Well, the Republican National Convention is upon us. Time sure has
flown. It seems like 2007 was only yesterday when I first started
writing about Ron Paul. Back then I held no expectation at all that Ron
Paul would receive the Republican Party nomination and wrote mostly
about his message of freedom and how important it was. Times have
changed. Ron Paul and his message are more popular than ever.
I have to admit, for about two seconds this year I actually felt that
Ron Paul and his supporters could pull it off. I actually thought that
the Ron Paul campaign knew what it was doing and the Republicans might
actually be forced to run a free thinking, principled individual as
their candidate rather than an obvious establishment puppet. I thought
the Republican candidate just might be the person that was elected by
the grassroots of the party rather than selected by the upper echelon of
that party. Of course for that to have happened the Republican Party
leadership would've had to become honest and even *gasp* followed their
own rules.
For a time, even though Ron Paul supposedly lost so many primaries, I
thought his supporters were really going to be able to pull off the
political surprise of the decade by simply following the rules laid down
by the Republican Party and taking over the delegate process. After
all, we all know elections can be fixed. It is well documented that
electronic voting machines can be hacked. Anyone who doesn't believe
this and still thinks that elections in this country are fair, I suggest
you check out Bev Harris' work at Black Box Voting.
I'll believe that voting is fair when we once again have paper ballots
counted at the precincts at the end of the night with the general public
invited to watch and independent representatives watching alongside
representatives from any political party involved.
That said, I was very disappointed with the Ron Paul campaign that they
didn't follow through with demanding investigations when evidence of
vote fraud was discovered in Iowa, New Hampshire and other states. I was
disappointed that they didn't make more of a big deal out of winning a
plurality in a number of states. I was very disappointed that they gave
up so early in the year when there was still so many primaries to be
held. I wanted them to stick it out to the end and cause as much of a
stir as possible. I wanted as many people as possible exposed to the
message of freedom. I wanted there to be a choice of someone other than
the Democrat Mitt Romney. I wanted a true Republican candidate, one who
believes in the idea of a constitutional republic with a federal
government of limited power.
Well I should have known better. That didn't happen. Barring a miracle, I
doubt very much that that's going to happen. The problem with Ron Paul
is that he's too damn honest. He's too damn principled. He couldn't lie
to save his life and he's not about to make any promises he doesn't plan
on keeping. He doesn't tell you what you want to hear just to get your
vote, he explains to you his position and why freedom is the answer.
There's no way the Republican establishment is going to let him or
anyone like him get the nomination. There was never any way that was
going to happen. They want someone in there that they can control, not
some maverick that wants to empower ordinary people.
When you lay down with pigs, you're going to get dirty. That's as true
if you lay down with Republican pigs as it is when you lay down with
Democrat pigs. They're all dirty, and Ron Paul did not want to get
dirty. He did not want to play their games. He did not want to
compromise his principles to gain power. That is why the Republican
establishment couldn't afford to let him win, despite the polls that
showed he would have so much better of a chance of beating the Democrat
incumbent than Mitt could ever hope for. That's why they pulled all the
dirty tricks to make sure he'd lose and kept Ron Paul's name out of the
spotlight as much as they could.
Now, they want to silence Ron Paul's message. Now they want to take away
the voices of the millions who supported Ron Paul's candidacy. I don't
suppose that should surprise me either. They want to make this
convention a love fest for Mittens. They want the world to think that
everything is hunky dory with Republicans and they all just want to get
behind him as a candidate because he is so different from Obama. Yeah,
right. When it comes to policy, they are twins separated at birth. They
are both big government, corporate bought and paid for elitists who are
going to do what their central banking corporate masters tell them to
do. Mitt Romney was selected by the establishment, not elected by the
people. His message of more of the same, maybe with a twist, is the only
message they want you to hear. Enough of this freedom stuff.
I write this the night before the Republican convention is slated to
start, so I can't be sure how things will play out. I'd really like to
see the Ron Paul delegates stand up and be counted. I'd like to hear
them get his message out. I'd love to see a huge conversion of Mitt
Romney delegates. I'd love to see them come to their senses and cast
their votes for Ron Paul and his message of freedom rather than for
Mittens and more corporatism. I doubt very much any of that is going to
happen. As tenacious as the Ron Paul delegates are and as much as I
admire them for that, I think the Republican Party leadership is too
spiteful to let that message get out. I think they are frightened of the
Ron Paul folks. I think they will do everything in their power to
prevent the Ron Paul delegates from so much as even gesturing their
support for him, even to the point of initiating violence. That's how
criminals role.
I hope I'm wrong in my prediction, but if I'm not I hope their will be
plenty of cameras rolling at this convention. I hope there will be
plenty of Ron Paul delegates reporting on Youtube what I'm sure the
mainstream media will neglect to report. If things play out poorly, I
hope the American public will be able to see just how despicable the
Republican establishment can be. If the Republican Party doesn't give
Ron Paul's delegates the voice they deserve, then that party makes
itself irrelevant. At that point it might as well just merge with the
Democrat Party. Policy wise they're both pretty much the same anyway.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from
Kindle Direct Publishing. As a special offer, on Sept. 5th, and Sept.
6th, 2012, the full versions of all my ebooks will be available for free
to download. Please help support me by downloading my ebooks for free
on those days. The more downloads I get, the better. Tell your friends.
If you don't have a Kindle, amazon.com offers a PC version for free. Please download and enjoy.
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity
The Ouijiers
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
The World Needs More Courageous and Prominent Whistle Blowers
Are you afraid? Are you shaking in your shoes? If so, why? What are you
afraid of? If not, why not? According to many sources, you're supposed
to be. The economy is collapsing. Currencies are failing. War is on the
horizon. It's all part of a grand scheme devised by an all powerful
elite ruling cabal. There's something I've noticed about fear. Fear can
freeze people. It can keep people from moving forward. It can stop
people from doing something they should do. It can even make some of
them act in immoral ways and then they will make excuses for their
actions or inactions later. Fear is a very powerful force.
There are good people who work in positions where they see things going on which are unethical, immoral and even criminal. These people keep their mouths shut because they're scared. They want to keep their jobs. They want to keep their pensions. They feel their entire future is threatened if they speak out. It is possible that they worry they might lose their freedom. They have seen some whistle blowers speak out and end up in jail or worse, an injustice so despicable it should lead to the imprisonment and complete ostracism of any who would perpetrate it.
