Authored by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com,
You’re likely aware that I’m a libertarian. But I’m actually more than a libertarian. I don’t believe in the right of the State to exist. The reason is that anything that has a monopoly of force is extremely dangerous.
As Mao Tse-tung, lately one of the world’s leading experts on government, said: “The power of the state comes out of a barrel of a gun.”
There are two possible ways for people to relate to each other, either voluntarily or coercively. And the State is pure institutionalized coercion. It’s not just unnecessary, but antithetical, for a civilized society. And that’s increasingly true as technology advances. It was never moral, but at least it was possible, in oxcart days, for bureaucrats to order things around. Today it’s ridiculous.
Everything that needs doing can and will be done by the market, by entrepreneurs who fill the needs of other people for a profit. The State is a dead hand that imposes itself on society. That belief makes me, of course, an anarchist.
People have a misconception about anarchists. That they’re these violent people, running around in black capes with little round bombs. This is nonsense. Of course there are violent anarchists. There are violent dentists. There are violent Christians. Violence, however, has nothing to do with anarchism. Anarchism is simply a belief that a ruler isn’t necessary, that society organizes itself, that individuals own themselves, and the State is actually counterproductive.
It’s always been a battle between the individual and the collective. I’m on the side of the individual.
I simply don’t believe anyone has a right to initiate aggression against anyone else. Is that an unreasonable belief?
Let me put it this way. Since government is institutionalized coercion—a very dangerous thing—it should do nothing but protect people in its bailiwick from physical coercion.
What does that imply? It implies a police force to protect you from coercion within its boundaries, an army to protect you from coercion from outsiders, and a court system to allow you to adjudicate disputes without resorting to coercion.
I could live happily with a government that did just those things. Unfortunately the US Government is only marginally competent in providing services in those three areas. Instead, it tries to do everything else.
The argument can be made that the largest criminal entity today is not some Colombian cocaine gang, it’s the US Government. And they’re far more dangerous. They have a legal monopoly to do anything they want with you. Don’t conflate the government with America—it’s a separate entity, with its own interests, as distinct as General Motors or the Mafia. I’d rather deal with the Mafia than I would with any agency of the US Government.
Even under the worst circumstances, even if the Mafia controlled the United States, I can’t believe Tony Soprano or Al Capone would try to steal 40% of people’s income from them every year. They couldn’t get away with it. But—perhaps because we’re said to be a democracy—the US Government is able to masquerade as “We the People.” That’s an anachronism, at best. The US has mutated into a domestic multicultural empire. The average person has been propagandized into believing that it’s patriotic to do as he’s told. “We have to obey libraries of regulations, and I’m happy to pay my taxes. It’s the price we pay for civilization.” No, that’s just the opposite of the fact. Those things are a sign that civilization is degrading, that the society is becoming less individually responsible, and has to be held together by force.
It’s all about control. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. The type of people that gravitate to government like to control other people. Contrary to what we’re told to think, that’s why you get the worst people—not the best—who want to get into government.
What about voting? Can that change and improve things? Unlikely. I can give you five reasons why you should not vote in an election (see this article). See if you agree.
Hark back to the ’60s when they said, “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?” But let’s take it further: Suppose they gave a tax and nobody paid? Suppose they gave an election and nobody voted? What that would do is delegitimize government. I applaud the fact that only half of Americans vote. If that number dropped to 25%, 10%, then 0%, perhaps everybody would look around and say, “Wait a minute, none of us believe in this evil charade. I don’t like Tweedledee from the left wing of the Demopublican Party any more than I like Tweedledum from its right wing…”
Remember you don’t get the best and the brightest going into government. There are two kinds of people. You’ve got people that like to control physical reality—things. And people that like to control other people. That second group, those who like to lord it over their fellows, are drawn to government and politics.
Some might ask: “Aren’t you loyal to America?” and “How can you say these terrible things?” My response is, “Of course I’m loyal to America, but America is an idea, it’s not a place. At least not any longer…”
America was once unique among the world’s countries. Unfortunately that’s no longer the case. The idea is still unique, but the country no longer is.
