<?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 02:59:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@paulvp/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["what's the death toll of capitalism?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently asked : "we all, know that Communism's death toll is about a 100 million ( what about the death toll of capitalism?". An example was cited where the Nestle corporation "went]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/communism/@paulvp/whats-the-death-toll-of-capitalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/communism/@paulvp/whats-the-death-toll-of-capitalism</guid><category><![CDATA[communism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 00:31:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgt1ToxyJNZ2CBe2hrJJxxFumrTYgdiB16dsHGkxy5u76CYynhsQQhccaunePovWKSSU5bYpFVc5Rom21oPk7zy7YeZppgQ2pzzTkW2RuVipRq9G1xpHHMkFsNTmFFT6Bn3fC9h7ymEZuXTvqXt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Constantinian Fall of the Institutional Church, the Treaty of Westphalia and the concept of the Kingdom of God in Islam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever since the Treaty of Westphalia, the institutional churches in the West have intensified their harlotries with and within Babylon. However, this corrupting leaven (the "yeast of the Pharisees")]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/statism/@paulvp/the-constantinian-fall-of-the-institutional-church-the-treaty-of-westphalia-and-the-concept-of-the-kingdom-of-god-in-islam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/statism/@paulvp/the-constantinian-fall-of-the-institutional-church-the-treaty-of-westphalia-and-the-concept-of-the-kingdom-of-god-in-islam</guid><category><![CDATA[statism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:33:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPkTaXHypwFV6GpM6fpBgCzK5XvH6CG856Yo15jsh4Sav1TS2dHo8VsfFjkr2JUnoLFouLazQd3PPUgM3xrQ6CjFeQjqySUVonNCRSVuD3w4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NFL, gladiator games, tribal war and politics. What's the point?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've recently come to the realization that people enjoy conflict and tribal allegiance and war for its own sake (!!!) and not for any other ulterior goal of obtaining resources, or meeting needs or wants.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nfl/@paulvp/nfl-gladiator-games-tribal-war-and-politics-whats-the-point</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nfl/@paulvp/nfl-gladiator-games-tribal-war-and-politics-whats-the-point</guid><category><![CDATA[nfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 05:27:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgt1ToxyJNZ2CBe2hrJJxxFumrTYgdiB16dsHGkxy5u76CYynhsQQhccaurt8fjdckd1hcPgSecsWddSkdiRvQPZTJo7NJ47LGx5HsxXR56prbRUN8th7n1SEK4hKmEn3vZYVMnb6Fsm8kQgfNe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donating to charities that do not have their own brokerage accounts]]></title><description><![CDATA[A charity (e.g. local church) that does not have its own brokerage account can still receive stock donations (in the form of cash) by using the stockdonator.com service. Donating appreciated stocks (instead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stock-donation/@paulvp/donating-to-charities-that-do-not-have-their-own-brokerage-accounts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stock-donation/@paulvp/donating-to-charities-that-do-not-have-their-own-brokerage-accounts</guid><category><![CDATA[stock-donation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCaL7pGsixzcCbXAm16u91R87epkGPfVpWyXUH72HhpXrXtRqTJZTYvqeRMdJ27k5JTkANK4L9zKNtX4AUqjP6QoW2Jk9reQKcqj1raD1inCieS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A voluntaryist/anarchist's response to Trump's 2024 "victory"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consider a psychopathic mass murdering local extortion gang, that has so physically brutalized and emotionally traumatized the local population into mass-formation psychotic Stockholm Syndrome levels of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@paulvp/a-voluntaryistanarchists-response-to-trumps-2024-victory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@paulvp/a-voluntaryistanarchists-response-to-trumps-2024-victory</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:05:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCaL7pGsixzcCatsQecKpHTRjpnBPrgxh8nc75p4Fm32sGPW9j4MQ6KvNikh6ew9TuZyCzRFyMHXwhbEdHxMvihSYNUcCFeSbUamyuJRszxwz2i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Donald Trump on the Joe Rogan Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is a summary of my comments on Donald Trump's first appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE). This bullet point format is for my own reference, and may be expanded into a full post later.