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Evil Concealed by Money by Walter E. Williams http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/08/EvilConcealedByMoney.htm Williams' new book: http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-versus-Tyranny-Socialism-Controversial/dp/0817949127 Let's talk about socialism, in America..."The forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another" The perceived virtuous coercion to get people to do things is the essence of government The doctrine of self-sacrifice fits perfectly with statism The glaring contradiction of "people are selfish and greedy," so they must be coerced The irrational greediness of governmental bureaucrats knows no bounds The alleged virtue and "good intentions" of government versus allegedly lessor others in the marketplace Most people sense the wrongness of government, but they don't know what to do to fix it; they're not organized, for one thing The nature of integrity in relation to immoral, unjust edicts Feeling isolated by the repercussions for not complying with statists--and fearing being attacked by one's fellow slaves People are really ambivalent about freedom and government Freedom activist Lauren Canario's courageous and independent-minded civil disobedience http://www.youtube.com/tackletheworld http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/238 Lauren Canario was released from CT Prison yesterday http://www.keenefreepress.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=377&Itemid=36 or http://tinyurl.com/y58xuo FTL did an in depth interview with Lauren: http://media.libsyn.com/media/ftl/FTL2006-12-22.mp3 NH: Lauren Canario returns from jail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZTm-Hiz6Xs The most disturbing documentary about statism, imo: "Taxi To The Dark Side" - Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX0MPcN08Zc (full film, though link may become defunct at some point) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2987535946644608661 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/20/guantanamo/index.html Goes to show that authoritarian sociopaths have no qualms about putting innocent people in cages for indefinite periods--and torturing them This is why we must strike at the root, at the meme of government itself; people really need to change their perspective about tyranny No good end ever justifies using coercion against innocent people; government actions are never virtuous on account of this "Compensatory justice" (i.e., getting one's "fair share" of the stolen loot) is a non sequitur "Congress" is another widespread term of slavespeak While the Founding Fathers were seemingly more aware of the principles of liberty than today's goons, they still sold out and used coercion Case in point: James Madison, the architect of the Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_madison JM was instrumental in this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States The Constitut