Look to neighbors, not government

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for October 6, 2024)

My sympathy goes out to everyone affected by Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. It's easy for those of us who live far from the ocean, or any water whatsoever, to feel smug for living where hurricanes don't reach. If this is how you feel, remember it's a false sense of security.

Every area has its own problems and potential disasters. Tornadoes, wildfires, blizzards, riots, or earthquakes... and sometimes a smorgasbord of all the above. Figure out your region's most likely disaster and prepare for it. And the others as well. Even preparing for the trouble a hurricane can cause in an area like this, where hurricanes are as likely as elephant stampedes, will carry over to other problems you may experience. So many precautions are the same no matter the emergency.

The worst mistake is to fail to prepare because you believe government will ride in like a hero to kiss your scrapes and bruises and make your boo-boos all better. If they show up at all, they may make things worse.

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency-- the one agency you might believe would have, as their top priority, helping people recover from disasters-- has said equity is their "Goal 1". Not disaster response, rescue, or recovery, but the antisocial communist ideology of equity. That's disgusting and an utter failure on their part.

Even before FEMA got infected with this mind virus, they were less helpful than locals could be. Neighbors helping neighbors is the foundation of society. Don't try to replace society with government. It won't work.

Government was never going to save you. You’ve always been on your own. If you’ve been planning on government help, make other plans. Government is your enemy, not your savior. Grow up and accept your responsibility.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't accept help from government, or anyone else, should it be offered. Go ahead. Don't be counting on it, though. Don't wait for help which isn't coming.

Instead, help your neighbors when they need it, even in minor troubles. Ask for help when you need it. Build community. We have each other, and relying on government erodes community. Government needs us, we don't need it. If we think we don't need to lift a finger because that's government's job, we are missing a great opportunity and empowering something harmful.

There's a better way, and now you know what it is. But you already knew, didn't you?

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Do you want to be protected from liberty?

All of the politicians promising to protect "their" state from whatever they imagine Trump will do would be impressive... if they weren't embracing the wrong things in most cases. "Protecting" the population really just means they want to keep violating them in the traditional ways they've been getting away with up until now.

They say they'll protect their population from anyone trying to "take their freedom" while they've been doing nothing other than violating the freedom-- and the liberty-- of those in the state since the day they took office.

"Hypocrite" isn't a strong enough word to describe these political criminals.

It seems some of them are scared that they'll finally be forced to obey the Second Amendment. They see the end of their anti-gun schemes. 

There's really no risk that will happen. Trump isn't going to force anyone to obey the Second Amendment- he may try to stop them from breaking the law in specific ways, but no powerful politician (or Supreme Courtjester) has ever figured out what the Bill of Rights was for or what it does. Trump has never been a friend of gun owners- he just isn't as bad as Harris probably would have been. That's a very low bar, though.

"Protecting" your population from liberty is what slave owners do. It's not good, kind, or "progressive". It's evil. 

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Onward

What a thrilling selection.

Now I can spend the next four or more years criticizing the stupid, evil, authoritarian things the Republicans do. Some of which will be the same stupid, evil, authoritarian things the Democrats do, while some will be exciting new evils.

It would be nice if this weren’t necessary, but that’s not the world we inhabit. Yet.

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The nicest thing to do for those doing wrong

The nicest-- most useful-- thing you can do about someone who is doing bad things is to make them feel bad about what they're doing. They need to stop, and no one is helped if they aren't called out and made to feel bad about it.

If someone removes that option, the only remaining step will be much more painful.

This is a reality censors won't admit, but it is reality.

My X account got locked over the comment I shared above. I deleted it, but I wasn't wrong to say it. 

That harpy needs to have her feelings hurt or she won't learn that what she did is evil and not acceptable. It needs to be said over and over until she stops being evil. Her next victims might not be as nice. And I wouldn't shed a tear.

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Exercise discernment about "laws"

I am convinced that the people calling others “illegals” today are the same kind of people who would have been turning in the Jews in Nazi Germany. The same kind of person who turned in the squirrel and raccoon in New York. 