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/donald-trump/@paulvp/comments-on-donald-trump-on-the-joe-rogan-experience</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/donald-trump/@paulvp/comments-on-donald-trump-on-the-joe-rogan-experience</guid><category><![CDATA[donald-trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 07:44:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On why you shouldn't become a libertarian]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of people, in recent memory, came to libertarianism for freedom from what they (correctly) perceived to be a quickly metastasizing State and rapidly growing tyranny. Many came because they newly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@paulvp/on-why-you-shouldnt-become-a-libertarian</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@paulvp/on-why-you-shouldnt-become-a-libertarian</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:24:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCaL7pGsixzcCathAnJrWoxeEVtsJP32pt8oDzoTPSQX64ywFVL6HBDwq1RYTvf1fyaQDKcynneQmYivo8eQPvcJ3vB23g69nWATMhPLZvHj7V8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchist unity?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is not an attempt to address the question fully. Rather, it is a full copy of a specific response, first given on a Facebook thread, to a paper by left-wing market anarchist Roderick T. Long,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@paulvp/anarchist-unity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@paulvp/anarchist-unity</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 04:50:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism is NOT...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capitalism is NOT corporatism. Capitalism is NOT cronyism. Capitalism is NOT protectionism. Capitalism is NOT mercantilism. Capitalism is NOT a fiat-financial system built on (State) incorporation. Capitalism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@paulvp/capitalism-is-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@paulvp/capitalism-is-not</guid><category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCaL7pGsixzcCatJQoNhFcd4dNs8VdZ6dETy8zgh67pwrepovtzsNu9aD7Yco6ou6SLEwsQ8sncJLyEvZDWSdNeHenVCZh5pXbnuaT85YPbpAd4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The State most hates Christians...when they truly love the poor and the homeless!]]></title><description><![CDATA['Homeless Jesus' sculpture by Missouri United Methodist Church A Seattle-area city council responded to the growing homelessness crisis by "cleaning out" an encampment. A local church partnered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/homelessness/@paulvp/the-state-most-hates-christianswhen-they-truly-love-the-poor-and-the-homeless</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/homelessness/@paulvp/the-state-most-hates-christianswhen-they-truly-love-the-poor-and-the-homeless</guid><category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 17:38:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCaL7pGsixzcCatiH2hJfmDtVWPK7a7Y78UpxeP6c44oqUKsFr7UeT9AaSZXLrTLCXUyDmwvvxLwB9FvKjysie2o89MUEgkHEJiVU8gGH5RYv3g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessings abound from garbage dumps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our friend Prasanna Kumar Undurthi ( has been selflessly and creatively solving the problem of childhood hunger in a certain part of India, by sourcing and salvaging perfectly good food leftovers from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hunger/@paulvp/blessings-abound-from-garbage-dumps</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hunger/@paulvp/blessings-abound-from-garbage-dumps</guid><category><![CDATA[hunger]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:10:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCaL7pGsixzcCatghE1Rrnz6KdcAhBArLoGHpumvFP8yr9omssuyBsPmNHEXWN8zfBJoyqK2oi4BG6oDVCFs51R2igSNSu2uoiVVjqfLCwTe47x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear vs. love : a psychological account of the rule of parasites]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why does tyranny happen? Sheer military might alone is insufficient. The parasitical cancer that is the State has spread itself over the entire world chiefly through mind control (propaganda, indoctrination).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tyranny/@paulvp/fear-vs-love-a-psychological-account-of-the-rule-of-parasites</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tyranny/@paulvp/fear-vs-love-a-psychological-account-of-the-rule-of-parasites</guid><category><![CDATA[tyranny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:17:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgeeowm19wpKWNA9H4DHh3inToDmDVTom1eY2E9uSz1p4C7XfonWEGp93jxY6Eoxd2pCffMZkZU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin and CBDC : "you get a blockhain cryptocurrency, and you, and you...everybody gets one"]]></title><description><![CDATA[NOTE : I don't give financial advice to anyone (not even my own parents and other close relations). This post is not financial advice. Here are some pictures I got from the Internet. Even if you don't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@paulvp/bitcoin-and-cbdc-you-get-a-blockhain-cryptocurrency-and-you-and-you-everybody-gets-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@paulvp/bitcoin-and-cbdc-you-get-a-blockhain-cryptocurrency-and-you-and-you-everybody-gets-one</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgaj66c7BWudhVKHuuoTU7nMUkUYzNv3aLKmgGyGF7mK5Zs3k3XG9JAs7bDhLXq2ApJPFkDuRDG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions regarding Sacramental Confession and the State]]></title><description><![CDATA[Holy Confession is a Sacrament in the Orthodox and Catholic churches. It is usually practiced in these churches as