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Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey http://reason.tv/video/show/1050.html People in government don't honor your practice of self-ownership Most people have self-induced blindness regarding the coercion and tyranny of government The Honor of Being Human: Why Do You Support? by Arthur Silber http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/12/honor-of-being-human-why-do-you-support.html There can be no valid reasons for demands of obedience, because such demands violate voluntary, uncoerced agreement http://warisimmoral.com Daniel's site as conscientious objector To choose one's rulers--what irony! The political process (voting) is fundamentally unjust and immoral Authoritarian/obedience-oriented parenting brings about statism Psychologist Haim Ginott's insights: http://www.betweenparentandchild.com/ Even if you must obey for self-preservation reasons, it's still important to convey the injustice and immorality happening to those who are violating your rights "Public property" is a complete denial of self-responsib

State created and supported assets will tend to become liabilities in a free market   The fundamental difference between a system of private property and so-called public property is that the former entails accountability, consent, and jurisdiction while the latter entails unjust coercion based on collectivistic abstractions   "private property" is a redundancy and "public property" is a contradiction in terms   Confessions of a Recovering Ideologue, Part I http://gene-callahan.blogspot.com/2010/05/confessions-of-recovering-ideologue.html His LRC archives http://www.lewrockwell.com/callahan/callahan-arch.html   "State" doesn't exist; it's just a collectivistic abstraction   Property is just an extension of self-ownership   Individuals must use rationality to resolve things in a mutually beneficial fashion   Big picture timeline of humanity and innovation http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0274.html   Government operates based on collectivism and "might makes right"   Property brings a

The absurdity of "taxpayers" One day, everything will be privately owned Anarcho-Distributism by Daniel McCarthy  http://www.amconmag.com/mccarthy/2010/04/07/anarcho-distributism/ We'll never get rid of statism if present psychologies don't change People demand justice services in concert with their concept (or misconception) of justice A "republic" is based on the contradiction of "representation" Business fits perfectly with the free market, with what people need and want Parents typically contradict the wills of children; hence, we have government A higher level of self-esteem is required for a free society to take hold It's best to push away from the table of governmental "benefits" Once people get the idea of good government out of their heads, peace and prosperity can happen Libertarian Property and Privatization: An Alternative Paradigm by Kevin A. Carson  http://www.mutualist.org/id45.html Property gleaned through statism is best left to the natural redistributive processes of supply and demand in the

Recriminations grow over airline costs http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8629127.stm The monopoly on violence and the perceived "authority" of government undermines people's independence and responsibility--and regulatory ability Government is an unnecessary evil What part of your life do you want someone else to govern? The Story Of Your Enslavement by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A California Man Fights Legal Battle to Keep His Own Backyard by William La Jeunesse http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/03/california-man-fighting-backyard/ "Without property rights, no other rights are possible" Ayn Rand Most intellectuals have been trained to be obedient--and controlling Five Reasons Why Libertarians Shouldn't Hate Government: Plus, Five Big Projects That Went Well and Five That Were Disasters by William D. Eggers & John O'Learyhttp://reason.com/archives/2010/01/13/five-reasons-why-libertarians Don't be a Kool-Aid (or Flavor Aid) drinker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_

A dangerous idea whose time has come by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2010m4d5-A-dangerous-idea-whose-time-has-come We really can't determine the exact damage statism does to the economy and to our lives, but it's immense--and of course unnecessary The government is merely a destructive gang imbued with virtue by most people It's important to understand people's psychology and ethics of self-sacrifice in order to discuss statism versus voluntaryism with them The practice of living with integrity is sorely lacking in our culture, and kids learn FAR more from what adults do than from what they say The Wellspring of Sociopathy by Rob Sandwell http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle562-20100321-05.html Rational self-esteeming parents are key to the development of rational self-esteeming kids Authoritarian sociopaths don't have a solid sense of themselves; in short, they haven't worked on their self-esteem Approval-seeking and wanting to control others are two

Doctorow and Stross to Write Authorized Sequel to Atlas Shrugged [phil of rejectivism] http://www.locusmag.com/2010/April1st_AtlasSequel.html The nature of government is to control you, including whether you can live or not So-called intellectual property wouldn't exist in a free society http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php Doug Casey on Anarchy http://www.lewrockwell.com/casey/casey45.1.html Nearly all people adhere to the political principle of respect for others and their property--until they interface with government Submission is a choice; it's not a forgone conclusion; exercise your freedom insteadhttp://freekeene.com/free-audiobook/  realize your independence: http://agorism.info/ Reformist Political Action as a Diversion, Part Three by Kevin Carson http://c4ss.org/content/2138 Legal reform via public policy is a counterproductive game that legitimizes the nature of the irrational and unjust system of government Live how you want to live right now, without waiting for the State's employees to legali

