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January 6, 2026
** THE TAO OF LIBERTY
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** Has Your Freedom Been Reduced to a File Number?
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At some point, nearly everyone enters a system designed to “help.” But too often, help comes with a quiet tradeoff: autonomy for compliance. This piece explores how bureaucratic order hardens into control—and why freedom depends on trust, not forms.
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** Protest + Civil Disobedience
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UNDERTHROW SERIES
** Rules for Radicals Is Worn Out
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For decades, political movements relied on mockery, pressure, and polarization to win. This essay examines how those tactics stopped persuading, started backfiring, and left millions politically homeless—on both the left and the right.
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SOCIALISM
** Sanctions Didn’t Destroy Venezuela’s Economy — Socialism Did
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Venezuela’s economic collapse is often blamed on U.S. sanctions—but the timeline doesn’t support that claim. This analysis walks through what actually happened, showing how socialist controls dismantled prosperity long before sanctions ever arrived.
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT
** What If Traditional Schools Are Not the Gold Standard We Pretend They Are
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In this interview preview, Teva Johnstone shares how homeschooling can empower parents to protect their children’s autonomy—especially for spirited, sensitive kids. Drawing on her experience as a therapist and unschooling mom, she explains why clear boundaries, parental advocacy, and respect for a child’s emotional safety matter more than fitting into any system.
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