The Association of Voluntarists in Davis

I found this self-ownership flash animation floating around my hard-drive so I thought I’d upload it here for your viewing pleasure. The point of the animation is to teach you the concept of self-ownership. In this day and age, we are taught that it is necessary to have authorities over us–in other words, we need to have a boss of some kind otherwise we get out of control. Self-ownership says, however, that you don’t need a boss, you are responsible for yourself and if you do get out of control, you are responsible for the damage you cause. This is a very easy to understand concept that even children grok. However, accusations of “oversimplification” will likely be hurled this direction.

But I believe some things are simple, easy and black and white. Like self-ownership.

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Here is a video of how the State (any state, NH in this case) does business over the barrel of a gun:

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I had an interesting political discussion with some left-leaning friends on Facebook about the upcoming elections in California. They were going on about the dismal choices of candidates. The consensus was to choose the lesser of two evils. However one friend remarked that she wasn’t sure which was worse than the other, so it was difficult to finger that lesser quality.

My input was that I was not going to vote in this election at all, maintaining that if one votes for the lesser of two evils, one is still voting for evil. No one could refute that argument, and in fact they pretty much agreed. However, another of my friends said, “if you don’t vote, you get anarchy.”

Now this is an interesting conclusion. Most people equate anarchy with chaos–warlords running around with machine guns and death and destruction. No wonder most people run away at the mention of anarchy.

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Watch this video, please:

Now tell me if you think gun prohibition is a still a good idea. No duty to protect, yet you can’t protect yourself. Do you think those women might have stopped those rapists if they had guns? You decide. And please comment.

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Went to the county fair today and, big surprise, most of the booths were owned by government organizations..state and county. It was nice to see a few booths for private organizations, but they were few and far between. At least there are private vendors selling food, anyway.

As a joke I stood next to a life-size cardboard cut out of Obama and the people in the booth said, “take a picture!” Then I realized that I was standing in the Democrat Party booth. Oh boy. One of them tried to give me a Democrat Party cardboard fan. I refused politely then he quipped, “oh maybe you want one that says Republican.”

“No, but if you have one that says Anarchist or Voluntaryist, I’d take that instead,” I answered.

“Oh, you’re one of those who don’t vote, huh?” the old man grimaced.

“Yes, I don’t vote.” I admitted.

He slapped me on the shoulder in a mock comradely way and said, “Thanks, buddy, for being one of the ones who are wrecking the country!” And I watched his demeanor turn more ugly.

I laughed and walked away. I get the feeling he would have been happier if I was a Republican than an Anarchist. I’m the one wrecking the economy because he’s voting for statists. Wow.

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Whenever I mention to anyone that I think government should be abolished so we can be truly free, I usually get a response something akin to questions like the following:

1. Who will defend our borders?
2. Who will provide police and fire protection?
3. What about the roads? Who will make roads available?
4. What about education? Social security? Health care? Welfare?

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My dad and I had a political discussion on the phone a couple of days ago. It’s interesting that he and I agree on a lot of issues, but I’m afraid he still holds with his old Republican Party ideals. In other words, he’s emotionally invested in the partisan system of politics and due to this, I believe he can’t see the forest for the trees. For some reason, he is convinced that Sarah Palin is going to be the next Ronald Regan. Okay I’m being facetious–I know why, and it has to do with how partisan he is. He is hoping for a savior, a leader who will unite everyone. I argued that we already have a leader, and his name is Barrack Obama, and that is the best Washington will have to offer.

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When I bring up the fact that the social state is a system built upon violence against its own citizens, it’s amazing the reactions I get from average people. One of my friends told me tax evaders and people who resist arrest are not patriotic. When the state gives a command, it is your duty to follow it without question. And if you don’t like it, write to your congressman! I believe that by classifying the people who question the authority of the state as “extremists,” we don’t have to face the cold and ugly truth about the so-called benevolent state.

Some dissenters would label my friend mentioned above as a “statist” or “state apologist.” I don’t like labels; they just divide people. I think of people like my friend as just, well, people who went to the same state-run schools as I did. Of course the state is going to teach all of us that it is benevolent and ours is the freest society in the world (maybe it is, but it looks less so with each passing day). It’s in the state’s best interest.

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SMUD is proposing a major rate hike for electricity, blaming the recession:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29978318

There are those who are quick to blame capitalism, thinking that this is what happens in the free market. The trouble is, this has nothing to do with a free market. Notice that if you live in Sacramento you have only one choice: SMUD. That is because SMUD is a monopoly.
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