I’ll go further than that. It’s said that you’re supposed to be loyal to your fellow Americans. Well, here’s a revelation. I have less in common with my average fellow American than I do with friends of mine in the Congo, or Argentina, or China. The reason is that I share values with my friends; we look at the world the same way, have the same worldview. But what do I have in common with my fellow Americans who live in the trailer parks, barrios, and ghettos? Or even Hollywood, Washington, and Manhattan? Everyone has to be judged as an individual, but probably very little besides residing in the same political jurisdiction. Most of them—about 50% of the US—are welfare recipients, and therefore an active threat. So I have more personal loyalty to the guys in the Congo than I do to most of my fellow Americans. The fact we carry US passports is simply an accident of birth.
Those who find that thought offensive likely suffer from a psychological aberration called “nationalism”; in serious cases it may become “jingoism.” The authorities and the general public prefer to call it “patriotism.” It’s understandable, though. Everyone, including the North Koreans, tends to identify with the place they were born. But these things should be fairly low on any list of virtues. Nationalism is the belief that my country is the best country in the world just because I happen to have been born there. It’s most virulent during wars and elections. And it’s very scary. It’s like watching a bunch of chimpanzees hooting and panting at another tribe of chimpanzees across the watering hole. I have no interest in being a part of the charade—although that’s dangerous.
And getting more dangerous as the State grows more powerful. The growth of the State is actually destroying society. Over the last 100 years the State has grown at an exponential rate, and it’s the enemy of the individual. I see no reason why this trend, which has been in motion and accelerating for so long, is going to stop. And certainly no reason why it’s going to reverse.
It’s like a giant snowball that’s been rolling downhill from the top of the mountain. It could have been stopped early in its descent, but now the thing is a behemoth. If you stand in its way you’ll get crushed. It will stop only when it smashes the village at the bottom of the valley.
This makes me quite pessimistic about the future of freedom in the US. As I said, it’s been in a downtrend for many decades. But the events of September 11, 2001, turbocharged the acceleration of the loss of liberty in the US. At some point either foreign or domestic enemies will cause another 9/11, either real or imagined. It’s predictable; that’s what sociopaths, which I discussed earlier, do.
When there is another 9/11—and we will have another one—they’re going to lock down this country like one of their numerous new prisons. I was afraid that the shooting deaths and injuries of several hundred people in Las Vegas on October 1st might be it. But, strangely, the news cycle has driven on, leaving scores of serious unanswered questions in its wake. And about zero public concern.
It’s going to become very unpleasant in the US at some point soon. It seems to me the inevitable is becoming imminent.
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As Doug says, the State continues to grow more powerful. But behind it is a little-known group—one made up of unelected insiders. This group calls the real shots in Washington. And it poses the biggest threat to your freedom… and your finances. Luckily, you can protect yourself and your family from its destructive agenda. Learn how here.
Comments
You Americans need to sort out the idiots you vote for.
Brits the same.
Politicians just create the illusion of democracy, whilst the deep state and MSM run the show.
It is actually by design. The satanic parasite that brought Russia to its knees after the slaying of the imperial family has moved out of the basement and is now busy organizing some cultural revolution in your lovely land of the free.
Four more information, search for Yuri Bezmenov.
Good luck.
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It's okay not to be a Jew.
In reply to You Americans need to sort… by Thoresen
absolutely!
In reply to X by Adolph.H.
So where are you going to run to, Argentina? Full of fuckin communists. Good luck with that Casey.
In reply to absolutely! by ZIRPdiggler
Oh yeah! Lets get back to Feudalism. That was so much better...
In reply to So where are you going to… by Pearson365
I am always amused by people who think there is real freedom and liberty to be had in its full measure somewhere else on the planet than the nations they castigate...there is no such place, there is no escape for anybody for what is coming...and it will be just too damned bad for those who fail to realize that.
