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Hey Guys I have a quote that I filtered out of one or a couple of Stefan's Podcasts. I'm not sure if he said it or talked about it, if it was once or a couple of times. First the quote, second my attempt to defend it. *sorry that should say Paraphrase: quote and filtered out. Be wary, Be very Wary of people who say that morality doesn't matter, because they do get to enjoy the spoils of other people's morality. If you believe in morality and I don't. I still get to enjoy your believe in morality. Meaning you not punching me. You not stealing from me. Whereas I can hit you, punch you, steal from you and so on. Enjoy is a value statement and if I say morality doesn't matter, then that is a contradiction. Because morality does matter to me insofar it matters to others. In order for me to hit, punch, steal from them. Please can someone point out where I made mistakes?? Thank you

Thank you jroseland. I agree. I don't know enough about it. But I would call it a slow motion circle race to the bottom. More wellfare, more single mothers and no dads, more crime, more security, more seperation between the rich and the poor, old wounds of racism, more wellfare and hatred towards the wealthy etc. etc. And also difficult, at least when it comes to race, the racism between light-skin blacks and dark-skinned Blacks. Slow Motion Train Wreck? Yes you are probably right.

Hi Lovely People My Name is Timothy. I am 30 years old and I come from Holland. I came to know Stefan a little years and years ago. I think around the first Election of Obama. Someone I don't even know dropped a link for your video Statism the story of your enslavement, I think. My Memory is a bit fuzzy because I ignored so many things and so many people. But I think some memories are starting to come back slowly. The video is basically what I kind of sort of knew but it was packaged to me in a different way. So I clicked with your knowledge but I was very skeptical. So for years and years I sort of watched videos but I never gave back. No excuses. Shit this is so hard. But there were a few videos that really got to me. I have to admitt I am very very very very very stubborn. I am thinking so many thoughts. I am going to say it. I want to protect Stefan from himself. I am not going to say here what I think. Because I am projecting my own thoughts and feelings onto him. And maybe I shouldn't say it to him right now. I owe him a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot more........... Thanks to people around me I now know that you have to let wounds heal slowly. And maybe other people have allready said this to him so I am again projecting about my own situation. But Stefan is so strong I can't believe it.... that reminds me of the other video that really got to me.... The video where he was crying. The story of a father and his sons and the one son whom almost was sent to War. All the details: I am going to look them up. I can't be lazy this time. : This is not the link I am looking for but if someone else maybe can get inspired by this video that's amazing too. I am going to stop searching now. Because there is something else I have to admit. I am authistic. I checked it last night. The Authism test said 72 or 78%. I want to save everyone right now, mostly because I feel guilty I I I I I I I I I I about a lot of things I did in the past. And the wonderfull people that helped me where I live in Rotterdam. I let them down for a long time. And I want to give back now. And what I have whitnessed in Rotterdam since monday so I think 4 days. I just can't stop crying. and at the same I am so angry, mostly at myself. I never knew crying could feel this good..... Bitter Sweet. But I am going to stop myself now. I want to wish everyone the best and my weaknesses are: Lazy, stubborn, and I have to stop now. thank you Stefan... I liove love3 love love lvoe love love what you have created. LOveee LOVE. I love you Stefan

I totally agree with everything you've said. To add to this. What is even more dangerous to Europeans is that they are told and they believe that they are more informed. Which is probably true, but that prevents them from ever going deeper. It's like a cozy Oh I'm so smart kind of blanket... And why I would personally feel more secure in America. First of all a lot more empty space. A tradition of people NOT afraid to defend themselves (although it would be misguided to think you can defend yourself against Drones with guns.) But as history shows, you only need a small minority to change the status quo. So if 15% of Americans actually believe in Freedom, libertarianism etc. that would be a great foundation to build on. I've found a von Mises institute branch in Holland, hours drive away from my hometown, comparable to the MidWest in America. We have to grow some libertarian crop here. Or else I might have to leave this place after graduation. Plenty of English speaking countries. thanx for these points Edit-- Waauw in Austria ?? Didn't they have Jorg Haider? That extreme right-wing fellow. That was probably a response to all the socialists policies I guess. I heard about that in Greece. That people, especially in the government, were receiving multiple pensions or full salaries years and years after they left. Well Holland is pretty socialist too. I am even socialist in that regard. I'm getting unemployment benefits now. ( I worked before, now aiming for a college degree). Do you miss Austria or Europe and in what regard or are you glad to be back in I'm guessing the US?? Consequently, it appears the people of Europe can't do math.