Even so-called judges are obedient to someone... Authoritarian sociopaths want more and more power (to fill the void in their self-esteem) Governmental courts foster the ultimate conflicts of interest (adjudicator and prosecutor on the same team) "Do as I say, not as I do!" is the favorite line of those living in self-conflict We need a movement of new intellectuals who ferret out contradictions Nothing Outside the State | The Beacon by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=5309 Government is the new religion It's important to question the hypocrisy of those advocates of statism who believe they are moral The personalities who favor coercion of politics stand opposed to creative minds The Ominous Parallels by Leonard Peikoff http://www.peikoff.com/lr/home.htm Government: The equal opportunity offender About the Show - Survivors - BBC America http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/370/about-survivors.jsp Ever notice that those in government have no problem with the pervasive crimes (rights-violations) the

Twenty-one Reasons Why Statism Is a Radical and Radically Incoherent Theory by Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski http://www.strike-the-root.com/twenty-one-reasons-why-statism-is-radical-and-radically-incoherent-theory Governmental employees who regulate people are unproductive, anti-creative, and anti-entrepreneurial For many, Government is like God, and needs no explanation Since individuals can govern themselves, why have government?--unless you want to govern other individuals and seize their property You can't have a valid contract when one side doesn't agree to it; thus, the "social contract" is a myth perpetuated by people who want to control others Robbing Peter (via taxation) to support Paul is not benevolent; it's the doctrine of sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/altruism.html The Historical Societal Problem (quote by Rothbard within) http://www.logicallearning.net/libhistoricalsoc.html Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/liberty

The most progress and highest quality and lowest prices happen in the freest economic sectors Imagine A Free World http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#91 Thou Shalt Not Take Full Responsibility For Your Own Treatment—Authorities Will Handle That http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#105 Thou Shalt Not Do Business Without Joining The State Guild—Licensure http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#107 Interesting newsletter: http://longevitymeme.org Further reading: Have you considered achieving "longevity escape velocity"? http://healthymindfitbody.com/2009/12/10/longevity-escape-velocity/ The urge to regulate, govern, and control others stems from low self-esteem, a lack of trust in self and diminished worthiness--projected onto others Bad authoritarian/obedience experiences in childhood foster the memes of statism On Medical Tourism For Stem Cell Therapies http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2010/03/on-medical-tourism-for-stem-cell-therapies.php Demand for Stem Cells Growing Fast, Many Turn to Medical Tou

Government doesn't respect persons and property, by definition Tax attacks: Hillcrest grudge match pits Market Anarchists against Democratic Socialists by Dave Maass http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/tax_attacks/9008/ All the grand social projects advocated by statists, in addition to being immoral, fail miserably compared to free market standards Socialism is mass coercion with no respect for private property rights Until a statist agrees to put the gun down, arguments from effect (or utility) are somewhat futile Tax objectors have long history in US: Man who crashed into IRS building is the latest defier by Stephen Ohlemacher (AP) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/02/21/tax_objectors_have_long_history_in_us/ Taxes by definition are immoral and unjust; no taxes are legitimate, on account of their involuntary nature I'm Allowed to Rob You! by Larken Rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE It's crucial to make the moral argument against those behaving like authoritaria

  Why I Call Myself A Free Market Anarchist And Why I Am One by Brian Micklethwaithttp://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/polin/polin067.pdf Unfortunately there are "Anarchists" who are nothing of the sort, because they violate property rights (or advocate violating them) Today's "capitalism" is also nothing of the sort, because of statist intervention Freedom solves all the intractable problems that statism (i.e., lack of freedom) generates Freedom means being responsible (respecting property rights) Statism means being irresponsible (disrespecting property rights) No product, service, or idea should be delivered at the barrel of a gun Complete liberty will provide a much better life for everyone bumper music "Anarchy" by Skazihttp://www.skazilive.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697    

The philosophy of pragmatism in America is killing our economy and culture http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html Evasion, rationalization, and repression are common defense mechanisms Government, being a coercive monopoly, fosters immorality and injustice The American Spectator : Just Say Snow by Doug Bandow http://spectator.org/archives/2010/02/11/just-say-snow/ Any government is inherently unproductive, because it makes no profits; no voluntary trade with others The activities of government are a giant lead weight around the neck of our economy The military does not protect individual freedom, because individuals aren't allowed to make their own choices based on property rights (the essence of freedom) Free Will - "God Style" PART 2 by NonStampCollector http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9IvCpiHxA All politics is invariably local Cops protect and serve their own, not "the public" The communized road system is the land of the arbitrary and coercive The San Diego Superior Court--extortion artists pa

15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams by David DeGrawhttp://www.alternet.org/economy/144109/15_signs_american_society_is_coming_apart_at_the_seams?page=entire Our standard of living would be a great deal higher without the assorted ills of statism and central banking Taxpayer money should be left in the hands of those it was extorted from Productive individuals create jobs, not those in government It's contradictory to think that you're going to be "secured" by a coercive monopoly Homelessness has many causes, but getting rid of "public property," i.e., statism, is the remedy Coercion does not work, in addition to being immoral The health care problem can only be solved by a free market in medicine (and insurance) Voluntarism and peacefulness is the answer to the violent nature of government Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 millionhttp://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/02/burgeoning-federal-payroll-signals-return-of-big-g/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States#St

