My political beliefs

Last night I went to Kareoke at the Alcove in Calgary. It was really an incredible time and I especially enjoyed the hot waitress who was kind enough to flirt with me. Mysterious indeed! ;) Much to the dismay of the audience I even took my turn on stage, singing a terrible rendition of the times they are a changing. I will miss this town; the action is great, the people are incredible and everywhere opportunity abounds.

My life is very much in a state of flux right now. What do I want? Where should I head in the future? Why have I accomplished so little... done nothing of significance? What more can I do? How can I better myself and better my life?

I can think of no better place to proselytize than this blog so perhaps I should expand a bit upon my political beliefs.

The term I choose to describe myself is anarcho-capitalist. Anarchism has existed for thousands of years, since Lao-Tzu (as Rothbard wrote http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/ancient-chinese.html ) or probably predating even that great man. Since as long as there has been government there have been those who resist it.

My principle argument against the state is not on the grounds of efficiency or pragmatism (although I think one can and should make those arguments) but rather on morality. We cannot divorce politics and morality. It is immoral to use violence or coercion and the nature of the state is violence. Taxation is fundamentally theft coerced from taxpayers. It is involuntary. Now many disguises of legitimacy have been attached to the state. In the middle ages it was the principle of the divine right of kings. Today intellectual serve the purpose priests once did, whoring out their opinions for a share of the plunder.

There is no problem so great that it cannot be overcome by the creative capacity of a free people. We must demand our freedom, not humbly beg for it from our masters. We should not ask to be free or be grateful for a few crumbs dropped to us so mercifully; we must insist on total and immediate freedom.

Anarchy, as I conceive it, does not mean a society without rules or hierarchies but simply a world in which the initiation of aggression is considered illegitimate no matter the individual or organization who is responsible for that violence or coercion.

It is useful to conceive of the state as a highwayman - indeed, the state is even worse than the robber for at least the brigand is honest about his crime. There is no deceit in the naked barrel of the gun pointed at you but the government not only steals from us and bends us to their will but also insists the whole time this is entirely for our own good.

So from statists I ask only one thing - if all your idiot schemes are so necessary, if everything you promote is so worthy, then allow me to opt out. Let me choose to take part in your programs or not. Make it voluntary. Then we will see if anyone really supports the crazy idea that is the state.