Sometimes the people they work for are so powerful that they might even be scared for their lives. It's even possible in some cases that they feel fear for the fate of their families should they speak out. I wouldn't be surprised if there are people in positions of power these days who are so criminal as to hold no regard for even the flimsiest principles once held by the most hardened mobsters. It's no wonder these people put their heads down and simply do their jobs and keep their mouths shut. Sometimes the best they can do for their own sense of morality is quit, but even then they feel they must remain quiet in order to stay safe.
A few decades ago it seemed that powerful forces in this world were out to destroy the principles upon which this nation was built. Fascist and communist powers were building collectivist societies and trying to force the rest of the world to accept their power systems through military force. Brave men and women were armed and mobilized to take on these threats. I imagine there was much fear back then as well armed forces of many nations faced off against each other. Men had to overcome their fears to perform the courageous deeds of warfare that helped to defeat those forces of collectivism and secure the principles of individualism upon which such a powerful nation was built.
Unfortunately, even as victory was fresh and our nation was thrust into prominence upon the world stage, we as a people forgot to honor the basic principles which had enabled our nation to achieve greatness. A more subtle form of collectivism that had been instilled much earlier in our history began to erode the foundations which had made this nation such a superpower. The economy boomed largely because we were nearly the only industrial nation that hadn't been devastated by war. Government began to regulate and grow. Corporations and industries grew and gained privileges. Not much was said by the working class because the future seemed so bright.
Slowly, subtly the corruption crept in. The corporations and financial sector were able to use their fantastic wealth to influence politics more than ever. They developed their own agenda and formed their own global vision which would allow them to control the human collective. As long as the economy boomed, not much was said. Even when a president was assassinated and a coup took place at the highest levels of government, there simply weren't enough people coming forward, nor enough honest reporting from the media, nor enough independent thinking to create the public outcry needed to expose the cover up and wrest power away from the moneyed elite. Whistle blowers were buried instead of elevated and honored for their heroic actions.
Now the corruption is everywhere. It is in everyone's face. The criminal element has taken over. They have criminalized freedom while legalizing their own criminal activities. They have trashed the Constitution. They run around unfettered by the law they are supposed to obey while arresting common folk for merely speaking out against their injustices. They are regulating the middle class out of existence while creating corporate/government cartels to control all aspects of life. Still, too few in the system step up to say something. They are still too frightened. They are the cogs that keep the machinery of government churning away and they say nothing as the criminal element operates with more and more impunity.
These souls are on the front lines of a subtle, undeclared war the elite corporate class is waging against the common folk. This war threatens our way of life with as much certainty as those authoritarian, collectivist nations did when we fought against their way of life in the 1930s and 40s. The difference is the war is not as overt. The difference is the war is not fought with bombs and bullets, but with deceit and disinformation. The difference is that the soldiers don't even know they're soldiers, let alone what they need to do to fight the enemy. Information needs to be revealed and disseminated. The truth needs to be told and the criminality needs to be exposed and punished.
Those who merely follow orders need to overcome their fears and speak out if they see something criminal, immoral, unethical, or unjust taking place in the bureaucracies which have become powers unto themselves within the system. They need to speak out despite the risks if we are ever to reestablish the principles upon which our nation was founded. If one whistle blower is struck down, another needs to rise up and take their place. The higher up the chain of command, the better. The more prominent the whistle blower, the better. The criminals need to be given no respite, no place to run, no excuses to make, until even the most sheepish person has to realize that our political, financial and corporate systems are so inundated with corruption as to be unsustainable if we are to remain a free and moral society.
What the world needs now is more whistle blowers, not less. It needs them to be honored not punished. It needs their allegations to be investigated, not whitewashed and covered up. What the world needs is for those in prominent positions to speak out against the current, corrupt state of affairs that promise nothing but further decline and more of the same. What the world needs is to leave no uncertainty as to the depth of the criminality. Maybe then we can at least rid ourselves of the psychopathic control freaks that have grasped the reins of power. Maybe then we could at least expose those who are really at the top of the power structure for the puppet masters that they are. Maybe then we could start building a freer society with a more transparent power structure where those who exhibit criminal, immoral or unethical behavior are truly held accountable for their actions and not elevated to positions of power over others.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. As a special offer, on Sept. 5th, and Sept. 6th, 2012, the full versions of all my ebooks will be available for free to download. Please help support me by downloading my ebooks for free on those days. The more downloads I get, the better. Tell your friends. If you don't have a Kindle, amazon.com offers a PC version for free. Please download and enjoy.
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity
The Ouijiers
There are good people who work in positions where they see things going on which are unethical, immoral and even criminal. These people keep their mouths shut because they're scared. They want to keep their jobs. They want to keep their pensions. They feel their entire future is threatened if they speak out. It is possible that they worry they might lose their freedom. They have seen some whistle blowers speak out and end up in jail or worse, an injustice so despicable it should lead to the imprisonment and complete ostracism of any who would perpetrate it.
Sometimes the people they work for are so powerful that they might even be scared for their lives. It's even possible in some cases that they feel fear for the fate of their families should they speak out. I wouldn't be surprised if there are people in positions of power these days who are so criminal as to hold no regard for even the flimsiest principles once held by the most hardened mobsters. It's no wonder these people put their heads down and simply do their jobs and keep their mouths shut. Sometimes the best they can do for their own sense of morality is quit, but even then they feel they must remain quiet in order to stay safe.
A few decades ago it seemed that powerful forces in this world were out to destroy the principles upon which this nation was built. Fascist and communist powers were building collectivist societies and trying to force the rest of the world to accept their power systems through military force. Brave men and women were armed and mobilized to take on these threats. I imagine there was much fear back then as well armed forces of many nations faced off against each other. Men had to overcome their fears to perform the courageous deeds of warfare that helped to defeat those forces of collectivism and secure the principles of individualism upon which such a powerful nation was built.
Unfortunately, even as victory was fresh and our nation was thrust into prominence upon the world stage, we as a people forgot to honor the basic principles which had enabled our nation to achieve greatness. A more subtle form of collectivism that had been instilled much earlier in our history began to erode the foundations which had made this nation such a superpower. The economy boomed largely because we were nearly the only industrial nation that hadn't been devastated by war. Government began to regulate and grow. Corporations and industries grew and gained privileges. Not much was said by the working class because the future seemed so bright.
Slowly, subtly the corruption crept in. The corporations and financial sector were able to use their fantastic wealth to influence politics more than ever. They developed their own agenda and formed their own global vision which would allow them to control the human collective. As long as the economy boomed, not much was said. Even when a president was assassinated and a coup took place at the highest levels of government, there simply weren't enough people coming forward, nor enough honest reporting from the media, nor enough independent thinking to create the public outcry needed to expose the cover up and wrest power away from the moneyed elite. Whistle blowers were buried instead of elevated and honored for their heroic actions.