In reply to Oh yeah! Lets get back to… by Unknown User
Feudalism? Another strawman argument.
True anarchy is probably no more possible than true socialism.
I'd be thrilled to get rid of entitlements. I did not agree to pay for the lifestyle of half the population, bank bailouts, or perpetual war against The Boogeyman.
Maximum freedom, minimum government, end the Fed, and no standing army.
This was one of Doug's best articles.
In reply to I am always amused by people… by kralizec
"Maximum freedom, minimum government, end the Fed, and no standing army."
That is as clear a definition of Jeffersonian Republicanism as there can be.
I can roll with that.
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
That's his point, no place to run except to the Nevada desert behind a mountain or a Southern swamp and commute into town for supplies in this country. I would pick one of the evil countries out of the clasp of the Babylonian Gypsies That Made Good.
In reply to So where are you going to… by Pearson365
I left the US for Switzerland.
But I am hedging even that, by closing a RE deal in Argentina, if/when the US goes to war with Iran/Russia, and the nukes start flying.
For those of you who can't move and are stuck with one passport (the JUSA/ZUSA Plantation), you will have to make your stand or get chipped and processed.
In reply to absolutely! by ZIRPdiggler
You can move to Nepal if you want. If nukes start flying you're dead, no ifs ands or buts.
In reply to I left the US for… by HRClinton
I think "sort out" may not be the correct phrase.
In reply to You Americans need to sort… by Thoresen
Is this day 2 of Operation Imminent Strike or day 3? ;-)
In reply to I think "sort out" may not… by bunkers
it was a setting sun this time.
In reply to Is this day 2 of Operation… by nmewn
lol...yezzz...and reports of the non-bombing campaign continue to pour in...its like a war zone or sumpin over there.
Just within the hour jets were not heard over Assads palace for a second time along with silent non-earth shaking booms which sent Damascus residents (curiously) scurrying for cover ;-)
In reply to it was a setting sun this… by 1 Alabama
Sun Dial broke.
In reply to lol...yezzz...and reports of… by nmewn
"I can’t believe Tony Soprano or Al Capone would try to steal 40% of people’s income from them every year."
When Oliver Wendell Holmes said Taxation is the price of civilisation, the average tax rate was 2%. Do you think we have 20 times more civilisation today?
In reply to You Americans need to sort… by Thoresen
he would argue yes, todays conveniences and extended? life span is all the proof needed to prove his point and carry on as if no problems could arise from his evolution of greatness.
In reply to "I can’t believe Tony… by Voice of insanity
Not really,,,,,99% of what has been invented and Mfg in the world has been total garbage and a waste of time/resources. Actually harmful to Humans and every other living thing.
We need far less tech on this Planet, not more.
And far fewer Humans.....
In reply to he would argue yes, todays… by 1 Alabama
Far less tech and far fewer humans, coming to a country near you, any day now....
(Assuming Tyler isn't having us on, and the world really, really is going to end soon)
In reply to Not really,,,,,99% of what… by ZENDOG
American life span is in decline.
In reply to he would argue yes, todays… by 1 Alabama
“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.” ― Oscar Wilde
We wuz cheated!
In reply to "I can’t believe Tony… by Voice of insanity
There are two things you can not compete with, insanity and free. Run like hell, run like the wind, b/c the day is almost........run.
In reply to You Americans need to sort… by Thoresen
No place left to run to. Now you are going to have to fight - or submit.
It didn't have to be this way but now you will have no choice. The price of "Somebody else will do it..."
In reply to There are two things you can… by 1 Alabama
I have no place to run and can not even physically run.
As the only option left to me, I carry a gun. You don't want to fuck with this old man.
In reply to No place left to run to. Now… by Indo_Expat
But Putin is a beacon of light? LMAO. They're all corrupt, dude. And dangerous.
In reply to You Americans need to sort… by Thoresen
When half the population are brainwashed, you get what they vote for.
