<?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>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:20:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/social-contract/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Retirement? What Retirement?]]></title><description><![CDATA[My dad retired shortly before he turned 60. Sadly, he passed away from a stroke shortly after turning 60. Pretty sad. Regardless, he was pretty much "set for life" when he stopped working, thanks]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@denmarkguy/retirement-what-retirement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@denmarkguy/retirement-what-retirement</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6i5rFDUGunxxkqSe8pGt4n9uyV9MYxmgp9xaZZ9z7SRNjDfvqALeZctix9TAtAbvHGTev4WEPAanRsobRo5y1tt9pe3YjLbZLS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Evolution of Social Contract Theory: How a Theory of Liberty Turned into a Threat to Liberty]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this article, Joshua Mawhorter of argues that social contract theory evolved from its original intention to limit the power of civil government into an apologetic to justify the expanding and unquestioned]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@axietrashgame/the-evolution-of-social-contract-theory-how-a-theory-of-liberty-turned-into-a-threat-to-liberty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@axietrashgame/the-evolution-of-social-contract-theory-how-a-theory-of-liberty-turned-into-a-threat-to-liberty</guid><category><![CDATA[someeofficial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[axietrashgame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 07:56:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Consent, No Legitimacy]]></title><description><![CDATA["We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@abolishthestate/no-consent-no-legitimacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@abolishthestate/no-consent-no-legitimacy</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abolishthestate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:34:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let My Building Burn]]></title><description><![CDATA[My old neighborhood is in flames. For twenty years, I lived four blocks east and one or two blocks (two different residences) south of the now-infamous Third Precinct. I now live in a outer-ring suburb]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@preparedwombat/let-my-building-burn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@preparedwombat/let-my-building-burn</guid><category><![CDATA[minneapolis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preparedwombat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 15:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWBP5L1ud1KB6iqvzEGKZ8ws1R2tB6CzqrUZhEWNEaMfB2RQwXbUEqUiar238UoR81MWBvTpF1aMFHteaYJnts61rLDSNgQdaPiW9sChDCz88koSafQgGbWHxYSrptssjKPCGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show 62: Hasu - Three Good Bitcoin Topics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview independent cryptocurrency researcher and blogger Hasu. Hasu is a first-rate analyst in the crypto space, with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@cryptovoices/show-62-hasu-three-good-bitcoin-topics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@cryptovoices/show-62-hasu-three-good-bitcoin-topics</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptovoices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:08:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questioning the Validity of the Constitution (featuring Lysander Spooner) | An (Audio)book Recommendation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Constitutions are hailed as timeless documents for the securement of freedom, prosperity and liberty in many countries on Earth. For most people living in the United States this seems especially significant,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@paradigmprospect/questioning-the-validity-of-the-constitution-featuring-lysander-spooner-or-an-audio-book-recommendation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@paradigmprospect/questioning-the-validity-of-the-constitution-featuring-lysander-spooner-or-an-audio-book-recommendation</guid><category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paradigmprospect]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7Dw9ttzUDH3crfwx2QH9ABN791EKu5VUdhH3duGMAYgq7n7Hki7iX8fLHwxEk8DhLb5HL8rFZnFV9xXr1cazc9YUW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Contract]]></title><description><![CDATA[The seventeenth century is everywhere a time in which the state's power over everything individual increases, whether that power be in absolutist hands or may be considered the result of a contract, etc.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@travelmaster/20180619t151247497z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@travelmaster/20180619t151247497z</guid><category><![CDATA[social-contract]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelmaster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:12:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy8t1w6u4AC4ZL8T4kvFVGTgT4hkN8vGLpw3cXWgF3iTMN2mYTtbsVyXBTyxNJxgWs4ZzT4ymEC9gHqUdu7jxp5AR77aTab4QT32QaaRvhqNdfb1Rhg2Hemyxa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[233 Members of Congress Just Voted to Steal Social Security’s $2.9 Trillion Surplus]]></title><description><![CDATA[This time was too close for comfort, but we can be sure there will be a next time, especially with government choice to engage in war rather than in the U.S. economy/social services/infrastructure, or]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@udbarflower/233-members-of-congress-just-voted-to-steal-social-security-s-usd2-9-trillion-surplus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@udbarflower/233-members-of-congress-just-voted-to-steal-social-security-s-usd2-9-trillion-surplus</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[udbarflower]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:17:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgVFjqrKHeh4LHtJaocFh659HyLKDsFJ33YmMMSTFPF5JsZtgxdSaB5vkyeQMM1hv3Mr8nTuY26GQcu?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rousseau's Social Contract, Book 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.” This famous opening line of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s equally famous essay, appears, to our modern minds, to point clearly toward an obvious question:]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@exitingthecave/rousseau-s-social-contract-book-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@exitingthecave/rousseau-s-social-contract-book-1</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[exitingthecave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:13:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>