Now the corruption is everywhere. It is in everyone's face. The criminal element has taken over. They have criminalized freedom while legalizing their own criminal activities. They have trashed the Constitution. They run around unfettered by the law they are supposed to obey while arresting common folk for merely speaking out against their injustices. They are regulating the middle class out of existence while creating corporate/government cartels to control all aspects of life. Still, too few in the system step up to say something. They are still too frightened. They are the cogs that keep the machinery of government churning away and they say nothing as the criminal element operates with more and more impunity.
These souls are on the front lines of a subtle, undeclared war the elite corporate class is waging against the common folk. This war threatens our way of life with as much certainty as those authoritarian, collectivist nations did when we fought against their way of life in the 1930s and 40s. The difference is the war is not as overt. The difference is the war is not fought with bombs and bullets, but with deceit and disinformation. The difference is that the soldiers don't even know they're soldiers, let alone what they need to do to fight the enemy. Information needs to be revealed and disseminated. The truth needs to be told and the criminality needs to be exposed and punished.
Those who merely follow orders need to overcome their fears and speak out if they see something criminal, immoral, unethical, or unjust taking place in the bureaucracies which have become powers unto themselves within the system. They need to speak out despite the risks if we are ever to reestablish the principles upon which our nation was founded. If one whistle blower is struck down, another needs to rise up and take their place. The higher up the chain of command, the better. The more prominent the whistle blower, the better. The criminals need to be given no respite, no place to run, no excuses to make, until even the most sheepish person has to realize that our political, financial and corporate systems are so inundated with corruption as to be unsustainable if we are to remain a free and moral society.
What the world needs now is more whistle blowers, not less. It needs them to be honored not punished. It needs their allegations to be investigated, not whitewashed and covered up. What the world needs is for those in prominent positions to speak out against the current, corrupt state of affairs that promise nothing but further decline and more of the same. What the world needs is to leave no uncertainty as to the depth of the criminality. Maybe then we can at least rid ourselves of the psychopathic control freaks that have grasped the reins of power. Maybe then we could at least expose those who are really at the top of the power structure for the puppet masters that they are. Maybe then we could start building a freer society with a more transparent power structure where those who exhibit criminal, immoral or unethical behavior are truly held accountable for their actions and not elevated to positions of power over others.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. As a special offer, on Sept. 5th, and Sept. 6th, 2012, the full versions of all my ebooks will be available for free to download. Please help support me by downloading my ebooks for free on those days. The more downloads I get, the better. Tell your friends. If you don't have a Kindle, amazon.com offers a PC version for free. Please download and enjoy.
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity
The Ouijiers
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Peaceful Terrorists, Violent State Reactions
There's a spiritual practice in China called Falun Gong.
It's a practice that involves meditation, slow movement (qigong), and
high moral standards (Buddhism and Taoism) which is supposed to
eventually lead to spiritual enlightenment. Practitioners are taught the
virtues of honesty and compassion among other things. They are peaceful
and well behaved people who wish only to delve deeper into themselves
and learn to be the best humans they can possibly be. So why is it that
the Chinese government decided to crack down so hard on those who
practice Falun Gong? What is it about this practice that terrorizes
those at the highest level of the Chinese state?
There is a history behind peaceful movements being brutally suppressed by oppressive states. We can go all the way back to the Christians of the Roman Empire and even before that to see this. There was Gandhi's movement in India and King's civil rights movement in America. Why are so many peaceful movements so violently opposed by establishment organizations? Even the recent Tea Party and Occupation movements have been made up mostly of peaceful people looking to peacefully change the establishment system. The Ron Paul Revolution emphasizes love and peace.
Why are these movements cracked down upon? Why are they so demonized by the establishment? Why would organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center make the claim that freedom loving, peaceful, normal, every day people who simply wish for their voices to be heard are terrorists? That is an awful claim to make. It is, in my opinion, fraudulent, malicious and can cause harm and violate individuals' rights. I think those who make such claims should be investigated to find out why they've made them and if they're being purposely malicious and fraudulent.
That said, I believe the realities of why these movements are so strongly opposed go far beyond the obvious. I believe it goes beyond the physical world. I believe there is a deeper truth that the powers that be don't want us to find out about. I believe there is a spiritual awareness that they don't want us to find. I believe they would go so far as to kill to keep such knowledge from becoming generally accepted by the masses of humanity. There is a dark side to spiritual awareness, and that dark side wants to remain hidden. It wants to use fear to maintain control over the human race. It worries that too many might discover this. Those who use the power of the dark side worry that if this happens, they will lose control, and maybe something else.
What if a great many of us were to discover that this three dimensional reality really was just an illusion? What if we were to discover that there was a much greater reality beyond the veil of our limited physical senses? What if we were to discover that we really are all connected at a higher level and that hurting another is tantamount to hurting yourself? Would that make people behave differently? Would that be a threat to those in power?
Agents of the state sure act like it is. Their superiors who give them their orders certainly act like it is. Certainly they can't believe that such promoters of peace and even tranquility pose a clear and present danger to their physical well being. Do they think that peaceful people are suddenly going to become wild eyed maniacs, produce weapons from under their garments and start blowing well armed bureaucrats away? Do they believe that someone in search of Christ consciousness or some deeper spiritual truth is suddenly going to become a maniacal killer? Do they believe that people who want to change the world through peace, love and practicing higher moral principles are going to kill thousands of people by planting bombs and flying airplanes into buildings? If they do, then I think they're aiming at the wrong targets. That just doesn't seem likely to me.
Even if I'm wrong, even if there is no spiritual threat to the establishment elite going on here, there is no reason for the state to overreact so. Unless, that is, there are subtle reasons not readily apparent. Perhaps it is because they like being seen as significant and legitimate. Perhaps peaceful people challenge this. Perhaps peace loving individuals who refuse to participate in their system can expose their illegitimacy. Perhaps those who chose to remove their consent from those who would govern can expose how insignificant the state and its agents really are. Perhaps that would explain why those in control of such a powerful state like China would be so terrorized by a group of people publicly practicing Fulan Gong or something like it.