In reply to You Americans need to sort… by Thoresen
pithy
In reply to When half the population are… by Quantify
"You Americans need to sort out the idiots you vote for."
Americans don't know how to spot opportunity. They had a chance to vote for somebody from the private sector who once said "I count paper clips", and instead voted for a multi-billionaire politician that gave them the Deep State on steroids, the Patriot Act, and a road map to globalism.
In reply to You Americans need to sort… by Thoresen
What do you mean "soon" white man?
Really? No one gets how this is a play off of the Lone Ranger and Tonto joke to high-lite how it's open season on white men in Western Civilization?
In reply to What do you mean "soon" … by gmak
"Soon" is similar to "Just the tip"
In reply to What do you mean "soon" … by gmak
Everything that needs doing can and will be done by the market, by entrepreneurs who fill the needs of other people for a profit.
You can't make a profit doing everything that needs doing. 911 is an example. How will the market provide this service? Will everyone individually subscribe? How about water and sewer? Will the market provide a sewage treatment plant?
Corporations took the essential services that you could make a profit at. That left the unprofitable ones to the government. I believe these can be provided by local government, and the federal gov should stick to the powers enumerated in the constitution.
The federal government shouldn't even exist. It's a corporation formed to pay back revolutionary war debt to Europe. The founder's documents address the 13 individual republics; not some parasitic fascist monster that's geographically located in what amounts to The America's version of "The City of London".
In reply to Everything that needs doing… by DontWorry
Technology (aka the growth of mass media) fostered the development of a bloated Federal government. That, and a collection of weak governors at the turn of the century) sealed our fate.
In reply to The federal government… by ZIRPdiggler
What created the monstrosity that we currently have in place was the Federal Reserve. This scam has been in existence for more than 100 years. Exponential money creation has made possible the funding of exponential growth in government and never ending wars. The sleight of hand of a hidden tax in the form of money debasement did not rile the electorate. The average man sees a nominal increase in dollars and interprets that as an increase in wealth. Consequently, we have the most government that conjured money can buy. When the dollar inevitably dies, we will have the most government that a failed currency can afford.
The people of Detroit are enjoying more freedom than they have known in decades but understand what that freedom means. As the police precinct houses close, the people come to realize that they are on their own. They buy a gun and put bars on the windows. They stop complaining about the crack house down the street and burn it down. When the bully shows up they simply shoot him and dump his body in a vacant parking lot. As the ambulance services dry up they get to see their loved ones die for lack of attention. As schools close and truancy officers disappear they get to educate their own children. As the code enforcement office shuts down they learn to grow their own garden and raise pigs in the back yard.
In reply to Technology (aka the growth… by arby63
"You can't make a profit doing everything that needs doing", "left the unprofitable ones to the government". May it be that if it is unprofitable is because there are not many people who really need it? Or at least need it enough as to pay the required full price.
So what you are basically saying is: let's elect some people who will decide for third persons which services are needed, never mind it seems to be not a enough need given the beneficiaries are not willing to honestly pay the cost, but anyway let's just force the rest to pay for it.
Let's not even get into whether it is deserved or not. Because you know, people may need many things but what they deserve is actually different. You may need heart surgery but if you didn't save the money for the (admittedly high) cost of the surgery nor contracted an appropriate health insurance plan, well maybe you deserve to die or rely on charity.
By the way, I won't get into the details, but all your examples (911, water, sewer) ARE provide nowadays in some places by private companies. I know, it sounds crazy, right?
In reply to The federal government… by ZIRPdiggler
I see government as enforced charity: they take your money and give it to more deserving people. The only problem is that you are too stupid, and too tightfisted, to know how much to gives and who to give it to, so government is there to help you with these decisions.
As the article says, police, defence and the law is all the government should be involved with, but they just can't help themselves. For example, I rent my house to tourists, but there are rules about how many days, length of stay, price etc which I have to comply with, because I am too stupid to know how to run my business, so the government helps me out, mainly to protect hotel owners who have a greater ability to bribe politicians, but that is not the point. Actually it is the sole point - all about control and theft.
