Who Would Build the Roads?

One of the arguments often heard about libertarians and living in a libertarian/anarchist society is that we need the government to do things like build the roads.

Here is an example of a government-built road.

Seems to me that the private sector could probably build a better road than this.

But who would build these roads if the government no longer built them? Well, considering roads are fairly necessary, I would say whoever had the desire and competence to build them. The next question that might be asked is who would pay for them? My answer would be whoever wants the roads to be built and maintained.

You Aren’t

As we close out 2014, I’d like to share one of the ways I began acknowledging for myself that we are not free. We can be told all day that there are tyrants in the White House (again), and that taxes are theft, and we are over-regulated, blah blah, etc.

But how do we understand what all that means for our freedom? How does the meaning get past the massive quantities of input we digest each day?

Next time something bad happens, and the impulse is to cry for protection, STOP.

Think about the implications of a new law or regulation. Will it work? Is it the best solution? Does it treat the root of the problem, or just a symptom? How will we pay for that solution? With money or freedom?

When we have those answers, consider what solutions exist that do not involve government. They will be the hardest ones to implement, and they will be the only ones with lasting value and a truly positive impact on society. Taking personal responsibility for our actions, our basic needs, our safety – that is how we become truly free. Anything else makes us dependent, and adds another link to our chains.

And when we are fully chained and immovable, we are of no value to anyone around us. We can’t help others, much less ourselves. We can’t improve our own community, our own towns and states. We are bound to the security we demanded.

Just think about it – you might like what you come up with. Or as I say to my littles, “try it, you might like it!” We can live our beliefs and inspire with our examples. It’ll be so great…

Happy New Year!

Otter Limits Radio Recap (8.4.13)

2nd Sunday edition of Otter Limits went well I think.

I talked about what libertarianism is and read some statements from some other folks about what their view of libertarianism is.

I had Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Shawn Hipskind on the air with us for a little bit.

Here is a list of the songs that I played tonight:

Avoiding Catatonic Surrender – Tim Barry
Time Will Tell – Dave Hause
The Trench – Chuck Ragan
Avalon – John Moreland

You can listen to the show at the following link:

Listen to the 8/4/13 broadcast of Otter Limits Radio here! on BlogTalkRadio

Otter Limits Radio Recap (7.28.13)

Last night we tried out a new time slot for the Otter Limits radio show. Departed from our usual Wednesday nights at 9pm to a Sunday at 6pm time slot. Not sure yet if we will make this a permanent move. Just testing the waters, so to speak, for now.

Last night I really got back on the political bandwagon. If you remember, last week’s show was primarily about comic book type stuff because it was a sort of post-Comic Con special edition of the Otter Limits.

I kind of went off on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last night in regards to his comments about libertarianism. The main political topic of the night, however, was the many forms of welfare present in American society: social, corporate, political, and foreign.

Here is a list of the songs that I played last night:

Revolution – Pennywise
The Science of Myth – Screeching Weasel
Zero Night – Pulpit Red

You can listen to the show at the following link:

Listen to the 7/28/13 broadcast of Otter Limits Radio here! on BlogTalkRadio