But then, doesn't the arrest of such peaceful people expose the criminal nature of the state? Doesn't it expose a reality as frightening and painful as the exposed nerve of a tooth? Of course that only works if others see the abuses and speak out against them. The agents of the state who crack down upon the peaceful will only feel shame for doing so when the multitudes shame them. The sheep who have seen their fellows go into the slaughterhouse and not come out will still go into that same slaughterhouse when it is their turn. They will not leave the corral even when the gate is open so long as there is food to be had and the flock is around them. Are we nothing but sheep, doing nothing, saying nothing, when our fellow peaceful human beings are kidnapped, tortured and abused? If that's the case, then don't be surprised when you find yourself stuffed in a cage and perhaps tortured by a sadistic agent of the state for doing or saying something you thought was perfectly safe and legal and harmed no one. We can no longer afford to make excuses for the state. We can no longer afford to go along to get along.
The peaceful people, those who protest and want change and those who simply want to become the change they wish to see, are not the terrorists. Those who terrorize them are the terrorists. Those who operate for the state against the people, against the masses are the terrorists. They are the ones who will most likely initiate the violence, even though they'd like you to think otherwise, even though they'll try to make it look otherwise. We need to record the violence. We need to make them look at it. They need to look in the mirror and see the ugliness they embody. Perhaps then they will come to understand the violent nature of the organization they work for. Perhaps then they will find it easier to say "no" to their orders and refuse to harm peaceful people.
So what is it about peace and love that makes authoritarian globalists and the establishment elite quake in their boots? I don't know. I have my thoughts and suspicions, but I can't say for certain. Perhaps it is as simple as they're afraid of being made insignificant and illegitimate. The ego is a powerful force. Perhaps it is something more spiritual. Perhaps it is something even far more sinister, something so evil and unimaginable as to be completely unbelievable to the masses of humanity. It truly is difficult to say. Perhaps I should go meditate on this. I hope I don't get arrested and tortured for doing so.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. Keep an eye out for special offers. In the meantime, I do need sales in order to support my habit of eating. These are great, well written books that I'm sure you'll find enjoyable. Here are the links to all my ebooks so you can purchase and enjoy them:
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity (a Matthew Wayne novel)
The Ouijiers (a Matthew Wayne novel)
There is a history behind peaceful movements being brutally suppressed by oppressive states. We can go all the way back to the Christians of the Roman Empire and even before that to see this. There was Gandhi's movement in India and King's civil rights movement in America. Why are so many peaceful movements so violently opposed by establishment organizations? Even the recent Tea Party and Occupation movements have been made up mostly of peaceful people looking to peacefully change the establishment system. The Ron Paul Revolution emphasizes love and peace.
Why are these movements cracked down upon? Why are they so demonized by the establishment? Why would organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center make the claim that freedom loving, peaceful, normal, every day people who simply wish for their voices to be heard are terrorists? That is an awful claim to make. It is, in my opinion, fraudulent, malicious and can cause harm and violate individuals' rights. I think those who make such claims should be investigated to find out why they've made them and if they're being purposely malicious and fraudulent.
That said, I believe the realities of why these movements are so strongly opposed go far beyond the obvious. I believe it goes beyond the physical world. I believe there is a deeper truth that the powers that be don't want us to find out about. I believe there is a spiritual awareness that they don't want us to find. I believe they would go so far as to kill to keep such knowledge from becoming generally accepted by the masses of humanity. There is a dark side to spiritual awareness, and that dark side wants to remain hidden. It wants to use fear to maintain control over the human race. It worries that too many might discover this. Those who use the power of the dark side worry that if this happens, they will lose control, and maybe something else.
What if a great many of us were to discover that this three dimensional reality really was just an illusion? What if we were to discover that there was a much greater reality beyond the veil of our limited physical senses? What if we were to discover that we really are all connected at a higher level and that hurting another is tantamount to hurting yourself? Would that make people behave differently? Would that be a threat to those in power?
Agents of the state sure act like it is. Their superiors who give them their orders certainly act like it is. Certainly they can't believe that such promoters of peace and even tranquility pose a clear and present danger to their physical well being. Do they think that peaceful people are suddenly going to become wild eyed maniacs, produce weapons from under their garments and start blowing well armed bureaucrats away? Do they believe that someone in search of Christ consciousness or some deeper spiritual truth is suddenly going to become a maniacal killer? Do they believe that people who want to change the world through peace, love and practicing higher moral principles are going to kill thousands of people by planting bombs and flying airplanes into buildings? If they do, then I think they're aiming at the wrong targets. That just doesn't seem likely to me.
Even if I'm wrong, even if there is no spiritual threat to the establishment elite going on here, there is no reason for the state to overreact so. Unless, that is, there are subtle reasons not readily apparent. Perhaps it is because they like being seen as significant and legitimate. Perhaps peaceful people challenge this. Perhaps peace loving individuals who refuse to participate in their system can expose their illegitimacy. Perhaps those who chose to remove their consent from those who would govern can expose how insignificant the state and its agents really are. Perhaps that would explain why those in control of such a powerful state like China would be so terrorized by a group of people publicly practicing Fulan Gong or something like it.
But then, doesn't the arrest of such peaceful people expose the criminal nature of the state? Doesn't it expose a reality as frightening and painful as the exposed nerve of a tooth? Of course that only works if others see the abuses and speak out against them. The agents of the state who crack down upon the peaceful will only feel shame for doing so when the multitudes shame them. The sheep who have seen their fellows go into the slaughterhouse and not come out will still go into that same slaughterhouse when it is their turn. They will not leave the corral even when the gate is open so long as there is food to be had and the flock is around them. Are we nothing but sheep, doing nothing, saying nothing, when our fellow peaceful human beings are kidnapped, tortured and abused? If that's the case, then don't be surprised when you find yourself stuffed in a cage and perhaps tortured by a sadistic agent of the state for doing or saying something you thought was perfectly safe and legal and harmed no one. We can no longer afford to make excuses for the state. We can no longer afford to go along to get along.
The peaceful people, those who protest and want change and those who simply want to become the change they wish to see, are not the terrorists. Those who terrorize them are the terrorists. Those who operate for the state against the people, against the masses are the terrorists. They are the ones who will most likely initiate the violence, even though they'd like you to think otherwise, even though they'll try to make it look otherwise. We need to record the violence. We need to make them look at it. They need to look in the mirror and see the ugliness they embody. Perhaps then they will come to understand the violent nature of the organization they work for. Perhaps then they will find it easier to say "no" to their orders and refuse to harm peaceful people.
