Wes Bertrand

Complete Liberty Podcast

Society EN ↓ 263 episodes

Have you had it with "politics" and desire to live in a brilliantly better future? Are you curious about what can replace an age-old coercive organization trying to control you and your property, so that everyone can finally be respected? A dangerous myth perpetuates our political plight in America: The belief that we are free. In fact, scores of unjust laws daily violate our individual rights. Being regulated and taxed to fund governmentally monopolized services, under threats of being fined, arrested, punished, or even killed, necessarily sacrifices our needs for freedom and justice. In star...

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Wes Bertrand

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Jun 24, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 138 - Unconditional parenting, part two 28.03.2011

In this episode I cover Chapter One: Conditional Parenting in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ Your vision of human nature is basically reflected in how you view children The replaying abusive childhood scripts is common in the adult world--such as government and the memes of statism Bul...

Episode 137 - Unconditional parenting, part one 14.03.2011

In this episode I cover the Introduction in the book Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/ The most extreme example of operant conditioning is the domination system of government--individuals are told to obey and are punished if they don't do what they're told Any political philosophy not based on property rights is bound to deny individual needs for auton...

Episode 136 - Nonviolent communication reexamined 01.03.2011

Guest Oliver Heuler from Germany http://heuler.de/  and  http://voluntarist.de/ (Google Chrome browser can translate into English on the fly:) Re: FDR 1007: A third way http://board.freedomainradio.com/forums/p/14090/119868.aspx Oliver's handiwork... Obama will resign as president  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxjkatKuwRM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1837_nonviolent_communicat...

Episode 135 - Cops, statist culture, and nonviolent communication 16.02.2011

Law-Abiding Citizens Heart Gangsters by Kevin Carson http://c4ss.org/content/2873 State of the Police State: more bad cops than good by Garry Reed http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-dallas/state-of-the-police-state-more-bad-cops-than-good http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-dallas/state-of-the-police-state-continued No legalized monopoly of coercion in the realm of supposed justice will eve...

Episode 134 - Violence of cops and judges, need for nonviolent communication 03.02.2011

Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com http://www.cnvc.org/learn-nvc/learn-nonviolent-communication http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Nonviolent-Communication Free Ademo! Free Speech! by Pete Eyre http://www.copblock.org/1748/freeademo/ http://freekeene.com/2011/01/26/ridley-reports-on-ademos-arrest/ http://freekeene.com/2011/01/25/video-ademo-v-freem...

Episode 133 - The biggest human problem and practicing nonviolent communication 23.01.2011

Guest Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com are they out there?... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home Recommended cool science podcast... http://radio.seti.org/ The biggest problem on the planet for humans is the widespread, institutionalized use of coercion by coercive monopolies--i.e., governments--and the mass obedience to their demands to follow irrational and unjust laws Two Steps to A...

Episode 132 - Cultural roots of authoritarianism in need of nonviolent communication 13.01.2011

Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com http://www.scholarsacademynh.org/ We aren't on planet earth to live up to other people's expectations The error-correction process is part of being human: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html The art of not being governed: an anarchist history of upland Southeast Asia By James C. Scott http://ti...

Episode 131 - Reflections on Freedom Summit 2010 03.01.2011

Episode 131 - Reflections on Freedom Summit 2010 http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/071550-2010-07-08-freedom-summit-2010-full-schedule-and-speaker-topics.htm Recommended podcast http://thinkingliberty.net/ Taxation with representation is still unjust Ultimate safety would mean principled protection of property rights, something coercive monopolies called governments can't do What Has Governme...

Episode 130 - Unmet needs of children, NVC, rewards and punishment, conformity 22.12.2010

Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com Needs Inventory | The Center for Nonviolent Communication http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory So many vital needs of kids are not being met by parents and school systems, such as clarity, respect, choice, autonomy, and independence People doing things that they don't really want to do tends to disconne...

Episode 129 - Nonviolent communication aspects, raising children compassionately 11.12.2010

Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com Taking what other people do and say personally (rather than just as tragic expressions of unmet needs) contributes to the violent communication process Attributing the cause of our feelings to things outside ourselves prevents us from taking responsibility for our feelings http://logicallearning.net/Responsibil...

Episode 128 - Nonviolent communication, empathy and kids 02.12.2010

Brett joins me from http://schoolsucksproject.com Nonviolent communication achieves clarity and understanding without the typical seen and unseen costs of arguments Even if a person expresses disinterest in communication, then you can still guess his or her feelings and needs behind that sentiment, thus keeping the empathetic connection http://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventory http://www.cn...

Episode 127 - Domination systems, anger, and non-violent communication 23.11.2010

Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com Burt Rutan's private space flight venture http://www.scaled.com/ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_success_040929.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNkUNP75-Q http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_full_coverage.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNocVYQzFts Anger and Domination Systems by Ma...

Episode 126 - Pitfalls of moralizing, introduction to nonviolent communication 14.11.2010

Nonviolent communication: a language of life By Marshall B. Rosenberg http://books.google.com/books?id=nY4tDDO93E8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Marshall-Rosenberg/dp/1892005034/ The Objectivist ethics of rational self-interest... http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/self-interest.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/...

