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Title: A New Year’s resolution for revolution
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URL Source: http://personalliberty.com/?p=294076
Published: Jan 1, 2016
Author: Becky Akers
Post Date: 2016-01-01 20:57:15 by BTP Holdings
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A New Year’s resolution for revolution by Becky Akers As the police state tightens its stranglehold on us, patriots often despair: How can any one person fight such overwhelming force? Rulers spy on us 24/7, openly thirst to murder those who oppose them, expand an already burgeoning bureaucracy while hiring more bullies to boss us, steal our money via crushing taxation to finance it all and exceed even Marie Antoinette’s extravagance while we struggle to pay our mortgages. The state is so enormous and engulfs so much of life that defeating it seems impossible. Even the few congresscritters who try, however minimally, to restrain Leviathan’s growth fail. Nonetheless, we can defy the tyrants at a personal level. And in the aggregate, our efforts make a huge difference — enough, perhaps, for a silent revolution. So let’s resolve that in 2016 we will: No. 1: Give no politician, bureaucrat, cop, soldier or other of government’s employees, let alone government itself, an iota of respect. People who control us do not mean us well. We are pawns, at best, and obstacles, at worst, in their quest for power. They expect us to obey their commands, especially those that benefit them at our expense. And when we don’t, when we insist on working for our own good and that of our families, they claim the right to forcefully, brutally, compel us. That makes all of them, collectively and individually, our enemies. Treat them as such — because for sure, they view us that way. Mock them to your friends and families. Forward jokes about them you find on the Internet. Teach your children to avoid cops just as you instruct them to avoid all menacing strangers. Point out the government’s ubiquitous double standards and hypocrisy: While it orders us to recycle our garbage, it pollutes with impunity; while it criminalizes Americans who keep and bear arms, it supplies ISIS with weapons; etc. Are you friends with or related to a politician, bureaucrat, cop or soldier? Shun such sociopaths: Tell them predators are no longer welcome in your home. And if a son or daughter, niece or nephew aspires to enlist with an armed force, whether the police or the army, ask why he wants to murder and rape. No. 2: Strengthen your marriage and family. It’s no mystery why the state has redefined “marriage.” A traditional family of husband, wife and children, loving and loyal to one another, offers a firm bastion against government because it provides all the things politicians pretend only they can: physical and financial security, help in emergencies, comfort in old age, care for the sick or injured. If you’ve neglected or even betrayed your marriage or family, if other concerns or people have taken precedence over either, remedy that abuse in 2016. Spend time talking, learning about one another, laughing and joking, playing and working together. Fortify this bulwark. Only a country of strong families can resist an overweening state. No. 3: Turn off or, better yet, throw away the TV. I can’t write knowledgeably about TV’s filth because I don’t own a set. I see it only if a business I’m patronizing blares it (my patronage usually ends at that point) or if a friend I’m visiting switches it on (ditto for my visit). But these few glimpses shake me to my core. How can anyone, especially parents raising kids, invite such pornography into his home? And those shows that aren’t overtly obscene still spew the state’s propaganda: Danger impends everywhere, and only government can save us. Even a simple weather report includes a warning to heed “authorities” and stay home (this, when the storm in question had deposited less than an inch of snow). The Lord blessed me with a very wise father who restricted his children to 30 minutes of TV per day. If you can’t bring yourself to trash the idiot box, you may want to adopt Dad’s limits — not only for your kids, but for yourself. No. 4: Become a better spokesman for freedom. Can we explain to curious friends why the free market runs rings around fascism, why regulations accomplish the opposite of their stated purpose or how a country would function without a government? If we can’t answer such questions — and do so without confusing or boring our audience to death — we need to study the philosophy of freedom. Most of us dislike and, therefore, can’t engagingly converse on topics we don’t understand. But even the shyest enthusiast becomes fascinating when he speaks about a subject he’s investigated. Remember: You are the only “book” on liberty that many of your friends or relatives will heed; though they won’t read Personal Liberty Digest® or crack Ludwig von Mises’ “Human Action,” they’ll listen to you. Don’t waste this opportunity by neglecting to educate yourself. No. 5: Watch your nomenclature. The state always euphemizes its crimes. And shockingly, we, its victims, often parrot that self-serving terminology. For example, it’s infuriating enough that politicians dignify the IRS as a “service”; even worse, they dismiss its outright theft as “taxation.” Most people shrug at the word; after all, governments always “tax.” But what if we instead plainly call “taxation” “robbery?” New York City’s administration is pushing residents to apply for a “free identification card” [original emphasis]. Aside from the obvious problems with such a scheme, the card is hardly “free”; rather, it’s “paid for by others.” Likewise, we don’t travel on “freeways” but on roads paid for by others. And “public schools” are yet another entity paid for by others. Nor do leaders inhabit appointed or elected offices; rulers do. We willingly follow leaders because of their moral or intellectual achievements. But rulers compel us to obey them, however deleterious their orders. If enough of us adopt these resolutions for 2016, will we ultimately overthrow the leeches? Probably not; so many people wield so much power and make so much money that only an actual, shooting revolution will vanquish the American empire. But these steps may hasten that revolution’s advent — and ensure that we emerge from it with more liberty, not more progressivism. Happy — and a freer — New Year! –Becky Akers Poster Comment: When you have freedom, you have liberty, when you do not, you have tyranny.
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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Not to detract from your comment, but in most people's mind, freedom and liberty are the same thing. I would state that when you have peace, you have liberty. And when you have liberty you have prosperity. When you have war, you have neither. It is why I place special emphasis on peace. Personally I prefer "liberty" to "freedom". The ruling elite have bastardized the word "freedom" into something unrecognizable. John Howard says: There are 4 schools of economics: How to End the Refugee FloodWhen you have freedom, you have liberty, when you do not, you have tyranny.
Marxism: steal everything
Keynesianism: steal by counterfeiting whenever needed
Chicago school (Milton Friedman): steal by counterfeiting at a steady, predictable rate
Austrians: don't steal
'Wiped off the Map' – The Rumor of the Century
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