So what is it about peace and love that makes authoritarian globalists and the establishment elite quake in their boots? I don't know. I have my thoughts and suspicions, but I can't say for certain. Perhaps it is as simple as they're afraid of being made insignificant and illegitimate. The ego is a powerful force. Perhaps it is something more spiritual. Perhaps it is something even far more sinister, something so evil and unimaginable as to be completely unbelievable to the masses of humanity. It truly is difficult to say. Perhaps I should go meditate on this. I hope I don't get arrested and tortured for doing so.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. Keep an eye out for special offers. In the meantime, I do need sales in order to support my habit of eating. These are great, well written books that I'm sure you'll find enjoyable. Here are the links to all my ebooks so you can purchase and enjoy them:
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity (a Matthew Wayne novel)
The Ouijiers (a Matthew Wayne novel)
Monday, August 13, 2012
Pirates, Risk and Student Loans
A couple days back a facebook friend called me "a libertarian with a
heart." It's sad to think that people believe libertarians are cold
hearted individuals. Libertarians and freedom lovers of like mind are
some of the kindest, warmest people I know. I can understand, however,
why people would consider them cold. It has to do with the propaganda
spread about how they would advocate such things as slavery and debtor's
prisons. This is just a perversion that takes certain aspects of
contract principles to the extreme. Well, I'm going to state something
right now that might be taken by some as being very unlibertarian. I
don't hold sacred the contract. I think that sometimes contracts can be
quite unreasonable and even criminal in nature. I think there is every
reason the individual should be protected from powerful establishment
interests that abuse contract law.
One of the things to take into consideration when it comes to contracts is the element of risk. The borrower risks losing any collateral and, perhaps more importantly, his reputation. The lender risks losing his money, of course, and perhaps anything else he may have loaned to the borrower. This leads to both parties measuring the risk/reward ratio to help determine whether to ask for, or grant, loans or whether to look to other means to finance or for other investments to make.
Over the past couple of decades, however, there has been a movement in government to pass laws or create financial environments that mitigate the risks that lenders take. This has led to lenders tending to make loans that have little to no chance of being paid back. This has helped cause the financial crises we currently face by creating an orgy of bad investments, or gambols, by large financial firms which end up being paid for by the common folk of the world. This also creates bubbles that will all eventually pop.
Think of it this way. It's like someone came up to you and offered to let you go to Las Vegas on their dime. Gambol all you want. Engage in any activity or debauchery you can think of. Any money you win, you can keep, but any money you lose you have nothing to worry about. It won't be your money. They'll pay for it. Better than that, everyone will pay for it. The idea is that everyone will pay such a small amount that no one will mind. How much would you spend? How much would you risk hoping that one of your gambols hits the Jackpot? Millions? Billions? Trillions? More money than even exists?
The lenders are now above the law. They are above risk. Borrowers, on the other hand, still risk losing their reputations, but there is still recourse when it comes to the financial end of things. There are still legal protections one can take when lenders come to collect. They can go through bankruptcies, even if such actions have become harder to qualify for and achieve over the last few years. This is not true, however, when it comes to student loans.
If you have a student loan, and you can't pay, you have nearly zero recourse. You will end up paying the loan back, one way or another, or you will die before it is forgiven. When I hear people complaining about young people in the occupy movement asking for their student loans to be forgiven, I don't know if they understand this. Most are likely just asking for the normal protections given to anyone else who borrows money to be put back in place.
I'm fairly certain that if a college education was worth what it was twenty or thirty years ago and these young folks could go out and find well paying jobs after they graduate then they wouldn't mind paying back loans, but to have to pay for the rest of your life for a crappy, nearly worthless education simply isn't right. Promises were made and trusts were broken. Lending institutions should have to shoulder some of the risks too. Those risks should be assessed and it shouldn't be so easy to get that kind of credit. Perhaps the education would be worth more if the money for it wasn't so easy to get.
A friend of mine, Tarrin Lupo, wrote a book a while back entitled "The Pirates of Savannah." The protagonist in the book, a chap named Patrick Willis, begins the story locked in debtor's prison. He was put there due to circumstances beyond his control, but the system didn't care. It only cared that money was owed and so he was thrown in a hell hole until someone could pay, or he died, whichever came first.
When he is finally released, he is shipped off to America to begin a new life as an indentured servant. Patrick is able to come to America and pursue his ambitions because his debt was paid off by a ship's captain who forces him to work on the ship to pay for his passage and then sells him into indentured servitude, a type of slavery. The book is historical fiction. The characters were created in Terrin's mind, but the places and situations are based on historical facts. It is quite an interesting mix.
Is this where our culture is heading? Are we taking a step back in time of nearly 300 years? Are we going to have to find a new place, a new America, where people can go to have the opportunity to be free? Have the financial elite become so powerful that they can turn back the hands of time simply so they can wallow in luxury while the rest of us struggle to feed ourselves? That seems to be the direction we're heading.
In life, shit happens. There's an infinite number of situations that can arise that would render someone unable to take care of their commitments. On the other hand, there are many people who would try to weasel out of taking care of the commitments they should be able to handle. This is why having an objective, unbiased dispute resolution system is so important. Our current system has proven itself to be quite lacking in these respects. Each case should be handled separately and uniquely, not shuffled through a one size fits all court system which leaves out enumerable personal circumstances.
A dispute resolution system, or an arbitration system, should be subject to reputation awareness. The reputation of the current system is poor, just ask anyone who has been involved in some kind of dispute. This has much to do with the corruption of the system. Not only can individual judges be corrupted, which probably won't be the case, but the politicians who dictate to the judges what they can and can't do can easily be corrupted, usually with plausible deniability. They create the laws and regulations that tie the hands of the judges. They do so to help their biggest contributors, who are those that have the spare money to contribute, like big banks and corporate financial institutions. The average guy on the street who is getting student loans for himself or his kids doesn't have that kind of spare change. These laws and regulations tend to help those with money and power and to screw those who are struggling to make a better life for themselves in a depressed economy that favors the corrupt. In many cases judges are forced to make a decision between two bad choices, much like we all must many times when we go to the voting polls.
In the book, Patrick gets lucky and is able to overcome his indebtedness to obtain his own opportunity. His master is quite understanding and permissive. He becomes a pirate. He gets revenge on those who done him wrong. In real life the carriers of student loans are not so lucky. Many will have to live with that burden the rest of their lives. That monkey on their backs will remove many opportunity they might otherwise have had. They cannot so easily take to the seas and target those who have used the system unfairly to their advantage. Even as they struggle to get by, even as the most their education can do is get them a minimum wage job, even as forces they cannot control topple the economy around their ears, powerful corporate forces teamed up with an intrusive surveillance state will squeeze what blood they can from the poor souls who fell for the scam and remove opportunity while doing so. It can all make a thinking man wonder who the pirates really are.
