{"id":2695,"date":"2026-07-28T00:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/lfn-254-pragmatism-is-killing-the-freedom-movement-heres-what-to-do-instead\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T00:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:45:07","slug":"lfn-254-pragmatism-is-killing-the-freedom-movement-heres-what-to-do-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/lfn-254-pragmatism-is-killing-the-freedom-movement-heres-what-to-do-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"LFN #254 &#8211; Pragmatism Is Killing the Freedom Movement (Here&#8217;s What to Do Instead)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2695-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/29g48hp88szn5ykp\/Pragmatism_Is_Killing_the_Freedom_Movement_Here_s_What_to_Do_Instead_7l1uf.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/29g48hp88szn5ykp\/Pragmatism_Is_Killing_the_Freedom_Movement_Here_s_What_to_Do_Instead_7l1uf.mp3\">https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/29g48hp88szn5ykp\/Pragmatism_Is_Killing_the_Freedom_Movement_Here_s_What_to_Do_Instead_7l1uf.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>On today&#8217;s Live Free Now show, I&#8217;m breaking down a recent post I saw shared by Alec Zeck about pragmatism versus principles, and why so many in the freedom movement choose pragmatism over consistent principles rooted in the philosophy of liberty.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll break down why I became a full on anarchist, a voluntaryist, and why I reject government wholeheartedly. And I&#8217;ll share why we need to go further than just philosophy, into actually applying the philosophy of liberty.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode:<\/p>\n<p>Why I reject government wholeheartedly as a way to organize society<br \/>\nWhy government has failed civilization time and time again<br \/>\nWhy it&#8217;s responsible for more death and destruction than any other institution in existence<br \/>\nHow we build systems that actually align with the philosophy of liberty<\/p>\n<p>Want to see freedom in action? We&#8217;re building the free society from the ground up. Join us for Exit &amp; Build 6, November 5th to the 8th, at Sovereignty Ranch. Alec Zeck, Curtis Stone, and Mollie Engelhart, will be speaking, along with an entire cast of folks who are living the philosophy of liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Get your tickets at <a href=\"https:\/\/exitandbuild.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/exitandbuild.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s Live Free Now show, I&#8217;m breaking down a recent post I saw shared by Alec Zeck about pragmatism versus principles, and why so many in the freedom movement choose pragmatism over consistent principles rooted in the philosophy of liberty. I&#8217;ll break down why I became a full on anarchist, a voluntaryist, and why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}