LIBERTARIAN: I beleive that individuals have a right to do anything that doesn’t impinge on the common-law rights of others

Friday, November 1, 2024

https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-caseys-top-five-reasons-not-to-vote/

Doug Casey’s Top Five Reasons Not to Vote
by Doug Casey

<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2024-10-31>>

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Democracy is vastly overrated.

The national elections this November 5 (Guy Fawkes Day, FWIW) have every chance of turning into a chaotic catastrophe. I’m not, therefore, going to discuss either candidate. Let’s instead talk about principles. That’s something few people discuss these days.

“Democracy” is not like the consensus of a few friends agreeing to see the same movie. Most often, it boils down to a kinder and gentler variety of mob rule, dressed in a coat and tie. The essence of positive values like personal liberty, prosperity, opportunity, fraternity, and equality have little to do with democracy. Those things exist because of free minds, free markets, and limited government.

Democracy, by contrast, focuses people’s thoughts on politics, not production, on the collective, not on their own lives. That’s not good.

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A libertarian believes that individuals have a right to do anything that doesn’t impinge on the common-law rights of others, namely force or fraud. Libertarians are the human equivalent of the Gamma rat, which bears a little explanation.

Some years ago, scientists experimenting with rats categorized the vast major ity of their subjects as Beta rats. These are basically followers who get the Alpha rats’ leftovers. The Alpha rats establish territories, claim the choicest mates, and generally lord it over the Betas. This pretty well corresponded with the way the researchers thought the world worked.

But they were surprised to find a third type of rat as well: the Gamma. This creature staked out a territory and chose the pick of the litter for a mate, like the Alpha, but didn’t attempt to dominate the Betas. A go-along-get-along rat. A libertarian rat, if you will.

My guess, mixed with a dollop of hope, is that as society becomes more repressive, more Gamma people will tune in to the problem and drop out as a solution. No, they won’t turn into middle-aged hippies practicing basket weaving and bead stringing in remote communes. Rather, they will structure their lives so that the government—which is to say, taxes, regulations, and inflation—is a non-factor. Suppose they gave a war and nobody came? Suppose they gave an election, and nobody voted, gave a tax, and nobody paid or imposed a regulation, and nobody obeyed it?

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Credit for the picture to where I found the definition.

https://americanhandgunner.com/our-experts/guncrank-diaries/year-of-the-gamma-rat/

I hope I’m a gamma rat.  Wish we could all be such. 

Dona Nobis Pacem

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LIBERTARIAN: Peace on Earth; good will to all.

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechindependenceday.html

American Rhetoric: Movie Speech “Independence Day” (1996)

  • President Thomas J. Whitmore Addresses to the U.S. Fighter Pilots

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We will not go quietly into the night!

We will not vanish without a fight!

We’re going to live on!

We’re going to survive!”

Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

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“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”  — Nelson Mandela

Something that “We, The Sheeple” seems to forgotten?

Peace on Earth; good will to all.

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LIBERTARIAN: Separation of powers

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/01/12/how-states-can-undermine-bidens-unconstitutional-ghost-gun-rule/

How States can Undermine Biden’s Unconstitutional “Ghost Gun” Rule
Tenth Amendment Center by TJ Martinell / January 12, 2023 at 04:06PM

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Like President Trump’s bump stock ban in 2018, Biden’s new rule is unconstitutional in more ways than one. First, the Second Amendment specifically prohibits the federal government from infringing on the right to keep and bear arms. Second, this infringement doesn’t even stem from Congress passing a law. Rather, it was carried out by unelected bureaucrats in an executive branch agency who received 211,564 comments during the rulemaking process.

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My Constitutional objection is to the existence of a Gooferment “agency” that is the rule maker, the prosecutor, and the executioner.  We have a separation of powers to limit the powers of out-of-control politicians and bureaucrats.

In this case the ATF, but there are many many more.  

If the ATF wants to make diktats, then some other entity must enforce them and adjudicate them.

Hence, the ATF, as well as the EPA, the DofAg, and others must immediately be shut down until they can be reconstituted consistent with the Constitution.

