<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:38:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Are Muh Teachers "Underpaid?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers in Denver, Colorado have recently taken to the streets of the state Capitol to call for increased pay, i.e., for a greater mulcting of the taxpayer. They are supposedly “underpaid,” and the greedy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/are-muh-teachers-underpaid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/are-muh-teachers-underpaid</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 02:18:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBTMBcjj8HpZUF2UHi6i3SffjvAzB9Kfs2UeDCHKBAZZ9kQbUrMSt3KQqocAa621YTc2PTZbYomHUCZJZPsk6YTze9djdXLArkYunj8LqALVh7mUTo9jZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Government Spending Is "Too High," Not Just the Military.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If your average folk's argument of "why are we spending one-trillion dollars on the military when X people are Y" were taken all the way to see that all government action is at the expense of]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/all-government-spending-is-too-high-not-just-the-military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/all-government-spending-is-too-high-not-just-the-military</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 03:17:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6yY1gcXLbqyve9FqXX7zg58ELAB76ygqNCzdEtKAB3i9RyUmnDXmNahXmknxxunk7RyQiEGrXkoTLBJ3dtKQaePHy64vwGr1KYZNoGF5u13LN5gg8QYAchXcReGtvHmmBK6Zdx4kZufHYtodZFbVfTHptUzuJxZ65nLsqogkCeGJeJeDurScowg9yJPvR37nnqbt9cypVbfYe4RgJaSpVcEqUWjLJr9fdTdQmmSt4VAJiRrB89RzKUaGqv3K5BaJG8YLWqBMVC8GQca5RFQwDtCPVgPYq1pmq7xzRrfUf77jZSvjB4zSmNgdwzRPau8GJ8E2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libertarians Are As Far As It Gets From Fascism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not Fascism: Self-ownership of body; Private property via original appropriation; Non-Aggression; Anti-statism; Freedom of association; Decentralization; Secession; Exclusion as a right (discrimination)]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/libertarians-are-as-far-as-it-gets-from-fascism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/libertarians-are-as-far-as-it-gets-from-fascism</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarianism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:00:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvB4f4hohzXy4PVFsTfvPi9JFHZiRuS6yZTWWvyD15sCSiCP1q8bRv61GBE5VJ2Udk53P62iKazWSBm6JjpWQ8EntNPWT5MNTNypPpYosuKorwRdTATuXJYttGouw1bz7k6opyNkbANdnNNputqmihzXWzfwZJVAoks2htEGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should You Trust a Socialist with Economics?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the most part, socialists really only make normative economic statements (i.e., “the government should do X [raise the minimum wage]”) and not positive economic propositions (i.e., “government policy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/should-you-trust-a-socialist-with-economics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/should-you-trust-a-socialist-with-economics</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 02:56:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2xVmzkRtqepS561xfYJFW3eM4fAK8MD83kKeSjqe2jzBFcqxKECJxFsUuRaoziPRiHYtXYY7E1GfDkGtzgYiGo4QdumYcwn5Qp8TBZRKCwtwCZ2NvBVq9yUbcxuzfFtnadnYrarBdbBwNwwSmdGh6Mo1XD9VUkNXB9wH78xtXFAJBMtgLVBah1KGZ8dKAFoymn7BcSNA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voting in the Age of Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why doesn't every non-vote count, should be the question? A majority of the population—more than 200 million people—did not vote for either candidate! Approximately less than 20% of the total population]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/voting-in-the-age-of-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/voting-in-the-age-of-trump</guid><category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2017 01:52:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/hgjbkodzNPcRWemkJYGDndvG6nR5sAxegYx3GWv4375i8xknVsF8uZ17ejXWQNTtBBB4HciX2U4WfPfss43YnuCXwU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libertarianism and Relationships]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was when I adopted the principles of liberty—namely that of self-ownership and non-aggression—that I feel I liberated myself, my mind, and became a changed person. Aside from the personal freedom I]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/libertarianism-and-relationships</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/libertarianism-and-relationships</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarianism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:11:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cognitive Dissonance of the Simple Issue at Hand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Almost everyone thinks that self-defense is a natural right. We cheer when we see a bank robber get blasted by the private security guard upon entry into a bank; or when the purse-snatcher is thwarted]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/the-cognitive-dissonance-of-the-simple-issue-at-hand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/the-cognitive-dissonance-of-the-simple-issue-at-hand</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:58:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQbWfyX9DqtWF7rZeLuhHK96MLX6ygf7bW8aYmzQcjpECNVTRrJxgpdVNzd4DUfUUss39UzmwJxWtebNFgB3ztmSWwDxUhm3aUqdJYmMCzkW8CL6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialists Don't Create Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Socialists have no concept of opportunity costs in economics, and no one should assume they would anyway. If government "creates jobs", they don't reason that it must come at the expense of something]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/socialists-don-t-create-jobs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/socialists-don-t-create-jobs</guid><category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4gZTTLfymbVAmHRibS5yrPxV3wiV9z7FB97jvFN9A4iftuyuNvjKbsyReNvxQFkFpsp3CdVAB8t88VWStz5HirTr1Lb2UajLQoTjw7SXRemdMHCyRZJghrUNVu5Hi1cqF63YySEw4DNDyKq5jce56todbBgLGn8FeDYcjS2MS1pHZgwGf31WB91SBrKEfgaHtuaoZdiSKYxNdmz6qoHreEm81RySAuwuG8KwU53WVDSa1coarDL7UrC1pjZPy8o7RXZMsPN2BGdLeBcaNQFwzdJPnWmA4HKHN8qFbcTeHhWxZy4nt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is There "Global Warming?