Otherwise, you're just gonna be an asshole. And a religious one, at that.

This morning as I was going through my Steemit newsfeed, I came across a post by my friend Hive account@schattenjaeger. In it, he talks about the sad reality that his mother is dying of cancer, and probably won't be around very much longer.

The article is very honest, matter-of-fact, and thought-provoking. Not to mention sad. What made the piece even more tough to read was the view Hive account@schattenjaeger took regarding libertarians and empathy.

I think he has pointed something out which deserves address. he stated, in so many words, that libertarians suck at compassion. I have seen it myself. While most of my die hard Voluntaryist friends are the most empathic and compassionate people I know, it would seem my friend has had a different experience.

The focus of this live broadcast is not to address this story in particular as the main focal point, but to examine the broader picture, and the foundational, critical reality: that it is being fully human that brings one to voluntaryism, and not voluntaryism, that beings one to being human.

If you just have a set of rote memorized quotes and rules, then you don't fucking get it. Those things are important, after you get the deeper reality which is that human life has value, and that logic is compassion is love. They're inseparable.

If some folks think compassion has no place, then some of you fuckers are doing it wrong ;) Maybe even me, too, often times. Well, I certainly hope not.

~KafkA

Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DLive and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)

My live stream is at DLive