Hi there, This wasn't an actual question, as it was me polling some personal observations. For the record I'm not interested in a competition between Europe and North-America about which one is more active in fighting tyranny or in enlightening people about freedom, reason and evidence. In fact I sort of taste the same level of general outrage in both regions ( I know subjective me). But I do see an overwhelming majority of anarchists even libertarians coming from North-America. Which means that most Europeans either don't know the concept of Libertarianism or that in their minds the current regimes haven't got: The right amount of money or the right people or something..... :S? Now as a frame or reference I've talked about anarchists' ideas in social clubs (indoor football(soccer)), friends, family. And everytime it's almost like they are all tripping over eachother to defend, chime in, apologize for whatever I'm attacking. Now I'm going to project my own feelings/insecurities to all of Europe. But I often found myself sort of waiting, hunkering for what the American freedom/truth organisations are doing. Which of course means that the bad guys in Europe almost get a free pass and that we are missing the planning/organizational/networking skills that the Americans are amassing. Not to mention the fact that we can't expect them so safe us in Europe. Personally I've recently found the vonMises institute Holland, so I'm going to check them out. 1But are there more Europeans on this board?? 2More Europeans who feel the same way I do?? 3Are there any Europeans who know of organisations or businesses who support Libertarian ideas? Now for the introduction: My Name is Tim, 26 years old, from Holland. I grew up with no brothers/sisters with my parents. They split up when I was 2 or 3 years old. My mother, single-home, fairly socialist, spanked me regularly with wooden spoons, sticks etc. from the age of 3 until the age of 11. She became a Christian from when I was 10 or 11, which I still blame myself for, because we were one of the few people in my mother's side of the family who weren't. I sort of pondered to her why we couldn't go to church? My dad was emotionally pretty distant. He wasn't around from age 2 until age 4. Later on we still weren't close when it came to reallife human things like sex, music, culture whatever. But we both had the same sense of humor, political views (age 14) conservative and both liked practicality. And my dad never spanked me. He could get confrontational but rarely any yelling. Thanks to Stefan Molyneux' podcasts I now know that depression is very common with abused children. But from the age of 16 I suddenly developed depression. This could also be attributed to my lack of interest in school and my uncertainty of what to do/become with my life. I spend the following 7 years venturing into the jungles of the internet. Socialism, Conservatism, Satanism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Freemasonry, mysticism, New-age magicism (witches whom worked at starbucks lol). I looked at it, studied it and became more and more aware of how confused I was. Until I just gave up and became a natural-minimalist anarchist. Believing that almost all human interaction was evil because of manipulation, all technology and science were there to enslave us (along with all those theories i.e.: evolution) etc. Don't worry I came around 3 years ago when I saw a video from Stefan Molyneux: Statism is dead part 13. It was posted on a conspiracy website and since then all those previous ism's left my mind. I was so excited and relieved that there was someone out there like that. And kudos to Stefan for being so incredibly,stupifyingly clear and straightforward. Now I'm working to pick up the pieces of 10 years of brain fungi and child trauma. This year I'm going for my VWO degree. (It's like highschool, but the highest level that permits entry into college). Only 1 course : Math! And I'm working out, losing weight, trying to quit smoking (down to 1 a day) and exercising my brain with stefan's podcast and with a helpfull online brain exercise program.(Check out JoeRoganExperience if you want to check the one I'm using; don't know if I can say their name) Anyway Hi there, looking forward to this experience.