Freedom Matters
Jess The Dog Not For President
INTRODUCTION:
JOEY: The following is a conversation with Jess the Dog.
JOEY: Jess is Not running for President.
JOEY: Jess is a Voluntaryist, FreeThinker, and chicken thief.
JESS: You did not have to say chicken thief.
JOEY: I put the chicken on the table and left the room. When I came back the chicken was gone. You ate my chicken.
JESS: I have already apologized. The important thing is to learn from our mistakes.
JOEY: I have learned not to leave you alone in a room with my chicken.
VOLUNTARYISM:
JOEY: So you said you're a voluntaryist. What is that?
JESS: Voluntary - Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
JESS: Consent - You give permission for something to happen.
JESS: Voluntaryism is the idea that interactions should be voluntary and free of force, fraud, theft, or threats.
JESS: If someone wants to take your property. They need your consent.
JESS: If someone wants to do something to you. They need your consent.
JESS: If someone does not get your consent. You have the right to defend yourself.
JOEY: Voluntaryism - simple enough for a dog to understand.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES:
JOEY: Give me an example of a voluntary action.
JESS: I eat chocolate chip cookies. No one forced me to eat the cookies.
JOEY: You can't eat my chocolate chip cookies.
JESS: I'm not going to eat your chocolate chip cookies.
JOEY: You ate my chicken.
THE FLUTE:
JOEY: Say I hit you on the nose with my flute. No one forced me to do it. Is that a voluntary action?
JESS: It would be voluntary only if you got my consent first.
JOEY: Well, that kind of takes all the fun out of it.
JESS: That reminds me of this one time at band camp when I ...
JOEY: No one wants to hear about your stupid band camp stories.
CANNABIS INFUSED GUMMY BEARS:
JOEY: What about cannabis infused gummy bears. Can I put them in my mouth?
JESS: Sure, that would be a voluntary action.
JOEY: Can I put some cannabis infused gummy bears in your mouth?
JESS: You would have to get my consent first.
JOEY: I would never put anything in your mouth without your consent.
JESS: Sabrina.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH:
JOEY: What about freedom of speech, is that voluntary?
JESS: Sure, that would be a voluntary action.
JOEY: What is freedom of speech?
JESS: Freedom of speech is having the right to tell the truth or give your opinion.
JOEY: Well say the truth hurts my feelings.
JESS: Facts are more important than your feelings.
GUN OWNERSHIP:
JOEY: Say you buy a gun, is that voluntary?
JESS: Sure, that would be a voluntary action.
JOEY: But say I am afraid to have a gun owner living near me.
JESS: Your fears should not affect my freedom.
JESS: Your fears should not affect my right to self-defense.
JESS: Your fears should not affect my ability to defend my life, liberty, and property.
JOEY: This is a stupid conversation. You can't even hold a gun. You don't have a thumb.
FREE THINKER:
JOEY: You said you're a FreeThinker. What is that?
JESS: A FreeThinker is someone who uses logic, reason, and evidence to form their own ideas and opinions.
JESS: The great philosopher Socrates was a FreeThinker.
JOEY: Was Socrates the guy who always said I know nothing.
JESS: Yes, that's correct.
JOEY: Socrates sounds as dumb as a dog.
JESS: The reason Socrates said he knew nothing was that it kept his mind open. If your mind is closed you can't see the truth.
DEATH OF SOCRATES:
JESS: Socrates was a philosopher from Ancient Greece who was arrested by the government, found guilty, and put to death.
JOEY: What did he do?
JESS: Socrates would ask questions that if answered honestly would lead people to the truth.
JOEY: What were some of the questions that upset the government so much that they executed him?
JESS: Is it theft if someone takes your property without your consent?
JESS: Is it fair to say, theft is theft no matter who does it?
JESS: Is it fair to say, theft is theft no matter what you call it?
JESS: Is it theft if someone takes your property without your consent and calls it taxation?
JESS: Is it fair to say, a group of people who commit theft is a criminal organization?
JESS: Socrates proved that the government in ancient Greece was really a criminal organization.
JOEY: I don't know if Socrates proved that the government in ancient Greece was really a criminal organization.
JESS: They proved Socrates was right when they murdered him for asking questions.
NOT FOR PRESIDENT:
JOEY: What do you mean when you say Not For President?
JESS: Some people think that their only choice is to vote for one of the people running for President.
JOEY: What is the other choice?
JESS: Don't vote at all. No vote is a vote for Jess The Dog. No vote is a vote for freedom.
JOEY: Isn't the real reason you're not running for President is because dogs can't be President?
JESS: No this is about freedom of choice.
JESS: Getting to pick between two politicians who both want to rule and rob you is no real choice at all.
JESS: If you do not vote, then you're not obligated to obey them.
JOEY: Does not matter if you vote or not. They are still going to force you to obey them and pay their taxes.
JESS: Well that is not voluntary and no one has a right to steal.
JOEY: Well a lot of people are OK with it.
JESS: If you like the system then use the system. But you have no right to force people to use the system.
JOEY: If they do not force everyone to pay for their system then the system will fail.
JESS: Then it's a bad system.
JOEY: What is your goal with this Jess The Dog Not For President nonsense?
JESS: I would like to leave the world a little better than I found it.
JOEY: The odds of that happening are like one in a billion.
JESS: So you're telling me I have a chance.
JOEY: No. No. Not really.
JESS: I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
JOEY: You still owe me a chicken.