“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those
who falsely believe they are free.”
- Johnny Wolfgang von Goethe.


Context:

Jim Gale states that he did not ask for permission to build houses at Galt’s Landing, because such demands are based on violence and fear. When he was confronted by someone from the state county, as an outspoken "voluntaryist," Jim tells us that the way we communicate the message is important. When he was first approached, he took a deep breath to become present and recorded the interaction, because if violence came unto him, it would’ve only strengthened the cause. Jim welcomed the individual with open arms to be a part of what he was doing, bringing him into the heart of the food forest, sharing with him that...

“We are here to steward this land. We are here to care for ourselves, our families and our community. We are here to shine a light on the solutions to mass extinction and deforestation, and cancer, and diabetes and heart disease, and all of the slavery and slave systems that are currently running the world. What your government will not only allow me to do as a slave, but what you will even subsidize is poisons, is the destruction of our natural world. Your government that you are getting paid by, through the violence of taxation, is harming the world.” 

The individual ended up with tears in their eyes 20 minutes later, as they couldn’t help but be a supporter of the project and sympathize with the concerns that Jim had for mankind and the natural world. 


Voluntaryism:

Voluntaryism is the idea that we can live in a voluntary free world, a world without slavery, a world without any rulers imposing their will on others using violence, a world in which The Golden Rule is upheld and not violated by good people who are deceived into doing wrong or suppressing their conscience and simply doing what they are told by their belief in “authority” or statism. People create mental justifications to not be free or grow food, including the idea that they or others are not enlightened or moral, not recognizing the fact people can become inspired to be enlightened or moral. Slaves in history were kept in their condition of slavery, of being uneducated, because they were perceived as slaves, inferior or unable to learn. Let’s help people see their power, their conscience, their ability to say “no” where it is due, as the solution to all evil in preventing it’s manifestation. All it takes is one town or community peacefully and simply saying “no,” non-complying, showing why to the rest of the world. We cannot hold a fearful excuse that we cannot be free, because that will be the very reason why we are not free. This is the final piece to the puzzle of peace, and it is further exercised by engaging with permaculture. War could not happen with the realization of the most dangerous superstition which creates the top cause of unnatural death known as Democide.

“Voluntaryism” from Etymology, sourced 1838, is defined as the “principal of using voluntary action rather than coercion (in politics, religion, etc.)” From voluntaryist.com, “voluntaryism is the doctrine that relations among people should be by mutual consent, or not at all... voluntaryists are advocates of nonpolitical, non-violent strategies to achieve a free society. We reject electoral politics, in theory and in practice, as incompatible with moral principles... governments must cloak their actions in an aura of moral legitimacy in order to sustain their power, and political methods invariably strengthen that legitimacy.” https://voluntaryist.com/ 

“The Golden Rule” is said to be “do unto others as you would have done to yourself.” Shared among most top world religions, said differently. Also said as “Natural Law” as taught by Mark Passio. Related to the Law of Cause and Effect, as “effect invariably follows cause,” “for every action, there exists an equal and opposing reaction.” Related to the Law of Attraction, as “the energy you emit is the energy you attract,” “energy flows where attention goes,” “as you think, feel and act – so you shall be.” Related to Karma or Moral Law as “you reap what you sow.”

"Statism” is commonly known as “The Most Dangerous Superstition” by Larken Rose, forming “The One True Divide” by Mark Passio, recognized for “The End Of All Evil” by Jeremey Locke. It is commonly known as “the belief in human authority” or “the right to rule,” and “that which creates the state.”

Henry David Thoreau said “If a thousand [citizens] were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.” “If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, ‘But what shall I do?’ my answer is, ‘If you really wish to do anything, resign your office.’ When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.” One of the “greatest writers of all time” Leo Tolstoy said “Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions, in which a self-respecting, honest man cannot and must not take part, and the advantages of which he cannot and should not enjoy. And as soon as people clearly understand that, they will naturally cease to take part in such deeds, i.e. cease to give the Governments soldiers and money. And as soon as a majority of people ceases to do this, the fraud which enslaves people will be abolished. Only in this way can people be freed from slavery.”

​“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” - Mahatma Gandhi. "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” - Arthur Schopenhauer. “Mahatma Gandhi never had more than one hundred persons absolutely committed to his philosophy. But with this small group of devoted followers, he galvanized the whole of India... This then must be our present program: nonviolent resistance... even when this means going to jail; and imaginative, bold, constructive action.” - Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent resistance can be one of the most powerful strategies in history to create change and capture emotions. See Dr. Erica Chenaweth and her address The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance. More on https://theliberator.us/nonviolence 

“Democide,” commonly said as the “top cause of unnatural death,” is known as “death by government.” Professor R.J. Rummel from the University of Hawaii estimates 133+ million deaths pre-20th century and 262 million deaths in the 20th century, for a total of 395 million deaths, not including the combatants killed in the 350+ wars between governments since 1800 or the 40+ million international and civil war combatant deaths in the 20th century.

