Posts Tagged ‘Violence and Abuse’
Warfare is the central hubris of the state
This article was originally posted here. Warfare is the central hubris of the state. I recently wrote an article that invoked much anger and appreciation: Fear and Loathing in the U.S.M.C. For God & Country. As I watched the reactions to the article and discussions around the internet I noticed something. Those who were most angry with the [...]
The Militarized Police State Is Here
This is a re-post of an article I wrote for Break The Matrix on the 26th of May 2010. The original article can be found here. Please subscribe to their RSS feed here. The militarized police state is here, has been here and is reality. One of the best examples in the United States of Orwellian Double Speak is the term "Peace Officer." We use [...]
The Police State’s ‘Cardinal Rule’: The Mundane Must Submit
British officer: You call yourself a patriot, and a loyal subject to King George?Hawkeye: I don't call myself "subject" to much of anything.Hawkeye explains the foundational tenet of the American worldview to a self-important armed government functionary offended by the frontiersman's principled defiance; from the 1992 version of Last of the [...]
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 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 [...]