Say you were a UPS or FedEx driver and were being followed by a car. You stop and ask the occupant of the car what he’s doing, and he says he’s waiting for you to drop a package on a porch so he could take it. Would you have to wait until he took the package to act against this self-proclaimed future thief?
Tag: liberty
Gun Rights are Decent Political X-ray
Libertarian science fiction and nonfiction author L. Neil Smith has pointed out that you can know what a politician thinks of you and your rights by examining his or her opinions on gun rights. Smith says it’s as good as an X-ray into politicians’ minds.
Dumb Activist vs the Mountainmen
One year during the mountainman rendezvous I was attending somewhere in the Rockies, a guy wearing cut-offs and mud (the mud was apparently intentional) suddenly rode his dirt bike into camp and into the rather active shooting range, between the shooters and their targets. Shooting paused. Mountainmen grumbled, laughed, and watched to see what the idiot would do next.
No One Policy Good for Everyone
If there were someone sitting in a government office somewhere controlling the weather, do you think they would serve up weather I like, or weather someone else likes? Maybe we’d all get whatever is dictated by policy. Would some people’s weather preferences be ignored because they aren’t popular?
Don’t “Tax the Rich”
If you “tax” wealthy people you are stealing from me.
Evil’s Supporters
Helping someone commit evil acts, or supporting them while they commit them, is just as bad as committing the evil acts yourself.
Larken Rose: The Nature of the Beast (48m)
This episode features a talk by liberty activist and anarchist Larken Rose from 2018. He explains the insidious nature of government, the state, and all of those who comprise it.
Statism’s Reality Rejection Immune Response
Statism insulates itself (or pretends to) from reality by automatically disqualifying all opposing views. It’s like an immune response.
To “Serve”
Everyone serves someone just about all the time. The corner drug dealer serves. The cashier serves. The prostitute and the waiter and the car wash attendant serve. The writer serves, the scientist serves, and the medical provider serves. They serve by mutual consent and voluntary choice.
“Red Flag” Laws Violate Human Rights
Red-flag legislation is all the rage, politically. I don’t call them laws because they aren’t laws. Laws can’t violate natural human rights; this legislation does. Imposing or enforcing legislation that violates life, liberty, or property in any way makes you the wrongdoer. It doesn’t change matters to write words giving yourself permission to violate people. Legislation can’t make wrongs right, and it is wrong to punish someone for something you imagine they might do.