The complete liberty message is about your own individuality and making your own choices Government consists of individuals who claim to have rights that others do not, which is the ultimate moral contradiction Government by definition is coercive and monopolistic Self-government stems from self-initiated and self-regulated action, i.e., making your own decisions No one should have a superior claim to your life and property! Obeying "authority" stems from corrupt family environments; "citizens" are children of the State Leaps of faith require suspension of awareness, reason, rationality, essentially your own independent judgment Seeing children as irresponsible (not able to make good decisions) is merely self-fullfilling prophecy Honoring the rational faculty and ability of kids means respecting their self-responsibility Principles and Politics: Like Oil and Water by Randall Holcombe http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=2407 Principled politicians is oxymoronic The political process is completely disconnected from self-responsibility People in government are not valid agents; they are not engaged in voluntary association with people in the marketplace; rather, they are engaged in racketeering and extortion Don't feed the beast of government by filling out their paperwork "voluntarily"; this is not voluntary, contrary to what Harry Reid wants you to believe: Paying income tax in America is Voluntary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg Define terms, so that moral double standards are fully exposed http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/principles.html Good question to ask statists: How do you live with such moral double standards Strategies For Advancing Liberty — Building Alternative Structures To Government by Brad Warbiany http://tinyurl.com/cwxjed Just getting rid of the consequence of ideas (government) won't do; one must strike the ideological root No civilized society can have taxation; all societies that tax are not civilized Minimal self-respect means minimal respect for others "Supreme Court" people are no different than the rest of us (except that they clearly don't understand natural and objective law) No liberty lover should continue in efforts to work within government It's important to use logic to understand one's beliefs and actions, so that one doesn't promote contradictions, i.e., things that defy the facts of reality Empiricism mustn't be pursued at the expense of rationality; gathering evidence to determine a principle begs the question of the principle People seem to naturally act contrary to what they profess; congruence is a challenge for all of us Economic Means to Freedom - Part X by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/economic/eco_10.html Is the private sector really part of the public sector? in many ways, yes... "People in the private sector typically support government by... Licensing rackets mean poor customer service (http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#107) Explore your subconscious with sentence stems: http://happinesscounseling.com A main psychological goal is to think for yourself and take responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, and actions Another great psychological resource: http://nathanielbranden.com Subverting coercive nonsense: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/littlebrotheraudiobook/ your Liberation Factor minus your Enslavement Factor equals your Freedom Quotient When non-compliance is done surreptitiously, it's not as powerful a promoter of liberty as overt non-compliance coupled with a principled liberty message "The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves." Dresden James http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sanction_of_the_victim.html In the workplace environment we really need to try to operate in the free enterprise sector, in order to live with congruence One of the stipulations of http://tolfa.us is to quit your governmental job or any affiliations with government The Rejection of Liberty by Rick Flame http://rejectionofliberty.bravehost.com/ Taking governmental jobs and contracts is morally hazardous because it promotes the notion that initiatory force has a place in society The people in government are caught in a paradigm of not behaving in a way that is morally consistent with what they know to be true: don't sacrifice others to self or self to others http://agorism.info - one way to live freer Treating people on equal (respectful) terms, regardless of what organization they're in, is the social goal bumper music "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister http://www.twistedsister.com/index-2.html  http://www.myspace.com/twistedsister

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