All because “they are breaking the law!”

Jews were "illegals" in Germany at that time. Sure, the "laws" were counterfeit, but that made as much difference to the people back then as it makes to people who rail against "illegals" today. As much difference as it makes to the abominable excuse for a woman who turned in the "illegal" squirrel and raccoon.

A real law only protects rights. It never violates them, not even when those rights are unpopular. Or dangerous. Only political criminals propose, pass, or enforce counterfeit "laws" that violate life, liberty, or property. You have no obligation to obey them, or to tolerate them being enforced. It's your responsibility to do what's right regardless of what the "law" says.

Either you can tell when "laws" are fake, and can tell when obeying them would be wrong, or you can't. It appears most people still can't. I'm doing what I can to fix that. Could you please do your part, too?

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Election outcomes

If you know anything about me, you know what I believe would be the best possible outcome of this election.

What about the worst possible outcome?

In the near term, I think the worst possible outcome would be Harris being made president. But, in the long-term, if her presidency caused the US feral government to collapse completely, that might eventually lead to the best possible outcome. (The same would be true about anyone else installed in the office.) It would just be painful and take a while. It would bring what is called "interesting times".

Either way, we'll get through it. We're accustomed to being on the fringe; we're the outliers. This election isn't going to change that. We'll keep prepping. We'll keep ignoring counterfeit "laws" when necessary. We'll be censored and we may be caged. We'll still be at risk, but we'll keep working to inspire a new generation of liberty outlaws. We'll persevere. 

We don't need to know who rules The State (and pretends to rule you) to know this much.

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The Fifth of November... again

 

I'll be watching V For Vendetta again like I always do on the Fifth of November. 

It gives me hope for the future to see a fictional account of people getting fed up with the State and doing something substantive about it. Even if it's a flawed response. At least it's something more useful than v*ting.

Seriously, prepare for unrest. I think it will not happen in any widespread way. It may not even happen in the few spots it's nearly guaranteed for days or weeks- depending on how long it takes the corporate media to declare a "winner". 

It never hurts to be ready for something that never happens, but it can be deadly to not prepare for something that does happen. Making a show of not preparing, which some people like to do, isn't being smart.

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About a squirrel?

As I previously mentioned, I am insanely angry over the death of a squirrel. But am I?

It's not just about the squirrel (and raccoon), or even the people who kept them. It's about the State and those reprehensible people who work for (and as) the State. It's about them having the illegitimate power to invade your house, steal your happy, healthy pets, and KILL them just because "rules". It's about the mega-karen who reported them to the State, setting this tragedy in motion. It's about those people out there mindlessly defending the actions of the enforcers. Imagine being so evil, stupid, or brainwashed that you believe you're doing the right thing by reporting someone for ignoring this kind of rule or by enforcing such rules?

This hits home for me. 

I grew up keeping animals "illegally". I am also very protective of my pets. If anything could push me over the edge to where I would "decisively neutralize" State scum, something like this could flip that switch in my head. It might not be smart, but it wouldn't be wrong.

Over the years I have known others who kept animals prohibited by the regional political criminals. It never once occurred to me to report them. Not even if there had been a monetary reward for doing so. Because I'm not an evil loser.

I oppose revenge and punishment, but I embrace consequences. I want every state employee involved in committing this archation to feel the consequences. Hard! I want the karen to feel the consequences just as agonizingly. I wouldn't be upset if they all starved to death in the cold because they lost their "jobs" and no one would ever hire them again, or sell them any food or energy. I wouldn't lift a finger to save them from the consequences of their actions. Or from any random event that just happened to befall them.

Am I angry? You better believe I am.

It's about a squirrel and raccoon, but it's really not. It's about the scum that works for the State and what they are willing to do to the innocent. If they'll do this over pets, they'll do it to you over guns, money, your children, or the food you eat. There's nothing they won't use as an excuse to sacrifice you to the god of the State. 

