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Leave Government Alone!
January 1, 2007 Perhaps
no one institution receives more derision on a more consistent basis, and
yet somehow manages to carry on virtually unabated.
This stands as either a testament to its noble heroicism, or
evidence of a kind of Luciferian immortality.
It all depends, I suppose, on where you think mankind stands. Either
way, we ought to leave government alone. True
enough, as Plato observed, "Simply because you do not take an
interest in politics, does not mean it won't take an interest in
you." Government will not
leave us alone.
Still, we should leave it alone. "But
dammit," I hear you stammering, "I'm supposed to turn a blind
eye to all the taxes I'm forced to pay!?!?
When government agents commit a No,
I didn't say you ought to accept any of those things.
Quite the opposite, in fact. Nevertheless,
we need to leave government alone. How?
By not voting, for starters. Never
accept a government job, including military service.
If you're young, don't register with Selective Service.
Never accept government as a client.
True, we're forced to "do business" with government in
the form of taxes, but only pay when you absolutely must,
and then only as little as possible at the last possible minute.
Don't let taxes waste a lot of your time.
Refuse to answer census forms.
Throw them into the fireplace (you might as well get some free heat
from them). Disregard all laws
against "crimes" in which there is no victim wherever and
whenever possible. In short,
if there's no cop watching you, do it.
Moreover, be prepared to defend yourself -- don't rely on any cop
to do it for you (as if they could or would in the first place).
Don't fly flags, wave banners, or in any way listen to politicians.
It's pretty easy to understand where their heads are at and what
they advocate. It hasn't
changed since the dawn of man. Why
continue paying attention any longer?
In short, happiness and meaningful human existence can only exist when people are engaged in activities which are either productive or recreational -- and under optimum circumstances, both. Government and its bureaucrats are in all cases the active antithesis of this. Which is why we must ever minimize, and ideally eliminate altogether, our contact and connections with them. We must shun them, isolate and ostracize them. Give them the cold shoulder and not afford them shelter within the fold of society. Perhaps ultimately there won't be that many of them left. And the ones remaining will get tired of fighting, only to be left out in the rain. Then, finally, our lives and our property will indeed be ours, and the disease known as Government will have been cured and stomped out. Alex
R. Knight
III
is
the author of numerous horror, science-fiction, and fantasy tales.
He has also written and published poetry; non-fiction articles,
reviews, and essays for a variety of venues; and is former Communications
Director for the Libertarian Party of
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