I view government as a disease. A very deadly disease which killed over 170 million* people in the 20th century alone. Even if a deadly disease like government has a couple of beneficial side effects it is still deadly and is not worth the pain and death it causes. Especially when the pain and death is inflicted on those who are forcibly infected against their will. People should be aware of the costs of government, and then be free to make their own choices. Like smoking and cliff diving.
Obviously government is a disease which many people still think is a wonderful thing. Some point to supposed "benefits" to those afflicted. That is dishonest. Sickle-cell disease is said to confer a bit of resistance to malaria. In certain, very specific, conditions that could be seen as a limited benefit, however, in general it is not a good enough reason and we shouldn't try to find ways to make sure everyone only gives birth to children with sickle-cell disease. Yet, this is what advocates of government are doing when they make dubious claims about the benefits of their favorite social disease, and insist that no one be allowed to opt out. Find cures for, or treat, diseases- don't search for reasons to spread them.
While I sympathize with minarchists, to a point, I don't agree with them in their conclusions. Government is malignant. You can't allow even a tiny bit to remain without the certainty of it spreading again. How much cancer is the best amount to give yourself? Government is also a poison. How much cyanide do you think is best to add to your food?
If people still wish to participate in government or other deadly endeavors, that is their business, but they should do it with a full realization of what it truly is they are supporting. They should not be allowed to force that aggression upon others any more than any other rapist would be. If they choose to try to force government on others anyway, they should do so with a complete awareness that those of us who know coercion is wrong will push back from now on.
*The number keeps being revised higher. I forget the latest estimate, but it is now over 200 million and still climbing. And this doesn't count government troops killed.
Comments
Kent,
This should get a rise, your post puts me in mind of Judaism, the ethno/religious group who have so often been the patsies of European politics-from the time of the Black Death to Hitler they bore the wrath of political and monetary activities that were the fault of, and benefited, the landed aristocracy. Jews were Europe's N@##$@, treated every bit as poorly on a daily basis, and barbecued on a bad day-and on some good ones in celebration.
What we must learn from History, and few of us shall, is that its not the "demonic" minorities that threaten us, but rather its the crazed bastards who demand our money. They are the ones with the power, not any artificial racial/ethnic/religious group-it's the guys with the guns!
When we look at things closer, we discover it wasn't the Jews who bled late Medieval Europe, bringing the Plague, but instead it was Europe's own secular lords, launching a, literally, "hundred years war" and pretending it was the fault of "moneylending" pfft.
...and if you add in things like 1918 Spanish Flu - whose spread (if not source) was the disease-ridden Western Front troops....
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I would suggest keeping a hard copy of the "Declaration of Separation" for reference.
The problem is not some conspiracy. It is us. --- At least I think that it is.
Orwell's Boot: our inevitable? descent into tyranny From the book 1984
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."
To paraphrase Sun Tzu: If you do not know the nature of the problem you are dead meat. Please go here: factotum666.livejournal.com/829.html#cutid1, read and comment I would like to start a discussion about we do not know why more people do not want freedom, and how we may address the problem of growing government and eroding freedoms.
Ideas to remember.
If (an agency of) the government (AAOG) can tell you when and where to pray, it can prohibit you from praying
If AAOG can prevent you from having have an abortion, then it can force you to have an abortion.
If AAOG can tell you who you can not have sex with, then it can tell you who you must have sex with.
All of these agencies consume our resources, and produce nothi
The problem is not some conspiracy. It is us. --- At least I think that it is.
Orwell's Boot: our inevitable? descent into tyranny From the book 1984
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."
To paraphrase Sun Tzu: If you do not know the nature of the problem you are dead meat. Please go here: factotum666.livejournal.com/829.html#cutid1, read and comment I would like to start a discussion about we do not know why more people do not want freedom, and how we may address the problem of growing government and eroding freedoms.
Ideas to remember.
If (an agency of) the government (AAOG) can tell you when and where to pray, it can prohibit you from praying
If AAOG can prevent you from having have an abortion, then it can force you to have an abortion.
If AAOG can tell you who you can not have sex with, then it can tell you who you must have sex with.
All of these agencies consume our resources, and produce nothi
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