If individuals are obeying “authority,” worshipping humans as though they have more rights than them or complying with tyranny, this is the ultimate weakness and it will lead to their own destruction, disease, demise and eventual death. What's the alternative? It’s to be inspired, it’s to be enthusiastic, it's to be in joy, it's to have faith and courage, it's to live life knowing that “I am responsible for all of the emotions and the results that I receive in my life. I am response-able, able to respond in a way that's ethical, moral and does no harm to fellow humans.” Throughout history, governments and corporations with their order-followers, may engage in chemical or genetic warfare to potentially control the populace as mere statistics, bending the will of nature, purposefully using terms such as “safety” or “security” as a justification; but this deceptive evil is not the path we need to be on.

Historical Examples: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1200679/ & https://web.stanford.edu/group/sjph/cgi-bin/sjphsite/shoot-to-kill-control-and-controversy-in-the-history-of-ddt-science/ & https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study & https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html

“The best lies were always mixed with truth,” Sarah J. Maas, Author. “A half truth is even more dangerous than a lie. A lie, you can detect at some stage, but half a truth is sure to mislead you for long,” Anurag Shourie, Author. “Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes truth,” Joseph Goebbels, Nazi leader. Dr. Carl Jung on the psychology of governments https://theliberator.us/psychology 

The most detailed project concerning the psychology of statism & authoritarianism: https://healthrevealed.org

Peace for the world depends on our ability to recognize the patterns of history, to organize not for war, but against war. When we expose the tools of war, the weapons of war that are enslaving and destroying us simply by creating awareness around these weapons of war, we dissolve and dismantle them. An individual can only choose not to partake in a bloody or violent war, if they do not suppress their conscience. In the infamous yet shocking Stanley Milgram psychology experiment repeated several times around the world, an average person of any demographic was willing to torture their fellow man just because an “authority” figure told them to do so and they believed it was part of an experiment, in which no harm was said to be done, despite their fellow man yelling out in pain. The torturer would then attempt to give away their own responsibility, and place the blame on the victim or the order-giver, despite being the one who actively carried out the order. The common excuse was “I was just following orders.” Similar shocking results came from the Stanford Prison psychology experiments. However, these same experiments proved to also demonstrate that an individual can conscientiously refuse to be a prison guard or refuse to be an order-follower, on the basis that they know they shouldn’t.

Permaculture ethics are aligned to Voluntaryism, as even Bill Mollison tells us:

“Harmony with nature is possible only if we abandon the idea of superiority over the natural world. Levi Strauss said that our profound error is that we have always looked upon ourselves as ‘masters of creation,’ in the sense of being above it. We are not superior to other life-forms; all living things are an expression of Life. If we could see that truth, we would see that everything we do to other lifeforms we also do to ourselves. A culture which understands this does not, without absolute necessity, destroy any living thing.”

A heavily detailed article on why involuntary governance is incompatible with Permaculture gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/why-involuntary-governance-structures Also affirmed by Alan Watts and his study of Ecology, in which he states nature is politically “philosophical anarchy.” Osho and Jiddu Krishnamurti share anarchist sentiments. Anthropology, Community psychology, Critical psychology and Ecopsychology also has support, as among the works of David Graeber.

Learn about the common misunderstandings of voluntaryism in the book “What Anarchy Isn’t” by Larken Rose, or the documentary “The Truth About Anarchy” by Realeyesation. Economist Gustave de Molinari states “Anarchy is no guarantee that some people won’t kill, injure, kidnap, defraud or steal from others. Government is a guarantee that some will.” Rose states “If you personally advocate that I be caged if I don’t pay for whatever government things you want, please don’t pretend to be tolerant, or non-violent, or enlightened, or compassionate. Don’t pretend you believe in live and let live, and don’t pretend you want peace, freedom or harmony.” Similarly, why political action is counter-intuitive, as detailed by Adin Ballou on “Moral Power,” and found on nita.one/vote (also includes non-political campaigning)

Let’s grow food instead of lawns and let’s never suppress our conscience. Laws and lawns, our greatest war. Freedom may be impossible without voluntaryism, but voluntaryism is much more possible with permaculture. This is growing abundance to prevent scarcity and war, and allowing others to live their lives in peace. What better can there be for a solution whose time has come? If there is, we want to know.

Though we may argue that by nature we are free, freedom is not free until it is embraced and practiced. By using permaculture, we demonstrate voluntaryism in action as we show our ability for self-reliance, releasing dependency on government agencies and decentralizing our lives. Voluntaryism emphasizes organizing voluntarily, and never through the use of coercion done against peaceful people. By merely coming together for permaculture, developing trust and love for our fellow man or woman, we increase community awareness. With this, we aggregate resources for the people themselves and the truly free market they operate through their needs, for the real government of the world. We can have an abundance of solutions competing for excellence, rather than a monopoly on one solution which prevents this search. A truly voluntary government, a free world, as the ancient text the Tao Te Ching shares with us, is unlike anything we may have seen before...

