Suckers!
tzo
2010-03-15 03:00
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In a (nearly) parallel universe, portions of recent history are recorded as follows:
late 19th century-1934 Saudi Arabia's currency is called the Petro, and it is backed with oil, such that one barrel of oil equals 20.67 Petros. All taxes and payments to the Saudi government must be made in Petros. World markets utilize the Petro, a way to deal in oil without actually...
Valor and Discretion
tzo
2010-02-01 04:00
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Once upon a time I worked a second shift job and regularly walked home from the train station during the later hours of the evening. One night as I was making my way home, a police cruiser pulled up alongside me and the officer asked me where I was headed. I said I was going home, and he then asked me where that might be. I gave him the name of my street, and with that he...
The Divine Right of Kings in Sheeple's Clothing
tzo
2010-01-21 04:00
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The art of political discourse is the art of deception. Since government is, by definition, an unethical enterprise masquerading as an ethical organization, then whatever comes out of a politician's mouth or pen is necessarily meant to deceive his audience. Whatever the politician proposes is unethical in that it is based on aggression, and so the proper spin must...
Got Money?
tzo
2010-01-11 04:00
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Your philosophical musings begin at lunch with friends as the bill arrives. The sight of the total on the check sparks a question in your mind: “What exactly is a dollar?"
You throw the query out to your friends, and you receive various responses based on the same vague premises. A dollar measures value, but value is subjective, so the measure is...
A Theory of Natural Hierarchy and Government
tzo
2010-01-05 04:00
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Introduction
There was a time here on Earth when human beings did not yet exist, and now here we are. From this simple observation, it logically follows that X created human beings.
But who or what is X? That is the million-dollar question that I am absolutely not interested in answering here.
Because whether the answer is God, Tao, Mother Nature,...
Ode to the Average American Citizen
tzo
2009-12-09 17:00
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For the average American citizen ( AAC ), government is voluntary.
The AAC believes that each and every speck of land on the Earth is subject to some national government. The AAC believes that every human being must be a citizen of some government. The AAC believes that the land area of the Earth that we label United States of America on our maps is subject to the federal, state...
Fee Speech
tzo
2009-10-08 16:00
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The heavy-handed tactics used recently by police against G20 protesters in Pittsburgh has Constitutionalists up in arms once again about the government's infringement upon the human right of free speech, which is protected by the First Amendment. If anyone knows anything about America , it is supposedly this'all Americans have the right to free speech.
But just when, exactly, are...
F*** Tibet!
tzo
2009-09-27 16:00
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I begin this essay with the premise that governments everywhere are essentially gangsters with flags who are defined by their monopoly on force over a given area and are dependent upon mystical or intellectual propaganda in order to exist. By using force (violence) as their modus operandi, governments are de facto ethically and morally bankrupt. But hey, it works, so the ends...
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