‘A Case Against Government’ Archives
The Art of Politics Is…
The following has been said in various forms of print; Politics is the art of the possible, the art of the sell, the art of compromise, the art of persuasion, the art of looking for trouble, etc. My favorite quote comes from the late Hunter S. Thompson who said, shortly before he died, “Politics is the art of controlling your environment”. [...]
Cola Republic
By W. Edwin Hinds IV Yesterday I caught some glimpses of a documentary that was running on my television as I washed dishes in the nearby kitchen. Water pregnant with surfactant solution streaming down the drain as I rinsed away the mess while the voice of my favorite prisoner, number 655321, narrates. Macolm McDowell has a countenance and [...]
Anarchy and the Law: The Political Economy of Choice by Edward Stringham
Excerpt from "Anarchy and the Law".... I have now described anarcho-capitalism as I believe it would function in a modern society. What are Cowen's reasons for believing that such institutions would be unstable? Cown (1992) writes: ...the argument is that Friedman's scenario is not an independent alternative. Competing law codes are stable [...]
Social Justice in a Stateless Society
How do we even begin to address social Justice in a stateless society? We do it through direct action not political action. Something like social justice is vast and many changes and issues need to be addressed. Is there a final point to reach? Will the work ever be done? The state has failed to eliminate racism, sexism and other forms of [...]
A Case For Self-Governance: The Business of Peace
I feel peace is a good topic for Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday. It was not planned like that, it just happened that way. War is the governments business and business is good. From military imperialism to militarized police the government is in the business of death and theft. The government is in the business of forcing people to do what [...]
A Case For Self Governance: High Fashion
This is not about government control this is about the redundant responses people give me when I say I oppose all government. I am going to talk about a world where the government came in and took over all clothing manufacturers and began to be the sole provider of clothing. What was created was two wasteful bureaucracies to create low quality [...]
A case against government Part 4: The Invisible Hand Oppresses
Often we hear how a government is needed because the people are greedy. We hear of the evil capitalist and his crusade for himself. We hear that we must assert control over others because this greedy capitalist will look to keep his job and wealth over the welfare of others. So why not create a system where that "evil capitalist" has to [...]
A case against government Part 3: State Violence
It occurred to me that there may be those out there who read this site and still do not comprehend my philosophy. I think people loose me when they argue what the role government should have. I ask if we should have a government. My answer is no. I think a good place to start is to look at is what I call State Violence. In order to [...]
A case against government Part 2: Migration
(video at bottom) Are freedoms determined by birth alone? The issue of immigration is based on biases, and prejudices no matter how subtle. This is not to call pro-state controlled immigration advocates "racist" but mostly unaware and misinformed. It is also a tendency for those individuals to claim to have anti-statist views or small [...]
A case against government Part 1: Police State
We have to have government. Who would protect us if we didn't have police? Right? I keep hearing these questions and claims. The Supreme Court blew holes in those arguments when they decided it was not the job of the police to protect people. If you have a hard time with believing that then just check it out yourself Click here. So we know [...]