Obedience to "authority" is a main factor in our political enslavement There should be no contradictions in the realm of politics, yet self-ownership isn't recognized by governments Government is allegedly designed to protect you and provide for you, but at whose expense? Businesses in the marketplace don't impose their services on customers; they offer and revise their offerings according to customer desires "Public good" and "free rider" arguments are based on economic falsehoods--and immoral premises If you weren't threatened with fines, incarceration and other punishments for not paying taxes, would you pay them? Collectivistic memes support unjust services such as the "military," which is funded via extortion and enslaves its own "employees" Employers and employees are not slaves and masters; each can discontinue their relationship at any time for any reason When people aren't allowed to opt out, daily rights-violations are perpetrated with impunity Those involved in the authoritarian nature of government don't take responsibility for their immoral and unjust actions As government grows, people blank out the essentials and avoid making moral distinctions even more Scientists are notorious for blanking out regarding issues and ideas of immorality and injustice Once again, the obedience meme is keeping us enslaved Why do so many rational individuals allow so much of their lives to be controlled by the threats and coercion of those in government? A disrespectful family environment tends to deny self-ownership and leads to enslaved "citizens" Stop saying "Please"! by Larken Rose http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3113 The sordid political tale of the Boston Tea Party... http://mises.org/story/2110#6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party#Tea_Act_1773  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party#Resisting_the_Tea_Act http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/04/bernstein_on_th.html http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/related/sons.htm The concept of individual rights is key to understanding the nature of rights-violations We are made of star stuff, and as conceptual beings, we need to realize the implications of reason in relation to rights Violent resistance won't destroy the authoritarian/obedience meme Civil disobedience entails demanding that your rights be respected, with firmness and no slavespeak "Police officers" are criminals themselves to the extent that they "make" money via extortion and work for the coercive monopoly of government The jurisdiction to search for evidence of a crime (actual wrongdoing) naturally stems from property rights; owners have jurisdiction; cops don't Freedom should be our highest value (assuming good physical and psychological health) Feel free to add your comments: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=529054&comments=on In order for Free Staters (http://freestateproject.org) to achieve freedom, they need to see disobeying unjust "laws" and demanding respect for individual rights as virtuous Resignation to the political status quo (obeying unjust "laws") is not the answer To try to use government to get rid of government is not the answer either Those in government don't care about individuals, but they do care about being seen as legitimate Politics "works" by destroying people's lives As long as we consider disobedience (and its consequences) less moral and less practical than obedience, we'll never achieve complete liberty People who derive benefits from government are engaged in a ethical contradiction The moral/practical dichotomy is the main deterrent to living an authentic and principled life, as well as a major impediment to experiencing freedom If you're not respecting other people, you're not respecting yourself (and vice versa) People in government essentially fear operating in the free market, i.e., acting in a voluntary fashion Once a certain level of self-esteem is attained, there's no felt "need" to sacrifice others for your own sake Governmental "law" is legalized, concretized authoritarian sociopathy If the people in government actually trusted their own judgments, they would have no desire to control others Visit http://larkenrose.com for more about his books Beyond Rand by Jim Davies (review of Larken's The Iron Web) http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/davies/davies10.html We don't need mass civil disobedience to pierce the false veil of legitimacy of "government" Most people are complying with governmental injustices on account of fear of not complying, not out of any serious dedication to collectivistic self-sacrifice Small, yet supportive groups of complete liberty lovers dedicated to speaking the plain political truth can embolden people with common sense Pop behaviorism (operant conditioning) permeates our society, as noted by Alfie Kohn: http://www.alfiekohn.org/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Kohn There are no rational or valid arguments for maintaining legalized coercive monopolies that violate individual rights Fear, threats, and violence are what those in government rely on to promote their propaganda of perceived legitimacy The only way that authoritarian sociopaths can live with themselves (as they follow fools' orders) is to believe that they're doing good and thus appearing righteous, as nabbers of the bad guys An uncompromising moral stance is needed for achieving your freedom, which is forwarded via non-compliance Arguments for governmental "laws" cannot stand logical scrutiny Once the entire market is marketized--owned by individuals--people will live fully as human beings, according the rational rules bumper music "Take The Power Back" by Rage Against The Machine http://www.ratm.com/

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