Secede and succeed

August 31, 10:41 PMAlbuquerque Libertarian ExaminerKent McManigal

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Some people fear the death of the state because of their own financial situation.  They are afraid of becoming dependent on charity in a free market where no state exists.  Without a state to steal money with which to run its agencies and programs, those who work for the state face the consequences of their choices.  In many cases their fears are unfounded.

Not everyone who works for the state will automatically be out of work when the state dies.  Some of those jobs would still be useful and even necessary.  In fact, some may become even more popular in a free society.

Consider becoming an honest provider of your services sooner rather than later.  Those who are doing a job that would have a place in a free society could just divorce themselves from the state now.

The only people who will be automatically out of work when the state dies are those who can't compete without a captive, coerced "customer base".  Those who depend on the monopoly of the state and couldn't attract real customers in a free market will lose out. Those whose "services" are generally unwanted and forced upon society at gun-point will find themselves at a disadvantage.  Those parasites have no place in a free world anyway and would be thugs either with or without the state backing them up.  We may as well expose them for what they really are now.

Let's say you are a meat inspector.  I'm sure you know how to do your job just fine whether you are associated with the feds or not, right?  In fact, you probably have a great many ideas of how to do your job a lot better and more efficiently, but regulations get in the way.  It is already the case that "meets government standards" is a warning rather than a reassurance, and that the good businesses go far beyond those "standards".  You know you can do it better.  Every industry has similar examples.

Divorce your master and strike out on your own and put those innovations into action.