My best advice for the moment is to avoid student loans. Stop empowering the system by not using it. Find another way to fund your education, like working through school, or simply don't go and find another way to get through life. Start a business. Many millionaires never went to college. If you have a loan and you can, pay it off as quickly as possible. If you took one out and are one of the many having problems finding work or a decent paying job, start asking for the simple protections that all borrowers should have against predatory lenders. Just because one uses the money to buy an education doesn't mean that those protections should be removed. Just because one uses the money to go to school doesn't mean they should be forced into some sort of servitude they didn't foresee.
Risk should fall equally on lenders and borrowers. Do not ask for forgiveness for all student loans or ask for government to give you something for nothing. Simply ask for the opportunity to present your case in front of an arbitrator. Simply ask for the same type of bankruptcy protections that failed businesses receive. After all, are you a business trying to sell your skills in a free marketplace, or are you a slave trying to find a better master that will have you? A man can only be truly free when he is indebted to no one.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. Keep an eye out for special offers. In the meantime, I do need sales in order to support my habit of eating. These are great, well written books that I'm sure you'll find enjoyable. Here are the links to all my ebooks so you can purchase and enjoy them:
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity (a Matthew Wayne novel)
The Ouijiers (a Matthew Wayne novel)
One of the things to take into consideration when it comes to contracts is the element of risk. The borrower risks losing any collateral and, perhaps more importantly, his reputation. The lender risks losing his money, of course, and perhaps anything else he may have loaned to the borrower. This leads to both parties measuring the risk/reward ratio to help determine whether to ask for, or grant, loans or whether to look to other means to finance or for other investments to make.
Over the past couple of decades, however, there has been a movement in government to pass laws or create financial environments that mitigate the risks that lenders take. This has led to lenders tending to make loans that have little to no chance of being paid back. This has helped cause the financial crises we currently face by creating an orgy of bad investments, or gambols, by large financial firms which end up being paid for by the common folk of the world. This also creates bubbles that will all eventually pop.
Think of it this way. It's like someone came up to you and offered to let you go to Las Vegas on their dime. Gambol all you want. Engage in any activity or debauchery you can think of. Any money you win, you can keep, but any money you lose you have nothing to worry about. It won't be your money. They'll pay for it. Better than that, everyone will pay for it. The idea is that everyone will pay such a small amount that no one will mind. How much would you spend? How much would you risk hoping that one of your gambols hits the Jackpot? Millions? Billions? Trillions? More money than even exists?
The lenders are now above the law. They are above risk. Borrowers, on the other hand, still risk losing their reputations, but there is still recourse when it comes to the financial end of things. There are still legal protections one can take when lenders come to collect. They can go through bankruptcies, even if such actions have become harder to qualify for and achieve over the last few years. This is not true, however, when it comes to student loans.
If you have a student loan, and you can't pay, you have nearly zero recourse. You will end up paying the loan back, one way or another, or you will die before it is forgiven. When I hear people complaining about young people in the occupy movement asking for their student loans to be forgiven, I don't know if they understand this. Most are likely just asking for the normal protections given to anyone else who borrows money to be put back in place.
I'm fairly certain that if a college education was worth what it was twenty or thirty years ago and these young folks could go out and find well paying jobs after they graduate then they wouldn't mind paying back loans, but to have to pay for the rest of your life for a crappy, nearly worthless education simply isn't right. Promises were made and trusts were broken. Lending institutions should have to shoulder some of the risks too. Those risks should be assessed and it shouldn't be so easy to get that kind of credit. Perhaps the education would be worth more if the money for it wasn't so easy to get.
A friend of mine, Tarrin Lupo, wrote a book a while back entitled "The Pirates of Savannah." The protagonist in the book, a chap named Patrick Willis, begins the story locked in debtor's prison. He was put there due to circumstances beyond his control, but the system didn't care. It only cared that money was owed and so he was thrown in a hell hole until someone could pay, or he died, whichever came first.
When he is finally released, he is shipped off to America to begin a new life as an indentured servant. Patrick is able to come to America and pursue his ambitions because his debt was paid off by a ship's captain who forces him to work on the ship to pay for his passage and then sells him into indentured servitude, a type of slavery. The book is historical fiction. The characters were created in Terrin's mind, but the places and situations are based on historical facts. It is quite an interesting mix.
Is this where our culture is heading? Are we taking a step back in time of nearly 300 years? Are we going to have to find a new place, a new America, where people can go to have the opportunity to be free? Have the financial elite become so powerful that they can turn back the hands of time simply so they can wallow in luxury while the rest of us struggle to feed ourselves? That seems to be the direction we're heading.
In life, shit happens. There's an infinite number of situations that can arise that would render someone unable to take care of their commitments. On the other hand, there are many people who would try to weasel out of taking care of the commitments they should be able to handle. This is why having an objective, unbiased dispute resolution system is so important. Our current system has proven itself to be quite lacking in these respects. Each case should be handled separately and uniquely, not shuffled through a one size fits all court system which leaves out enumerable personal circumstances.
A dispute resolution system, or an arbitration system, should be subject to reputation awareness. The reputation of the current system is poor, just ask anyone who has been involved in some kind of dispute. This has much to do with the corruption of the system. Not only can individual judges be corrupted, which probably won't be the case, but the politicians who dictate to the judges what they can and can't do can easily be corrupted, usually with plausible deniability. They create the laws and regulations that tie the hands of the judges. They do so to help their biggest contributors, who are those that have the spare money to contribute, like big banks and corporate financial institutions. The average guy on the street who is getting student loans for himself or his kids doesn't have that kind of spare change. These laws and regulations tend to help those with money and power and to screw those who are struggling to make a better life for themselves in a depressed economy that favors the corrupt. In many cases judges are forced to make a decision between two bad choices, much like we all must many times when we go to the voting polls.
In the book, Patrick gets lucky and is able to overcome his indebtedness to obtain his own opportunity. His master is quite understanding and permissive. He becomes a pirate. He gets revenge on those who done him wrong. In real life the carriers of student loans are not so lucky. Many will have to live with that burden the rest of their lives. That monkey on their backs will remove many opportunity they might otherwise have had. They cannot so easily take to the seas and target those who have used the system unfairly to their advantage. Even as they struggle to get by, even as the most their education can do is get them a minimum wage job, even as forces they cannot control topple the economy around their ears, powerful corporate forces teamed up with an intrusive surveillance state will squeeze what blood they can from the poor souls who fell for the scam and remove opportunity while doing so. It can all make a thinking man wonder who the pirates really are.