It's about the brainwashed supporters of the authoritarian State who say it’s “far-right” to acknowledge that the State goons violated a family by stealing and killing their pets. The sick statists who say they asked for it by breaking the “law”.

A bad joke?

If this stupid lie gets enough negative attention to help their favored politicians lose elections, good. They’ve earned it. As I say, this event has made me insanely mad. It feels like I was personally invaded and violated.

Consequences are coming. If not due to this, due to something else "minor" that will finally be the trigger. There's only one way to remove yourself from the consequences being set in motion for this hideously evil crime gang: Don't work for it. If you don't work for it, don't help it tyrannize others because then you are working for it, but as a slave. The lines are clear and I don't tolerate those who cross them.

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Don't make government important to you

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for September 29, 2024)

Government has become too important in our daily lives. Not because it's actually important to our existence, but because it interferes with everything we do, and then threatens to hurt us if we resist its meddling.

A leaky roof or a crumbling foundation is important for the same reason.

I've had intoxicated acquaintances get in my face and hang all over me. I hated to be around them or to run into them. They were not a benefit to my life, but they made themselves important and hard to ignore because they were a problem.

I try to avoid contact with government and its representatives for exactly the same reason.

Yet, government is so much worse than any individual. Drunk friends don't imagine they have a right to be in your face or to control everything you do, 24 hours per day. Government representatives do.

I've seen lists of things-- things which violate no one in any way-- which were normal and legal one hundred years ago, but are now either illegal or licensed. "Licensed" means "illegal without paying government for the privilege of doing something you have a natural human right to do". It's a long list, and it's incomplete.

Government didn't suddenly get the right to forbid or ration these things; it stole these things from the people. From you. You've been robbed and probably didn't even realize it. We've become too complacent, and too willing to put up with it.

It's past time the people started taking these things back. It's time to reduce government's influence in our lives; to make it safe to ignore government's demands and the opinions of the political criminals who come together to form governments.

One way to free yourself is to realize a license from government is not the same as a credential. Credentials can be valid; a government license never is. If you learn a skill and get credentials from a trade group, saying you have earned their certification, I'm going to trust that you know what you're doing. A driver's license is proof that government licenses are meaningless where competence is concerned. It's merely a way for government to rob, control, and threaten you.

Don't ask government for permission, but don't ask it for help, either. Both make government important to you. Both erode your natural authority over your own life. This isn't something you want anyone to take from you.

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Random collection of thoughts

But not like the actor who portrayed Han.

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Government is a violation of bodily autonomy.

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Most websites are smugly Leftist. All their assumptions and starting points are far-Left, so their conclusions are predetermined. It diminishes their credibility. (I am unashamedly biased in favor of liberty.) Those which are Right-wing are just as ridiculous and frustrating, but I encounter so few of them that I don't get overloaded with their stupidity like I do with those on the Left (with the Right, it's generally individuals more than institutions). I grow to hate both (statist) sides more with each passing day. It makes me want to avoid being online- which is probably a good thing.

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I wish there were a way to make the Democrat Party suffer for the past several years of lies, tyranny, manipulation, censorship, and targeting political opponents without rewarding the Republican Party for being stupid statists, too. The Libertarian Party isn't the solution I wish it were. The best move is still:

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My respect for government and for those who work for government is at an all-time low. The longer I live-- the longer I have to put up with that nonsense-- the more the respect evaporates. It keeps dropping lower and lower. I can't lose respect for cops or politicians since I didn't have any to begin with. But the rest of them are part of the problem, too. Their existence contributes to the problem. Every day my willingness to accommodate them is less than the day before.

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"Gender" is the wrong word when talking about living things.
Sex is binary.
Humans can't change sex.
If, in the future, it becomes possible for humans to change sex, I am completely enthusiastic about that medical advance. Go for it.

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Mainstream programming loves to show guns as useless for defense. That’s called fiction.

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Everyone thinks the presidential candidate they prefer-- at least among the DemoCRAPublicans-- is obviously going to win. You can probably tell which political criminal they prefer by which one they see as the inevitable winner.
I honestly have no prediction whatsoever. I can see it going either way. Neither outcome will surprise me. Nor would a resulting collapse afterward.

