The statist brain is a malfunctioning machine. At a minimum, it has been infected with malware (often intentionally downloaded in government schools) which makes it unable to ask certain questions, especially if the answers would expose the malfunction.
Author: Kent McManigal
Liberty is Not An “Ideology”
Liberty isn’t an ideology. It is the acceptance of the reality of self-ownership. From this acceptance flows certain principles. It doesn’t matter to the existence of liberty whether people accept it or not– it just is, to be respected or violated.
Divided (Artificially) by Government
This town in which I reside straddles the state line between Texas and New Mexico. So, it is “officially” considered two towns. But why?
Courts Have Institutionalized Revenge
Punishment isn’t justice. I understand the desire to see a person suffer when their actions have hurt you. I’ve been there. But that’s not justice, it’s revenge; justice’s polar opposite. Government courts — the misnamed “justice system” — are founded on ritualized revenge.
Going Along to Get Along vs. Lines in The Sand
Anyone not performing the rituals must be confronted. Even threatened. Which makes me dislike their rituals even more. I want to get along with most people. I’ll even go along with some things that don’t seem too important in the long run. It’s a balance. I have no illusions I get it right, but I try. But don’t try to shove me across one of my lines in the sand.
Wilson’s Temper
Wilson had a bit of a temper, which I experienced a few times as his target. Fortunately, most of the time he was upset at someone or something else– not me.
Don’t Follow a Sick Society
If everyone wants to be a victim, they’ll find some way I’m victimizing them no matter how I try to bend over backward to accommodate them. So I’m not going to bend. They can take their victimization and choke on it.
There’s No “One Size Fits All” For Living
How much of what you want government to do is based on your emotions? On your feelings about what you wish other people would do or believe they should do, and your willingness to use government violence to make it happen? If it’s more than “none” it’s too much.
Hierarchy
Hierarchy is one of those concepts I see underinformed people bash pretty often. A politicized hierarchy is bad, not because of the hierarchy, but because of the politics. Hierarchy is the recognition that some people are better at some things than I am. I learned to make fire with the bow drill from Burnt Spoon because he knew…
Defending Scoundrels
“The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.” ~ H. L. Mencken