Do you remember The Philosophy of Liberty, the “must-see” video that I told you about last December on Solutions Watch? Well, there is now a simple, dedicated home page for that video complete with translations in 54 different languages and tools for activists to help spread the word. It’s called Libertas.Earth, and today James talks to Ernest Hancock of Declare Your Independence about this site, what it is, where it came from, and how people can use it in their efforts to spread the word about human freedom.
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A MUST-SEE Video – #SolutionsWatch
Interview 1991 – The Origins of the Philosophy of Liberty with Ken Schoolland
Impressive and inspiring video James.
@ejdoyle
Guess I was wrong according to this Norton Internectual guy :-/
“Everyone’s an Einstein till they’re not”
A PSYCHIC EPIDEMIC (song)
https://old.bitchute.com/video/1hqeShieZ2jY/
Everything’s a scam.
Everything’s a lie.
Everything’s hypocrisy,
and so I won’t comply.
(0:16) “You own your life” (yes, and there is no cheesy way out of it, and if you still do opt out, liberty is no more, you have murdered it)
(0:21) “To deny this is to imply that another person has a higher claim on your life than you do.” (Right, and to seek a leader has the same implication)
(4:45) “You are responsible for your life!” (right, that means you may not pass your responsibility to someone else aka officials or leaders. See: Milgram experiment)
(4:50) “You do not rent your life from others who demand your obedience.”
(5:05) “You choose your own goals”
(6:08) “The solution is for the people to STOP asking officials to initiate force on their behalf.” (aka the solution is to stop creating officials and leaders by seeking them out in the first place)
etc.
check, check, check, check, check and check.
But then that:
(3:50) “You have the right to seek leaders for yourself!”
Seriously? Read that one last statement again in the light of the other six. No problems to expect with that? To seek out a leader is nothing but reverse slavery, the reverse theft of liberty. People who think they are rightfully giving away their liberty are as much part of the problem as the leader who is ready to make violent use of that liberty which he does not rightfully own even if given “freely”. Sorry, I cannot recommend a video incorporating such a basic contradiction. Philosophy is in need of editing: 3/5 Stars.
Legitimate authority is delegated. I pray that you seek out a leader when it comes to complex biological issues with your health; generally, they’re called doctors.
Since when are doctors leaders? Or mechanics or plumbers for that matter?
“You have the right to seek out your doctor..” yeah. I could subsribe to that notion…
As I understand it, it is that unholy Master/Slave psychology and relationship which is the root of the problem. In my book, leadership does imply hierarchy and subordination. When I seek out the plumber, that is something which rarely happens. If they do mean that kind of relationship (do they!?), they really should change the wording or remove it altogether.
J Norton
“… In my book, leadership does imply hierarchy and subordination….”
Hierarchy is a natural state- you have a leadership role over your kids being the most obvious example.
If you have two men working at a shared task one of them will be directing the task to some extent and when you have many men they will require a leader if they are to perform whatever task they are trying to accomplish.
People who are truly “without a leader “ are helpless and easily subjected or exterminated because they can not act according to any real plan in any timely manner.
Hierarchy does not automatically = slave and master- one of the basic traits of Anglo society has always been for the community to have a say in who leads them. In a sense ALL peoples have some say in who leads, but not having a leader is a very short lived life strategy since the line savage is no match for the organized group…..the Boomer rejection of hierarchy is IMO why they gave the west away to people that hate them in return for goodies today
Hierarchy is a natural state, but so is anarchy, and war for that matter. Order and chaos is a natural state too. Everything that exists is natural in some way, even ENIAC, otherwise it could not exist. That something is natural because it does exist does not mean that it is good or even necessary in a given situation. Kids? I do not think this philosophy is about underage kids or is it? I must have missed that.
I understand the word “leader” in the video to have a more specific meaning. Namely that of a political, military, religious or economical leader of great popularity and some degree of power, a king or anyone of high status and many subjects who in turn believe in his or her authority or some or another credo the leader symbolically stands for. This understanding excludes your mother and father, your boss at work or the plumber. Also, this excludes dead people, I guess, although this does not apply for religious leaders of course. Those criminal types at the WEF usually see themselves as leaders. It does not exclude them. To be honest, neither you nor me knows what they exactly mean by the word. It just does not make much sense in the context of the video, if the meaning is that of mother, father, teacher, boss, plumber or local chess club president. They should definitely be more precise in this. That is what I was saying. Be more precise or cut it out as it does not compute well.
And yes, maybe there are military advantages in leader- and followership for the predatory kind of human beings and their fearful pawns, but is that not exactly what the people who created the video are planning to go against? I guess not but I may be wrong on this too.
