As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Muh Flag,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“The Religion of Statism”
My Commentary: I am unapologetically against all organized religion, including the secular varieties!
The following debate originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “Stand Up and Act to Improve!“…
Rayn: Indeed! And, every time an individual shills for centralized government, the wall of oppression rises!
“Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, they send forth a tiny ripple of hope… These ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” – Robert F. Kennedy
Stephen K.: And those ripples often rebound as assassinations! 🙁
Adam G.: Okay, it’s kind of getting really obnoxious that you reduce all rhetoric about oppression to being about centralized government. That might be your position, but there are other viewpoints and you are totally discounting them.
Rayn: To reply to your comment, Stephen, I’ll quote Lauryn Hill: “Knowing my condition is the reason I must die!” 🙂
Adam, that sounds like a personal problem, if you ask me! I discounted nothing, and just so happen to not consent to being governed by the “representatives” of the collective! I choose to focus on and write about the oppression committed by centralized government in a great deal of my posts because it is very special interest of mine – as I continue to personally endure the tyranny of this system DAILY – so, you are incorrect in your statement that I “reduce *all* rhetoric about oppression to being about centralized government.” There are, indeed, other forms of oppression taking place in this world besides the kind I typically focus on, and yet, NOTHING I’ve written here, or even previously, discounts their existence, whatsoever! I’d love for you to prove otherwise!
As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Voluntaryism,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“If statists say we need government to control bad people… what about the bad people who join government to control others?”
My Commentary: The centralized governments of the world empower the same criminals they claim to protect their citizens from. These predators, in turn, legalize their criminality, while criminalizing our humanity. And, apparently, as we attempt to destroy this parasitic relationship using the poison of TYRANNY, it only adapts to the new environments we create for it, while we weaken ourselves for an even worse infection! Now is the time for us to use the elixir of true FREEDOM to heal and rid ourselves of this Beast system! Let the way we live actually reflect reality, with EVERY Individual speaking in their own unique voice! Embrace the EQUALITY and JUSTICE of Individual Sovereignty, which logically, peacefully demands our adherence to the The Non-Aggression Principle, and opens the door to Voluntaryism!
(note: though I previously shared a Philosoraptor meme version of this quote in April of 2012, within my post, “Critical Thinking: The Original ‘Check and Balance’!,” I still felt compelled to offer up an alternative commentary when I saw it again, due to the inspiring nature of this artwork)
