<?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>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:08:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@joshbowens/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Quixote: A Republican Anti-Hero]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people living today: those who hate him, and those who adore him. Regardless of where they stand, they know who he is. It would come as a surprise to no one if his Q-score were to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@joshbowens/donald-quixote-a-republican-anti-hero</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@joshbowens/donald-quixote-a-republican-anti-hero</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4BAcMbXZnLLL1ucHmvrnRYpF5s9ERvYaBDUszgNGFzWWL4rAgo34sDMDHpaTn3CyX1JsK7vjtVrSYLzcygNkqrZCTzuRJBwxZko8BuA4tDFtqgtwPrkokeyYDVQu7X6GZJYnn4GsADVDQSEx3pe1egqoGJFYGSLdCQKdiuYSNpXTfP2aMiVvct7p74w99BdWhyjtWYKDeq2i9RdpgMqw7hMmZK5?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian Case for Spanking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spanking is a violation of the nonaggression principle, but it is also used as a verdict against Christianity’s compatibility with anarchism as well as a verdict against anarchy’s compatibility with “proper]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@joshbowens/the-christian-case-for-spanking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@joshbowens/the-christian-case-for-spanking</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 22:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKQoqebgCYCZiKh34MCpBGAbhzeRrY4hE389bvCGGnsM73GwgjEkigsnsi6ubJT66c6g514sWL5m1JGj8qmWfX1UJkC9etUWoXotFSvPrZtHnitv1Zw2F2HAfDpq5nEaEgEmiLCfxWSG9rnL1qh8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libertarian Military: Widthdrawal of Our Troops]]></title><description><![CDATA[As is commonly known, the United States Armed Forces is a product of state socialism. It’s been used against the anti-socialist neocons since the end of the Bush era, but never seemed to serve as a caveat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/military/@joshbowens/libertarian-military-widthdrawal-of-our-troops</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/military/@joshbowens/libertarian-military-widthdrawal-of-our-troops</guid><category><![CDATA[military]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2016 23:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HFcFmHBiAeR429FKgF7wt3hWZt9iwSVxPyDPQTeCeRchWzDTotS9H6z14UFNs1UsBenLmMTBi1yABWGmQBUS5rNuqf4aviUgZtpbjepZKvosKWY1J9ArtTEQsDsaDSyjU8HAawrhtNAgtFkfc4QqNdX7VKzKqp86BoMzqjdCCcM92ZWjHrofc82pDJfJx4qMmBFjkWkNpmuu7FV7y6gLJ4g66LSCcqhpUQ1NZzXgwZ6KadhoGFYL73e74j9X5YG1Jc63JURX8swQVBS6PHQruCrntNwUzrHkiDatzHa8zy9HGWgeXV?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism: Obscured by Film [RE-UPLOAD]]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the nineteenth century, many people were laughing at Karl Marx; in the twentieth century, many people were laughing at Groucho Marx. His and his brothers’ rapid-fire wit and buffoonery were a much needed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/film/@joshbowens/communism-obscured-by-film-re-upload</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/film/@joshbowens/communism-obscured-by-film-re-upload</guid><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiG6VCAqzfzVgENa5YVpxwR6Ya6FzB9yiv5HzQ4Z9evA6wPe5RB52H6TwoenidkdP7614VLBhQu3yeErnsK3A69SkBehafQ21ZYbGaPnd7eSPoTAF?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism: Obscured by Film]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the nineteenth century, many people were laughing at Karl Marx; in the twentieth century, many people were laughing at Groucho Marx. His and his brothers’ rapid-fire wit and buffoonery were a much needed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/film/@joshbowens/communism-obscured-by-film</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/film/@joshbowens/communism-obscured-by-film</guid><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD1RnhoSMtwfTHvmX95edas2gQ2De9CUUFtHN3dTMBnvLG9WbRWm5w9KtW9Kasng1rnDGZPPKc2nXNHnTShFdCTjePMcb4mwwDbNSr3Ct3VvKiTwN5fL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non Peccata, Sed Signa]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is believed that Pope Gregory I made his mission to Canterbury upon observing Anglo-Saxon slave children from Great Britain on the Roman slave market, which inspired him to convert them to Christianity.