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Carl Watner — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1948–2020 · United States · Writer & historian

Carl Watner

The Voluntaryist

Kept the idea alive in print.

Economic+70
SocialistMarket
Governance−82
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+25
TraditionalProgressive
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The historian who edited 'The Voluntaryist' newsletter for decades, preserving and documenting the voluntaryist tradition of changing society by withdrawing consent rather than seizing power.

social

Quietist individualist.

economic

Voluntary exchange and private property.

governance

Non-electoral, non-violent withdrawal of consent from the state.

Notable for
  • Edited 'The Voluntaryist'
  • 'I Must Speak Out' anthology
  • Voluntaryist history
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