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How did you reject state violence and embrace the voluntary society? Tell us here.

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Sepero1's credits Ron Paul for his switch from libertarian to Ancap/Voluntaryism.

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Tom Spalding of Iowa State University on his optimism for a free society.

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Michael N of Wichita, KS shares his evolution to voluntaryism at a meet up with http://motorhomediaries.com

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Jim Davison, aka V, of Lawrence, KS shares his path to agorism.

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Chris Lempa, tell of his evoluntion to is discontent with politics all together.

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Colin Barnes, who is more about logic and scientific views, shares his journey to believing in Capitalism. One without government interference.

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Jason Townsend explains how his evolution started with 9.11 and has progressed ever since. He now is a self described voluntaryist and believes, likes many others, that the market and voluntary interactions are key to a productive/moral society.

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Jason Bennett from Kansas City, KS. He has always questioned authority and explains how that was essential to finding his beliefs as a voluntaryist.

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Dan D'Amico, assistant professor of economics at Loyola University, New Orleans, shares why he self-describes as an anarcho-capitalists/voluntaryist.

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Todd Grotenhuis is a voluntarist living in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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William Pearson is a voluntaryists who lives with his wife and kids in Memphis, Tennessee.

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I actually found your site [The Voluntaryist] a few months back. I have been working my way through "I Must Speak Out" and am enjoying it immensely. I can't remember exactly how I found the Voluntaryist, but I do remember that the first article I read was Wendy McElroy's "Why I Would Not Vote Against Hitler." I must have followed a link. At the time, that essay shocked me. But I also could not refute its logic or moral consistency. It encouraged me to read on. I am coming to you as fallout from the Ron Paul presidential campaign. I was apolitical for most of my life. But like a lot of people, I felt a certain civic duty to educate myself and participate in the last election. In short, that was the beginning of some serious study and soul-searching. I didn't anticipate where it would take me, but I had to be honest with myself as I realized that political parties contradict their own messages and use immoral methods to achieve self-serving ends. It took me some time to get here, but once I did, Voluntaryism resonated with me instantly because it is aligned with my own natural moral compass. I have always struggled with collectivist ideology. I have never had any interest in dictating how someone else should live his or her life. Likewise, I have never felt entitled to anything that belonged to someone else - I just want the opportunity to work peacefully and keep the fruits of my labor. To me, these things seemed at once self-evident but also completely foreign to modern society. Although I didn't realize it at the time, I think that my frustration with politics resulted from my subconscious understanding that true freedom cannot come from political institutions and is, in fact, not even the goal of those institutions. I'm very grateful for your work on the Voluntaryist. As I discuss the things that I am learning with my friends and family, I am being confronted with fear, ignorance and, at times, scorn. It makes me appreciate, all the more, the work that you do in what feels like an uphill battle most of the time. Thanks very much for your diligence and bravery!

Wendy McElroy publishes an e-mail she was forwarded by Carl Watner from a "new voluntaryist who charts his journey from voting to voluntaryism."

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James Burns met the crew of the Motorhome Diaries in his home state of Louisiana and like them is a voluntaryist.

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Dan Patrick shares why he is a voluntaryist.

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Antigone Darling discusses why she wants to ignore the state so that she can live free and in peace.

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Singer/Songwriter Hannah "Hanarchist" Hoffman shares why she is a Voluntaryist.

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Debbi The Suburban Voluntaryist (via motorhomediaries) shares her journey to voluntaryism.