My best advice for the moment is to avoid student loans. Stop empowering the system by not using it. Find another way to fund your education, like working through school, or simply don't go and find another way to get through life. Start a business. Many millionaires never went to college. If you have a loan and you can, pay it off as quickly as possible. If you took one out and are one of the many having problems finding work or a decent paying job, start asking for the simple protections that all borrowers should have against predatory lenders. Just because one uses the money to buy an education doesn't mean that those protections should be removed. Just because one uses the money to go to school doesn't mean they should be forced into some sort of servitude they didn't foresee.
Risk should fall equally on lenders and borrowers. Do not ask for forgiveness for all student loans or ask for government to give you something for nothing. Simply ask for the opportunity to present your case in front of an arbitrator. Simply ask for the same type of bankruptcy protections that failed businesses receive. After all, are you a business trying to sell your skills in a free marketplace, or are you a slave trying to find a better master that will have you? A man can only be truly free when he is indebted to no one.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. Keep an eye out for special offers. In the meantime, I do need sales in order to support my habit of eating. These are great, well written books that I'm sure you'll find enjoyable. Here are the links to all my ebooks so you can purchase and enjoy them:
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity (a Matthew Wayne novel)
The Ouijiers (a Matthew Wayne novel)
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
You Have Rights, They Violate Them
The thing about rights that many people seem to forget is that nobody
gives them to you. They come from the very fact that you were born a
human being. They are your birthrights. That's why they're called
natural rights, or god given rights, or individual rights, or even
inalienable rights. No one can take these rights from you. They are
yours whether you want them or not. It is up to you whether you exercise
them or not, and like muscles, if you don't use them, you'll lose them.
There are those in this world who would say otherwise. They would make the claim that they give you rights. They would make the claim that they have the right to suspend your rights. They would make the claim that it is up to them to decide whether or not your rights should be honored. Who are they to decide? What supreme power decided that they are better than us and should dictate which rights should be honored, which rights shouldn't, and when or where all this should happen? Some would make the claim that they have the right to take away all your rights and that they can do so legitimately because they were elected to office or hired by those who were elected to office or appointed their position by those who were elected to office. These claims are simply untrue. Your rights cannot be taken away, no matter the reason, no matter the circumstances. They can only be violated.
The only legitimate reason for violating an individual's rights is because he has violated another individual's rights. There are no group rights. There are no states' rights. There are only privileges granted by those who have been entrusted with governing powers usually backed up by force of arms. When such privileges violate the rights of an individual, or a few individuals, those privileges should no longer be allowed in a free society. Such privileges have a tendency to be abused. Such privileges led to the rise of the European aristocracy and were among the reasons the republic of The United States of America was formed in the way it was formed. The government is supposed to protect the rights of the individual from those who would exercise their privileges in such a way as to violate the individual's inalienable rights.
I heard recently someone say something to the effect that people who venerate the Constitution of the United States of America were acting like religious zealots. Yet the powers that be are always zealously trying to legalize their violations of natural rights. They salivate as they pontificate over the reasons they should be allowed to disregard the well reasoned out Bill of Rights and to legally violate individual rights. Such laws and violations have nothing to do with protecting the public, they have everything to do with creating a more authoritarian and controlling state, with giving the power elite even more power to abuse. This was the wrong path that was chosen long ago which has led us to the mess we find ourselves in now.
This discussion stems from 2nd amendment rights and the recent shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, but this is just the most recent iteration. Historically, such discussions go back much further. There was Virginia Tech, Columbine, the clock tower shootings in Texas, et al. None of these incidents can hold a candle to the mass murders committed by governments when they try to suppress the will of the people. None of these compare to the legalized murders committed by the psychopaths who use the force of law to commit sickening atrocities in the name of some collectivist political agenda supposedly put in place for the "greater good." They start by trying to take as many weapons as possible from the populace so that it will be easier later to violate other individual rights that make it harder to oppress the masses.
The right to bear arms is not simply a right to gun ownership, it's a right to defend yourself. Do you think you have a right to defend yourself? Do you think you have a right to defend your family? Your friends? Your community? Do you think you have the right to associate with others who wish to defend your community? Do you think you have the right to defend yourself from terrorists? Even if those terrorists are government agents who have decided they wish to violate all your rights and put you in prison for exercising your rights or demanding they respect your rights? These can be tough questions to answer, for at times like these sometimes the correct solutions are counter-intuitive.
It all boils down to who owns you. Do you own you? Really? Are you sure? Can you be so sure? If you do own yourself, can you do what you want (as long as you don't harm another or damage or steal another's property) without fear of government intrusion? Can you start a business? One that you're interested in? Can you start one without buying a license? Can you start one without going to some school? Can you start one without asking permission from some government bureaucracy? Can you keep ALL the money you make to spend or save or use as you see fit? Can you own property? Do you really own your property, or do you have to pay the rent known as taxes? What would happen if you didn't pay your taxes? Again, do you really own your property? Slaves can't own property either. Slaves can't keep the fruits of their labor. Slaves have their rights violated all the time, even the right to defend themselves and their family. Slaves are owned by someone else. Are you so sure you're not owned by someone else?
Medieval serfs were also owned. Sure, they had their own homes that they lived in and their own land that they worked, but the lords of the lands laid claim to their crops. They were able to invade the home whenever they wanted for whatever reason. Usually they left their workers alone so long as they were productive, but if they started to make a fuss or said something their master didn't like, watch out. There were worse abuses that took place, but what could one serf do about it? They usually had their weapons confiscated or were never allowed to own a sword, or bow, or knife, in the first place. Slaves can't own weapons. Their masters were worried they'd be used on them. Serfs finally got tired of the abuse and commoners demanded more freedom. They demanded respect for their rights. How long until you are tired of the abuse?
It's not just the right to self defense that is at risk here, it is all individual rights. Once the guns are gone, the powers that be have nothing to worry about. The criminal element can go wild, the globalists can come in and save us all, and the common folk will welcome foreign troops on the streets. At least, that's the theory. How long before they start arresting people simply for expressing opinions that are contrary to the establishment rulers? How long before they start coming into your home just for suspicion of associating with someone who has expressed an opinion contrary to that of the establishment rulers? With luck it will never happen, but I get the feeling that's not how this is going to play out. As much as I'd like to see a soft landing, as much as I'd like to see peaceful change, it looks more and more like the powers that be want to see us hit quite a rough patch and they seem to be doing everything in their power to make that happen.
