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Happy Constitution Day
Take a few minutes out of your hectic schedule today, and read Lysander Spooner’s No Treason (No. 1, No. 2, and No. 6 — Nos. 3 through 5 were never published and have been lost to history). A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime. Go now, read what you never learned in school. … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Anarchy!, Government is Slavery
A Series of Spectacular Failures
For the record: Social Security was established in 1935 – they’ve had 74 years to get it right; it is broke. Fannie Mae was established in 1938 – they’ve had 71 years to get it right; it is broke. Freddie Mac was established in 1970 – they’ve had 39 years to get it right; it is broke. Together Fannie and Freddie have now led the entire world into the worst economic collapse in 80 years. The War on Poverty was started in 1964 – they’ve had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our hard earned money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor”; it hasn’t worked. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 – they’ve had 44 years to get it right; they are both broke; and now … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, bailout, Government is Slavery
Democracy is Not Liberty
The practical conception of liberty is simple enough. What liberty requires is: “the ability to use one’s body and property in any manner.” The condition by which this requirement is constrained, is that: “those actions do not collide with the liberty of others.” From which, Jim Fedako concludes that, “democracy is not to the advantage of the demos, it is to the advantage of the power elite.” I believe this to be true. …In a democracy, liberty is simply the right to cast a vote for or against an issue or candidate, and then to accept the decision of the majority under threat of the apparatus of coercion and compulsion. But is this really liberty? All forms of democracy rest on the argumentum ad populum logical fallacy — the illusion that popularity … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anarchy!, Democracy is Great!, Government is Slavery, Left Libertarian