ILO Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I'm fully convinced that the non aggression principle is moral, (who isn't?) but somehow hadn't really noticed how government operates above it. I have been against the involuntary income tax for years because defense.gov/contracts seems to be an obvious racket. But there is a simple power in the moral argument against coercion & extortion in government that really hit me hard, in a good way. I've watched so many Freedomain videos now over the last week or two that I don't recall how I stumbled into my first. Thanks Stefan! I should've said I hadn't noticed how government is founded on premises of coercion and extortion at it's core that violate the principle of non aggression, because that is what I had overlooked for most of my life, although I knew many aspects of government were corrupt, mismanaged, and doing more than it ought to be. Is a government that does not use coercion & extortion, and is fully based on property rights & voluntarism still a government? Or does it become some other sort of organization? I think anarchy is misunderstood & turns people back to government because we envision the kids with black masks who want to see the world burn and the streets in chaos. However I get great reception to the case for voluntarism, and against coercion/extortion.
EricT Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 Hello and welcome! I guess what the government is doing is to govern. English is not my native language but to me, govern doesn´t sound like it discribes a volontary method of working together. FDR podcasts are highly addictive, be careful.
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