Molon Labe! (87 page)

A final word about democratic representation

Even by eliminating legislative districts to elect a reformed unicameral house, the democratic process remains inherently unfair.

In affirming that a man may not be taxed unless he has directly or indirectly given his consent, it affirms that he may refuse to be so taxed; and to refuse to be taxed is to cut all connection with the state. Perhaps it will be said that his consent is not a specific, but a general
(implicit)
one, and that the citizen is understood to have assented to everything his representative may do when he voted for him. But suppose he did not vote for him, and on the contrary did all in his power to get elected someone holding opposite views — what then? The reply will probably be that, by taking part in an election, he tacitly agreed to abide by the decision of the majority. And how if he did not vote at all? Why, then he cannot justly complain of any tax, seeing that he made no protest against its imposition. So, curiously enough, it seems that he gave his consent in whatever way he acted — whether he said yes, whether he said not, or whether he remained neuter! A rather awkward doctrine, this.

— Herbert Spencer,
Social Statics
(1850), Chapter XIX

Democracy is "consent of the governed" but true liberty requires the
unanimous
consent of the governed. This is called the free market. However, until the state apparatus is pared down to its bare essentials, democracy will remain, as Winston Churchill described, "the worst form of government, except for all the others."

What can we, personally, do to encourage the return of liberty?

1)   Decide which is more important — security or freedom. Money or freedom. Everything else you ever do will hinge on this.

2)   Know and understand the Bill of Rights; don't just memorize it; know what it means in real-life situations. Understand that the Bill of Rights isn't a Chinese menu; you can't just pick the parts you like or the groups you want to protect.

3)   Decide that you are not going to be a victim — that you are not going to passively accept the conditions of the police state. Resistance is risky, but as the Jewish partisans of World War II learned, those who resist have a chance; those who don't are defeated already.

4)   Decide that you are not going to be a collaborator, either. Don't work for police state agencies. Don't send your children to government schools if you can possibly avoid it. Think twice before you support ruthlessness perpetrated in the name of law and order, or before you call for more laws or regulations.

5)   Realize that governments fear mindset more than weaponry. If you have the tools but aren't prepared to fight, the tyrant won't fear you.

6)   Protest injustice and bureaucratic outrage — whether small or large — and not just on Internet newsgroups. Protest to the editor, the postmaster, the chief of police — whoever is responsible or who can help right the wrong.

7)   Don't purchase items made in police states or countries that use slave labor. If you order merchandise, make a point of asking its origin, and tell the vendor why you are refusing to buy an item that is the product of tyranny.

8)   Read historic and modern works on the philosophy of liberty. Understand the meaning and causes of events.

9)   Study and teach our children the principles of freedom.

10)   Do not vote for or contribute to politicians whose votes violate the Bill of Rights — no matter how much their rhetoric proclaims otherwise.

11)   Support
only
those politicians or organizations that take a no-compromise stance on liberty. "Compromise" that always moves us in the direction of tyranny and never in the direction of liberty is not genuine compromise; it is slow death.

12)   Do not obey morally unlawful orders.

13)   Gently educate those neighbors and friends who are receptive; don't harangue those who aren't — but do be ready on the day your most oblivious or statist neighbor finally feels the lash of arbitrary government power.

14)   Develop an inner conviction of being a free human being.

15)   
Live by what you
value
and not by what you fear.

(From
The State vs. The People
, by Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman —
jpfo.org
)

by Kenneth W. Royce (Boston T. Party)

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