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LIBERTARIAN: Libertarians don’t have to move to Somalia to demonstrate anarchy isn’t a terrible as the “experts” teach

Thursday, December 1, 2022

https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/som?e=39307912ab

Tom Woods

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In the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization in 2008, Professor Benjamin Powell and his colleagues wrote:

“This paper’s main contribution to the literature has been to compare Somalia’s living standards to those of 41 other sub-Saharan African countries both before and after the collapse of the national government. We find that Somalia’s living standards have generally improved and that they compare relatively favorably with many existing African states. Importantly, we find that Somali living standards have often improved, not just in absolute terms, but also relative to other African countries since the collapse of the Somali central government.”

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Libertarians NEVER predict “paradise”; just a better country without an oppressive Gooferment.

Imagine that the USA returns to a Federal Gooferment funded by tariffs and excise taxes.

Eliminate whole unnecessary Gooferment agencies — BATF, ATF, DoE, DoEd, etc. etc.

Oh, and don’t forget the FED.  Put the USA back on the gold standard.  Repeal the 17th Amendment.

Get back to the original Constitution Republic that the Dead Old White Guys designed.

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LIBERTARIAN: Misconduct by the FBI and its informants lead to entrapment of two fools

Monday, August 29, 2022

https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/08/two-michigan-men-convicted-of-conspiracy-to-kidnap-democratic-gov-gretchen-whitmer/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-michigan-men-convicted-of-conspiracy-to-kidnap-democratic-gov-gretchen-whitmer

Two Michigan Men Convicted of Conspiracy to Kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

  • The suspects in the kidnapping plot claim the FBI set them up.

Posted by Mary Chastain Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 01:00pm

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The entrapment accusation came out in July 2021 by BuzzFeed of all places. The outlet reviewed the evidence and found out that at least 12 of the FBI confidential informants had a larger role in the plot:

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Julie Kelly had a great thread:

*Limited cross examin by defense (for 1st time he said, also extremely rare in criminal cases) of 2 cooperating witnesses allegedly part of the conspiracy

*Repeatedly scolded defense in front of jury; accused defense of wasting time over “crap” questioning

*Gave unwieldy…

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 23, 2022

Judge Jonker, a GWB appointee, handled this trial far differently than the first.

You’re telling me a jury didn’t convict on a SINGLE COUNT in first trial with 2 more defendants but returned all guilty in less than half the time with 2 fewer defendants?

Jonker got the message.

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 23, 2022

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I hope there’s an appeal.  I’d contribute to a defense fund.

Yes, they were stupid bozos but the FBI did the entrapment.

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We’ve Defined ‘Woman’ for You

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Over the last few days, there has been much “debate” over the word “woman” and how to define it. The discussion over the proper definition of the word erupted across social
— Read on townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2022/03/25/we-know-the-definition-of-a-woman-n2605031

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Why did the nominee tiptoe around an easy question?

Perhaps to avoid a discussion of the “trans” issue?

Dumb.

Hit it head on. “There is a difficult issue but courts don’t make public policy. We interpret laws based on specific facts of a case.”

Or at least we should.

Argh!

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LIBERTARIAN: Sorry but little L libertarians don’t approve of “eminent domain”

Friday, March 4, 2022

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2022/03/02/east-brunswick-nj-can-condemn-route-18-land-redevelopment-court/9331820002/

East Brunswick can condemn 80 acres along Route 18 for redevelopment, court rules

Susan Loyer — MyCentralJersey.com — March 2 @ 5AM

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EAST BRUNSWICK – A Superior Court judge has upheld the township’s ability to condemn about 80 acres in the Route 18 corridor for redevelopment.

Judge Thomas Daniel McCloskey affirmed a 2017 Township Council resolution finding that the properties met the requirements of a redevelopment area under the New Jersey Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. 

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The properties that challenged the township’s redevelopment designation are owned by Christiana Enterprises, LLC, operating as Sweeney’s Auto Repair & Gulf Gas Station, 229 Route 18; Tongbu LLC, which runs a professional/office building at 223 Route 18 South; SL Property Holding LLC, doing business as Rt. 18 Carpet at 261 Route 18 South; and Office Depot, Inc., which previously operated at 257 Route 18 South. 

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The project will include a transportation center, mixed-use buildings, hotel, tech center and a medical services office. The plan also includes restaurants with outdoor dining, shops, pedestrian walkways, bike paths, water features, a central public plaza, multiple open public greenways and an outdoor amphitheater to promote outdoor gathering and community events, as well as an environmentally sustainable indoor/outdoor pet facility.

