We are taught in school that the political spectrum is from "left" to "right", and that our government should reside in the middle for a good society.
But this is false doctrine meant to mislead us into sleeping, like Rip Van Winkle, through the institution of an oppressive government.
The actual spectrum goes from anarchy to totalitarianism.
No matter what form of totalitarianism, Fascist right or Communist left, it is oppressive, unliveable and at odds with basic human needs.
We need to live in a government as close to anarchy as possible that still guarantees our basic rights.
Frederick Bastiat, wrote in "The Law" during the early 1800's that the proper purpose of the law is to protect life, liberty and property, because the law is the collective organization of the individual's right to protect his own life, liberty and property.
He further states, "These are the three basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of our faculties?"
During the Bush Sr. years we were asked if we'd give up the right of protection from illegal search and seizure by our government to assist them in the "War on Drugs". I immediately replied, "yes!" But as I deliberated upon the consequences I realized that the ill-conceived war was nothing more than a sham to eliminate the rights that our Founding Fathers had at one time lived without and deemed sacred and precious enough that they guaranteed them to us in perpetuity.
Jon would have us to believe that there is a "Right to be free from calamity".
This is not so!
We live in a temporal world full of chaos, uncertainty and calamity. But we grow from this. We learn what we are made of and how to make our lives better.
Who learns the lessons of life faster, the child whose parents shield it from every mis-step and fall or those that learn from minor bumps that balance is required for walking...
The "Right of Liberty" is necessary for life.
The "Right to be free from calamity" destroys our ability to learn from life.
What is life if it's not growth... It's death... eternal death.
Give me liberty or give me death, because without it, I have no life!
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We are taught in school that the political spectrum is from "left" to "right", and that our government should reside in the middle for a good society. But this is false doctrine meant to mislead us into sleeping, like Rip Van Winkle, through the institution of an oppressive government. The actual spectrum goes from anarchy to totalitarianism. No matter what form of totalitarianism, Fascist right or Communist left, it is oppressive, unliveable and at odds with basic human needs. We need to live in a government as close to anarchy as possible that still guarantees our basic rights. Frederick Bastiat, wrote in "The Law" during the early 1800's that the proper purpose of the law is to protect life, liberty and property, because the law is the collective organization of the individual's right to protect his own life, liberty and property. He further states, "These are the three basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of our faculties?" During the Bush Sr. years we were asked if we'd give up the right of protection from illegal search and seizure by our government to assist them in the "War on Drugs". I immediately replied, "yes!" But as I deliberated upon the consequences I realized that the ill-conceived war was nothing more than a sham to eliminate the rights that our Founding Fathers had at one time lived without and deemed sacred and precious enough that they guaranteed them to us in perpetuity. Jon would have us to believe that there is a "Right to be free from calamity". This is not so! We live in a temporal world full of chaos, uncertainty and calamity. But we grow from this. We learn what we are made of and how to make our lives better. Who learns the lessons of life faster, the child whose parents shield it from every mis-step and fall or those that learn from minor bumps that balance is required for walking... The "Right of Liberty" is necessary for life. The "Right to be free from calamity" destroys our ability to learn from life. What is life if it's not growth... It's death... eternal death. Give me liberty or give me death, because without it, I have no life!