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Das GOAT wrote:
>
> Pay attention, folks -- this is how the con-game known as "Civilization"
> operates:
All political power, so called, rests practically upon
this matter of money. Any number of scoundrels, having
money enough to start with, can establish themselves
as a "government"; because, with money, they can hire
soldiers, and with soldiers extort more money; and also
compel general obedience to their will. It is with
government, as Caesar said it was in war, that money
and soldiers mutually supported each other.... [1]
> (1) A ruling class with money --who can afford to buy armies (police)--
> invents a law.
But all this they can do only by establishing what they call
a government, and making what they call laws.
All the great governments of the world---those now existing,
as well as those that have passed away---have been of this
character. They have been mere bands of imposters, who
have associated for purposes of plunder, conquest, and the
enslavement of their fellow men. And their laws, as they
have called them, have been only such agreements as they
have found it necessary to enter into, in order to maintain
their organizations, and act together in plundering and
enslaving others, and in securing to each his agreed
share of the spoils.
All these laws have had no more real obligation than have
the agreements which brigands, bandits, and pirates find
it necessary to enter into with each other, for the more
successful accomplishment of their crimes, and the more
peaceable division of their spoils.
Thus substantially all the legislation of the world has
had its origin in the desires of one class of persons to
plunder and enslave others.... [2]
> (2) The law exists primarily to define any opposing illegitimate power as
> "out-laws." (Law codifies the will of the ruling class. Any opposing it,
> thereby oppose that will.)
What, then, is legislation? It is an assumption by one man,
or body of men, of absolute, irresponsible dominion over
all other men whom they can subject to their power. It
is an assumption by one man, or body of men, of a 'right'
to subject all other men to their will and their service.
It is an assumption by one man, or body of men, of a right
to abolish outright all the natural rights, all the natural
liberty of all other men... to arbitrarily dictate to all other
men what they may, and may not do; what they may,
and may not, have; what they may, and may not, be. It is,
in short, the assumption of a right to banish the principle
of human rights, the principle of justice itself, from off
the earth, and set up their own personal will, pleasure,
and interest in its place.... [3]
> (3) Defining any who oppose it as criminals, the law ipso facto justifies
> violence against them by the armies (police) who are on the payroll of the
> ones who invented the law.
These laws have continued in force for hundreds, and, in
some countries, for thousands of years; and are in force
to-day, in greater or less everity, in nearly all the
countries on the globe.
The purpose and effect of these laws have been to maintain,
in the hands of the robber, or slave holding class, a monopoly
of all lands, and, as far as possible, of all other means of
creating wealth; and thus to keep the great body of laborers
in such a state of poverty and dependence, as would compel
them to sell their labor to their tyrants for the lowest
prices at which life could be sustained.
The result of all this is, that the little wealth there is
in the world is all in the hands of a few---that is, in the
hands of the law-making, slave-holding class; who are now
as much slaveholders in spirit as they ever were, but who
accomplish their purposes by means of the laws they make
for keeping the laborers in subjection and dependence,
instead of each one's owning his individual slaves as
so many chattels.
Thus the whole business of legislation, which has now
grown to such gigantic proportions, had its origin in
CONSPIRACIES, which have always existed among the
few, for the purpose of holding the many in subjection,
and extorting from them their labor, and the profits
of their labor.
And the real motives and spirit which lie at the foundation
of all legislation---notwithstanding all the pretences and
disguises by which they attempt to hide themselves---are
the same to-day as they always have been. The whole
purpose of this legislation is simply to keep one class
of men in subordination and servitude to another. [4]
> (4) The coercion of others into obedience to the moneyed ruling class who
> invented the law IN ORDER TO coerce others into obedience is deemed
> "legitimate use of force."
Still another of the frauds of these men is, that they are
now establishing, and that the war was designed to establish,
"a government of consent." The only idea they have ever
manifested as to what is a government of consent, is
this---that it is one to which everybody must consent,
or be shot. [5]
> In short, since the days of savage baboon packs, "Do whatever I want or --
> I'll kill you," has evolved only to "--I'll pay Guido to kill you." That's
> "Civilization." That's all, folks.
