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Alloha from what used to be England! From what I gather, thinking and good people are not the most common of breeds. My hope being I'll meet a few around these internet parts I'm 22 and only recently became financially independent and decided to move to Bristol almost a month ago for better work opportunities. Needless to say I'd appreciate some rational friends. Surely there are at least a few in the whole city. That's all for now, looking forward to hearing from you lot!

and initiated a conversation with my peers at university on relevant world issues. Plus I decided to actively join this forum, to give me some pointers - boy do I need those! Hitherto, I have only discussed politics and philosophy with my libertarian friends and parents. It was a heated discussion today, and to be honest, not really a fair fight. It was 4 against one, me being the one, but the others seemed eager to discuss these topics. They did not look at me as if I were a strange creature from an alien planet, and they are good people. However, I did not seem to be able to move them much in the right direction, rather I fear I might push people away if I do a poor job. Upside is, that there seems to be no lack of opportunities for a round of debate practice. Leftist people are quite predictable, when it comes down to it. To have control over the conversation seems like a must, how do you go about that? Do you practice a certain topic really well and lead them on? Also, hello to everybody from Denmark!

FDR forum, It is a distinct pleasure to have finally made it to what I consider the edifice of self knowledge by joining this forum. I am a 24 year old 3rd year apprentice electrician living in west virginia. I have the great luck of coming up in the trade during what I think will eventually be described as the worst economic calamity of the modern era. My reasons for joining the forum are two fold. the first is I have had a difficult childhood, and after watching many of the call in shows I realized that i am a very traumatized adult. I need to investigate ways of coping with stress and understanding why I think negatively so often. I want to read about other peoples' victories and failures, continue to watch call in shows, and generally relate to others about the hard times they have overcome; all in the interest of gaining insight into my own life. perhaps I could even help others with my story. I am hesitant to start off just dumping everything and telling everybody everything. My first draft of this introduction was actually instructive in and of itself. I attempted to summarize everything, only to realize that I didn't have it all together. Funny how that sort of thing works out... I was completely unable to make any kind of coherent synopsis. I realized i had forgotten alot of things, had mixed or extremely strong emotions, and many open questions. it will take some time for me to work out and understand how exactly i feel about the past and my parents' illnesses. Ultimately I remain optimistic that any adversity can be overcome one way or another. The second reason I joined the forum is my sincere and abundant interest in free market capitalism, NAP, blockchain technologies like bitcoin, anarchism, and precious metals. voluntarism is a word i learned only two years ago but In learning what voluntarism meant, I was able to verbalize an idea I had already held for as far back as i can remember. I have acquired a taste for mature honest political discussions and I suspect this forum may be the motherload. I have never been in contact with anything in my life so intellectually stimulating. The seamless transition between arcane philosophical concepts, honest expression of human experience, economics, ethics, history, political science, and humor is astonishing to me. I admire Molyneux and the tireless contribution of his many equally admirable associates. By my appraisal they have managed to accomplish something truly monumental with FDR. In short, I have come to this space to learn from all of you and I am excited to participate in this forum. ~Ben from West Virginia.

Hello to my fellow board members. I'd first like to say I've been a long-time FDR fan and donater. I discovered Stefan's show through similar movements like those of Ayn Rand or Adam Kokesh, and have listened to - at least - one thousand of his podcasts by this point in time. This show has changed my life, and the relationships in it, for the best. So to Stefan, as well as all of you for your role in the show: thank you. I've learned recently, through the use of unrelenting curiosity and maturity in my conversations and reflections, that my parents are nihilists. I won't get into the details of the situation I experienced right now, nor the complexity of my childhood (which caused in me a severe anxiety disorder and teenage drug use). However, I would like to explain how, after applying RTR and philosophy to my life and relationships, the information learned from their use causes everything to slide and click into place. What I mean is that, after a particular conversation with my father, and through days of introspection and note-taking after the fact, I learned that my parents are somewhat sociopathic nihilists. What it was that "clicked into place," so-to-speak, was the devastating realization that my anxiety disorder takes the form of my nihilistic fathers voice, which eats and has eaten through my thoughts and motivations throughout everyday of my entire life. This leads me to the rather depressing issue at hand: for the past few weeks, occasionally, I've been experiencing severe depressive states generally followed by serious considerations of suicide. The problem: I DON'T WANT TO DIE... as of now my eyes have teared up and I feel pressure in my sinuses. I've promised myself that I would never take such an action, but I feel so afraid that my future self won't be able to handle the stresses of life and be driven to do this; and I feel nothing short of pure terror. So, from the folks on here, I ask simply for connection. For people who care about life, philosphy, and the future to have serious conversations with, to know that I'm not alone in the world; there are so few I can consider myself close to. I'd like to talk about my experience with anxiety, with life stresses, with my parents, as well as share some RTR success stories. I'm also new to the board as far as posting goes, and new to forums in general, so I ask for empathy in that regard. Glad to join the group, Mason

Hello from Sydney, I new here but I have noticed it has been a while since one of these went out, so i thought i'd do it. Are there any people in Sydney on these forums or giving a search? I've noticed that a quick search of the forums shows, that none of the posters from the last thread have been active in the last few years, so im going to give it a shot with this one. Thank you, Charles Turner Me culpa, just realised this should have been in the meet' n greet.