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I don't want communism imposed on me.
I don't care if you form a communist enclave that lives peacefully with all its neighbors. Have at it. Just don't become a parasitic community stealing from those around you. Don't force your system on others. Let anyone who joins you opt out at any time if they decide your group isn't in their best interest. Get along with your neighbors and let them live as they see fit, too. In other words, don't make it political.
There's the rub.
I've never seen communists who can abide by this neighborly behavior. It's the same with all statism. Their "system" is so great they'll either force you to join or they'll kill you.
Politics makes ideas toxic.

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Also, I’m insanely angry over the death of a squirrel. And at those responsible. This is where believing in government gets you.

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Finally, any SHTF event I prepare for, such as whatever could happen in the next week or so after the election, never happens. Probably because I’m as ready for it as possible. So, if nothing major happens, you’re welcome.

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You get a Gold Star!

The concept of a "Gold Star Family" is one of the most abominable examples of infantilizing I've ever seen. It's taken straight out of kindergarten class. Or preschool.

"Your child was sacrificed to the Aztec gods. Good job! Here's a gold star. Don't you feel special now?"

And, of course, most families accept it because doing otherwise would be admitting that your child was sacrificed to something as utterly useless and meaningless (and evil) as the obsolete Aztec gods no one believes in or worships anymore. 

They didn't die for freedom; they were sacrificed to empower tyranny.

I had never heard of the term until the past few years. I don't know when this idea was created, but it is both insulting and cruel. It's worse than a slap in the face.

Does this make the victims of government feel better about their status as victims of government? It really shouldn't.

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Planting doubt about rights

One reason some people try so hard to belittle the concept of rights is to plant some doubt. It makes it less likely you'll fight back when some government criminal violates your rights. They want to protect the political criminals-- including the police-- when they violate your rights. They don't want you to realize you have every right to fight back. And win.

So they lie to you. They gaslight you and they brainwash you. Whatever it takes to make you morally weak on the concept of rights. They want to steal your confidence and determination. They want you to have a little doubt in the back of your mind that you really have a right to do what you have a right to do.

Is it working? I think it works on all of us at least a little, or there would be a lot more dead IRS agents, cops, and TSA gropers. I realize this isn't nice to say, but it's true.

The people conducting this propaganda campaign value thieves, kidnappers, rapists, and murderers-- they value government-- more than they value you or the natural rights you have by virtue of being alive. They want to protect your abusers from you.

Anyone who tries to tell you that rights aren't real, or tries to convince you they are only privileges, is not on your side. They are on the side of the criminals.

(Image generated on Gab.ai)

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Unnatural disasters

Will the upcoming election be an unnatural disaster? Are you ready if it is?

I try to always be prepared. I try to be more prepared today than I was last week. This isn't always the case, due to finances or whatnot, but it's what I aim for.

If there are attacks to shut down the grid to disrupt elections, are you ready?
If there are riots if the the v*te doesn't go the way the riot-primed think it should?
If unrest becomes kinetic in the weeks after the election, as the count drags on, will you be prepared for it?
Are you prepared if nothing happens, but store shelves are cleaned out anyway because people are scared something might happen?

Is your gas tank full?
Your backup batteries charged?
Your pantry filled and water set aside?
Will you run out of prescriptions at a bad time?
Do you have cash on hand in case digital payments are impossible?
These are all things to think about taking care of sooner rather than later.

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Well, he won't be needing it

A public figure (I don't remember which one, nor does it matter) was being praised for speaking the truth. Someone who imagined himself to be clever asked that tiresome post-modernist question:
“What is truth?” 

I responded:
“That which agrees with reality.
If you don’t know what reality is, can I have your stuff when you’re dead?”

Then some other clown came back with "Which reality?" I said, "See above".

It's so edgy to pretend to not understand there is reality and there is everything else. But if you act on that fashionable belief in every moment, you're not going to survive. That's reality!

