Showing posts with label Libertarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Libertarian. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Comply or die: Eric Garner and philosophy of power

On the unfortunate day that Eric Garner died, he expected to be alive, he just wanted to expose to the world through a simple video how evil big government is, harassing him everyday. His death has robbed the world of the message he originally wanted to share, that the system was choking him, hindering, even though he had nothing. The system wanted him to have nothing unless he complied with everything the system demanded, paying taxes for at times selling a single cigarette.
 
Eric Garner decided that day to show the world his plight against this massive regulatory system that fights against his freedoms. By trying to expose evil, Garner paid the ultimate prize, he lost his life.
 
As fate would have it the death of Garner has hit two nerves and both equally painful for the victims, lack of freedom and racism. The two should never be confused, defeating racism is not gaining freedom, it is at best winning legal right to be considered a citizen. The question of freedom is answered by the question are the citizens free, not being a slave is part ways towards freedom. Being a citizen does not guarantee freedom.
 
Garner, the lone wolf, was saying that although he is no longer a slave but a citizen having rights, including the right to vote, by doing a harmless activity like selling loose cigarettes, big government harasses him everyday, one of few ways available to him to put bread on the table. Garner is said to have been breaking the law as big government needs taxes for its many programs.
 
War and armies are big costs. In good times Eisenhower warned about the military industrially complex, the largest government program. This program as well as others all need taxes to finance them. Times are now bad and going to get worse, hope will not make wages rise, real incomes for most have fallen since the 60's, now even the common man is worried about government spending and regulations that come with large government. It is a problem when the likes of Garner die for not complying. Big government always requires regulations and means of enforcing regulations, cops are there to enforce government regulations, if one does not comply there is punishment given out.
 
Had Garner survived the stand against the police who were making sure all comply with government regulations, the YouTube video of his stance would have been seen by at most perhaps 1 000 people and only those with a libertarian stance would have felt for him. But Garner did not survive, he died telling the police "I can't breath." Here is another black male being killed by the instruments off the state.
 
Pent up emotions have risen up, the whole black community feels that it "can't breath." Except for those blacks of course like Morgan Freeman who believe as life was generous to them there is no racism. Most blacks believe more often than not they are treated unfairly, why the marches all over the world with words "I can't breath." Events trigger emotions when enough is enough. It is not about Mike Brown, it is about the community. Eric Garner the cigarette on all moral grounds did not have it coming, Eric Garner the black man like all other common black man has taken enough, he definitely did not deserve what happened to him.
 
As he died with what has become a slogan, he was figuratively speaking for the whole community, blacks feel they can not breath. A black male must work three times as hard just for same recognition as a white. Union bosses even though claiming equal treatment always treat whites better and give them first opportunity. Promotions always take so much longer in the office. Always people trying to imply because of your skin color you are not good enough. To be accepted must hate your own, accept you are not like those other blacks you are like a white.
 
How can entire people just give up, look at the inner city, the chaos is giving up, societies demands of comply to impossible demands wore most blacks out. Blacks have done everything to be accepted women have their hair like whites, blacks have given up their minds believing whites must give approval of something for it to be true, yet still this is not enough, it creates resentfulness. After all this, black wealth is nothing compared to white wealth on average. Imagine having to work three times as hard and be considered lazy working twice as hard. What about when something goes missing, always same question did you see who took that, are you sure? Black is always the thief.
 
On a personal note I have done more than Stephen Hawking, he has discovered no principle of the universe just a cripple who tried, do not feel sorry for him ask him what he has achieved. Hallmark of a scientist is to discover and prove not to get a fancy Phd, we do but somehow I have not complied enough to white supremacy, I can't even put out an editorial in science magazines, the black mans place is below a white, that is how to rob a people. Stop cowering, if some Harvard professor had discovered that material behaves differently according to dimensions they would be scientist of the year, run from those liberals, they are dangerous.
 
 The same people will send money to Africa claiming it is to help with black education, blacks are being conned by the powers that be. It was always a con meant to deny black people yet for ever try and act to young blacks look we build schools for you, whilst decimating those blacks with original thought. Of course planned along time ago with the likes of liberal and CFR President Jimmy Carter endorsing worst forms of racism  to keep blacks poor with his national security council.
 
