RE: Open Letter (Comment) to Adam Kokesh: Voluntaryists do not need a "President."
I'm sure I will get lambasted for this but I am somewhere in between.
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree people should be self governing ultimatly, however.... I do not think the minds of today are mature enough to deal with all that entails.
Unfortunately, generations of suckling off a government as well as a boot on the neck, has left most of society timid and reliant. This means a sudden ripping of the child from the mother could be damaging and dangerous for all, as they have no idea how to live in the world without being spoon fed. Can your average person set a trap now or use a gun effectively, or even converse with someone reasonably anymore?
I like Adams candor, in so far as if we really believed he would get anywhere it could be an interesting proposition in 'starting to power down' toward the ultimate goal of self govenance, but I see the viewpoint of a complete turning away as compelling also. At least if one such as he should fail (if supported), it would prove the system is rigged to those who have not 'awoken'.
Ultimately, I would dearly love to have a self governing area in each country to prove the point.
Hey, I'm just 'shooting the shit', don't bury me 'cos I know this is a passionate area, I am always open to enlightening comments.
The candor is what I feel is missing. The plan is simply and demonstrably not a voluntaryist one, yet he sells it as if it is.
I appreciate your openness. My thing with the whole ripping the baby away thing is, right is still right and wrong is still wrong, and being “pragmatic” about timing etc, only works out for those not being violated right now.
Slavery always should be abolished right now, regardless of concerns over how the cotton would be picked.
That’s my view, at least.
Thanks, you are correct of course in right is still right, and the slavery analogy is apt.
I guess I never like to deal in absolutes, and know a situation is always shades of grey where opinions are concerned.
I just cant see how a sudden change to self governance would work, nice though that would be. It may have worked 2 generations ago but then, they did not understand where this was leading. At least there was a feeling for community and neighborhood then, and an appreciation for self leadership.
Having said that though, I know my judgement is impaired by my indoctrination (at least I know), so who am I to say what is the right path except using my gut?
I do know also though, that there is no need of the charlatans that like to call themselves 'king' or 'queen' , 'president' or 'representative' and it irks me that in my country at least we are made to even vote under threat of penalty ( I walk in, get my name crossed off and rip up the ballot). A democracy this aint. One thing we can agree on is something must certainly change.
Seeing as the establishment will not allow a change to occur away from their own interests, perhaps the only way is, in fact, to turn our back on the beast.....