We may not have met, but we have traded, however
indirectly. You have the need for sustenance, shelter and security as
do I. You specialize your labor so that you may voluntarily exchange
your excess production for some of mine. In so doing we
maximize the return on our investment such that we have time for
procreation, family, pleasure, education and innovation. That is our self interest.
That is the Natural Order.
As humans, we have come a long way from hunters and
gathers to farmers
with crops to be stolen, taxed or taken as tribute. We have have been
organized to protect
the fruits of our labor at the least expense. From tribal lords and
witch doctors by acclimation, guile or conquest to kings and
theologians by birth, membership or
conquest to presidents and pontiffs by election, membership or fraud,
we have tried
ever larger and more sophisticated forms of organization,
but every time we exchanged some of our wealth and freedom to
government for security, the government soon grew to serve and secure
itself rather than protect the life, liberty and property of
individuals from others, and at far more expense in wealth and freedom
than we agreed in
our contract or by our acclimation or indifference. That is the self interest
of government and those who work for it, and benefit from it, the
mercantilists and other parasites.
People have always fled starvation, poverty and persecution. Many of
those arriving on the shores of America just wanted to
be left alone. Others wanted to establish their version of utopia, and
insisted everyone participate. After trying despots and potentates, in 1774
there was an opportunity to skip the "balanced powers" experiment in
federal governance (overlapping
pens)
entitled the United
States of
America, and embrace anarchy, but it was premature. People
needed to experience representative government and democracy before
self-governance
could even be
imagined let alone seriously considered.
Me
I am an
engineer, so treating symptoms is no solution for me. I must identify the
core problem, and define its solution. As an INTP-INTJ
I am highly sensitive to and intolerant of logical inconsistency.
I was
once a limited-government Libertarian.
There had to be a monopoly of power to quell the abuse,
extortion and thievery of thugs, gangs and city, county and state
governments, but a world government to quell the excesses of national
governments was one too many governments, because there would be no
where to escape should it become oppressive. If only the Constitution
could be restored ...
After twenty years of studying history, economics, political philosophy
and religion, and participating in politics as a candidate
for Representative twice, Assembly twice and city council once, I
listened to
"Market for Liberty"
in 2008. It was so concise and compelling that I decided to
give the concept of a voluntary society its own web site on 15 January
2009. Here you will find a distillation of my learning experience. I am
busy seeking work, developing products and whatever else I can do to
survive, so my contributions will be fitful. Your
purchases
and contributions would be appreciated
I intend to provide an MP3 version of many pages, so you can enjoy
them while doing things other than reading from your computer monitor.
If you have preferences, contributions or constructive criticism, contact me.
You
You are tired of people who think they know what's best for
other people, want to "do
unto others" or otherwise want to control the life, liberty and
property of others by way
of government. You may have made and distributed
signs,
and attended political events to express you
fear, disgust or outrage
over a government gone mad. You may have become active in a political
party
or
movement, or supported its candidates. You may have run
for office. You
may have been discouraged by the failure of your team to achieve
enough influence to limit government. You may have
come to believe that politicians and bureaucrats cannot be so stupid so
often, and assumed they must be taking bribes, being blackmailed or
otherwise getting instructions from an oligarchy
with
interests other than those in their jurisdiction (your pen), so you
investigated
various conspiracy
theories.
Frustrated, you found this Web site, or feeling your pain, a friend
recommended it.
You're stressed 
.
Relax.
This 
need not be this 
or this 
.
The list of countries is growing as they fragment into
smaller
countries to make the livestock happier with custom pens. The
optimum number of countries is the number of people on the planet.
Those who
think they can rule the world will discover that no amount of
technology, wealth or power can manage the complexity of a planet much
less compete with the ingenuity of free-traders. They will
find themselves among the other wannabe
dictators who litter history.
The Constitution is ignored by those who think they know
what's best
for other people, and hate being constrained to friendly
persuasion. They would rather impose themselves on others by
force at no risk to themselves or their fortunes by using government as
their thug to steal and brutalize for them.
How does one change
that mindset without also resorting to violence? How does one
engage in self-defense from such people when they control the monopoly
power of government? My answer is by rendering their tool,
government illegitimate by refusing to vote or register to
vote. Other things
can be done as well.
There
is an alternative to the quest for political power in order to achieve
limited servitude. As the worldwide economic
crises deepens,
and governments fall, they need not be replaced with dictatorships
promising
sustenance, shelter and security. They need not be
replaced.
We need only to stop enabling our tormentors. We
need only
stop giving politicians and bureaucrats legitimacy with our registration
to vote. We
need only stop donating our time and
money to the political and religious demagogues
who pit us against one another. We need only stop
giving them and their minions our respect. They
may
throw a few tantrums, but they will fade away. Concurrently building market alternatives
to the State will provide its replacement.
Here are some steps you can take to adjust your world view, and make
what you really want happen:
Conditioning
Concept
Action
There are over 1,700 files on this
site.
Those looking for history-resources.com, political-resources.com,
libertarian-resources.com will find most of
that material in the Conditioning
section. Those looking for educational-resources.com,
health-resources.com, consumers-reports.com, notimechange.org,
onetimezone.org or onemediumofexchage.org will find most of that
material in the Action
section.
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