Having children one gets to watch channels like Disney, shows like Austin and Ally. Austin many times sings black hip hop inspired music especially from the 90's. Yet twice Austin's music was stolen by blacks, have not seen an episode when whites steal his music. It is not so much about the music, who cares if he copied a black style sometimes, everybody copies everybody its an honor to be copied, what hurts is the implication that blacks only steal music from this Austin character, they keep on telling lies, so much for a colorless world.
 
Nobody can get the black people to prosperity except the conscious efforts of black people together they break this social chokehold. Irrational demands lead to irrational results, that is why few of us who believe in black potential are libertarian, we try not to hate but understand humans to be great must willingly work together, get out of the black mans way.
 
We need to remember the words of Bob Marley, "we will survive in this world of competition because no matter what they do natty keep on coming through," understanding that free completion is highest form of collaboration.  RIP Garner, dying like a dog for freedom,to feed his family.
 
Bhekuzulu Khumalo 

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Liberty, Freedom and Free markets on Twitter [II]



"How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." -Adolf Hitler (Ban The Left)

Smaller government means larger freedom. (Candice)

There hasn't been a more effective answer to poverty than free enterprise b/c it's the only system open for ppl to create their own success. (Candice)

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad governments results in too much government." -Thomas Jefferson #libertarian (Alex Mansour)


I feel like most people just want to feel safe & be left alone. #libertarian (Libertarian Rant)

@RogerBurgess3 Markets thus enable the efficient reallocation of capital (decentralizing capital), and by doing increase wealth broadly. (Taylor Davidson)

If currency ever loses its ability to claim real product in exchange, it loses all meaning as a currency (Taylor Davidson)

If #libertarians are not willing to communicate their ideas or work together the liberty movement will go nowhere. (John Yowan)

BIGGEST LIES: I'm from government & here to help! The check is in the mail! I am not a dictator! (Greg Anderson)

For example, how can you manage everything and everyone, very much like a farm, but not treat people like livestock? A: You can't. (michael)

Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of the people. - Lew Rockwell (Mises Institute)

Desire of Knowledge, like the Thirst of Riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it - Laurence Sterne 1713-1768 (chaz graner)

“Individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace & humanity” — the judges at Nuremberg, 1945. (coɴsτɴτιɴε)

The end of the U.S #dollar empire is not the end of the world; just the start of a new one with people tired of #systemic debt & death. (Irving Aquino )

"The most fundamental purposes of Government is defense, not empire." #Libertarian #quote (Alex Mansour)

Just be yourself, and do it right. #responsibility (Dan Patenaude)

Libertarians Want to Make World Better for Everyone bit.ly/1aJbxbH (Taylor Davidson)

Want to help the poor? Restrain the Fed, expand energy exploration, remove barriers of entry to start a business, lower the tax burden (Bob @Libertarian_76)

If printing/creating $ out of thin air stimulates the economy, Bernanke would send a check to all of us instead of the banks. #EndTheFed (Pepper-LibertyTalks@PepperLSnyder)

I remember when democrats defended privacy rights and didn't want govt to spy on what library books we got, now they are ok with the #NSA...( John Yowan@Yowan)

If we want more jobs created we have to cut regulations and taxes and simplify the tax code to make it easy to start a business #libertarian (John Yowan@Yowan)

We believe in the inalienable individual right to keep and bear arms. Like if you do too! (Defend Liberty@DefendT2A)

No freedom til we're equal damn right I support it. (snail@hayleyromano)

The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins , IT'S HUMAN RIGHTS FOR EVERYBODY THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. live on. And be yourself. (snail@hayleyromano)

right but if we all just try to survive (go along to get along), we'll never be free. Somebody has to say to fuck it and fight (Joslyn Stevens@JoslynStevens)


If printing/creating $ out of thin air stimulates the economy, Bernanke would send a check to all of us instead of the banks. #EndTheFed (Pepper-LibertyTalks@PepperLSnyder)

Never let people build you up, build yourself for personal reasons. If they build you up they can break you down. (Peter D Hillard Jr@Mr_hillard)

The only people mad at you for speaking the truth are those living a lie. Keep speaking it. (LibertyTalks@j3VOL)

Liberty and #free markets do not stand against our natural social interaction and voluntary association, but against plunder's injustice. (The truth is ...@LibertySeeds)

I can say with all honesty that I'm a conservative-leaning #libertarian. I can also say I refuse to watch #FoxNews. (Katy Garcia@KatyNeufeld)

I'm a #libertarian! Because I'm lazy. It is hard enough to run my life. I don't want stress of running your life also. (Nathan@DarthN8r)

