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This Is Why It's Personal Oct 01, 2021

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This week, we're sharing personal stories about government overreach in our lives. We spend a lot of time standing up for others, but it's our own experiences that make us see the importance of liberty for all. Join guest host Hodey and the WAL crew as they get personal. Audience comments and questions will be taken, so please join in on the discussion!

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LE: What is The "NAP" or Non-Aggression Principle? Sep 30, 2021

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• The "NAP" or Non-Aggression Principle is the belief that initiating or threatening any forceful interference against an individual, their property, or their right to liberty is morally wrong. While many libertarians vary on their definition or forceful interference, property, when/how to apply the NAP, and proper responses to an aggressor, the movement is largely built on the defining principle, which boils down to "don’t hurt people and don’t take their stuff". It is in contrast to Pacifism in that it allows a forceful defense.

• Mary Ruwart in her book Healing Our World calls this the Good Neighbor Policy. "Therefore, our program for peace had two parts: 1. honesty, tolerance, and respect towards others and their property (i.e. refraining from threatening first-strike force, theft, or fraud); and 2. repairing any damage we caused by violating the first part. We will refer to this dual approach of honoring our neighbor's choice and righting our wrongs as the practice of "nonaggression," the Good Neighbor Policy, or libertarianism."

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LE: How does one begin the road to becoming politically active? Sep 23, 2021

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Just start! Most feel they need a master class in political science to work on campaigns. On-the-job training is the most effective way to learn.
Find a candidate that shares your value and contact their campaign to get involved.
Basic volunteering like envelope stuffing, door knocking, yard sign distribution, or phone banking are a good start.
Don't take on too much. Sometimes a small campaign will ask a new person to be a campaign manager. This can lead to volunteer frustration and you'll burn out quickly. While campaign work can be uncomfortable or time-consuming, it shouldn't be frustrating.
Also check out our training podcast called Upward - Libertarian Activism.

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The Right to Repair Sep 20, 2021

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Harry Price, Rhinehold, and Vincent Cooper discuss the right to prepare, a concept asking if the owner of a piece of property like a phone or tractor has the right to repair their own device.

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LE: Is Libertarianism more a mindset or a set of values? Sep 16, 2021

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It is both! Libertarianism focuses on extending personal morality and ethics into societal organization. In other words, we want communities to follow the same rules we were taught as kids: Don't hit others, don't take their stuff, and don't lie or cheat.
Unfortunately, government is organized around the premise that these things are ok if enough people agree. If voters collectively decide to murder or steal from other individuals with 51% of the vote, then they believe the morality changes. Libertarians don't.
So enacting these values requires a mindset shift. It requires a mental shift for individuals that have lived under a different paradigm their entire lives.
The more one examines their values through this new way of thinking, the more empowering the ideology becomes. As individuals begin to think about taking responsibility for their own lives and communities, they get excited about the opportunities this new path affords.
One small example of this is the shopping cart. After purchasing items at a store, people will head to the their car in the parking lot and unload groceries. Once the cart is empty, a person faces a choice.
They can leave the cart in the middle of the parking spot to inconvenience both the next parker and the employee corralling carts. Or they can put the cart in the corral and maintain order.
Most put their carts away, but some don't. The market has a fix for these "bad actors." Most stores employ a coraller. Other stores like Aldis use financial incentives to persuade individuals to act in a responsible manner.
Suppose stores hired an armed security guard to threaten any person not returning the cart. Would this make the relationship between customer and store more or less tense? Would it cost the store business? The answer is yes.
Government operates this way. It rejects the peaceful path used by an Aldi and monopolizes force. In other words, it puts all other stores out of business or takes them over and standardizes the more violent approach.
Libertarianism advocates for the original peaceful path by reminding individuals of their personal responsibilities, their right to be left alone, and providing solutions to handle complex problems.

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The Legacy of 9/11 Sep 11, 2021

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September 11th radically shaped the future of America, and deeply impacted me personally. Harry Price, Rhinehold, and I discuss why Osama Bin Laden attacked us, what happened on that day, and why is the legacy of our response. If we are to properly remember 9-11, we need to drop the hollow patriotic sentiment and learn from the period now known as the "Terror Years."

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What is in Biden's Mandates? Sep 10, 2021

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President Joe Biden announced new COVID-related initiatives and mandates, including instructions to OSHA to require vaccine mandates and regular testing of companies with over 100 employees. Listen as I give you the details and my thoughts on this.

Biden’s Vaccine Push: What You Need to Know - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/us/politics/biden-vaccine-plan-highlights.html

Biden Asks OSHA to Order Vaccine Mandates at Large Employers - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/business/osha-vaccine-biden-mandate.html

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LE: What is the single greatest thing about liberty? What is the greatest flaw of liberty? Sep 09, 2021

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What is the single greatest thing about liberty?

This answer probably varies for every individual, but mine (Chris Spangle) is the beauty of spontaneous order. Order comes from markets adjusting to the needs of individuals as judged by the price system (or what someone will pay for something). This order is displayed by geese flying in a V or people managing a roundabout without incident.
The classic parable of the efficiency of the marketplace is Leonard Reed's I, Pencil. A pencil is made up of many parts from around the world to solve a simple problem: the need to write things down. No one person invented the pencil. It developed over time with each generation evolving and improving it.
Men and women around the world contribute cedar, lacquer, graphite, ferrule, factice, pumice, wax, and glue. They add the labor necessary to make it work. Numerous people are involved in the process, including people like the sweeper in the factory and the lighthouse keeper guiding the shipment into port.
He writes:
"There is a fact still more astounding: The absence of a master mind, of anyone dictating or forcibly directing these countless actions which bring me into being. No trace of such a person can be found. Instead, we find the invisible hand at work.
The lesson I have to teach is this: Leave all creative energies uninhibited. Merely organize society to act in harmony with this lesson. Let society's legal apparatus remove all obstacles the best it can. Permit these creative know-hows freely to flow. Have faith that free men and women will respond to the Invisible Hand. This faith will be confirmed."

What is the greatest flaw of liberty?

The greatest flaw I have found are two-fold:
It is a pretty big paradigm shift to ask people to trust their fellow man in a market-based system, especially in a low trust society.
Libertarians, like all humans, are imperfect messengers and often fail at communicating the message in a way that helps close that trust gap.

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PP: What is the Point of Your Podcast? Sep 08, 2021

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One thing matters in producing a podcast: How do you serve your audience and give them value? In this episode, I talk a little bit about the importance of starting with a mission statement first as opposed to the technical concerns of producing the podcast.

Be sure to grab your guide to launching a podcast here: https://podcastingandplatforms.com/18

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Stuck in the Middle With You Sep 07, 2021

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Honestly, this isn't an episode teaching you anything... It's more a discussion on the frustration of being stuck in the middle of two sides of crazy in an effort to not feel like we are the only ones thinking this stuff. WAL Plus Member Joe Benavidez joins Harry Price, Rhinehold, and me.

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