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The Gooferment is just a Gand written large.  Sorry but it’s a shame that the criminal gang can steal property.  

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“We are extraordinarily happy that the judge sided with the township in what we did in naming this area an area in need of redevelopment,” Mayor Brad Cohen said. “The judge’s decision unambiguously supports the township’s efforts and encourages us to continue moving forward with our plan.” 

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So a Gooferment “judge” (aka bureaucrat) can decide that some other Gooferment bureaucrats (aka “the Township”) can steal property from their rightful owners under the guise of “law”.

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“… … if you’re one or two businesses that were fortunate enough to have survived in an area that’s clearly fallen into disrepair and underutilized, you don’t have the right to individually stop the process.”

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Screw you little guy.  You were lucky enough to suvive because Customers valued your service, but we know what is “best”.

Argh!

Will this blog post stop the theft? No.  It didn’t stop Kelo in CT either.  But look what happened there.  After stealing people houses, the deal fell thru and all that’s left is vacant land.  It would be beyond ironic if the same thing happened here.

Wonder who will get paid off as a result of this?  I’m sure there will be lots of money sloshing around.  And, I bet the Taxpayers will pay too.

Argh!

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LIBERTARIAN: A natural, inalienable right of self-ownership

Thursday, October 21, 2021

https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2021/10/12/arguing-what-was-never-argued/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EricPetersAutos+%28Eric+Peters+Autos%29

Arguing What Was Never Argued
By  Eric – October 12, 202

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As a libertarian, I argue that every adult human being has a natural, inalienable right of ownership over his or her own body – which strikes me as self-evident – and from this premise flows the argument that no one else has any right to force another human being to put anything into their body.

The latter constituting both rape and slavery, in terms of the fundamental principle at issue.

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Seems like a simple and unarguable principle!

Now tell that to the Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats.  As well as the covidNazis!

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LIBERTARIAN: kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for the rights of American citizens

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2021/09/10/20-years-of-government-sponsored-tyranny/

20 Years of Government-Sponsored Tyranny
By: John Whitehead|Published on: Sep 10, 2021

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This is a government that has grown so corrupt, greedy, power-hungry and tyrannical over the course of the past 240-plus years that our constitutional republic has since given way to idiocracy, and representative government has given way to a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves) and a kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for the rights of American citizens).

What this really amounts to is a war on the American people, fought on American soil, funded with taxpayer dollars, and waged with a single-minded determination to use national crises, manufactured or otherwise, in order to transform the American homeland into a battlefield.

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“We, The Sheeple” have to start resisting or all is lost!

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LIBERTARIAN: Let’s “fix” healthcare

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

 

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Obamacare was the latest government meddling, and it meddled in a big way, but before Obamacare, there were Medicaid and Medicare.

The AMA opposed Medicare when it was proposed because the doctors feared that it was the first step toward socialized medicine.

So, when it finally passed in 1965, the government reimbursed providers generously to gain acceptance.

With a third party footing the bill, doctors and hospitals had no incentive to hold down costs, but eventually, costs had to be reined in.

Private health insurance companies tended to follow the lead of the government with generous coverage and reimbursement, but over time, they were forced to control costs.

Since Medicare and Medicaid, there have been several unsuccessful attempts to control health care costs.

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and Managed Care Organizations or capitation plans that paid doctors a fixed amount regardless of the amount of care provided were never widely accepted in the marketplace, primarily because patients had no incentive to keep costs low.

Premiums went up every year, but most were insulated from the rising cost because employers were picking up the extra expense.

The Obama administration talked about “bending the cost curve” with the ACA, but the real objective was to provide wider access to insurance.

How can you possibly control the cost of health insurance if you do not deal with the underlying cost of the care?

The common denominator in each of these failures is that choice and individual control were taken away from consumers and turned over to a third party.

In a free market, individuals have options and the freedom to choose based on criteria that are important to them.health careOur current system doesn’t allow for choice because a third-party payer is in the middle, making decisions based almost entirely on cost.

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At the very least, let’s separate “health insurance” from “employment” by making it tax deductible — putting it on a par with employer health “benefits”.  After all, if you lose or change a job. Then you don’t lose your car insurance!

Argh!

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