People who tell the truth are labeled as crazy but those who lie 2 protect status quo are patriotic & given a platform to promote corruption (Joslyn Stevens@JoslynStevens)

The difference between me and you: I dont use my opinion to decide what you should/shouldn't be able to do (Garreth Smith@garrethsmith)

"Only liberty can achieve man’s prosperity, fulfillment, and happiness." -Murray Rothbard #AnCap #Liberty (Len Stone@WorseQuaker)

Watch news for a while or pick up a newspaper & the depressing reality hits you that the govts screw up EVERYTHING. Then they screw up more. (Screwed by State@ScrewedbyState)

Our society is made up of regulators regulating regulations which regulate other regulations for regulators. Silly right? #Libertarian #tlot (Jose Shnanderson@Th3AverageJoe)

"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." - George Orwell (Nicholaus Sorrentino@AgainstCronyCap)

An armed man is a citizen. A disarmed man is a subject. (Libertarian Nation@LibertarianWing)

A Libertarian is a person who can't tell right from left. (Libertarian Nation@LibertarianWing)

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the gov't of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the gov't of others? — Jefferson (YALiberty@YALiberty)

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it (John Yowan@Yowan)
"The more corrupt a State, the more it legislates." –Tacitus (The Libertarian Republic)
Totalitarian tyranny is not based on the virtues of the totalitarians. It is based on the mistakes of the liberals- Albert Camus. (The Mad Hatter@dhruvster)

People either are free to decide their own lives or forever controlled by a centralized form of authority. Let us be #Free! #Libertarian (Jose Shnanderson@Th3AverageJoe)

If you oppose a personal choice, must you ban it for everyone? Couldn't you just stick to commanding family and close friends? (Philip Schuyler@FiveRights)

Not only do we allow people to have an insane amount of power, but we have no interest in even SOCIALLY shunning them once they've done evil (Lucy Steigerwald@LucyStag)

#liberty #freedom must win first the battle of minds and logic #libertarian (Bhekuzulu Khumalo@bhekukhumalo)

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Free Markets, Liberty, and Culture



In a strictly economic sense the free market is about competition and maximum choice. It is important to understand that a market cannot fail. The markets job is simply to distribute production, the market is the interaction between human beings when they buy and sell goods and services. Markets just bring buyers and sellers together. If there is one buyer and one seller, that is still a market as the act of buying and selling took place. The market can either be free or controlled. As long as there is production the market will exist, to talk of market failure is to show ignorance of the market and what it is. One can talk of failure of production and reduced goods and services available in the market, but the market itself is a neutral concept, it can never fail, as long as there is exchange of goods and services, the market has done its job.

A free market concept merely says that anybody can participate in the buying and selling of goods and services. The free market says anybody capable can produce goods and provide services. This is opposite to a market that is under total government control where only the government can provide goods and services. The free market again is very different from a situation where the government decides who in their private capacity can produce goods and bring them to market, this is not free market, once you hear there are legally only so many banks, so many phone companies, so many insurance companies, that is not the free market, the government has decided who can produce and provide services. But remember, a market still exists, be the market free, partially controlled as in fascism or totally controlled as in communism. Once you hear of bailouts and subsidies, rest assured that market is not free, the players, the suppliers of goods and services have already been decided by the government. A free market says that the suppliers of goods and services are left to their own devices, if you are inefficient then you lose, the government will not come and bail you out or give you a subsidy, nobody gets special treatment.

Sports is an excellent example of the free market, there are set rules and the individual or team plays. The authorities do not handicap one team or individual in favor of another, that would be rightly called cheating. No one capable is refused a shot if they believe they can make it, one can go to the gym right now and try out their luck in any of the martial arts competitions, tennis or golf for example, as they win they would move up the rankings, authorities do not make rules to handicap anybody, the winner is clear. How does this apply to life outside sports?

When Mike Tyson lost his fortune no government came in and said Mike you were a great champ here is your money back, people would have cried foul, not fair, it is his fault, and rightly so. When a banker loses his money should he not be forced to get another job, he is no good as a banker, he has no aptitude for it, others have better aptitude, but he is bailed out. All over the world government protect monopolies, in Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia the telecommunications sector is protected creating false billionaires who never worked for their money but relied on the government to protect them from competition. They owe the government everything right down to the underwear they wear. Government protects them because they fear those better than them would do a better job if they are allowed.