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Having your rights suspended is impossible

 

Rights can not be lost or suspended. It doesn't matter what you've been trained to believe on this topic.

“But, criminal!”
“But government says…”
“Well, the Constitution says…”

Doesn’t matter. None of that matters. If you believe it matters it just shows you don’t know what a right is.

Pro-gun people are among the most pathetic quislings in the world on this matter. I don't understand why, although I can speculate.

I made a comment on a video about Trump having his guns stolen ("losing his gun rights and having his guns seized") because of the lawfare against him, and while a few of the commenters knew what rights are, the majority didn't. So many tried to say I was wrong without showing I was wrong. Whether they liked or hated Trump didn't seem to make a difference.

A privilege can be lost or rescinded because it depends on the kindness and cooperation of others. 

A right can’t because it’s a right. 

Rights can either be respected or violated. There is no third option. Limiting, taking, licensing, or otherwise infringing on a right is a violation of that right. No matter whether you feel it is justified or not. Feelings aren't part of the truth.

The follow-up objection against rights being rights is that this is "just an opinion". That, because rights can be violated, they aren't absolute; in other words, they must be privileges. "But government WILL take away your rights" for various reasons. No, government will violate your rights, but the rights remain just the same. It's still up to you whether you defend your rights or cooperate with the bad guys violating them-- and it doesn't make you a bad guy whichever path you choose.

Yes, bad guys violate rights. That's the definition of a real criminal: someone who violates the rights of others. Government is a gang of bad guys; criminals. You can know this for sure because governments violate rights as a routine matter. It's the main thing they do.

Those who defend themselves and others from rights violators are not bad guys, even if they kill a violator or two. Or a dozen or more.

Even if you believe otherwise and support the violators, or imagine they are necessary.

Some of these people would probably argue for the existence of "good cops", too.

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Libertarians more able to see both sides

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for September 22, 2024)

How can you expect people, especially those who believe in politics, to agree on anything when they can't even agree on the reality of what is happening right in front of them? Add in the opposing way events are framed, depending on the bias of the information source, and I don't think it's possible.

I saw neighboring yards in town; one had a Trump yard sign and the other had a Harris sign. I'd bet both think they are the reasonable one and their neighbor is nuts. Or maybe they see it as a moral issue. There is an objective reality out there somewhere, but while both can be wrong, there is no way both can be right.

Every event and situation you'll hear about in the political news has at least two explanations, depending on who describes it. If you only get exposed to one side or the other you may not notice this.

A couple of recent examples come to mind:

"Another brainwashed loser tried to assassinate Trump", or "Trump staged another assassination attempt because the news forgot about the last one".

"Haitian refugees are eating pet cats and dogs which belong to other people", or "it's not happening and the anti-Haitian rhetoric is endangering the safety of innocent people".

Which version you've heard depends on which media sources you listen to the most. You can pick almost any politicized story and see the same thing.

One side is likely more correct than the other. Or, at least reality will lean more in one direction than the other.

I think one side is reasonable and the other is closer to insane. It seems obvious, but I've seen others making the argument that looks crazy from where I sit, so it must seem reasonable to them.

I believe politics clouds the mind, making it nearly impossible for people to think rationally, or even to see things as they truly are when politics enters the picture. Author and Dilbert creator, Scott Adams describes the situation as "Two movies on one screen". He's right, except there are more than two "movies".

I think libertarians are more able than most to see both movies at once, or at least we can flip back and forth between them to understand what others are seeing. In most cases, one still looks more sensible than the other to me, but in some instances, both look downright delusional.

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Where The Law belongs

Those who imagine government is magical or legitimate dislike what they call "Taking the law into your own hands". What a strange fetish they have.

Where else do they imagine the law belongs? In government’s hands? Ha!

Government doesn't even know what law is. It pretends its legislation is the same thing as law. Sometimes they overlap, but that overlap is getting smaller with each new piece of legislation.