WHY AYN RAND? SOME ALTERNATE ANSWERS by MICHAEL HUEMER http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/01/22/michael-huemer/why-ayn-rand-some-alternate-answers/   Human beings should be rationally self-interested Modern politics stems from denial of self-ownership, among other things What we have is a world of deficient self-esteem Egoism doesn't demand that others sacrifice for one's own sake http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/selfishness.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/virtue.html Objectivist ethics is a reality-based ethics   WHY AYN RAND? ANSWERS AND SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION by DOUGLAS B. RASMUSSEN http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/01/18/douglas-b-rasmussen/why-ayn-rand-answers-and-some-questions-for-discussion/   THE WINNOWING OF AYN RAND by RODERICK LONG http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/01/20/roderick-long/the-winnowing-of-ayn-rand/   Rational Ethics: Rational Oughts vs. Deontology by XOmniverse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKM27XazuQc A Basic Introduction to Rational Ethics by Shawn Huckabay http://comple

Government and Katrina... 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 3 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuL8teeuJD8&NR=1 Governmentally controlled roads should be abolished, based on respect for property rights; highways and byways should be privately owned Imagine if all the people in government, and those they drag into their morass, were not throwing away their productivity; if government were no more, then everyone would be productive, trading value for value "City services" aren't services; they are coercive monopolies funded via extortion; those in government can't "own" anything, because their so-called property and jurisdiction are based on coerced communism Imagine no more DMV, TSA, and other tyrannical organizations... Imagine amazing advances in free market transportation... Imagine amazing advances advances in life-extension... Imagine the newfound levels of respect (of self and others) in a society of complete liberty... Visit http://larkenrose.com I'm Allowed to Rob You! (

Civil Disobedience? - The Freedomain Radio Roundtable - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3jcon9ffNw CD activism has typically been collectivistic in nature, thus not achieving freedom for individuals Individual sovereignty is the ultimate goal of complete liberty Statist media and memes make our political situation quite difficult Most people believe that the status quo is the best way of doing things Does Monopoly Create Wealth? by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker124.html Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years on 'subversion' charges http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401564.html The porn industry is thriving, despite its major lack of copyright enforcement Proper Intellectual Property by Gene DeNardo http://www.nolanchart.com/article6830.html IP laws create conflict between what producers and consumers want CDs have gone the way of the dodo bird Even with a seller/buyer contract, it's not binding on third parties There are No Good Ar

Let's hope this next decade will be better than the last one regarding prospects for freedom... Back to Basics on Property and Competition by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker129.html Property rights aren't respected by governments in civilization; "laws" created by a coercive monopoly infringe on them daily People in the marketplace are the ones who respect property rights, not government Laws, and the people who make (and interpret) them, seek to control others, not respect freedom and justice Property rights exist to make distinctions concerning who owns what and who can therefore utilize what, without conflict or confusion Plagiarism is generally frowned up, and provides a marketplace check against confusion and fraud charges The tentacles of statism in the realm of IP are pervasive, as are the unseen costs of IP laws "Anti-trust" law was created by gangsters with no good intentions A "competitive" marketplace is just one in which people bring values to others unimpeded An Objecti

In a world without copyright, content creators would find ways to connect with fans and give them reasons to buy Authors: Beware of Copyright by Jeffrey A. Tucker http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker121.html The corporate structure wouldn't exist in a free market, so corporate "policy" and litigiousness would disappear There is no reason for books to be out of print in the digital age, other than publishers having copyright of course Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org) is a good step to the elimination of copyright, although it still relies on it I released Complete Liberty into the public domain; lawyers and legislators be damned Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107 People in general like giving credit where credit is due Only with governmental "officials" is lying, cheating, and stealing considered normal and ok At some point or another, people will naturally stop obeying IP edicts Most pe

Brett comes back from fraternizing with pirates on the high Caribbean seas School Sucks: Caribbean Holiday Spectacular (With Special Guests!) http://schoolsucks.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2009-12-07T09_15_19-08_00 For some reason, people can get along without overt government Fatbeard: Cartman's dream of living the life of a pirate will come true if he can just get to Somalia. http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/220764 'Intellectual property' by Kent McManigal http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Intellectual-property Sharing ideas is part of the natural process of creativity Market-based IP enforcement is no improvement on the problem of the property rights conflict that IP creates One's property rights end where another's begin, i.e., in the use of what he or she owns I’m sorry, but we have to ban music. That’s just the way it is. by Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/17/im-sorry-but-we-have-to-ban-music-thats-just-the-way-it-is/ Government and

The prospects for liberty on the high seas aren't any better than on land, imo Any place of true freedom would entail the dissolution of governmental "jurisdiction" Any place of true freedom would attract many rights-respecting and responsible individuals Trying to enact complete liberty in a large city environment is quite problematic, though not impossible For example: http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/ No matter where activism is done, it's vital to strike the root of statism People who involve themselves in government don't care about respecting property rights, because government itself is an anti-property rights (tax-fed) institution! Private entertainment venues (to the degree that they are unregulated and untaxed) are microcosms of a free society The benefits of living in society, albeit at present highly statist, tend to outweigh living in the boonies Statist notions of "giving back" to "society" or to "the community" are anti-freedom Has the government ever actually provided anything on a volun