Besides, “Bellum omnium contra omnes” it is? Is this the natural state? You swallowed that? Duck, if you think so, you are a firm believer in the Matrix. As for your argument of individual survival, in reality, the one who does not follow any leaders is far more likely to live longer in our world. That is a historical certainty. In reality, leaders are working for the powerful and the powerful are our principal enemies. If you are familiar with the works of only Hobbes and if survival and well being is your primary goal, I suggest to give Karl Poppers “Open Society and Its Enemies” a try for a more realistic world view.
J Norton
“…. Hierarchy is a natural state, but so is anarch…..”
WHERE does this state of anarchy exist with out hierarchy??????
The most primitive tribes have some form of hierarchy, although it’s true that their social organizational needs are small so they don’t need a full on bureaucracy,lol.
As to living longer PERSONALLY if you don’t group up…..maybe that is true (MAYBE) but that was not true in the past and it won’t be true very shortly.
The issue with too much anarchy thinking is it’s short sighted, hence it has no future.
Sure you can always run away to the woods, but good luck bringing up kids out there alone who will do the same. Are they gonna marry some one from the techno slave world or their siblings?
You will certainly NOT be able to roll back the net as it tightens around your kids and grandkids…..now I think about it anarchy and libertarianism are both very Boomer friendly ideas which is why they have no future in a post boomer world.
As to popper….what does he think the end point of an open society is?
I honestly do not know what to make of this. Are you bringing forward arguments or are you just trying to frighten me? It is a wondrous world…
J Norton
“…. what to make of this. …”
Sorry- let me be clearer
1) anarchy is not a natural state that people live in when they exist in a group
2) there are zero examples of societies without hierarchy just as there are zero examples of anarchism as a social order for more then a brief time before a return to some kind of hierarchical order
3) the reason for this is because people who are individual operators are not able to resist groups of people in the long term (just as hunter gatherer societies have mostly been been destroyed or pushed out by materially stronger agricultural ones)
4) even if a single person does personally escape society and it’s hierarchy for their own life time their children will not be able to unless they have enough like minded people to breed with….hence the lack of future for such people (unless they merely care about their personal life and have no stake in the future)
“….Are you bringing forward arguments or are you just trying to frighten me? ….”
Frightening you would be pointless. Your courage or lack of courage is irrelevant when dealing with basic historical forces- in this case the economic ones that empower groups over single individuals.
If you want to be free AND shave freedom go on for more then your personal life time you require a group. A group will always have a leader and follower’s because that is the nature of humans- indeed any organization requires different parts with different roles.
“…It is a wondrous world…”
Indeed, however you have virtually zero chance of surviving it without the products of other people’s labor (unless you farm all your own food and make your own tools and live jntotal isolation)
That is why people live i social groups. And as stated , every social group has a hierarchy and those who lead and those who follow.
As to popper …. North Korea will still exist in a hundred years while South Korea will be almost empty because they don’t breed. Again….what is poppers motivation and what is the end point of an open society???
And on a side note: I trust a plumber to know all about plumbing much more than a doctor to know all about the human psychology, physiology and biology. There is much less inter-vocational disagreement when it comes to plumbing for a reason. That should tell us something. Besides, doctors… very bad example when it comes to trust in leadership, although Mr. Fauci certainly would agree that doctors indeed are leaders. Thus I would advise everyone to approach his chosen doctor-leader with a very healthy dose of skepticism, although this is preaching to the choir in this case in this place I guess. After the scamdemic, you might not find many sympathizers for your idea that doctors are leaders in general, but certainly not in this place.
i liked the philosophy of liberty but feel like the better video is in my copypasta here under the title of “Law Without Government
(Agorist Restoration Theory)”:
Starve the beast!
#TAXATIONisTHEFT
#Secession
#Secede
#Texit
NOBODY will save the poor.
NOBODY will stop the war.
NOBODY will fix the system.
NOBODY is a good politician.
VOTE FOR NOBODY!
Law Without Government
(Agorist Restoration Theory)
https://youtu.be/fZ0Qkhnt6bQ
“Such an institution of coercion – centralizing immorality, directing theft and murder, and co-ordinating oppression on a scale inconceivable by random criminality – exists. It is the Mob of mobs, Gang of gangs, Conspiracy of conspiracies. It has murdered more people in a few recent years than all the deaths in history before that time; it has stolen in a few recent years more than all the wealth produced in history to that time; it has deluded – for its survival – more minds in a few recent years than all the irrationality of history to that time. Our Enemy, The State.”
-Samuel Edward Konkin III
“The State is a gang of thieves writ large – the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.”
-Murray Rothbard
[9/11 Was An Inside Job]
https://steemit.com/undefined/@themrdenton/9-11-was-an-inside-job
[The Dollar Is A Ponzi Scheme]
https://steemit.com/government/@themrdenton/the-dollar-is-a-ponzi-scheme
Alliance of the Libertarian Left
http://ALL-Left.net
Black flags for black markets!
https://agorism.eu.org/
Agora! Anarchy! Action!
