Thursday, November 07, 2019

Get paid to live (and die) a video game



Sometimes I'll run into a quote that's so off-base I just can't let it go. This was one of those.

"...why would any white male with a brain join the military of a country that has abandoned his interest and is operating against him? Why would he join a military of a country that the Democratic Party prevents from defending its own borders?" ~ Paul Craig Roberts

Why would anyone with a brain, of any color, of any sex, join any government military? For the opportunity to be paid in stolen money while acting out video games, of course.

Few, if any, "troops" think beyond that. There's no deep philosophical reasoning there. There's no political agenda beyond the ingrained "America! Rah rah!" brainwashed into them through years of pledging allegiance to Holy Pole Quilt. You'll find Right-Statists and Left-Statist among the troops,
but all are statists to some degree.

All militaries are operating against your interests. As are all "countries".

When he says "country" he's talking about government. Not a particular area of the globe, nor the population which calls that area 'home', but the government infesting that area to the detriment of the population. When he speaks of that country's "borders" he's talking about government's truce-lines with competing governments-- implemented so the respective governments know who they can rob and molest without the other government fighting them over it.

And he pretends it would be noble to become a hired gun for that government. Statist through and through.

Joining a government military only helps that government. It doesn't benefit "the people". It doesn't "defend freedom"-- it helps government crush it. Don't join government in its fight against liberty.
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Writing to promote liberty is my job.
I hope I add something you find valuable enough to support. If so...
YOU get to decide if I get paid.

5 comments:

  1. Philosophical consistency is not a feature of many "pseudo Libertarians".

    Maybe he's the kind of guy who, when losing an argument, might want to hit you over the head with his "degrees" and utilitarian nonsense.

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  2. I am not a purest, because the real world... is.

    Reality is nuanced.
    Philosophical consistency/purity is absolute.
    Data and reason define the realistic boundaries of of any absolutism.
    Any absolute that contradicts reality... is a religion.


    But i've been wrong before, and would love to discuss how absolutism is better than being useful and effective.

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    1. thesaurus.com for synonyms for "utilitarian: useful and effective

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    2. I'll discuss it with you when I have internet again-- trying to do anything on my phone takes too much time and effort.

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    3. I think I'm going to write my newspaper column as my response.

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