Episode 125 - Reflections on Libertopia 03.11.2010

http://libertopia.org www.startrekofgodsandmen.com/ http://www.silvercirclemovie.com/ Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer (Review) http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/weird.html Hyper-libertarian Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel's appalling plan to pay students to quit college by Jacob Weisberg http://www.slate.com/id/2271265/...

Episode 124 - Challenging the voting meme once more 24.10.2010

[explicit] lyrics Remember, Remember, Don’t Vote in November by Thomas L. Knapp http://c4ss.org/content/4075 Under "Democracy" children get roped into a communistic system (statism), along with the rest of us Libertarian Party: Worthless by Larken Rose http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/075264-2010-09-13-libertarian-party-worthless.htm What happens when an "anarchist" runs for office? http://c...

Episode 123 - Challenging the voting meme again 15.10.2010

What are the prospects of complete liberty--in your lifetime? Played clip of my hour-long call to Free Talk Live about non-voting http://traffic.libsyn.com/ftl/FTL2010-09-28.mp3 This Free-Stater denounces Free Keene http://nhpr.org/free-state-vs-free-keene Is the political free stater message different than the Tea Party-ers'? What will it take for individuals to stop complying, given the potent s...

Episode 122 - Challenging the voting meme 05.10.2010

In this show, I comment on a clip from http://freetalklive.com, which involved the hosts discussing the nature of non-voting with a caller http://traffic.libsyn.com/ftl/FTL2010-09-27.mp3 (clip starts at 14:15) STR Non-Voting Archive http://www.strike-the-root.com/vote.html What evidence is there that anyone wants the "services" provided by those in government, since they are coercively imposed? Ev...

Episode 121 - Liberty on tour, statism and youth, child-rearing, rationalizing warfare 23.09.2010

Support Adam and Pete in their continuing mission to spread the good words of freedom and property rights: http://libertyontour.com Some SD pics: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24991&id=130201433668701 Adam Mueller tells FTL the story of his arrest and caging in Las Vegas http://traffic.libsyn.com/ftl/FTL2010-09-20.mp3 Police do not really care about property rights, and they won't until th...

Episode 120 - Contradictions of electoral politics and the non-heroism of war 09.09.2010

In America's Finest (military) City... http://meetup.com/Complete-Liberty Our Enemy, The Party http://wconger.blogspot.com/2008/10/our-enemy-party.html Working "within the system" is not ok; it's actually counterproductive The end doesn't justify the means "Public good" is a fallacious economic concept A congress of Ron Pauls would make government look good, even though it's an inherently evil org...

Episode 119 - The injustice system and kangaroo courtroom drama 27.08.2010

The communized (governmental) roads enable "law-enforcement officers" to violate the person and property of individual motorists The statist courts are not about justice, because of their inherent conflict of interest; the statist judge and statist prosecutor work for the same organization; they have no property rights jurisdiction or valid agency contract with property owners; and, they fund thei...

Episode 118 - The alleged ideal of socialism 13.08.2010

[explicit] ACTA: The War on Progress, Freedom, and Human Civilization  by Gennady Stolyarov II http://mises.org/daily/4593 The following are some informative links for those who are sympathetic to or even enamored by socialism, yet are still open to the message of free minds and free markets: Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective by Kevin Carson (he describes himself as a mutualist) http:...

Episode 117 - Demise of the idea of city government 28.07.2010

They're all about "customer service" at the DMV, btw http://www.youtube.com/hotforliberty#p/u/32/41ZY5LSDEZA The common good is commonly destroyed by those who advocate the "common good" Hard Times in Colorado Springs by Chris Hume http://www.truth-out.org/hard-times-colorado-springs60242 Having "a say" in the nature of particular services is only possible with voluntary exchange "Police officers"...

Episode 116 - Reflections on Porcfest 2010 15.07.2010

What are the chances that they change the name of the Free State Project to the No State Project? Unfortunately, most libertarians are believers in a rights-protecting government Town Doesn't Welcome Libertarians: Town not so keen on Free Towners http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1967764 Achieving complete liberty is about engaging particular individuals in conversation that rai...

Episode 115 - Do we ever really get out of anarchy 30.06.2010

Study Guide Classic: Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? http://blog.mises.org/4716/study-guide-classic-do-we-ever-really-get-out-of-anarchy/ Do we ever really get out of anarchy? by Alfred G. Cuzan http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_2/3_2_3.pdf Noticing political contradictions is not a strong suit for believers in Government Political anarchy and market anarchy are worlds apart in terms of justic...

Episode 114 - Obedience to and support of statism 09.06.2010

Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey http://reason.tv/video/show/1050.html People in government don't honor your practice of self-ownership Most people have self-induced blindness regarding the coercion and tyranny of government The Honor of Being Human: Why Do You Support? by Arthur Silber http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/12/honor-of-being-human-why-do-you-support.html There can be no...

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