<?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>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:50:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jakemccauley/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Police Are A Net Negative To Society - Statistical Evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the FBI, the national rate of violent crime is 386 per 100,000. The national rate of arrest is about 3,888 per 100,000. Subtract arrests for violent & property crimes (the only potentially]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jakemccauley/police-are-a-net-negative-to-society-statistical-evidence-c179f424d8078</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jakemccauley/police-are-a-net-negative-to-society-statistical-evidence-c179f424d8078</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:59:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["So The Universe Just Created Itself?" Answered]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here I'm going to attempt to answer the first mover argument. The first mover concept is argued as follows: “Oh, so the universe just created itself? That’s your answer? Everything just came from nothing?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@jakemccauley/so-the-universe-just-created-itself-answered</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@jakemccauley/so-the-universe-just-created-itself-answered</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:37:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobguNjVgme2hgmVx4BrxMYn1yPnmrWW3BNaXq1kuanHxX5HugmU2QwMQ1Yye4jD5roFz31GHPpnp4Zkbttgknhfz5ykVUk6X9YR88jNiNZEgTZ8CEvf98PdmrMhtumFLAWEufhWpiX1Ln4HfvnE3?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ll give you 12 hens and not a feather more.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Money is the root of all evil”. I keep hearing this nonsense. Money is just a medium of exchange, so we don’t have to pay for cell phone service using barrels of fish. It’s a means through which a complex]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakemccauley/money-is-the-root-of-all-evil-debunked-a67072c719c3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakemccauley/money-is-the-root-of-all-evil-debunked-a67072c719c3</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:03:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN2qN7squ2wygmQymR25U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Highly appreciated STEEM appreciation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I used to be regularly active on Steemit, preaching my anti-government rhetoric and getting paid for it. I've been quite busy over the last year, as I am 21 and, around the beginning of April; about to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakemccauley/highly-appreciated-steem-appreciation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakemccauley/highly-appreciated-steem-appreciation</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZywUVTX1GZNWbfXEGVURCTdYCgNq4ksW3LkEd9891Nf32gBuyovv8KPsaivhj3fxU8Q8oPgihU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Basic Income: an Economic Apocalypse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universal Basic Income (UBI), as a concept, is not only unethical, it is wholly counterproductive. " Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for life." This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@jakemccauley/universal-basic-income-an-economic-apocalypse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@jakemccauley/universal-basic-income-an-economic-apocalypse</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:52:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxszLjm4Nhbes9LFxKnsvV2BySZBFQ8yWjoJnKAgMwfboWha6qVobPr3hL4HYQ6CtfzpQp5CxTnBsSwM6vETWb8HFoN6a2KEnY6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I'm Against Age of Consent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certain anarchists, particularly me, are loathed and reviled for expressing the sentiment that your self-ownership begins at the moment you come into existence, which implies that children have all the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jakemccauley/why-i-m-against-age-of-consent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jakemccauley/why-i-m-against-age-of-consent</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn62pid1s3h6CHRq33x3u2mu9aDCkYTTtoE83z9wspYFrUZzrTotQne4pA8Yi4mk8kwHKfAVq5rdLCFeV6Tnk2HmNsmzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mathematical Case for Anarcho-Capitalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[At some point in your life, you've probably heard somebody recite this thoughtless phrase: "Taxation is the price we pay to live in a civilized society." A more backwards statement has never]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jakemccauley/the-mathematical-case-for-anarcho-capitalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jakemccauley/the-mathematical-case-for-anarcho-capitalism</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:28:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn68HB3QMtZwJu3CQWWd3WtiFsfuJc12C3spYk9r2AuDL5SrLWyJYeNf6GWs5UsQAwQzmgpNyCeLeiqWg2WxUZvkebz8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Pissed Off Rosie O'Donnell]]></title><description><![CDATA[How I Pissed Off Rosie O'Donnell When I was fourteen, I spent a semester at military school. Military school is a lot like if prison were combined with boot camp, and a slight educational theme sprinkled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/how-i-pissed-off-rosie-o-donnell</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/how-i-pissed-off-rosie-o-donnell</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2016 13:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyBvmUgXWCqjusSZNEGp9Kw6hn5JuityVA4AdJV3yDexwn1infU2L3V56QrCL24eXYEyi6g3BPHoHMgD5Z2b1M6SoL9q6XyAqeoUH7u3DugT7eg1SY9J8dprbR3BCYe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't click on this.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/2ygire-democracy-worse-than-monarchy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/2ygire-democracy-worse-than-monarchy</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:59:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy: Worse Than Monarchy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democracy: Worse Than Monarchy? Coming from me, it goes without saying that no form of government is acceptable. To govern another individual predicates ownership of a person to belong to somebody other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/5gd2z9-democracy-worse-than-monarchy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/5gd2z9-democracy-worse-than-monarchy</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:06:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGS89gaLz4DR63Q9d7X6vJprMZnD35iN2QZvUESc7jcnLCAW1cnt82Q4ekJc7FTb7wKiPAMySPTq8Gjz5QvPsC9XZF7cZ7ptPAuBPZesJSzgP4fY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy: Worse Than Monarchy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democracy: Worse Than Monarchy? Coming from me, it goes without saying that no form of government is acceptable. To govern another individual predicates ownership of a person to belong to somebody other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jakemccauley/democracy-worse-than-monarchy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jakemccauley/democracy-worse-than-monarchy</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:17:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGS89gaLz4DR63Q9d7X6vJprMZnD35iN2QZvUESc7jcnLCAW1cnt82Q4ekJc7FTb7wKiPAMySPTq8Gjz5QvPsC9XZF7cZ7ptPAuBPZesJSzgP4fY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Circumcision Question]]></title><description><![CDATA[Humanity has been slicing young penises for thousands of years. Some parents do it for religious reasons, some do it because the doctor advised them to, and some do it because the father insisted his son]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/the-circumcision-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/the-circumcision-question</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:50:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk2bRb9gatmwEsdvNEZvoQ6obBJpjDTdY9mCP15He3Tmmr7xAbYfCXCJYNDU2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safer In Somalia?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2011. Somalia had no established and internationally recognized government. In 2011, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime did a study on intentional homicide rates. 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First, just imagine it. You're back in high school, hanging out in the hallway. You walk over to the snack machines and glance over the items. You flatten out your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/assault-weapons-from-vending-machines</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakemccauley/assault-weapons-from-vending-machines</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/V9N4wevejZUavsx8DE8cJpwmQiKf6YTw2Li8i9PLu2excCAhSpsD8qCu6RBtVtqW9FJ49CFomuLGSigcVVK95Y1BfpfKDgJH4GTiTVW6sHQSB8Vzvtd4dQkH2rPADX8Wns53uCJg94BuxrwSTW4eFUih3MyABRiW55Qay8zoavXqdXftGFxqms3vRzDFBnGnUeyDnwd7h5W3SQ5bemRTt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It Evil To Join The Military?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know, what a blasphemous question. 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[video]]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is just my brief crash course in the concept of anarchism.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jakemccauley/what-is-anarchism-video</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jakemccauley/what-is-anarchism-video</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakemccauley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3ejZQFLqXedL5DGckCvV25M9VQi284fLEBbzFrBu6JWMKi35qyB7SDaDjb5bcypvpJDoakZtZg6UNJYpYLGLnexb4TFrAXDdnBgoS4vJauuQdi3WZ6CJEtwse14ceSU66PMCY9AX2t82ErneNuuJtGmyeAGugmqwcbWKdZsNrqPPJV2FGvd9GL2CmEQCH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>