Remember, you have rights, they either violate them, or they respect them. Right now, they are violating them everywhere you turn. You are not left alone. You are constantly monitored and harassed even as you simply go about your daily business. As long as you remain silent, they will consider that silence as consent. As long as you go along to get along, they will consider your compliance as consent. As long as you cheer them on and encourage them to violate the rights of others, they will consider your encouragement as consent. You won't be cheering so loud when they violate your rights.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. Keep an eye out for special offers. In the meantime, I do need sales in order to support my habit of eating. These are great, well written books that I'm sure you'll find entertaining. Here are the links to all my ebooks so you can purchase and enjoy them:
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity (a Matthew Wayne novel)
The Ouijiers (a Matthew Wayne novel)
There are those in this world who would say otherwise. They would make the claim that they give you rights. They would make the claim that they have the right to suspend your rights. They would make the claim that it is up to them to decide whether or not your rights should be honored. Who are they to decide? What supreme power decided that they are better than us and should dictate which rights should be honored, which rights shouldn't, and when or where all this should happen? Some would make the claim that they have the right to take away all your rights and that they can do so legitimately because they were elected to office or hired by those who were elected to office or appointed their position by those who were elected to office. These claims are simply untrue. Your rights cannot be taken away, no matter the reason, no matter the circumstances. They can only be violated.
The only legitimate reason for violating an individual's rights is because he has violated another individual's rights. There are no group rights. There are no states' rights. There are only privileges granted by those who have been entrusted with governing powers usually backed up by force of arms. When such privileges violate the rights of an individual, or a few individuals, those privileges should no longer be allowed in a free society. Such privileges have a tendency to be abused. Such privileges led to the rise of the European aristocracy and were among the reasons the republic of The United States of America was formed in the way it was formed. The government is supposed to protect the rights of the individual from those who would exercise their privileges in such a way as to violate the individual's inalienable rights.
I heard recently someone say something to the effect that people who venerate the Constitution of the United States of America were acting like religious zealots. Yet the powers that be are always zealously trying to legalize their violations of natural rights. They salivate as they pontificate over the reasons they should be allowed to disregard the well reasoned out Bill of Rights and to legally violate individual rights. Such laws and violations have nothing to do with protecting the public, they have everything to do with creating a more authoritarian and controlling state, with giving the power elite even more power to abuse. This was the wrong path that was chosen long ago which has led us to the mess we find ourselves in now.
This discussion stems from 2nd amendment rights and the recent shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, but this is just the most recent iteration. Historically, such discussions go back much further. There was Virginia Tech, Columbine, the clock tower shootings in Texas, et al. None of these incidents can hold a candle to the mass murders committed by governments when they try to suppress the will of the people. None of these compare to the legalized murders committed by the psychopaths who use the force of law to commit sickening atrocities in the name of some collectivist political agenda supposedly put in place for the "greater good." They start by trying to take as many weapons as possible from the populace so that it will be easier later to violate other individual rights that make it harder to oppress the masses.
The right to bear arms is not simply a right to gun ownership, it's a right to defend yourself. Do you think you have a right to defend yourself? Do you think you have a right to defend your family? Your friends? Your community? Do you think you have the right to associate with others who wish to defend your community? Do you think you have the right to defend yourself from terrorists? Even if those terrorists are government agents who have decided they wish to violate all your rights and put you in prison for exercising your rights or demanding they respect your rights? These can be tough questions to answer, for at times like these sometimes the correct solutions are counter-intuitive.
It all boils down to who owns you. Do you own you? Really? Are you sure? Can you be so sure? If you do own yourself, can you do what you want (as long as you don't harm another or damage or steal another's property) without fear of government intrusion? Can you start a business? One that you're interested in? Can you start one without buying a license? Can you start one without going to some school? Can you start one without asking permission from some government bureaucracy? Can you keep ALL the money you make to spend or save or use as you see fit? Can you own property? Do you really own your property, or do you have to pay the rent known as taxes? What would happen if you didn't pay your taxes? Again, do you really own your property? Slaves can't own property either. Slaves can't keep the fruits of their labor. Slaves have their rights violated all the time, even the right to defend themselves and their family. Slaves are owned by someone else. Are you so sure you're not owned by someone else?
Medieval serfs were also owned. Sure, they had their own homes that they lived in and their own land that they worked, but the lords of the lands laid claim to their crops. They were able to invade the home whenever they wanted for whatever reason. Usually they left their workers alone so long as they were productive, but if they started to make a fuss or said something their master didn't like, watch out. There were worse abuses that took place, but what could one serf do about it? They usually had their weapons confiscated or were never allowed to own a sword, or bow, or knife, in the first place. Slaves can't own weapons. Their masters were worried they'd be used on them. Serfs finally got tired of the abuse and commoners demanded more freedom. They demanded respect for their rights. How long until you are tired of the abuse?
It's not just the right to self defense that is at risk here, it is all individual rights. Once the guns are gone, the powers that be have nothing to worry about. The criminal element can go wild, the globalists can come in and save us all, and the common folk will welcome foreign troops on the streets. At least, that's the theory. How long before they start arresting people simply for expressing opinions that are contrary to the establishment rulers? How long before they start coming into your home just for suspicion of associating with someone who has expressed an opinion contrary to that of the establishment rulers? With luck it will never happen, but I get the feeling that's not how this is going to play out. As much as I'd like to see a soft landing, as much as I'd like to see peaceful change, it looks more and more like the powers that be want to see us hit quite a rough patch and they seem to be doing everything in their power to make that happen.
Remember, you have rights, they either violate them, or they respect them. Right now, they are violating them everywhere you turn. You are not left alone. You are constantly monitored and harassed even as you simply go about your daily business. As long as you remain silent, they will consider that silence as consent. As long as you go along to get along, they will consider your compliance as consent. As long as you cheer them on and encourage them to violate the rights of others, they will consider your encouragement as consent. You won't be cheering so loud when they violate your rights.
My archives can be found at my website szandorblestman.com. Please visit there to read more and support me by making a donation.
For a time my books will be available exclusively at Amazon.com from Kindle Direct Publishing. Keep an eye out for special offers. In the meantime, I do need sales in order to support my habit of eating. These are great, well written books that I'm sure you'll find entertaining. Here are the links to all my ebooks so you can purchase and enjoy them:
The Colors of Elberia; book 1 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Legacy of the Tareks; book 2 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Power of the Tech; book 3 of The Black Blade Trilogy
The Edge of Sanity (a Matthew Wayne novel)
The Ouijiers (a Matthew Wayne novel)
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