The gift economy predates commerce — voluntary connection without ledgers or calendar mandates. Then marketing discovered it could sell obligation back to us as tradition.

Christmas gatherings reveal what persists underneath: candies made by hand, genuine listening, rare moments when someone actually wants to know what you think.

Not scheduled. Not obligatory. Just real.

🔗 https://kairos-prometheon.com/en/blog/2025-12-24-gift-beneath-transaction/

#GiftEconomy #Christmas #Voluntaryism #AntiConsumerism #Sovereignty #Authenticity #Philosophy

"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. The market will test your code much more thoroughly than your QA group if you let it."
-Eric S. Raymond

#liberalism #classicalliberalism #libertarianism #rightlibertarianism #voluntaryism #freesoftware #opensource #digitalfreedom

There are a number of reasons why I'm not a communist...
-Richard Stalman
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/rms-kol.en.html

#liberalism #classicalliberalism #libertarianism #rightlibertarianism #voluntaryism #freesoftware #opensource #digitalfreedom

Free software is not a technical issue, it is an issue of freedom. #digitalfreedom

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Theodor Cuyler, Dutch Reformed pastor in NYC, writes on an admonition given in Rom 12:17 & 2 Co 8:21. He warns that one must not be less a Christian at the altar than at the counting table. He says Christ is watching there.

Is “honest in sight of all” a widely-held ethic today? Do pastors still need to, would the pews allow, such pedantic oversight? How can you strive to be honest, even in sight of gain, in money or politics?

#christian #voluntaryism #womenintheword #gop #zerohunger