Voluntary Japan

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My son visited a local blacksmith today to make “paper swords” — letter openers fashioned from a steel nail, with a pal who is also now an unschooler. I owe so much of the logistics leg work of being able to have my son at home and outdoors and free, out of the mini-prison camp…

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Fall is here. Running in the fall with some good music is one of the best things ever. Here are a few albums I’ve been listening to lately. Let me know some of your favorite running music in the comments.  Been getting into Roxy Music lately thanks to a friend. It took a second to…

(Click here to view on read.cash) For the past two fall seasons, I’ve been doing a solo run here in Niigata I’ve dubbed the “Echigo Ultra,” where I plot my own course, do something that’s technically ultramarathon distance, and just enjoy the fall weather and foliage and feelings, disregarding whatever madness the psyop cult of the crown…

(View this post on read.cash) I come from a statist background. That is to say, I used to believe that centralized, violent governments were necessary due to things like the need for defense, and to control and regulate pesky and evil “human nature.” I also believed that my home country was intrinsically superior to others.…

(View on Read.cash here) The supposed “problems” with anarchism are problems already created and made a million times worse by the current, violent statist paradigm.  Here’s a short conversation between A and B, about why freedom and self-ownership are all or nothing. *** A: Hi, Bob. I see you like gun rights and the 2nd…

Went out for a run today feeling very energized and happy, as the typhoon fever broke, and cool air returned to the archipelago. The autumnal equinox is just three days away, and I’m looking forward to what the season of bright-orange-flowered fragrant olive, changing leaves, cool air, hiking, and great mountain running has to bring.…

(Click here to view on read.cash) In this sense, the theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. -Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto Check your premises. -Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged FROM MARX TO MAGA: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COMMIE COIN Very few self-described conservatives of today would condemn…