Greetings from the Netherlands!

[killian]

Hello everybody, my name is Killian.

I'm 21 years old and hail from the Netherlands.

 

I found out about Freedomain Radio probably the same way as most of you, through Stefan's YouTube page. I have been watching his videos for quite a while and decided it was time to contribute in some ways to FDR.

 

My upbringing involved a Christian mother that did raise me in a mostly secular way. Apart from that I grew up in a socialist enviroment which had succeeded in having me believe in its righteousness. Though highly skeptical about faith, I did subscribe to it. About a year and a half ago I started looking into atheist views because I always want to hear about the other side of the debate. Needless to say, as I stood open to be persuaded, I lost my faith in the process, it crushed me.

 

Luckily my parents were very supportive and i went into therapy. At that point in time I started to not take things for granted and looked up what depression and such entail. This is one of the first times where I stumbled upon a video of Stef covering mental illness and peaceful parenting. I was convinced that depression was just a state of mind. That's when I thought I could beat the thing myself and through focussing on things that interested me and hard work I did. I'm not saying that seeing a therapist won't help, but for me it didn't.

 

Stefan had got me thinking about the state and NAP, both which helped me in finally being able to reject logical inconsistencies so that I could finally let go of my second religion: statism.

 

My favourite series on YouTube are about anarchy and peaceful parenting. I come from a family where all members, including me, have been abused. Now that i am aware of that fact and its results, I am commited to break the cycle and thanks to Stef I can.

 

I probably left out some important stuff an despite that couldn't keep it concise my apologies. I hope I will be able to contribute and my thanks go out to Stef, Mike and everybody that makes FDR possible.

 

Regards,

 

Killian

[aviet]

What direction do you think that The Netherlands is going in? From the little I have seen, it seems like the free-for-all and it-doesn't-really-matter-what-you-do attitude of the past few decades is being swiftly rejected?

[killian]

Truth be told, the Netherlands has always been on a statist path. Just like the US they revolted against taxes and formed ine country, but eventually turned into on of the biggest government on earth (so many taxes...). People here in general are like Brits, complain about everything but actually take action. You're quite right about what you said. People here are bending back over backwards to placate immigrants and minorities. Going as far as wanting to ban parts of a national holiday because it's supposedly racist. From polls and anecdotal evidence I could conclude that a lot of people feel left out, but are afraid to speak up, afraid of the tolerant lefts' backlash.