The government does not subsidize for example the Dallas cowboys or any other Football team, nor does British government subsidize Arsenal or any other soccer team, that would be considered abhorrent and unfair to the others. These are businesses, private businesses, the same logic and principles should hold up for other businesses. What makes one private corporation so special that they can be subsidized by the government and call themselves talented and others lazy whilst they reside in mansions bought for by tax payers.

The free market is a simple concept, nothing evil, it guarantees an individual’s right to be allowed to bring goods and services to market that other individuals have brought to the market. If they are allowed to bring certain goods and services to the market, if you have the resources and business acumen, then you as an individual can do the same?

This brings about the legal aspect of a system of free markets and liberty. The basic legal requirement for a free market system is that everybody is equal before the law. How is that evil? If A can do it so can B. If A can own property, even if A is the government, then B can own property. No individual, no institution, no organization has greater rights than B. If A can take certain action with his property so can B because they are equal under the law, they have the same protection and rights from the law. Equality before the law is a massive concept.

If A can own property so can B. If A can take a certain action so can B. If A can have an opinion so can B and if A has right to tell others his opinion so does B because they are equal under the law, Equality before the law guarantees free speech.  If A can believe in a supernatural being of his choosing so can B believe in a supernatural being of his choosing or none. If A can own arms, equality before the law must guarantee that B can also take the same action. How then is this concept evil, because you cannot have free markets without equality before the law, how then is an idea that says you are free to take action you desire to make a living evil. Anybody who says this evil is the one who is evil as they want to control people and give certain people advantages over others, they want to create serfs, they are the absolute evil, they are the selfish who say their self interests are best served when most of society is handicapped and they have clicks that are more equal before the law than everybody else.

The market is about human interaction. For a seller there must be a buyer, there must be interaction. To provide a service you must be providing that service for another human being. You get to choose the human being you want the service from, you want the goods from. There can be no market for anything without human interaction, it does not make sense.

The free market ensures maturity. A mature mind accepts change, that there is a possibility somebody else can do it better. This is a cultural attitude. A free market is for human beings, by bringing your goods or services to the market you accept you are dealing with other human beings. By accepting that you are dealing with human beings and that money is just that money, a tool of exchange, but to serve its purpose it must have the ability to store value, it is just money, it is human action that gives that money value, not faith, goods and services. When money accepts money is just money, they accept goods and services can come from anybody no matter the religion, the culture, the race, the sex, money will purchase the good or service the owner wants, and will allow anybody else to purchase their good or service.

The free market ensures a culture of positive human action, as all are equal human beings will see that they do not have to join fraternities, political parties, or donate to political parties to get legislation that is beneficial to them, because they can take any action that any other member or members of society can take. Those who advocate any other system advocate inequality before the law, by this they are spreading the culture that some humans are superior to other humans, and their pseudo scientists will keep claiming they have found the intelligence gene in their people and therefore must rule everybody else and laws must be bent for them to get bailouts. Well, if they are so intelligent why do they fear a free market, a culture that accepts all are human beings, a culture that will accept knowledge from any human being, if it is correct it is correct. Only a free market mentality can do that, allow humans to accept other humans.

The free market promotes the idea that one must look after their own self interests, without harming anybody else. Anything less than a free market promotes a culture of selfishness, everything for me, subsidies for me, bailouts for me, government contracts for me, the rest deserve nothing, I don’t even have to be good, I just need the connection who will bend laws towards my favor, that is selfishness. They will use my services or else, and I shall get rich because I have made donations to the right people. Who cares if others are more talented than me. But the media I advertise in will say I am talented or else. The media I advertise in will only show scientists of my people as great, a truly selfish, fearful, thieving, con artist of a human.Yes to them the Free market, equality before the law is their greatest threat.

Accepting all are human beings means people will interact freely with each other not stratified by race, religion, sex, or wealth, but what you have to offer. Free market promotes a superior culture, how can accepting we are all human beings be evil? The most confusing thing is when a descendant of slaves or descendant of apartheid, colonialism  calls the free market evil, what a fool, he/ she thinks equality before the law is evil. Well back to slavery the opposite of free markets and equality before the law.

Bhekuzulu Khumalo
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Liberty, Freedom and Free markets on Twitter [1]




Twitter is a great tool, people are blunt and straight to the point, they only have 140 characters to say what they would like to say. Here are some tweets that discuss free markets, liberty and freedom.

