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Peaceful Parenting vs. Walter Block (TAOL 0011)

In our 11th episode of The Art of Liberty podcast, John and I talk about peaceful parenting and Walter Block, an austrian economist and an-cap who argues that kids are not protected by the non-aggression principle and that parents are justified in using aggression against them. John and I obviously did not let this insanity pass unnoticed.

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TAOL 0008 – Why John is Scared of a Libertarian Society

In our eighth episode, John and I talk about how to improve children’s self-esteem, the fact that rules and regulations are the same thing, how regulation might work in a stateless society and why it frankly scares John!

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TAOL 0004 – Libertarian Parenting

In our fourth episode, John and I talk about libertarian parenting. We’re both dads so it’s not a theoretical discussion and we actually disagreed a little!

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Threatened to Take our Son and Medicate him Against Our Will

Picture yourself in the emergency room of a highly respected children’s hospital. You’re worried sick for your child. Multiple doctors and nurses file in and out, making him cringe each time they thoughtlessly lay cold hands and frigid stethoscopes on his chest. No one tells you anything. You’ve done your research and, hours later, the […]