I’m wondering—what’s the best way for me to pass on to my children the life-changing message in Ishmael? I’m thinking of setting up some kind of pre-school. Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Ishmael| Read More
I would like to understand the origin of our cultural vision. Is it somehow an outgrowth of the development of agriculture? What prompted the adoption of agriculture? Obviously starving people don’t plant crops any more than drowning people build life rafts, but what was the scenario? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Agriculture| Read More
Wouldn’t all the world’s problems disappear if the food was no longer under lock and key, made free for all? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Agriculture, Famine| Read More
Mr. Quinn, I have two questions for you about amazing facts that I often see or hear repeated. That Eskimos have 20 words for snow and that we only use 10 percent of our brains. What wrong’s with Eskimos that they need so many words for one thing and why do we have an organ that is 90 percent of no use? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Anthropology| Read More
Even if it isn’t “the one right way for people to live,” wouldn’t you agree that democracy is as close to the perfect way of living as we’re going to get? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Political Correctness, Revolution, Tribal (tribe)| Read More
In question #667, Mr. Quinn notes, “I’ve been very impressed with the ever-increasing awareness of our situation that reveals itself in books, graduate-school theses, publications of all kinds, and in every medium.”. . . Would it be possible to create a listing of these works on the Ishmael Community website? It is rather difficult to locate scholarly works that verify Quinn’s ideas, given the many varied fields that he addresses. Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Education| Read More
Unfortunately, in my pursuit of a non-economical version of success, I don’t find myself with really any extra money I can spend on books. So when I shoplift copies of Ishmael and The Story of Bfrom corporate bookstores and use them to spread the message, am I taking any food off your plate? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Beyond Civilization, Political Correctness, Quinn's Motivations| Read More
What are your personal feelings about polygamy? On an Ishmael message board recently someone suggested that polygamy would chip away at the Taker worldview. My first reaction was that polygamy would be an irrelevant factor given what the Taker worldview actually is. But it was further suggested that polygamy means lack of ownership, more freedom, less control. Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Leavers & Takers, Political Correctness, Tribal (tribe)| Read More
This is both a question and a comment. On your website I see people constantly asking you what should we do? I myself wondered this after reading Ishmael. But I have now, after some reflection, realized that this is in many ways a Taker mindset. Am I wrong to think that we can do enough just by becoming Leavers ourselves? I guess what I am trying to say is that, can’t we, just by adopting the lifestyle of a Leaver, change all we need to? Is our culture not like a prison, in that if one person were to stroll out, the other prisoners would follow suit? I am having trouble explaining my thoughts exactly, so I will just ask you, do we really need to do anything more than leave the Taker prison? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Beyond Civilization| Read More
I recently read about Peak Oil. The theory states that we will soon (within ten years) run out of cheap oil, which is the basic resource for everything in our modern society and most importantly, our modern agriculture. The result of the oil-induced collapse will be (literally) billions of deaths. What is your opinion on this? Is it too late to save the world now? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Agriculture, Extinctions, Population Control| Read More
