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Defending the Indefensible: A How-To Guide
Submitted by Little Alex on Fri, 2010-06-04 03:00
Stephen Walt's heroic 21 'rhetorical ploys that governments use to justify their own misconduct'.
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"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." ~ Henry David Thoreau
So, how does "one" strike at the root?
"The right of self-government rests on the right to withdraw consent [secede] from an oppressive government. That is the only really effective restriction on power, in the last analysis." – Clyde Wilson, Secession: The Last, Best Bulwark of Our Liberties
That "right" belongs to you, the individual, no one else can withdraw your consent for you. If one knows that the group that he is a member of is doing evil, and he does not withdraw his consent to be a member of it, he is an accessory before the fact. He casts his vote by consenting to remain a member.