The Philosophy of Liberty - Self Ownership - Freedom
Review of Video:
You own yourself and your property. Property is the fruit of your labor which is the product of your time, energy, and talents. People can trade there property or give there property to another.
Some people try to use force or fraud to take your property without voluntary consent.
The initiation of force or fraud to take life is murder.
The initiation of force or fraud to take liberty is slavery.
The initiation of force or fraud to take property is theft.
You have the right to protect your own life, liberty, and property from the forceful aggression of others and may ask others to help defend you.
You have the right to seek leaders for yourself but you have no right to force rulers on others. No matter how leaders are selected they are only human beings and they have no rights or claims that are higher then those of any other human. No one has the right to murder, enslave, or to steal. You can not give them any rights that you do not have yourself.
Since you own yourself. You get to choose your own goals, make your own decisions, and spend your money as you see fit. Your responsible for your actions. You have free choice. You can make good or bad decisions and you have to live with the consequences of those decisions.
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.
We own ourselves. No one can claim even partial ownership over you without violating your rights. Taxing people without there consent is the government claiming partial ownership over you. Which is a violation of your rights and theft.
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.
We have the right to seek leaders for ourselves but we have no right to force rulers on others. No matter how leaders are selected they are only human beings and they have no rights or claims that are higher then those of any other human. We can not give them any rights that we do not have ourselves.
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.