In reply to "You can't make a profit… by Multi
You’re right about 911 of course - the market never would have blown up 3 towers in NYC and blamed Muslims for it.
In reply to Everything that needs doing… by DontWorry
well? you'll have your 911 alright...
eventually they'll be telling you how and if you're allowed to mount your old lady. incrementally they are eating freedom away and you're Blathering on about 911.
one day you will understand what you had to pay for that disfunctional 911 you so desire.
squid
In reply to Everything that needs doing… by DontWorry
...There is a person on a rampage, stabbing everyone, and...
911: Stay on the line, help is on the way. Where are you?
....ARRRRGGGGGG
911: Could you kindly repeat that.
In reply to well? you'll have your 911… by squid
911 is an example
Actually, you could make a profit if your airline was safe from hikackers and others weren't. Some passengers would willingly pay a premium for safety. Israeli style security has prevented hijackings since well before 911. Profiling and secure cabin doors were part of it. Both were recommended for our airlines before 9-11 in a government study. For $200,000 in donations to the Clinton/Gore campaign the report was stifled. Then, after 911 Clinton/Gore/Bush/congress were instramental in transferring billions in these unsafe Airlines' liabilities to the tax payer.
The same logic would apply to safe buildings, or even safe neighborhoods. Some people would and do now willingly pay more for better construction and better security.
In reply to Everything that needs doing… by DontWorry
There's a word for that: It's called extortion.
In reply to 911 is an example… by Kidbuck
There are these things called non profit organizations. They often provide goods and services without making a profit.
In reply to Everything that needs doing… by DontWorry
Of course, he didn't think of these details. He is nothing but a delusional neo-communist.
In reply to Everything that needs doing… by DontWorry
No, sir. Corporations took the scraps the government left them. What is not profitable about a local train system except graft, corruption and un-fireable employees? If your taxes were eliminated, not entirely practical but I'm making a point, would you then be willing to pay for the "services" currently provided by the State? And when I say eliminated, I mean GONE, none. No "sin", sales, income, or property taxes. No taxes to drive your car on roads your taxes paid for, no tolls, no license fees or permits costs. Would you then pay for education, protective services and give more to charity? When you work until May to pay your taxes (and that only accounts for the direct, income taxes not the fees, tolls and permit costs) you're not left with much for your effort. And when the rest of the year's income is then subject to yet more .gov costs and fees, its pretty much just a bone. Even the wealthy face the same, they just start with a bigger piece of meat.
In reply to Everything that needs doing… by DontWorry
"Those things are a sign that civilization is degrading, that the society is becoming less individually responsible, and has to be held together by force." Absolutely. The Marxists wish to outsource their personal responsibility to think, act, and experience consequences to mommy and daddy government. I had to fork out obscene taxes to the IRS this year for trading crypto, partially due to my ignorance of the Internal Robbery Service treatment of crypto but you don't see me whining like a little girl SJW, fetal'd in the corner. I am intelligent enough to know that unless we ALL agree to stop paying taxes, my ass is going to jail for failing to do so.
"the amount of freedom or slavery a society experiences is directly proportional to the degree to which that body of people obeys natural law principles". ~Mark Passio
Sorry, fascist statists losers; there is an objective right and wrong way to live and you WILL be held accountable, as you willingly put on your own chains......
Maybe its hard to grasp because 320 million people living in US. But the whole government is filled with filth, I can't believe this is what people vote for. I don't understand it.
It's a rigged game. "The corporations" are recruiting the future generations of Satanic Communists all the time.
Citizens United really perfected the process.
Overturn Citizens United and pass term limits. Or it never ends.
In reply to Maybe its hard to grasp… by Labworks
I've posted Yuri's stuff here, in the past.....he nailed it; Yuri outlines the luciferian 50 year plan to de-stabilize and take over a nation. Look at our past since WW2 and there can be no denying that the luciferians followed this plan to-a-tee.
Pagination