<?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, 18 Apr 2026 18:24:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/hive-173062/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Request for Posts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The blockchain is an ideal medium for preserving the writings of the past. If you would like to help us build a library here on HIVE, please feel free to post the public domain works of great writers here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/a-request-for-posts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/a-request-for-posts</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:19:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennAPg6vKNe668LJYwFcYUWJwUV3jnwgudSgD6soKYhJb5qJMSavxqYRU69aQQHXWF4Jv26qnFFXMWtWneYHsZyoTPrAn2YRWG1qmZdccMxcm6rih42?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Government Is So Loved by So Many]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why the Government Is So Loved by So Many 09/25/2025 • Mises Wire • Ryan McMaken • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 One of the most memorable passages in the memoir of the escaped slave Frederick Douglass is where he describes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/why-the-government-is-so-loved-by-so-many</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/why-the-government-is-so-loved-by-so-many</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:09:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennAPg6vKNe668LJYwFcYfdZRGYsXdXSs786nPHwnHveANX1Sv3sQWmkM9KfvaoDxZDqh6SUShWkFEYCC93imEYWTSVExdpW5JiD2Lubvy5dZ6YfEer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Empire as the Price of Bureaucracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empire as the Price of Bureaucracy 03/12/2025 • Mises Wire • David Brady, Jr. • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 William F. Buckley, Jr. wrote in 1952, “We have to accept Big Government for the duration [of the Cold War]—for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/empire-as-the-price-of-bureaucracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/empire-as-the-price-of-bureaucracy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:09:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPZAjdp7K4M8woMojNqQYMnp6nUWNtKLPpGMYYJt2xFA2RnKfHrNsmf3GvbXUdSZ8DLpbMi1hXp599vd4qkrgNQpCz9ZXgtr5RQpXYoqvaqU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constitution, Shmonstitution]]></title><description><![CDATA[September 17th is Constitution Day in the USA. On this date in 1787, the Articles of Confederation which had been drafted following the Declaration of Independence were replaced by a new Constitution instead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/constitution-shmonstitusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/constitution-shmonstitusion</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHir7FdMHL5aXWZbxXHGnvUV29K8jm9HnCqRDdwkve3b4KEPRv7R6ggTGWo52X6arzXTo4auidsJoS2jV7vsRMp33hYadJfhFfZM16LCxzWHhWzPfaRc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Laws Away From Utopia!]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a pervasive belief, seldom articulated or admitted, but inarguably embedded in public discourse, that we can achieve an ideal society if we just enact a few more laws and establish another bureaucracy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/thee-laws-away-from-utopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/thee-laws-away-from-utopia</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 02:26:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHir7FdMHL5aXWZbxXHGcCka3G6Jg7FJpSrv4uFBAvtEYZyDbqWF5wrwCsBZQ8jnqNSq2bEWG3GDsgBCfuEeP4iPhTYvA4XZv3yK1o6M3pznzsqfFcT8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dethroning False Gods and Undermining Idolatry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christian music has a reputation, and it ain't great. Folks consider it derivative at best, and utter trash at worst. The sad part is, much of the time, that's accurate. But there are exceptions, and I'd]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/dethroning-false-gods-and-undermining-idolatry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/dethroning-false-gods-and-undermining-idolatry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 07:24:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvgaXXPR2v631XwCK7fWAUWeT3coh4m9wTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Deeper Separation of Church and State]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many anarchists use the motto, "no gods, no masters," as though Church and State share the same root corruption. However, it should be noted that the early Christian Church was a threat to government]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/a-deeper-separation-of-church-and-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/a-deeper-separation-of-church-and-state</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:00:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHApZnioPE9fx9W5ffq4JXbVR1WQMHG53Jv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Are Rights?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What are rights? Where do they come from? How do governments relate to them? Let's take a quick look at the framework behind the concept of negative rights. This is the concept that no one has a right]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/what-are-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/what-are-rights</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 08:41:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPZAjdp7K4M8woMojNqQYMb2R3g6SqatAQyfPwBU8Q38enqpZj7aPVdyvikgh7f8wUrWY9YhAxxYc1wVeYGmASu2e1dSQ3Akw7hsTRy4Axzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have You Heard of "Democide?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @jacobtothe/have-you-heard-of-democide by @jacobtothe.The State is a territorial monopoly in violence masquerading as a source of peace and stability for society. War is just a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/have-you-heard-of-democide-hive-173062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/have-you-heard-of-democide-hive-173062</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 07:21:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is This How to Storm the Capitol Properly?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @jacobtothe/is-this-how-to-storm-the-capitol-properly by @jacobtothe.People call riots "anarchy," even when the rioters want more government.