<?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, 22 Apr 2026 03:30:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/natural-rights/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[World Day of Social Justice: A Time to Learn and Work for Justice Every Day]]></title><description><![CDATA["Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. " -Martin Luther King, Jr. Social justice as a concept was present long before the phrase was created. The concept can be found as far back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-119826/@serving/world-day-of-social-justice-a-time-to-learn-and-work-for-justice-every-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-119826/@serving/world-day-of-social-justice-a-time-to-learn-and-work-for-justice-every-day</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-119826]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[serving]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 19:33:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGcnVECUh8JKtHezCGNmkhbxdac3YKGfaZMYMisrWsddSFRwKdqdB33u6nfreBUcJXRtgBwAh1hwEH9cUhFbGJ5MdbAc1awx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 13: Definition of Harm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Topic: How Do Socialism and Capitalism Differ in their Reliance upon Cooperation versus Coercion? Questions: Dr. Davies settles the dichotomy of cooperation and coercion by arguing government should exist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101093/@osu-fd/week-13-definition-of-harm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101093/@osu-fd/week-13-definition-of-harm</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-101093]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[osu-fd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:21:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion]]></title><description><![CDATA[If life begins at conception, then legal abortion is government blessed murder. Science has determined that a unique in all history life is created at conception. There will never be another human being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@egb/abortion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@egb/abortion</guid><category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[egb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mental Illness of American Conservatives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I responded to a tweet posted by the actor James Woods. He tweeted that Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is a patriot. He believes this because Sessions has promised to go up against]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservatives/@kurtnimmo/the-mental-illness-of-american-conservatives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservatives/@kurtnimmo/the-mental-illness-of-american-conservatives</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kurtnimmo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:48:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq26cEJa8ciSGNwwoLUVZi2R2cMr9N9mMW1qbhLoC1CAp8HhAA3vbTtHwBT5u4PLgDDWjMF4tu8cqBZDLkCLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government Loves Mass Shootings]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know, that sounds cruel. Maybe I should say instead, government loves to exploit mass shootings, especially Democrats. Why? Because they then have yet another opportunity to come up with expensive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shooting/@kurtnimmo/government-loves-mass-shootings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shooting/@kurtnimmo/government-loves-mass-shootings</guid><category><![CDATA[shooting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kurtnimmo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2nhMph8Yo3jHyfsfBxm3raDEGrffBkSsHnPoxzrm4NVGQ6zBYjHzSjGjKjthJv725Q638wnUUsS6bYHYyPbfn1fn8WxmB48JsvdUsxMGnxHhPCsQc9ap8KcVgeKijaBLrzYns236mcyAUZLBjZWtFLKGDke5wnuZ2LNa7ntMEDHmNFgBFuH5hUscz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Just Want To Live And Know That My World Is Able To Live In A Place Where Love Is On Loop Before I Die]]></title><description><![CDATA[ There is some amazing value to add in to the internet where others fear to tread.  My suggestion is don’t tread lightly.  The goal here is obvious!  What is it? Why couldn't I just]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@chasedreams/i-just-want-to-live-and-know-that-my-world-is-able-to-live-in-a-place-where-love-is-on-loop-before-i-die</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@chasedreams/i-just-want-to-live-and-know-that-my-world-is-able-to-live-in-a-place-where-love-is-on-loop-before-i-die</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chasedreams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:25:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5JTYhfHc4YoCeQENLeuwphkczmWMvoivP9HnU3DzbXw6SLpMBZ1e3dkjkS7s2d2tuHvQUU6Gp95bbS6HbugEbYq9pNoR1iomvG9LyzMuRGnCDn6qrwidMEyMA4X4ZqcQikgLwpcvssaHgHepehTgXtFGUP9RToiqHAVW3XsWPkor5bfLqFLUS17SYfrA36FLGx8mhQ7Y4SzAmwSf?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Average Joe's Principle of Self-Ownership]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is Average Joe and I own myself. I can be sure I own myself through simple common sense. Presenting a rational argument for self-ownership in simple layman's terms where logic is basic common sense]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/average-joe-s-principle-of-self-ownership</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/average-joe-s-principle-of-self-ownership</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thomas.shirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RtfsyWaiw3sN3zsxHVbPKJXUwKfiGb248odzpb141FUoNAJzb26X1Z8CqDx6KCHUk1MGZpFkeGhuHDFpTjjvC8eus54Q3ZPRhnZx6BTn7H8W7KyWGvPjJbdpqLc4Rqzyi4gEwgWap31MbEeEKsPND5hKX9LsXsgfTwcY4XpGWUaUFDb38WbnNta59fzootr1GExVvd3muMqbMQ5rkgZ4eMSr5uAeMU4onqGMrQwgsyiXZV6RuRXr941sUZwDNe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Own yourself:  you already do.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In many ways, "self-ownership" is a fancy way of saying "free will". It is the acknowledgement that only the actor may make decisive action and thus that both the responsibility for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/own-yourself-you-already-do</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/own-yourself-you-already-do</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thomas.shirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:38:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2QhhddTGwaHy3i3MPkgBTZBEoyLW2XpFqL7BxmCyHkmmZMyf4EouAcetoqrjdsbrdY2sVetvnMpPsT6gQxP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not cede your rights to the state]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stop giving up your rights and don't cede them to a government that cannot defend or protect you. Ponder on this. Since September 11, 2001 Americans have ceded a great deal of their natural rights to the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@bmwrider/do-not-cede-your-rights-to-the-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@bmwrider/do-not-cede-your-rights-to-the-state</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bmwrider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child, a cat and gasoline]]></title><description><![CDATA[A child, ten years old which the drunken dads couldn't care less, was playing in the backyard when decided that would try to set the house hold pet on fire. There was a smell of gasoline in the air, from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcopta/a-child-a-cat-and-gasoline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcopta/a-child-a-cat-and-gasoline</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcopta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 11:17:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961KoQjQkEjwa2SaWS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Journey Into Wisdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[A summary of a Voluntaryist position on natural rights This is the third and final piece in my series on a Voluntaryist position of "natural rights". The first two articles can be found here: "On Natural]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/the-journey-into-wisdom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/the-journey-into-wisdom</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thomas.shirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:55:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesC3KzS3LfWb876P88QWJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read me my rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[The previous article in this series discussed the validity of the "natural rights" concept as well as set up a frame work for discerning what rights an individual naturally possesses. This article]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/read-me-my-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/read-me-my-rights</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thomas.shirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Natural Rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Debate between Voluntaryism and other philosophies often times come down to the concept of "natural rights". Inevitably, the Voluntaryist position on the concept of "natural rights"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/on-natural-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@thomas.shirk/on-natural-rights</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thomas.shirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parenting for Voluntaryists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many voluntaryists feel conflicted when it comes to raising children. The biggest issue is feeling authoritarian when setting rules for your children and issuing punishments when these rules are violated.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@louiefreeman/parenting-and-anarchism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@louiefreeman/parenting-and-anarchism</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[louiefreeman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 02:51:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesV22FdHNVJUwBS7qUWzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Equality: A Concept That Has Been Completely Ignored by the Majority of People]]></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>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@louiefreeman/social-equality-a-concept-that-has-been-completely-ignored-by-the-majority-of-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@louiefreeman/social-equality-a-concept-that-has-been-completely-ignored-by-the-majority-of-people</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[louiefreeman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6gUbcJtcgqu4VmuTVz4sHCuDxmAJmidwQCqD8T3tCm7aUeuCQWMpXZ9Cc5SzyBh5Mvpfbt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>