...On the contrary, they secretly (by secret ballot)
designate some one of their number to commit the
robbery in their behalf, while they keep themselves
practically concealed. They say to the person thus
designated:
Go to A_____ B_____, and say to him that "the
government" has need of money to meet the expenses
of protecting him and his property. If he presumes
to say that he has never contracted with us to protect
him, and that he wants none of our protection, say to
him that that is our business, and not his; that we
choose to protect him, whether he desires us to do
so or not; and that we demand pay, too, for protecting
him. If he dares to inquire who the individuals are,
who have thus taken upon themselves the title of
"the government," and who assume to protect him,
and demand payment of him, without his having ever
made any contract with them, say to him that that,
too, is our business, and not his; that we do not
choose to make ourselves individually known to him;
that we have secretly (by secret ballot) appointed
you our agent to give him notice of our demands, and,
if he complies with them, to give him, in our name,
a receipt that will protect him against any similar
demand for the present year. If he refuses to comply,
seize and sell enough of his property to pay not only
our demands, but all your own expenses and trouble
beside. If he resists the seizure of his property, call
upon the bystanders to help you (doubtless some
of them will prove to be members of our band.) If,
in defending his property, he should kill any of
our band who are assisting you, capture him at all
hazards; charge him (in one of our courts) with murder;
convict him, and hang him. If he should call upon his
neighbors, or any others who, like him, may be disposed
to resist our demands, and they should come in large
numbers to his assistance, cry out that they are all
rebels and traitors; that "our country" is in danger;
call upon the commander of our hired murderers; tell
him to quell the rebellion and "save the country,"
cost what it may. Tell him to kill all who resist,
though they should be hundreds of thousands; and
thus strike terror into all others similarly disposed.
See that the work of murder is thoroughly done; that
we may have no further trouble of this kind hereafter.
When these traitors shall have thus been taught our
strength and our determination, they will be good
loyal citizens for many years, and pay their taxes
without a why or a wherefore. [6]
Or, as one of the ZolaTimes.com articles Kris posted today
pointed out:
Boys, the secret of trailing cattle
[to the market and the slaughterhouse]
is never to let your herd know that they
are under restraint. Let everything that
is done be done voluntarily by the cattle.
--Jim Flood, Trail Boss, in
The Chisholm Trail by Dan Worcester
One unnerving aspect of the cattle analogy � where elites empower their
collectivist social engineers to herd us like their cattle or chattel �
is the method trail bosses used to deal with any individual animal
following its own mind. If it caused the others to stray and threaten
the goals of the cattle owners, then without hesitation the trail boss
shot it on the spot. If this doesn't remind you of the cute little
practice of the Communist Chinese and the Soviet Socialists in regard to
any perceived political threat to the system, you haven't been paying
attention. You've been spending too much of your time watching sitcoms,
entertainment award ceremonies, or ball games and too little considering
the reality around you. The Marxists shot the individual in the back of
the head with a single bullet, and sent the empty shell casing along
with a bill for its cost to the surviving family members. You can bet
the survivors paid those few pennies for the bullet, and you can bet
they learned to sit up and take notice. You can bet they learned to keep
their mouths positively shut. When queried if they had free speech and
free elections protected by their constitution, citizens would uniformly
smile and reply, "Oh, absolutely�absolutely." Those that dared to
challenge the charade were gone overnight. The popular adage was "They
pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work." Even in America, all but the
most ignorant and uninformed comprehend the political meaning of the
word "Siberia." And if you wear athletic shoes, you should also know by
now the meaning of the term, "Laogai." ["April Fools" by Ace]
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[1] Lysander Spooner, No Treason No. VI [Chapter III, Section IV]; 1870
[2] Lysander Spooner, Natural Law [Chapter III, Section III]; 1875
[3] Ibid. [Ch. III, Sect. IV]
[4] Ibid. [Ch. III, Sect. III]
[5] Lysander Spooner, No Treason No. VI [Chapter XIX]; 1870
[6] Ibid. [Ch. III]
<http://www.math.ku.dk/~buhl/Library/Classics.html>
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Lysander Spooner was a Nineteenth-Century lawyer, abolitionist,
entrepreneur, author, legal theorist and political radical....
<http://www.lysanderspooner.org/>
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