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/is-this-how-to-storm-the-capitol-properly-hive-173062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/is-this-how-to-storm-the-capitol-properly-hive-173062</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:36:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christian nationalists : Pharisees or Zealots?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @paulvp/christian-nationalism-pharisees-or-zealots by @jacobtothe."No gods, no masters"? Christian anarchism is also anarchism. Probably more so than you think.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/christian-nationalism-pharisees-or-zealots-hive-173062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/christian-nationalism-pharisees-or-zealots-hive-173062</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:53:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why are Agorism and Left-Rothbardianism “Left-Libertarian”?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking at the traditional definition of capitalism and the historical use of the term "Libertarian" in American thought. ▶️ 3Speak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@ancapelijah/engyrkxl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@ancapelijah/engyrkxl</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ancapelijah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 07:44:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVwVhxTfbrwoSWahxxDG6rPtw8gSAA3GFvxHeAWzJziAKKpZsLjrBJTTtVna5i4ErD635YiUGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hive is an anarcho-capitalist dream come true (ENG-ES) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @huesos/hive-is-an-anarcho-capitalist-dream-come-true-eng-es by @huesos.Yes, Hive is the best place for us]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@huesos/hive-is-an-anarcho-capitalist-dream-come-true-eng-es-hive-173062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@huesos/hive-is-an-anarcho-capitalist-dream-come-true-eng-es-hive-173062</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[huesos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:23:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constitution Day Conundrum]]></title><description><![CDATA[September 17th is Constitution Day in the United States. As of this post, it has been 235 years since that dubious signing. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the political philosophers of the Age of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/constitution-day-conundrum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/constitution-day-conundrum</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 10:33:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennAPg6vKNe668LJYwFcYc8NXa8FaZ2PGuRyBDHBaCGH2H1LzuwZKRr123BKDTqcKu7uWh3QtXtwE14edqmW4s2QmPwKkFgLpoVGkfmXCtSMJxnUavS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Freedom?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outlining a common definition and understanding of freedom and comparing it to the understanding found in the unironic position that freedom = slavery. ▶️ 3Speak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@ancapelijah/aoutkajx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@ancapelijah/aoutkajx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ancapelijah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:44:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVycNWQN3AcZEWWNHiJRnCzdB2QwTV9n15Dm28FQWoRCtWKeenRRJFwWVx6toPtn8JuKK4xn6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Render Unto Caesar (guest article)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @badquakerdotcom/render-unto-caesar-guest-article by @jacobtothe.Caesar was a usurper who claimed to be the son of a god. The idea of the State and the claims of its figurehead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/render-unto-caesar-guest-article-hive-173062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/render-unto-caesar-guest-article-hive-173062</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:19:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Part of "As In Heaven" Didn't You Get?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @creatr/which-part-of-as-in-heaven-didn-t-you-get by @jacobtothe.Christian anarchism: the rejection of political authority in favor of voluntary ecclesiastical community.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/which-part-of-as-in-heaven-didn-t-you-get-hive-173062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/which-part-of-as-in-heaven-didn-t-you-get-hive-173062</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:29:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tinkerbell Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA["Tinkerbell Politics: you can if you believe!" —Robbie "The Fire" Bernstein on Dave Smith's Part of the Problem podcast, episode 883, "Climate Religion," timestamp 46:26.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/tinkerbell-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/tinkerbell-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 05:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHir7FdMHL5aXWZbxXHH9QCba3xWwQj7eRAhAkusNpfRjLo3KFzCiwdH1GTR2stRKkSZXPkudzpfX2Bgu3yKJAKo9CVnui3YL7fvMfCEju5jabU4VKQz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libertarians On: Social Welfare]]></title><description><![CDATA[hope you found that this video was a good introduction to Libertarian beliefs in this area! ▶️ 3Speak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@ancapelijah/dsvoxnvm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@ancapelijah/dsvoxnvm</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ancapelijah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:02:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVbKzMRtVVzTtBCHwuLEGBaCGKfowEW8h5YoiawJi1ut4pupe7ZrcKPz8qooxYLp6hpAwBLqUz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Identity and Authority]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Your government doesn't get to define who you 'really' are.” Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin (via Fortune Magazine) This is a key concept we must not forget. Governments do not own us. We are not the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/identity-and-authority</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173062/@jacobtothe/identity-and-authority</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173062]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2022 18:09:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennAPg6vKNe668LJYwFcbKen4URcXc1pdnj5tCiTkzzeBWtUmwNrgymM2G4EYPcNzVqbxHXB3JfkvsrqfrrHSdfGAMuAWsaYCjRhPZoUEmCiWgc2jPC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>