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I really don't know, but even if there was I can see no reason why governments—of course huge polluters themselves as plunderers of stolen resources for their war machines and other such adventurism; a]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/is-there-global-warming</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/is-there-global-warming</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarianism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 02:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn676n8Yk6LLHdXaBVz3Q7XDBmXRN14BAm6zex9t9XKDvvt9SX7y71dg4iN9dhwcJjzjAEYMkUQHjXqvu2P7KEAikr2oY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can't Polish a Government Turd]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is no "reforming government", such as having term limits, to adjusting the tax-code, or voting for better politicians next time, etc. You can't polish a turd; it has to be flushed. If your]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/you-can-t-polish-a-government-turd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/you-can-t-polish-a-government-turd</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:21:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, You Can Be an Anarchist and a Capitalist]]></title><description><![CDATA[In fact, it's the only way you can be either. Anarchism and capitalism have the same definition to me: the lack of political authority that gives a legalized means of initiating aggression against private]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/yes-you-can-be-an-anarchist-and-a-capitalist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/yes-you-can-be-an-anarchist-and-a-capitalist</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:48:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Dispose of the State]]></title><description><![CDATA[The State's crimes rest fully upon public opinion; on the people's support of its aggression as moral and just invasions of property rights. Usually attached to this thought is that such actions – of violently]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/how-to-dispose-of-the-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/how-to-dispose-of-the-state</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 03:24:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCoV9UZrnWxJ9V9Uk1XpuWzyAGYtHckDBC7BM1uWEKMrPTCUdJTvEp28CCBVLz6BKiunaLRCR1eHxnp8nBUP3iMVZWUz7a1opN3ivHMtXi4N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. Military is a Piece of Shit, Not a Protection Agency]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's no time here to go at length into the atrocities committed by the U.S. Military around the world, in the name of "making the world safe for democracy", or supposedly protecting Americans]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/the-u-s-military-is-a-piece-of-shit-not-a-protection-agency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/the-u-s-military-is-a-piece-of-shit-not-a-protection-agency</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 04:31:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Socialists Think Socialism Makes Us Richer or Poorer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We might wonder if socialists actually think socialism (as characterized by invasions of private property in the form of taxes, regulations, price-controls, or nationalization, etc.) can create more wealth]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/do-socialists-think-socialism-makes-us-richer-or-poorer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/do-socialists-think-socialism-makes-us-richer-or-poorer</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:15:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Socialists Even Have Real Arguments?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When arguing for something other than libertarianism, one is caught in a spot where they're demonstrating that, in fact, they do accept the ethic of non-aggression by respecting the private property rights]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/do-socialists-even-have-real-arguments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/do-socialists-even-have-real-arguments</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2017 10:14:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/9RTqgyyu8sYxvcanmDttRschyM9CRC48pX9boAjLBb1BmvQdBeA6BDatnzSj1vPn8n4HZ2sCeS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Made An Anarchist Website Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, it's nothing special. It's the start to what I want to turn into a local print-publication. I thought linking it, and maybe it getting a few hits, would help expose it in Google better. Thanks for]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/i-made-an-anarchist-website-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/i-made-an-anarchist-website-today</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:11:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Taxation Makes Us Poorer]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s little space here to contend that taxation is morally indefensible, though I’d argue it’s patently coercive and that the State rests upon aggression, and no sort of voluntary “social contract.”]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/why-taxation-makes-us-poorer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/why-taxation-makes-us-poorer</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 20:20:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/ij42VfeLLLLFdvdPfX5N5w5XheQDNc69FRJABNDigENgrqcjrChd68iJQsL4DjxQi5zjqa9jFM3NmGn1RjM5QHUsQidnHXwJ3YvAXfKezbFMsrmn7KxEneE6hCMuxvrUwEC9jEH8Mv9NSARQrrTJAE2Phq7UQPCRMwi4tPzDQL41B7VcafxCj7tcSZphcfKRoAVyk7Lc6U8R7u1ZeBBA3xbjz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will We Ever Have Anarchy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The State is not going anywhere, and anarchists would be good to recognize this. They're unlike a private business that one may boycott and watch its demise. They of course don't operate on voluntary payments,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/will-we-ever-have-anarchy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/will-we-ever-have-anarchy</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2017 22:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W71zzwkiHVe1HQG9iLy3FKnzgn3MoErB13MNJunXwMUzzLkqq6GXkzzScDSoxsKLwVLfE6kCH74FrfkrzsyKG2n2RHgHamQqfzqe5g6BzBGzRPjcWM1mY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who's Trump And What's a Tariff?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What year is it? People are talking about border taxes, i.e., tariffs; or, in the statist-to-English translation, the government preventing you from freely trading with others to both of your mutual benefit]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/who-s-trump-and-what-s-a-tariff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/who-s-trump-and-what-s-a-tariff</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGguko3kKKLPqbfCmQiZo9znFbHS3nedatDdphMkBjBKAih2sJt1PjvT5q191gBwS9z8QTNkwNP8eEvijqbhbCgK5ZTAjLuxnzxPdNYaWS5q1hXEGjFG74Fx8XnZayG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who the Hell Does the State Think It Is?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's inauguration day, and Donald Trump has been elected to head the American Empire, the biggest State the world has ever seen. As so, a fine quote by the prolific liberty-lover, H.L. Mencken, is finally]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/who-the-hell-does-the-state-think-it-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@mikemorris/who-the-hell-does-the-state-think-it-is</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemorris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2017 03:20:48 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>