Larken Rose - Why Speak of Violence?
REVIEW OF THE VIDEO:
If you have 20 people in a room and 19 of them are pacifists who do not believe in using force at all and refuse to defend themselves and one bad guy who has no problem using force. Who would win?
If you have 20 people in a room and 18 of them are pacifists who do not believe in using force at all and refuse to protect themselves and one bad guy and one good guy who are willing to use force. Who would win?
If you have 20 people in a room and 19 of them are good guys who are willing to use force and willing to defend themselves and 1 bad guy who is willing to use force. Who would win?
If the good guys are better at using physical violence, then the bad guys, justice wins. If the bad guys are better at it, then evil wins. Might does not make right, but might does influence the outcome. Good people have to be better at using force then the bad guys. Whoever is better at using force wins.
If someone is attacking you. You could waive the Constitution at him and say I have rights. A bad person won't care. The only way to combat this is to be able to defend yourself. That is the only thing a bad person would understand and the only thing that can stop him. The person who is better at using force will win.
It would be great to live in a world where nobody used violence on people. But the big problem is that the bad guys have no problem using violence on us and if you are not willing to defend yourself then they will win. The only way good people can win if there is more of us who are willing to use force to defend ourselves.
The outcome is determined by who is better at using physical violence. If you let the bad people commit aggression and nothing happens to them and nobody resists. Then they win.
You own yourself. You never have an obligation to let anyone commit aggression against you and you have the right to defend yourself.
QUESTIONS:
- Is it fair to say, wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
- Can you delegate to another human being a right that you do not have?
- Can two people delegate a right to a human being that neither of them have?
- Can seven million people delegate a right to a human being that none of them have?
- Can someone delegate the right to steal my money to government?
- Can seven million people delegate to government the right to steal my money?
- Can anyone in government have a right that I do not have?
- What is more dangerous, freedom or a government that has authority over you?
- Is government the biggest violator of our individual rights?
- Do people have the right to defend themselves, there rights, and there property?
- Is it fair to say, if people do not defend there rights, they will end up losing them?
- Is it fair to say, if it becomes common for people to violate your rights, then in a way you have already lost your rights?
- If a person is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, is he a criminal?
- If government is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, is it a criminal organization?
- Do we have an obligation to obey criminals?
- Do we have an obligation to obey a criminal organization?
- Does anyone have the right to claim ownership over you?
- Do you own yourself or is someone else your master?
- Do you have an obligation to obey government?
- Should interactions between people be voluntary?
- Should you respect the rights of others?
- Should people respect your rights?
IN CLOSING:
All people are created equal and have certain individual rights which are the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Individual rights cannot be taken away. We can do as we please within our rights, as long as we do not violate the rights of others.
We have the right to self-ownership. Self-ownership means not only that you own yourself, but everyone owns themselves. The best way to ensure respect for our self-ownership is to respect the rights of others. Without self-ownership, there is no freedom. No one can claim even partial ownership over you without violating your rights. Taxing individuals without there consent is theft and a violation of our rights.
We have the right to defend ourselves and our property. We never have an obligation to let anyone commit aggression against us. No one has the right to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your rights.
All interactions between people should be voluntary.
To help secure our individual rights, governments may be created, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter it, abolish it, or withdraw there consent to be governed.
If a person is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, he is a criminal.
If government is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, it is a criminal organization.