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@joshbowens/non-peccata-sed-signa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@joshbowens/non-peccata-sed-signa</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:50:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbkodzNPcRWemhScbXbFTdgywM7jDu9GoS7y7Tq1LCUdRr2v1uGn3XRDgvJq7AUhXLsQgMj64QQQP6qz6nwW73yo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridding Ourselves Of Heroin Dealers The Right Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know that I’m a tad late to the party on this, but I hope that my take on this subject is in some way, unique. Presented above is a viral photo of an Ohio couple who overdosed on heroin with their 3-year-old]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/current-events/@joshbowens/ridding-ourselves-of-heroin-dealers-the-right-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/current-events/@joshbowens/ridding-ourselves-of-heroin-dealers-the-right-way</guid><category><![CDATA[current-events]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpmLGMgYQLxVJbEgp1ovkjMrpqxyCbE6GVUY9abK7mG2Pd19hxH1d2tGjSt5CSFoPV4RC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tragedy of the Commons]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of the commons is a game theory used as much against government, as it is against anarcho-capitalism, and it is an argument more advanced than, “Who will build the roads?”. In it, the argument]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/i/@joshbowens/the-tragedy-of-the-commons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/i/@joshbowens/the-tragedy-of-the-commons</guid><category><![CDATA[i]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:28:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tragedy of the Commons, Part II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s be interesting about this. In the previous post, I touched upon four of the eight most popular dilemmas propounded by the tragedy of the commons. The verdict of having only eight wasn’t intentional,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-part-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2016 00:21:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/GLhDmGfuQPvBxJ53RouuSUjZM3Kz595jqrnGGp6wLDhpXSV4w6D98ZpJCqVgVBvw8TwADg3XVsyZxPfyCMnFM9JKaw6fBjSAm5kaMGpajFCLPZmLTduG6zrrKfL9ceP4EnpmCdCzgeniDoo5WdVdAhek7xF3XQZprWsKi6PrtgyeXPnp1Bg5rxRax1trDcAC2uxMybnBn4Fs52CLC1t1EikmwWQbidYxCwoBm2rux3u?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tragedy of the Commons, Part I]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of the commons is a game theory used as much against government, as it is against anarcho-capitalism, and it is an argument more advanced than, “Who will build the roads?”. In it, the argument]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-reubtted</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-reubtted</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybLDZufZUMP6sddUq1mvcHtMk766MiBHKmx2cfLTZnr9YVwYT5DcQ9RrH3RF5uyAHgzSLjkiMGka5fwwvwAm9bwqpGpwRDp5Pf9DErg7G1e2PsqJ9qvqgA9YZ6wkynZ6yWe2AAqM3AsYkY1ixZEed7c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Cops Always Initiate Force?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Libertarian Party turned 40 in 2011, and like many people that age, it underwent a mid-life crisis. Ron Paul’s “rEVOLution” and the Occupy Wall Street movement were, arguably, stimuli for the progressive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/do-cops-always-initiate-force</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/do-cops-always-initiate-force</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:27:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjEYui99cRUQcBHoTQ3XG9hAvo74DnGMXJYUi1xLNqqrqyYLjGcegzNeUmqVVFknBtSkgxhzdMWSixCVPxhUCJuFLbuFz84zBk92dVGNiYkFXekhYSteJpLMt7Azmqgo8GJTXhukAhe79C7cNpN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey, Mr. Postman!: A Brief Critique of Post-Scarcity]]></title><description><![CDATA[  No one really labels themselves a “post-scarcity anarchist” like one would label themselves a “poststructuralist” for a reason. For one thing, Post Scarcity Anarchism is just the title of a book,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/hey-mr-postman-a-brief-critique-of-post-scarcity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/hey-mr-postman-a-brief-critique-of-post-scarcity</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 01:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QLrGDLts3ULog3nNd7eLJJnsurLTDMZtLzrnM62PpkUpVRQrZDiZ9KBfc3p1Y9Led5u6Ue8GQKA7E6JUMt7UKNe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The MPAA and Voluntary Regulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m a screenwriter first and an anarchist, second. I am plagued with a weather-beaten, but firmly standing optimism and a slight, but not infirm, delusion of grandeur that leads me to hope that upon reading]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntryism/@joshbowens/the-mpaa-and-voluntary-regulation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntryism/@joshbowens/the-mpaa-and-voluntary-regulation</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 02:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DogN7fF3oJDTuidMLNGK1CtaE1xtq7cseZSE4JfskyEgc2wicjBC4oVfue8PG6FmY6CSEw391iNUzR72EPLJSb6XGUdL51tZiPDgYMC8zUi5R1rkxVEApTNYpR7gUnfkWA9xKUWBzy759CczhRkCJgH7Ep8dB5hKuLzfeSE6PKQ8tSigQ7sn6QwpsPKP3yTFiMdHWpayhwD98?