Josie the Outlaw - The Problem
REVIEW OF THE VIDEO:
People say they want government to make things fair and equal and to protect them. Government always creates a massive power imbalance where a handful of people have power, control, and money. Everyone else is forced to obey and fund the ruling class or be fined, caged, or killed if you resist them.
Politicians are masters at using fear to pit different groups against each other until the people are begging for more laws and regulations. Those in power tell us what we should worry about, what we should fear. Their solution is more government power, more control, more laws, more wars, more regulations, more people in prison, and less freedom for you.
By dividing people into different groups like democrats and republicans, rich and poor, young and old, black and white, etc... The people can be tricked into being angry at each other. While politicians on both sides benefit. People don't realize that all politicians agree that they should take your money and control your life. Politicians use the tactic of divide and conquer to keep the people at war with each other. So we do not identify the real root of the problem. Which is government and the politicians who seek to rule and rob us.
Politicians try to make it seem like their only here to serve you. But when it comes down to it, everyone knows what will happen to you if you do not pay there taxes or obey their laws. The situation really is rulers and subjects, masters and slaves. Free people don't need rulers or masters to tell them what to do. Free people do not need to be ruled. Free people are allowed to think for themselves and make there own decisions and are responsible for there own actions, good or bad.
Big government does not come about by power hungry people talking about their evil intentions. Big government comes about by power hungry people faking good intentions and winning the loyalty of good people. Then the people let these politicians create laws, rules, and regulations that they are forced to obey and the people end up losing there freedom piece by piece under the guise that is good for them. Until every industry and activity is monitored, taxed, regulated, and restricted in the name of law. Making the people unable to provide for themselves, unable to be independent, unable to be self-suffient, unable to protect themselves, and unable to trade freely with each other however they see fit.
The primary problem is not that man is inherently evil. It is that so many people are willing to tolerate, advocate, or commit violent aggression when it is done under the name of government or law. Even most good people will comply because they imagine that they have an obligation to obey government. When oppression is legalized the proud law abiding tax payers will not only tolerate it, but will fund it, condone it, and vote for it. Government only has power, wealth, and influence because the people give it to them. Stop giving it to them.
SUMMARY:
Theft is taking something that does not belong to you. Robbery is taking something that does not belong to you under the threat of force. Taxing people with out there consent under the threat of force is robbery.
By portraying mass robbery as the people paying there fair share of the cost of society. Thieves who have legalized there theft, can convince there victims to be proud of having been robbed and to resent anyone who was not robbed. This is just another example of how politicians use the tactic of divide and conquer to keep the people at war with each other. So we do not identify the real root of the problem. Which is government and the politicians who seek to rule and rob us.
The most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
QUESTIONS:
- Is it fair to say, wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
- Is it fair to say, that government steals the most money from you?
- 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 their life, liberty, and property?
- Is it fair to say, if people do not defend their rights, they will end up losing them?
- If it becomes common for people to violate your rights, have you already lost your rights?
- If a person harms, steals, threatens, or violates your rights, is he a criminal?
- Do we have an obligation to obey criminals?
- If government harms, steals, threatens, or violates your rights, is it a criminal organization?
- 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 interactions between people be free of force, fraud, theft, and threats?
- 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 theft and a violation of our rights.
All interactions between people should be voluntary and free of force, fraud, theft, and threats.
We have the right to carry weapons to defend our life, liberty, and 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. No one has the right to murder, enslave, or to steal. We can not give them any rights that we do not have ourselves.
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.
