RE: Am I an Anarchist?
November 29, 2018 at 2:45 pm
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2018 at 2:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 29, 2018 at 2:30 pm)Cherub786 Wrote: Why not just admit that the state owning all the vacant territory by default because of some artificial borders is totally against the principle of liberty?Mostly because it;s not. You are entirely at liberty to purchase that property, and property is also a liberty you would seek for yourself. That's not to say that I agree with the idea, because I don't....but..here in the states, around 30% of land is owned by the government and it's managed for the benefit of we the people. Logging companies make their nut that way. Farmers depends on the thaws of federal rivers. Our natural stocks are maintained in these areas. That there are people who own no land is more an issue of private property held by individuals unproductively. We really can't afford..individually or as a nation, to set up all of the impoverished on what dwindling natural resources the fed protects. That could obviously be different elsewhere. Personally..I think that property taxes should scale with acreage multiplicatively instead of additively. That would induce owners of unproductive land to sell, and encourage small holdings over dead lawns. I'd take a huge hit, but my land is productive, so I could afford it. I'd still look to purchase more of whatever acreage others shed as what they're doing with it barely covers their property tax as is.
Quote:And what about eminent domain, another example of woeful state abuse and overreaching?Here in the US, eminent domain is rare and those subjected are fairly compensated. Though the provisions for so called "blight" are more abusive than the usual roadas and public services..even here, however, the justification is that the blight which the property owner has caused has damaged -other- property owners.
Quote:Now coming to religious liberty, let us deal with the JWs. I am very disturbed by your statement that implies it is somehow justified for those authoritarian states like Russia and China to persecute them. The JWs are a peaceful religious group. They are committed to non-violence. Just because they refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of the state means they deserve such cruelty?I only gave the rationale. I avoid comments about people deserving what the government does to them because it's rarely the case, for good or for ill..that this is so. I will note, however, that any difficulties caused by the politicization of their religion are firmly within their own power to remedy. That they refuse, whether they deserve the consequences or not..is entirely predictable. I appreciate that you're desperately looking to paint the religious as victims..but they're more commonly victimizers, even of themselves.
Quote:The United States should be somewhat appreciated for the greater religious liberty relative to virtually all other countries. I do not see at all how religious liberty is being taken to the extreme there, or how any personal liberty is being trampled upon due to religion. Quite the contrary, the negativity directed toward religious groups like JWs and others that refuse to “pledge allegiance to the flag” or stand for the national anthem is against the spirit with which the union was founded some two and half centuries ago.Yeah, isn't it interesting that you don't see the religious using their liberty and gaming the system to fuck with people? Gee, I wonder why that might be? You know who -actually- gets shit for not standing for the pledge...godless liberals, lol..and guess who'se giving them shit? The faithfully patriotic.
A glance at the situation of our planet reveals that, generally speaking, the situation of atheists is a lot better in terms of freedom as compared to religious minorities in authoritarian states like China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba and the former Soviet republics. You need to put things in perspective.
Next up, whores and the whoring whoremongers who whore them and then need whore health services.
Then, gaymosexuals and mooslims.
Fuck man, I can't even buy beer on a sunday..and the county where they make bourbon is fuckin dry! Talking about fucking with people in pointless religiously themed ways. Atheists, btw, less trusted thatn a muslim. That;s saying something, considering how fucking racist the christian twatwaffles who respond to those surveys are, lol.
So..long story short, no...you're not an anarchist, you're a religious person with a common and commonly faulty grievance....and here I thought I had a rioting buddy for a change! PFFT.
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