Welcome to DPR's book club! Knowledge is power, and reading is one of the best ways to expand your knowledge. Each week, we will select a reading designed to expand our understanding of the issues that face the Silk Road community and have a group discussion on the material. My hope is that a high level of discourse will be fostered, and as a community, we can become strong in our beliefs, with a coherent message and voice as the world begins to take notice of us.
We will focus on agorism, counter-economics, anarcho-capitalism, austrian economics, political philosophy, freedom issues and related topics. My hope is that through this, we will discover what we stand for and foster a culture of peace, prosperity, justice and freedom. There is so much double-speak and misinformation in the world today that we must take our education into our own hands, and defend our minds with reason and critical thinking.
Here's how it will work: Each week we will start a thread for the material we will cover that week. The title will start with ***DPR's Book Club***. You will be free to begin discussion on the material as soon as you begin reading. There won't be an official ending to the thread, but we will begin the next one about one week later.
Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussion, even if you are adamantly opposed to any bias that may be in the reading, or any consensus that may form in the group. There are however a few guidelines that we must enforce to make sure we accomplish our goals.
1) Remain civil at all times. If you disagree with something, debate the issue, don't attack the other participants.
2) Stay on topic. We can stray a little bit as the material stimulates discussion, but we want to always bring it back to the specific material that we are covering in the thread.
3) Forward the action. Try at all times to build on what has already been said. We don't want 10 ideas being discussed simultaneously.
That's about it. DoctaFeelgood will be moderating for us. He is fairly new to the forum, but has a passion for the topics we'll cover, and is skilled in articulating the concepts and helping anyone with sticking points they may have.
Cheers,
Dread
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