“If people were to follow it (Tao), they would have no need of rulers”
“Peace is meant to be our natural state”
“It is the very opposite of common governing”

A truly free market may be explored through the works of Murray Rothbard on “Anatomy Of The State” or “For A New Liberty,” Ludwig von Mises, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Walter Block, David Friedman, Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell, Wendy McElroy, Frederick Hayek, Ayn Rand. More resources by Graham Wright on Managainstthestate.com

The “Tao Te Ching” also known as “Dao De Jing” translates to variations of “the book of the Tao, of the way and of virtue, of integrity, of reason, on the principle and it’s action.” It is the most translated work worldwide after the Christian Bible. Among the first voluntaryist texts in history, dating back to the 4th Century BC, Ancient China. It emphasized achieving harmony with nature, founded Taoism. Learn more from "TAO: The Full Return to Nature" by Cory Endrulat, or numerous works by Jason Gregory.

The art of wu-wei, or intelligent non-action, as taught in the text, is merely the art of permaculture. The plant is planted with intelligence, and that is when it will grow by itself (yin, passive), without further human input (yang, active). Masanobu Fukuoka, the originator of “natural farming” which contributed to the foundations of Permaculture, shares with us the connection between Lao Tzu, who is attributed with writing the Tao Te Ching, and the actions of Mahatma Gandhi, with growing food...

“Putting ‘doing nothing’ into practice is the one thing the farmer should strive to accomplish. Lao Tzu spoke of non-active nature, and I think that if he were a farmer he would certainly practice natural farming. I believe that Gandhi's way, a method-less method, acting with a non-winning, non-opposing state of mind, is akin to natural farming.”

“To be worried about making money, expanding, developing, growing cash crops and shipping them out is not the way of the farmer. To be here, caring for a small field, in full possession of the freedom and plenitude of each day, every day - this must have been the original way of agriculture.”

We may believe we are doing good for the world by imposing our will upon nature and using mass agriculture, or creating new systems of government to control people, but the yield of abundance and freedom will never be as substantial as when we learn how to live and let live to the fullest. If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. If you tell a truth big enough and keep repeating it, it is infinitely more powerful than the lie. The truth is sustainable, it's regenerative, it will expand by its very nature.

Notice how a plant like Cannabis was made illegal, or how a nutritious drink like Raw Milk was made illegal. Yet, also notice how many people have sparked their creativity with Cannabis, or healed their life with Raw Milk. Is it a coincidence these objects were made illegal or that they require permission to use despite being victimless behaviors? How about collecting rainwater, going fishing, owning a property, starting a business, building a home, getting married, going hunting, owning a weapon, cutting hair, selling a product, doing a protest, selling food, feeding the homeless, exposing secrets (ex. Edward Snowden), having a newborn baby, living without needing to go to war, using different forms of money, being able to travel, using different schooling options, living without needing to keep bills and receipts, being able to keep your own money, being able to live without vaccination or saying what you want. If you break any of these rules, you get locked up in a cage. Is this how we treat humankind? There are also compulsory rules concerning lawns, which could even result in you losing your house. Simply ask, why can’t you live on your own land without paying the government? It is time we change the world with the idea whose time has come.

Since ancient times, physicians like Hippocrates, Galen, Pliny and Varro have used raw milk to cure a wide range of diseases. The Weston A. Price foundation on westonaprice.org has many resources for individuals to learn about the use of raw animal products and it’s historic use, which had a resurgence of popularity due to the work of visionaire Aajonus Vonderplanitz. Many raids have occurred and continue to occur, for foods and medicinals. https://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html & https://www.michigannewssource.com/2024/07/milked-dry-state-destroys-90k-in-dairy-from-local-cooperative-over-feed-license-violation/ 

Kids arrested for peacefully selling lemonade at Capitol Hill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CCLHS-lt7Q Man held captive for handing out pamphlets in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0vS8VTZ4Sw 

Known historic events by governments involving a lack of consent or devastating effects, includes U.S. Operation Mockingbird, U.S. Operation Paperclip, U.S. Operation Northwoods, The Manhattan Project, Agent Orange, U.S. Japanese Internment Camps

“Homeowner association (HOA) bylaws and municipal lawn ordinances not only regulate how long and green grass can be, but what else can be planted in it. Violating these rules can result in citations and fines; if those pile up, you could even lose your house.” https://lifehacker.com/fuck-lawns-1847736416 






















As Auberon Herbert, attributed founder of the Voluntaryist philosophy tells us...

“The great choice lies before you. No nation stands still. It must move in one direction or the other. Either the State must grow in power, imposing new burdens and compulsions, and the nation sink lower and lower into a helpless quarreling crowd, or the individual must gain his own rightful freedom, become master of himself, creature of none, confident in himself and in his own qualities, confident in his power to plan and to do, and determined to end this old-world, profitless and worn-out system of restrictions and compulsions, which is not good or healthy even for the children. Once we realize the waste and the folly of striving against each other, once we feel in our hearts that the worst use to which we can turn human energies is gaining victories over each other, then we shall at last begin in true earnest to turn the wilderness into a garden, and to plant all the best and fairest of the flowers where now only the nettles and the briars grow.”

Key works to learn more:
The Most Dangerous Superstition by Larken Rose
Natural Law Seminar by Mark Passio
Voluntaryism by Etienne de la Boetie2
Slavery Gone For Good: Black Book Edition by Cory Endrulat
Effortless Living by Jason Gregory