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@norton
Destructionism – a life practice to tear down what others create.
It is called critical thinking. A useful if not mandatory subject for a human being that sadly is not taught at school anymore.
@whatever
Internet anonymity breeds no civil accountability. Hiding behind some stupid anonymous screen name and taking shots at one of the only voices offering us consistently excellent information is simply pathetic narcissistic nonsense seeking to be liked.
You are pissing on someone and calling it rain.
Very mature. Did I accidentally step on someones toes? Do you even realize that your reaction is that of a child? You are welcome here too.
This Dr. Patrick Wood ,
One of my favorite Professors ! You will own nothing.
https://patrickwood.substack.com/p/why-i-wrote-and-just-released-this
The subtitle of this book is not a slogan. It is an engineering specification. And to understand how it works, you need to understand a distinction that the financial media almost never discusses: the difference between a PAYMENT TOKEN and an ASSET TOKEN. These are the two instruments at the core of the system being built right now.
I doubt a Medical Doctor has any idea of what an asset token is. He more than likely will roll over when the time comes and lockstep with Medical Financial Planners and Portfolio Managers sanctioned by the White Coated Priesthood that licensed and taught him to stay within the lines of what he or she were instructed to do. It holds today like it held just short years ago.
Doctors are not leaders of anything. They are bastions of Pragmatism.
This post of “The Philosophy of Freedom” in YT is 16 years ago, I didn’t realise it was already around at that time and even before, it’s impressive:
https://youtu.be/OtBBFBYFNqs
Of course an argumentation is necessary to defend such philosophy. But regardless of the political discourse, we know that words are limited.
“Actions speak louder than words” they say and since too many of us have been the helpless victims of corruption, or of some sort of abuse by some official authorities, we also know this self-ownership will truly express itself when we, one by one, spontaneously take justice into your own hands.
This is when we’ll truly see Étienne de La Boétie’s observation “Tyrants are great only because we are on our knees” spring to life.
Amen! Brother!
Ernest Hancock says:
(28 mark – RANT mode)
”…But we need something like this that all of you… …I need you to forward it.
I need you to embed it on your sites.
I need you to share this.
And you can do it in every freaking language on the planet almost.
So your excuse is what?
I’m not asking you to go fight. I’m not asking you to go, you know, kill or be killed.
I’m not asking you to do anything but this: Clicky clicky on the mouse clicky.
You share the concept that you own yourself.
And you’re going to find out. I’ve done a lot of this kind of stuff over the decades. This is what I’m known for. I’m a street activist.
And I’m telling you, this is going to have way more impact than you guys think. Just saying. I get to say up front I told you so before I get to say I told you so. Okay? So just say it.
That’s my rant.”,
Queued VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlyck0Du4p4&t=1675s
I have been here in the forum aka comments section many years before. Is this is the best it has to offer in 2026? Immature, rude and closed minded people instead of level-headed discussion and argumentation? Where are the others? James definitely does not deserve that considering the great work he does. Well, he has not much say about his stalwarts in this place has he? Spin doctors everywhere. A sad place the internet has become (thanks to our “leaders” and “followers” I am inclined to say…).
J . Norton ll
It’s still quite early in the year. Give it some time. There is hardly enough available to make a proper critique. Do you want cheese with that whine? Is this is the best you can do? Well It’s flat, uninspired and full of editorial kiss ass-id-ness. Nobody but James knows what he deserves. Wallering in the mud and scraping some skin and letting some blood may be what he deserves to become a great writer , producer and documentarian, film maker. Why does he need you? He has purpose . He is a revolutionary anarchist voluntarist. He sets out every day promoting a new path for humanity politically, economically and ethically. He offers to help you forget what you have learned through rigorous propaganda from birth. He is steadfast and rabid, a John the Baptist in Harrod’s Judea. He is packin’ a lot of truths. He put out a book of honest observations and has pieced together a repository of works and provides you with a place to comment on what you have observed of him and any and all your observations of the world around you… All without editorial interference. Could be, he is honest in his contracts. Here you pay to play whatever English Major fantasy you contribute, you give up ownership and give back to humanity. If you think we should up our game, I couldn’t agree more. It starts with you. Glad you’re here . Fire away Emperor. Lead us to our better selves , a better world.
.We know you want too, we are rooting for you Bruce.
Lovely but I can’t cope with the music track in the video and would love to listen to the words – is there a version where the text is read out?
James, I discovered ‘The Philosophy of Liberty’ thanks to your ‘A MUST-SEE Video – #SolutionsWatch’ in December and subsequent interview. Since then, I have been meaning to upload it and share it on my Italian website and channels. Now thanks to Libertas.Earth I felt I had no more excuses not to do it – you made it too easy! It’s been shared 🙂
Thank you!