"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
In the wake of Memorial Day, the latest Zero Government Blog explores government's sick, double standards about the taking of human life.
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He's a distinguished Econ scholar, of the Austrian School. He admires Murray Rothbard. He contributes frequently to an anarcho-capitalist web site. So what could possibly go wrong?
Today's Zero Government Blog, via TinyURL.com/ZGBlog, tells of a tragedy in Texas, in which a lady of 93 was shot to death by a trigger-happy cop. It shows cause and effect beginning with the government's arrogant claim to monopolize force and run the roads, and how such a murder could not happen in a zero government society.
Libertarians can be classified into three groups. The first knows that the State is evil, but supposes it to be permanent. So they hunker down to survive, taking perverse pleasure in belonging to a small, persecuted minority of the only ones in step. I've nothing to say to that group, except please to get out of the way.
A second also recognizes the immensity of the enemy, but anticipates that given time, it will collapse under its own weight and incompetence. And a third group treats the State as a problem to be solved rationally like any other, and undertakes a surprisingly light task to bring about its early demise.
Whether the Ukraine crisis is real or just political theater to keep everyone scared and dependent, there is a very simple fix available. Today's Zero Government Blog shows why governments will not use it.
Protesters on the Left are half-right; there's a great deal wrong with society as it is. But obsession with the 1% richest Americans who supposedly run everything has blinded them to the abundant opportunities for advancement and wealth after government has evaporated.
Today's Zero Government Blog reveals that income disparity today is by no means what they may imagine, and removes the blinders over that future in freedom; it's called In and Out of The 1%. Enjoy.
"Anarchist" is a label good enough for me. Its etymology is plain: it says I favor No Rule. I own myself, so I have the right to rule myself, so nobody else does.
But what of a qualifier, such as -capitalist? or -Libertarian? Are these useful add-ons, to the root word?
Such deep questions of philosophy and grammar are explored in today's Zero Government Blog, at TinyURL.com/ZGBlog . Enjoy.