Reject kings of all political stripes

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for November 12, 2025)

Well, that didn't take long.

A few short weeks ago, people who largely represented one political faction were protesting for "No Kings". Then, too many of those from the very same faction in New York City did a flip-flop and voted for a man who promises to act exactly like a king.

During his election night victory speech, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said, "We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about." This is real-world king-level stuff. His supporters didn't notice the contradiction within themselves, but were thrilled at the prospect.

Politics makes people stupid.

Apparently, those voters aren't opposed to kings at all. They just don't like Donald Trump being the president. Who knew? All of us did.

I'm on the side of "No Kings", without exception. I'm not only against kings and queens, I am opposed to the existence of presidents, prime ministers, Congress, governors, mayors, burgermeisters, and government bureaucrats. I am against anyone who rules over or governs others. If they do so in an authoritarian or tyrannical way, so much the worse, but this isn't necessary for them to earn my opposition. It doesn't matter who holds the political position; I am against the position existing and being held or used by anyone.

Still, I can't deny that some people are worse than others. The more they seek to run the lives of others, and the more power they seek for themselves or government, the worse they are. The more they micromanage rather than giving people a chance to solve their own problems for themselves, the more authoritarian they become.

Mamdani will prove something, for sure. "No problem too large for government to solve" is a call for limitless government power; "no concern too small for it to care about" is a promise to meddle in every private corner of your life. This is a pledge to be a tyrant of the worst kind. Yet, his victims cheered.

Will they ever be self-aware enough to realize what they've done to themselves? I doubt it. They'll blame the opposition political faction when things go badly under their new authoritarian tyrant. This is what voters normally do. The next time they have a chance, they will vote for another wanna-be king or queen and feel smug about doing so. Just watch. It's as predictable as the phases of the Moon.

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Committed to Liberty

It's hard to find people who are committed to liberty.

Take "gun rights" people, for example. 

Too many of them are fine with other natural human rights being violated- as long as it doesn't affect them. You'll find many of them who support prohibition, "immigration" control, or cops. The number of them who are flaming statists astounds and disappoints me.

A lot of them even approve of background checks, the NFA, and government keeping "certain people" from exercising their right to own and carry weapons. I guess, as long as they have theirs, it doesn't bother them too much if government violates the rights of others.

Gun stores may be the worst offenders, since I suspect many of them like the fact that government is protecting their market share by regulating the crap out of guns, in clear defiance of the Constitution. I think it's some sort of "teacher's pet" power trip. They feel special, since they have a "license"... never mind it's for something no one can rightfully require a license for.

It's not any better with other liberty-oriented topics. Most people love what they love, but everyone else is out of luck. No support.

I do my best to surround myself- at least online- with people who do better. I'm happy to report that it works.

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