JohnDJasper Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Hello to one and all, I only found out about Freedomain Radio a few weeks back thanks to an interview with Stefan by James Corbett. James is a wonderful researcher and analyst in his own right but the added value of his program is the link he provides to so many enlightened sources of truth and common sense. During that broadcast, Stefan echoed much of the truth that I had independently discovered over the last 5 years since I began my journey of awakening. At the age then of 50, I had a lot of catching up to do compared to so many of my online mentors but I felt that I was making good progress. However, when I started listening to Stefan's free books, I was surprised to find out just how much learning I still had to do. Before finding Freedomain Radio, I was heavily convinced by the Zeitgeist Movement philosophy of resource-based economics and the evils of money. I had explored the idea of stateless society from other avenues and did not feel that the case was strong enough. I am now completely sold on anarchy thanks to Stefan's faultless arguments. I must admit that I've undergone almost total immersion in this material thanks to being able to walk around with the podcasts playing on my mp3 player. Every time that I think I've found a flaw in the evidence supporting anarchy, I always remember Stefan's argument that if you cannot trust a private company to supply X because they might abuse the power gained, it would be a bigger mistake to trust that power in the hands of a state with a monopoly on force. What do I bring to this forum? Although raised loosely as a Catholic, I've been an Atheist for 35 years. As an ex-US Air Force Seargent, I have experience as an unwitting cog in a violent organisation (I honestly thought that we were defending our country but I know better now!) As an IT professional working for the local police force, I have experience as an unwitting cog in a violent organisation (I honestly thought that we were keeping the peace and protecting society but I know better now!) As a retiree from both organisations (the latter due to redundancy) and as carer for my disabled wife, I am completely dependent on the public purse for my total income and therefore in deep shit should we successfully reach anarchy in my lifetime. Besides awakening to the myriad of ways that governments and corporations are robbing us blind, directly or indirectly, of money, freedom, health and future, I've spent much of the last 5 years researching the field of health and nutrition originally hoping to find a cure for my wife's Multiple Sclerosis. Although successful in finding the cure, I was totally unsuccessful in convincing my wife to embrace the knowledge but I cannot really complain as I'm not very good at adopting all aspects of a healthy lifestyle myself. I've dropped eating meat, no problem, and almost completely cut out alcoholic drinks. I still have the odd bit of dairy occassionally. I tried the mostly raw diet for a couple of years but wasn't thriving on it so have settled currently on the McDougall-ish lifestyle which is by no means optimum but certainly a cut above the standard American diet. I don't trust doctors! I don't trust doctors because I've read too many books by doctors about the indemic corruption in the profession, the unscrupulous adherence to the drug or cut mindset, the faith/fear-based propagation of the vaccination industry and their complete disregard for the evidence of their own failure. I also don't trust doctors because in my personal research into health and nutrition, I encountered overwhelming evidence in support of the body's ability to heal itself and maintain good health just by providing its needs, something that is not recognised by conventional medicine. But don't write me off as someone who believes in alternative medicines such as homeopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture, herbalism, etc. I'm completely against these for various reasons.The closest label I can put on my philosophy of health is Natural Hygiene but with many variations being practiced around the world, that isn't necessarily an easy definition to pin down. Suffice it to say that I believe that the causes of health are pure air, pure water, an alkaline diet mostly comprised of vegetables and fruit, sufficient exercise, sleep and rest, sunlight, correct temperatures, mental balance, meaningful relationships and productive work. Or to put it a different way, avoiding those things which injure the body such as bad air, water laced with metals and chemicals, highly-processed foods and non-foods (soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc,) lack or excess of exercise, sleep and rest, staying cooped up indoors, prolonged extremes of temperatures, excessive worrying, toxic relationships and stressful or mindnumbing jobs. Simples! :o) I have strong opinions on a number of subjects (9/11 was definitely an inside job) but all of my opinions are based on evidence and are, therefore, subject to change if new evidence arises that trumps the prior evidence or at least swings the balance to an opposing viewpoint. I don't believe that anyone should believe something because I think it's true. Likewise, I will not believe anything just because others believe in it even if "others" equals millions of believers. If numbers were important, I'd be a 14 yo Han Chinese Christian who speaks Mandarin. Instead, I'm a 55 yo American Atheist living in the UK who can only speak two languages (American English and British English.) So there! I'm looking forward to learning more about philosophy in general, anarchy, voluntarism, non-aggression and plenty more from all you good people. John x
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