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The Value of Freedom
Submitted by Robert Fredericks on Sun, 2010-01-10 04:00
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"... one reason why I consider myself a libertarian is precisely that I believe in equality - in the sense that no-one, not even those with a 'democratic' mandate - should have the power to tell us what to do."
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Democracy is only a threat to freedom, economic or otherwise when "democratic excesses" are not controlled by honest law.
The problem is that law and the legal "profession" has realized that controlling "democratic excesses" by enforcing the "rule of law" (All persons are to be treated EQUALLY in terms of rights and responsibilities by law) is unprofitable, since it maintains balance of power between individuals which has the effect of keeping the peace, reducing conflict and legal fees. Far better to enforce (All persons are NOT to be treated EQUALLY in terms of rights and responsibilities by law using false pretext X).
The Nazis were a "democratic excess" who legally deemed Jews and others "subhuman". It was a very expensive survival hit to civilization to deal with them, but they were brought down by honest "rule of law", now rationalized away:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/51/ross/ross3.html
Failure and personal accountability, as a consequence of freedom are an absolute survival necessity, so we can learn and adapt.
Justice Defined: We are all free to profit or suffer and learn (adapt to excellence) by facing the consequences of our OWN choices. Injustice is to be forced to suffer the consequences of choices of unaccountable (irresponsible) others..
Darwin warned us: Survival EQUALS ability to adapt to environment EQUALS ability to choose correctly EQUALS freedom:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/ross/ross1.html
Since the balance of power between prey (we, the people) and predators (system connected perps) has been upset by absence of honest law, Pandoras box of "war of all, against all" has been re-opened by "rule of corrupt, parochial man", destroyer of civilizations, for all of history. The grim reaper of "Mathematics Of Rule" proves where this folly leads:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/51/ross/ross1.html
THINK about it:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/51/ross/ross2.html
"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class." ~ Lord Acton