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Voluntaryism is not an "ideal" — it is the prerequisite for any sane society
There's a big problem with how most people look at things: They think violence against the non-violent is sometimes okay, as long as a "government" says it is. But what is a *government?* Is it not an abstraction, in reality comprised by individuals like you and I? Is it okay for you to rob someone for something you want (taxes)? To kill them as "collateral damage" in your feud with another party (war)? Of course not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXdV_RcEEto But this is exactly the illogical pass you give the state. Arbitrary violence.
The Statist Stepford Cult You know consent is a must in dealing with your neighbors. You know consent is a must when dealing in romance. You know consent is required in business. But you freeze. You shut down. You go blind. You lose all semblance of humanity when that *word* takes hold of you. *Government.* That is your god. That is your master. That is your drug. That is your hallucination. Your fetish. Your cult. **YOU MUST PAY FOR WHAT I WANT TO BE DONE. I ADVOCATE STATE AGENTS COMING AFTER YOU AND YOUR INNOCENT FAMILY IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME ON WHAT YOU SHOULD PAY FOR! YOU VOTED AND YOUR CHOSEN LEADER LOST. MY CHOSEN LEADER'S THUGS NOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO DESTROY YOU.** All hail, DEMOCRACY! Pure psychopathy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khiT4h2FmI4 **-GS**
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We must, **utterly**, replace _government_, I have been struggling with this concept for a year now. Somehow we must replace government with voluntary systems of addressing problems government is 'justified as "solving"'. Bitcoin solves the biggest problem. Next we need to prioritize and address other issues. ---- Eventually, a fundamental issue requires solving: Family structure programs (many, but not all ! ) children to **worship** authoritarian government, viz. certain cultures we know. We cannot and must never legislate family structure. But somehow we need to find a way to reward something better... How to do that in a purely voluntary market-based system remains to be explored.
Sometimes I got confused too of who is the government really is. And same as what you thought it could be I thought it is you and me. If it is, we are afraid of our own selves, did we put up something unfavorable to us? That all the things seems so unfair. Sometimes too, I thought just like you. And sometimes I blame myself for shutting down and turn back blindly just because I don't want hassle and violence. That I couldn't blame someone else's because the right that I did not own right now is the right that I did not fight before.