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Josh Bowens Swears To God, If You Don't Shut Up...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I originally wanted to limit my identity to Facebook, not because I see my personal life as private, but because it would be easier for me to give you the details if I kept a memoir handy, which I don’t]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@joshbowens/josh-bowens-swears-to-god-if-you-don-t-shut-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@joshbowens/josh-bowens-swears-to-god-if-you-don-t-shut-up</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 01:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/yX2kCPo1MLz1mgjSkUraTuUbcu3gonquhRQ8KNLkwviHV7R349KpMFKKjudXqpRZU8UX5aSW4B9e4C5NYAk3WwLzBsbZz256p96wxeUH7EKKEyUxwouwYKa5SnFeahRujwkSujaaxe5mNZV5K2mUbmRLL2EQMPoaa6XKHMjTEyTH8PEUggbJaAa3c8vnaJgm4FzdCRou5n2gQ7?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stealthcare:]]></title><description><![CDATA[The topic of free healthcare, a euphemism for “socialized medicine”, has been on the table for quite some time now and I can't help but harken back to a 2011 debate between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@joshbowens/stealthcare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@joshbowens/stealthcare</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:12:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5AUQp9rTquchfWWb6eJTrtzKWxsDPUrdaLQUXLMCriePaSP3HnFXkuC7py4xQZj7YgDbDbVHFnCMAozzYP6Lz1Tdk3kuExqwPHxVVKHjC2JTtMCZ8XGT2E6GCVYasyCP9cFzyvrYRcBG4Hn8tcJmPB18fJdsSS9AwpFNQVBhnGmTsW3wdhUhahYvk3qyC35K6q133zWCuWd6aoXRswVk1WqxM9iWXsRSRPCYhhScn5Nhs8mqtkXErLpzjWBsq4DAkj9q3LsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debunking a Mythbuster [ARCHIVE]]]></title><description><![CDATA[ 1.    Myth: Raising the minimum wage will only benefit teens.  Not true: The typical minimum wage worker is not a  high school  student earning weekend pocket money. In fact,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/4n9o6k-debunking-a-mythbuster-archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/4n9o6k-debunking-a-mythbuster-archive</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 01:34:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debunking A Mythbuster [ARCHIVE]]]></title><description><![CDATA[1.   Myth: Raising the minimum wage will only benefit teens.  Not true: The typical minimum wage worker is not a high school  student earning weekend pocket money. In fact, 89 percent of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/debunking-a-mythbuster-archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@joshbowens/debunking-a-mythbuster-archive</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:47:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Will Build The Roads? (The Correct Route) [ARCHIVE]]]></title><description><![CDATA[On November 29, 2014, Indian libertarian professor(?) Jaimine Bezboznik answered the half-century-old go-to question brought up by critics of libertarianism, “Who would build the roads?” in my opinion,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/roads/@joshbowens/who-will-build-the-roads-the-correct-route-archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/roads/@joshbowens/who-will-build-the-roads-the-correct-route-archive</guid><category><![CDATA[roads]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:58:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchism, He Condensed [ARCHIVE]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been a recurrent proponent of cooperative anarchism, but there is a line that separates left-anarchism from right-anarchism that I find to be a hindrance. Those on the fiscal left, only take issue]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/anarchism-he-condensed-archive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/anarchism-he-condensed-archive</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:20:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right-Wing Postmodernism: Our Perception of Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reminder: The law in its current form is only unethical because it is promulgated by the state and enforced coercively. It is not unethical on its own. The state does not need to exist for us to know that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/right-wing-postmodernism-our-perception-of-law</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@joshbowens/right-wing-postmodernism-our-perception-of-law</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshbowens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:56:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>