The IRS saying that people are "customers" is like a rapist calling victims "girlfriends" (John Yowan)

you weren't wrong. I was just "excercing" my right to dissent and that's what a libertarian "philosophy" allows us to do #;-) (Shawn J Feid)

We'd all be surprised how efficient and smaller government would be if congress/president had to live by the same laws we do (Libertarian Comic)

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. - P.J. O'Rourke (Famous-Quote.net)

Have faith in the goodness of the individual. It is there. And, sometimes, it's up to us to tap into it.☺ (Dimitri Vassilaros)

I'm not a party worshiper. I look at individuals, regardless of party. (Pepper-LibertyTalks)

It's now Authoritarian vs. Libertarian. Since Democrats vs. Republicans has been obliterated, no real difference between parties...( MATT DRUDGE)

Following anyone or anything without knowledge is weakness... this is why.Seek out the truth~please!( Karen)

 Freedom or Liberty, in my opinion, needs to leave you the right to act your conscience, even if my conscience or PC trends disagree (Simon Acceou Strain)

This is particular to America: Silver Underground | Free State Project Calls for Help Against Police Militarization (Silver Circle)

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims. - Harriet Woods" #libertarian (Chipmunk Spacy)


Greatest threat to liberty in USA is well-meaning people who feel, "I don't like it so you can't do it." (Philip Schuyler)

"If one rejects laissez-faire on account of mans fallibility n' moral weakness one must for the same reason reject any kind of gov't action" (Old Whig)

"There will be (likely) some kind of real financial collapse and disorder that will require a total reconstruction of the system" 14/14 (Screwed by State)

"There's no honest pricing left anywhere in world because central banks everywhere manipulate & rig the price of all financial assets" 13/14 (Screwed by State)

"System we have now is one in which Fed decides,through a Politburo of planners sitting in Washington,how much liquidity is necessary" 11/14 (Screwed by State)

"Suffering inflicted on the 99% by our system doesn't come from free markets but from crony capitalism that is now our economic system" 8/14 (Screwed by State)

"Friedman(wrongly) held the central bank could improve upon the performance of free market by targeting the correct level money supply" 3/14 (Screwed by State)

War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or plague brings-Ludwig von Mises (LibertyTalks)

Authority should derive from the consent of the governed not from the threat of force - Barbie, Toy Story 3 (John Yowan)


Business' cannot pay taxes, people pay taxes-Government does not care for the poor, people care for the poor #Libertarian #tcot (Will Ricciardella)

Insanity: Trusting the government to solve a problem they caused in the first place. #tcot #tlot (LibertyTalks)

To be #Libertarian is to follow the philosophy that allows people to choose their own pursuit of happiness, their own destiny. To live free and be yourself. (Jose Shnanderson)

Hemp is the most useful plant on the planet, I'd say. You can create a plastic 10 times stronger than steal from hemp (Jose Shnanderson)

"Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism." wp.me/p2Unkl-1AM (We Are Libertarians)

It's now Authoritarian vs. Libertarian. Since Democrats vs. Republicans has been obliterated, no real difference between parties...( MATT DRUDGE)

Political parties squabbling over which connected mates get nominated for the taxpayer gravy trains. How charming. (Benjamin Hayes)

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. (J Montana )

Be prepared so you won't have to be scared… Keep control of your own finances i.e. #bitcoin + #phyzz (coɴsτɴτιɴε)

"its hard to free fools from the chains they revere" keep sticking to your beliefs for true equality maybe someday every1 wakes (sean carey)

Democracy is two wolves & a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.-Benjamin Franklin #tcot (Grace Thompson)

After watching 1984, I can only pray that we will not even get to that state of madness!! (Grace Thompson)
"I'm a libertarian because I value individuals and their ability to make the bast choices for themselves!" (The IHS)

you really do believe that gov is still of the people? Then explain the last 13 years (not so angry anymore)

less authority the gov has over you, less power corporations have. How does more gov solve that? (not so angry anymore)

Libertarian philosophy: I'll mind my business, and you mind yours. (Liberty 603)

We should (in my opinion) stop paying taxes if we don't agree with whats going on. (Chuck Burns)

We are more free today than we will be tomorrow. (Libertarian Rant)

black press gets it's stepping orders from leftist think tanks run by white progressives...that's why. (Ξ BLACK REPUBLICAN Ξ)

When's the last time you read the word "freemarket“ in a black publication? (Ξ BLACK REPUBLICAN Ξ)

A society of Freedom. I believe people are good. Not to be treated like pigs. (Governor of Virginia)

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