private and auricular (in the audible hearing of the priest), even in cases where corporate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/church/@paulvp/questions-regarding-sacramental-confession-and-the-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/church/@paulvp/questions-regarding-sacramental-confession-and-the-state</guid><category><![CDATA[church]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 05:00:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgyXTYawojTve9fJAqC2p4y9nWYrnU5KvkwkhQmF4ZS4aLyz8Jn4qm8WYupw74SLKr26uHsSSwY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving your neighbor by resisting the State together]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if people disobeyed the immoral decrees and commands of other people (who call themselves 'government' and call their decrees 'laws'), on taxes, regulations, licensing, or anything at all, and simply]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bundy/@paulvp/loving-your-neighbor-by-resisting-the-state-together</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bundy/@paulvp/loving-your-neighbor-by-resisting-the-state-together</guid><category><![CDATA[bundy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:45:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgtifQUaCxdMQ3bwwBRmAqXKZuJhbGN3L5tA7y4eAiUfyPrfMtDdDn5WMctPfPyV7o4JNDefrP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's so bad about big corporations?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modern big corporations are not bad because they are “big” (that’s a symptom and not a cause). They are bad because they are “corporations” (i.e. incorporated into a State) and State-protected and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/corporation/@paulvp/what-s-so-bad-about-big-corporations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/corporation/@paulvp/what-s-so-bad-about-big-corporations</guid><category><![CDATA[corporation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgf8M6qJB5UzQL5ckFawoxj8FCbDNAZ7nFpNwuDuVsurXngqYSHit7qr4GaqyudNLvAEws7J9cJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignore the parasites! Learn to avoid fear mongering and learned helplessness!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fear mongering and learned helplessness with respect to any tyranny enacted or planned by the parasitic ruling classes is doubly bad -- it accomplishes nothing toward liberty, and it actually makes the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@paulvp/ignore-the-parasites-learn-to-avoid-fear-mongering-and-learned-helplessness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@paulvp/ignore-the-parasites-learn-to-avoid-fear-mongering-and-learned-helplessness</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 07:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2ri2HGv743dfVEndDGb4X13eqDmQT2jGDys9fcjMmVdjaXrRCs7ZcjpACPHLJxNgTtDrQcCM7iBG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are anarchists allowed to find white-pills in politics?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those seeking peace, justice, lawfulness and non-violence in the socio-cultural order and norms and institutions of the world -- in other words, those seeking to move the world to libertarian voluntaryism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianism/@paulvp/are-anarchists-allowed-to-find-white-pills-in-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianism/@paulvp/are-anarchists-allowed-to-find-white-pills-in-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarianism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2024 01:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgRNhHPMAuwucLT7SVjTAd6tuJNvScYLHk2VFQMc4Qj4QwgeKQ5v9yRJwdiKPiXDF1CxJEh7Hyg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Javier Milei, beating Massa and "massa", in Argentina -- a libertarian ancap President?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Javier Milei just became the President of Argentina. He loudly and unapologetically espouses libertarian and anarcho capitalist values. He is sick of the whiny right wing. He despises the Left. But, most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/milei/@paulvp/javier-milei-beating-massa-and-massa-in-argentina-a-libertarian-ancap-president</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/milei/@paulvp/javier-milei-beating-massa-and-massa-in-argentina-a-libertarian-ancap-president</guid><category><![CDATA[milei]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:51:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgxygViUXVXB2Wu3KgFb2ZJSyHoLMwJ1qzPJFwQjhXYBP5nTDrJrqw5CXSJD7XGb7XQUvqgE6sg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatism vs. Libertarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, a conservative magazine editor was a guest on an increasingly popular libertarian podcast. Their topic was about ‘conservatism and libertarianism’. The guest and the host respect one another]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@paulvp/conservatism-vs-libertarianism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@paulvp/conservatism-vs-libertarianism</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:40:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhsYkKhc8t9XmW2VabKsWMX9bhD7phq4L2Gf657BFX8AHFoirSsTsKDTERRLiZbcSg9T3yZqXd8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>