The law-- real Law-- belongs in your hands. It is your responsibility to live according to it; not your responsibility to impose it on others. You are responsible for protecting yourself and others from those who refuse to abide by it. Revenge is not part of the equation.

Trying to pawn this solemn responsibility off on government has never worked. It never will.

Don't let the bad guys shame you for being responsible for yourself and doing what they are incapable or unwilling to do.

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Lies told by lying liars

I'll bet many people disagree with me on this topic. As uncomfortable as it may be to admit, you probably do have a right to lie. Simply because no one has a right to forbid it or to initiate force to stop it. It's often a matter of opinion as to what constitutes a lie anyway.

Sometimes, what is characterized as a lie is just someone being wrong. You have a right to be wrong-- you have an obligation to correct it once you know better. That's the hard part for most people, myself included.

I have never fallen for the story that it's wrong to lie to an archator when you're doing so to protect the innocent. That's virtuous. If you lie to a cop. the IRS, or a stormtrooper to protect yourself or others, I'm not going to judge you badly. I may consider you a hero.

There are consequences for lying, though. People have a right to defend themselves from lies that harm them.

I have the right to shun those who lie. If they lie for the wrong reasons and I know about it, I will shun them. Or I'll never trust them again.

Politics is entirely based on someone lying or being wrong. I don't trust people who are being political.

The lie that there exists a right to govern others is a prime example. Regardless of whatever else people may say, that is The Big Lie. Then there are the lies that taxation isn't theft, that police are there to protect your rights, that the military defends your freedom, and that anarchy is chaos. If they can get you to believe the lies, they can cause you to submit to their rule. 

What of the possibility that they don't intend to lie? They may merely be wrong if they believed the lies they were fed at a young age. 

Once exposed to the truth, if they choose to keep repeating the incorrect information, even if they still believe it, I have less sympathy for their position. I'll probably suspect they could be lying because the truth is too uncomfortable.

One thing I wouldn't do: I wouldn't try to silence them. I would not ask government or corporate censors to silence them on my behalf because they are dangerous. I do think they have a right to lie. I have a right to point out their lies. And I don't have to protect them from the consequences of their lies.

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Pick your method of destruction

Meningitis or Bone cancer. Those are the choices on the ballot-- at least the choices the installed "president" will be picked from.

I don't even care which you think is which, until you start pretending one is a good choice. No one is suited to govern another. No one has the right to do so. No one has the right to impose a politician on another person.

There's no such thing as a "right to v*te". If you think it's necessary, then the consequences are yours to bear. As with any time you think it's "necessary" to do something you have no right to do. I get it. 

Do so with the understanding that you are doing something you have no right to do. 

Yes, this means I am opposed to democracy, just like I'm opposed to other types of dictatorships.

If I knew for sure one choice would bring about collapse and the other would keep the "system" limping along for a few more years, I'd make the collapsitarian's choice. I might even v*te for it. I don't think it's clear which would do that- but I'm certain none would "save" anything worth saving.

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"Safety" isn't about safety anymore

“Safety” has become a meaningless word.

Usually, when the word is used it means whatever government (or government supremacists) want it to mean. As in, "Stay away and leave this to us".

After the helicopter crash in Houston the other evening I saw a video showing the Houston police department’s “safety update”. Mostly the part I saw looked like a compliance update. “Don’t touch anything because it’s evidence”. I didn't even hear anyone make an argument for "safety". Normally they'll at least give it a poor try.

Sure they’ll use safety as an excuse but that’s all it really is-- an excuse. When government doesn’t want you to touch something or do something, they say it’s for “safety”. Even if that has nothing to do with it. 

And people comply because it sounds "reasonable" to them.

"Safety" is the lie underpinning anti-gun legislation.
It’s the justification for car rules.
It's the excuse used to prohibit "immigration".
It's behind all prohibition.
It's the deception behind the police.
It’s the reason people get caged over raw milk.

This overuse (and misuse) of “safety” makes me hate the very idea. Danger, or the possibility of danger, is the spice that makes life worth living.

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