If a law is such that you have to look it up to see what it says; to see what it says you are allowed to do (or prohibited from doing), it’s not a real law.
Author: Kent McManigal
Statist Projection
Anarchy doesn’t preclude working with others; only ruling others or letting them rule you. Yet, I can’t begin to count the number of times a statist has said something to the effect of “anarchy is anti-social” or “anarchists can’t get along with others.”
Rights and Responsibilities, Again
Your rights are your responsibility. My only responsibility concerning your rights is to not interfere with you exercising them. I am responsible for not violating you, and if I do, I’m responsible for that, too.
Responsibilities
One common thing people say in order to trivialize rights is that there can be no rights without responsibilities. That is probably true, but it doesn’t make rights any less important, and most responsibilities don’t seem connected to rights at all.
You’ve Got to Work For It
If you are willing to work to maintain a State, but not willing to put effort into maintaining liberty, you don’t want liberty very much. I do. I’m willing to work for it. I’m willing to change the oil, rotate the tires, wash it off when it gets dirty, and fix any troubles that crop up. Because I LOVE liberty.
The One Thing That Makes Government a Problem: Cops
Next to cops, presidents are nothing. “Laws” are nothing. Corrupt prosecutors (but I repeat myself) are nothing. Power-crazed judges are nothing. Bureaucrats are nothing. The State is nothing. Cops are the one thing that makes government a problem for Rightful Liberty and those who exercise it. Nothing else even comes close– no matter how evil and reprehensible other things may be.
Ride That Bandwagon Right Over the Cliff
If you are a flag waving, troop loving, cop supporting American in 2017, you simply don’t have what it takes to resist the appeal of the bandwagon.
Observation on Observing
When the tendency to be unobservant is combined with the fanaticism to not see what you’d rather not see, it is almost guaranteed that people won’t notice something really important.
An Obligation to Comply?
Do you believe you have an obligation to comply with “the law”? How far do you believe your obligation extends? Only to those “laws” you agree with, or all of them? What about “laws” which would require you to do something you know is wrong, or “laws” which would forbid you to do something right?
Why I (Still) Blog
The liberty-lover family is facing tough times. We will make it through; we always have throughout history. But the near future will probably be hard and not all of us will make it to the better times beyond that.