s nothing more than handing over public roads to nominally private and often well-connected crony capitalists– and ending the crime-cartels that still control what’s going on in many countries as they get rich from bloated road contracts.

*LIO Fellow B. Fuller: The Lib-Direction Governmentless City

…that helped inspire the modern world movement: Anarchist community without government ( using common law juries, contracts) in a mini-archist designed but flexible setting. This concept of a highly-proactively designed voluntary action/libertarian-based governmentless city of a highly humane and educated population so fascinated planners and futurists  it attracted favorable attention by the US Government, 3M and the University of Minnesota, which in the ’60′s contemplated helping fund a model for study–the US Federal Government studied abolishing itself, said Fuller, except as a more guideline oriented educational entity.

LIO Observer and Fellow philosopher-architect Buckminster Fuller proposed

A Rights Blog To Love

http://ayannanahmias.com/biography/ By a remarkable woman with fascinating info who clearly gives a hoot, unleashed by (in our modest opinion) the good work of Libs and others who fought the free communication deadening laws in many countries….and with a following across the globe…and  now on our RSS (sidebar)…

“…Ayanna Nahmias is the Editor-in-Chief of the internationally acclaimed Nahmias Cipher Report; a website featuring social and political commentary on global events….The Report features articles written by Ayanna who is passionate about international affairs and human rights. She blogs about…

A Quasi-Libertarian State You Never Thought Of

Granted it has a long ways to go–It’s voluntarily funded, endorses debate on ending punitive prisons, the death penalty and war–and voluntarily provides free health care, career training-full employment and poverty help for not only its own population but millions abroad. Its dolce far niente lack of border control means visitors 10x its population swarm in each day.  It’s small but maintains it’s own army–which it hires from abroad–and a large diplomatic and humanitarian corps. On the downside for some the official language is French, mon ami.  Give up? It’s:

Alternate Currencies: Germany

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/sep/23/local-currencies-german-chiemgauer Local systems gain ground, and check out

More Libertarian Universal Health Care Unveiled, Praised By Obama

…covers everyone for very little… http://www.rmhp.org/ Libertarian participative management consultants led by Deming, Carl Garlick, MG and others advised militant consumers, docs in creation of free market, best-practice/continual improvement  based, doctor-co-op/user-driven models that handle everybody, provide free dental care,  local Libs targeting dunderhead laws that got in the way, and at 2/3rds lower costs and universally admitted higher quality