I'm not a happy person. My beliefs, my ethics, my life.... all compromised by living where and when I do. It's hard to be happy when you realize how little freedom you truly have.
This is my life, and I want to live it my way, says the selfish man. This is my life, just let me live it, says the free man. It isn't the government's life to own, to protect, to force to serve. I am not a goddamn number, I am not a goddamn cow for the milking, I am not a goddamn sheep in need of shepherding.
If I succeed, I am taxed more. If I succeed, my success is shared with those who have not succeeded. I will not glorify my life and pretend I have done anything particularly special with it, but my success has been the result of, at times, very hard work which is taxing on the mind and body. This success is gratifying, but the fact that it will be shared is infuriating. The fact that I must share it is further infuriating.
I live in a society, I understand that. I was born into a society, raised by parents living in a society. However, I owe society and you, the reader, nothing. I did not choose to be born, I did not choose where I was born. Society does not define me.
You may think me selfish. You may think me childish or entitled. Do you think of me in shackles? Shall I be forced to work and give up the fruits of my labors?
How is it fair that Americans are spending more on paying their taxes than on shelter, clothes and food combined?
How is it fair that we never get to own anything- eminent domain and the perceived "right" of the State to take one's house should one not pay property taxes ensure homes and land are never truly owned, registration fees and purchase taxes ensure cars are never truly owned, the government's perceived "right" to sell one's possessions ensure TVs, computers, etc. are never truly owned, the government's perceived "right" to kill you because you have violated their corrupt laws but refuse to give in means your self is never truly owned. We are trapped by the system, we will never be free any longer. Free men have a luxury none of us have ever known- no claimants. Free men know fairness- we do not. Free men have only thieves to guard against, we have governments.
Do you understand the Leviathan? It owns you, can claim your belongings or your life at any point. We read books about people rebelling against it, we support movies suggesting its dismantling, while gladly paying the taxes it has enacted.
Look around. There is nowhere free anymore. Everywhere has been claimed. There are no more frontiers. Christ, that's a sad thought, innit?
This is my life, and I want to live it my way, says the selfish man. This is my life, just let me live it, says the free man. It isn't the government's life to own, to protect, to force to serve. I am not a goddamn number, I am not a goddamn cow for the milking, I am not a goddamn sheep in need of shepherding.
If I succeed, I am taxed more. If I succeed, my success is shared with those who have not succeeded. I will not glorify my life and pretend I have done anything particularly special with it, but my success has been the result of, at times, very hard work which is taxing on the mind and body. This success is gratifying, but the fact that it will be shared is infuriating. The fact that I must share it is further infuriating.
I live in a society, I understand that. I was born into a society, raised by parents living in a society. However, I owe society and you, the reader, nothing. I did not choose to be born, I did not choose where I was born. Society does not define me.
You may think me selfish. You may think me childish or entitled. Do you think of me in shackles? Shall I be forced to work and give up the fruits of my labors?
How is it fair that Americans are spending more on paying their taxes than on shelter, clothes and food combined?
How is it fair that we never get to own anything- eminent domain and the perceived "right" of the State to take one's house should one not pay property taxes ensure homes and land are never truly owned, registration fees and purchase taxes ensure cars are never truly owned, the government's perceived "right" to sell one's possessions ensure TVs, computers, etc. are never truly owned, the government's perceived "right" to kill you because you have violated their corrupt laws but refuse to give in means your self is never truly owned. We are trapped by the system, we will never be free any longer. Free men have a luxury none of us have ever known- no claimants. Free men know fairness- we do not. Free men have only thieves to guard against, we have governments.
Do you understand the Leviathan? It owns you, can claim your belongings or your life at any point. We read books about people rebelling against it, we support movies suggesting its dismantling, while gladly paying the taxes it has enacted.
Look around. There is nowhere free anymore. Everywhere has been claimed. There are no more frontiers. Christ, that's a sad thought, innit?
