That's what I've felt like the anti-state movement has come to lately. It's definitely turned into a losing battle for the minority of us who want REAL freedom.
As much as I hate to admit it, people have a firmly entrenched interest in creating more government, at least in the United States. I think we've all seen this with the whole "universal healthcare" debate. "Oh my gawd, the government needs to get involved and stop the eevviil corporations!" Newsflash, geniuses: the government has been far from removed from the health care debacle that we have now. In fact, it, in many ways, is responsible for the corporatist piracy that we're seeing. Maybe some research is in order, although I know that would mean that the populist swill Michael Moore spews out of his cake hole about the beatiful Utopian healthcare system of Cuba and Europe would have to be rethinked to an extent.
Another issue I see is Iraq. While many see supposed "anger" and "discontent" over the job Bush is doing, all I see is apathy. Perhaps this is because I'm young, and thus hang around a lot of people my own age, and see nothing but apathy. Sometimes what I feel we need more than anything is a draft, believe it or not. Maybe that would get the glazed look out of peoples eyes and inspire some real action and mobility. Because with numbers like these, I expect fucking riots: http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
I'm also beginning to see the inherent failures of Minarchism. The problem with the ideology as I see it is that government only begets more power for itself. To put it quite simply, power corrupts, and while Minarchism may not provide "total power" to potential demagogues, there are always ways to expand influence. After all, "the surest way to turn a man into a beast is to give him the power over his fellows". Anyone who says that the State exists to "voluntarily govern the people and lawfully execute their orders" is actually rejecting Hobbes in their endorsement of the State by denying alterior motives for joining in the government into positions of power, because Man, we are told, is a selfish animal. (Even though rejecting Hobbes isn't necessarily a bad thing, because Hobbes was something of a dolt, and his theories are paradoxical, but at the same time I find it vaguely amusing that his supporters reject his views in trying to endorse the State.) I've already grown out of "mainstream" Libertarianism, and I suggest anyone else who is currently enraptured by the ideology do the same. It has already been subverted by Objectivist hacks who worship Rand like Jesus and people who think that all "libertarianism" means is "liberal on duh social issues, conservative on duh economic ones". I laugh every time I hear that feel good, consolidated definition of libertarianism.
This is a good article concerning this issue:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/bylund1.html
I will admit (and this may anger some people) that some Minarchist governments have been tolerable. But I still believe that it is only a matter of time before corrupting elements enter into the equation when it comes to Minarchism.
And finally, because I'm following Ron Paul's campaign as an interesting political anomaly, some of the media on him is discouraging to say the least. Now, I'm not a Ron Paul supporter. I would never vote for the man, because voting is against my principles. And many of his supporters, the so-called "Paulistas" are naive ditto heads who only support him because he would pull the United States out of Iraq, which is basically his main platform. However, it's reports like these...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2821161.ece
...that make me want to barf, especially this notable part:
"He also wants the withdrawal of all American troops from abroad and the abolition of most government departments, including Energy, Education and Homeland Security."
Obviously this was intended to label him as an extremist (which he actually is) by saying he wants to eliminate most government agencies, including *gasp* HOMELAND SECURITY! HOLY SHIT! What would we do without a government agency that was created six years ago?! Heaven knows how we would survive...
Unfortunately, the fact is that Homeland Security hasn't done jack shit except set up a bogus color coding alert system that has got to be the biggest joke in the world. Oh, and lets not forget their colossal fuck up in New Orleans! http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.chertoff/
America is fucked. We really are.
As much as I hate to admit it, people have a firmly entrenched interest in creating more government, at least in the United States. I think we've all seen this with the whole "universal healthcare" debate. "Oh my gawd, the government needs to get involved and stop the eevviil corporations!" Newsflash, geniuses: the government has been far from removed from the health care debacle that we have now. In fact, it, in many ways, is responsible for the corporatist piracy that we're seeing. Maybe some research is in order, although I know that would mean that the populist swill Michael Moore spews out of his cake hole about the beatiful Utopian healthcare system of Cuba and Europe would have to be rethinked to an extent.
Another issue I see is Iraq. While many see supposed "anger" and "discontent" over the job Bush is doing, all I see is apathy. Perhaps this is because I'm young, and thus hang around a lot of people my own age, and see nothing but apathy. Sometimes what I feel we need more than anything is a draft, believe it or not. Maybe that would get the glazed look out of peoples eyes and inspire some real action and mobility. Because with numbers like these, I expect fucking riots: http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
I'm also beginning to see the inherent failures of Minarchism. The problem with the ideology as I see it is that government only begets more power for itself. To put it quite simply, power corrupts, and while Minarchism may not provide "total power" to potential demagogues, there are always ways to expand influence. After all, "the surest way to turn a man into a beast is to give him the power over his fellows". Anyone who says that the State exists to "voluntarily govern the people and lawfully execute their orders" is actually rejecting Hobbes in their endorsement of the State by denying alterior motives for joining in the government into positions of power, because Man, we are told, is a selfish animal. (Even though rejecting Hobbes isn't necessarily a bad thing, because Hobbes was something of a dolt, and his theories are paradoxical, but at the same time I find it vaguely amusing that his supporters reject his views in trying to endorse the State.) I've already grown out of "mainstream" Libertarianism, and I suggest anyone else who is currently enraptured by the ideology do the same. It has already been subverted by Objectivist hacks who worship Rand like Jesus and people who think that all "libertarianism" means is "liberal on duh social issues, conservative on duh economic ones". I laugh every time I hear that feel good, consolidated definition of libertarianism.
This is a good article concerning this issue:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/bylund1.html
I will admit (and this may anger some people) that some Minarchist governments have been tolerable. But I still believe that it is only a matter of time before corrupting elements enter into the equation when it comes to Minarchism.
And finally, because I'm following Ron Paul's campaign as an interesting political anomaly, some of the media on him is discouraging to say the least. Now, I'm not a Ron Paul supporter. I would never vote for the man, because voting is against my principles. And many of his supporters, the so-called "Paulistas" are naive ditto heads who only support him because he would pull the United States out of Iraq, which is basically his main platform. However, it's reports like these...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2821161.ece
...that make me want to barf, especially this notable part:
"He also wants the withdrawal of all American troops from abroad and the abolition of most government departments, including Energy, Education and Homeland Security."
Obviously this was intended to label him as an extremist (which he actually is) by saying he wants to eliminate most government agencies, including *gasp* HOMELAND SECURITY! HOLY SHIT! What would we do without a government agency that was created six years ago?! Heaven knows how we would survive...
Unfortunately, the fact is that Homeland Security hasn't done jack shit except set up a bogus color coding alert system that has got to be the biggest joke in the world. Oh, and lets not forget their colossal fuck up in New Orleans! http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.chertoff/
America is fucked. We really are.
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