Consent of the Governed Is a Lie
We’re told government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. Then show me the consent. Millions voted against it. Tens of millions didn’t vote at all. Silence is not a signature.
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We’re told government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. Then show me the consent. Millions voted against it. Tens of millions didn’t vote at all. Silence is not a signature.
People ask me a lot about hell and how a loving God can do this or that. I don’t know anything about it. I didn’t become a Christian because I’m afraid of hell — I became one because I was living in a hell I had condemned myself to.
Tucker Carlson hinting at a new party has reignited the call for more choices on the ballot. But more parties is just more of the same game. America does not need another political party — it needs fewer politicians.
Government is a mafia—functionally, morally, and structurally. Peel back the language, the ceremonies, and the pledges, and what is underneath is a protection racket.
A Facebook argument over Fauci, COVID, and Trump reveals how deeply Americans are trapped in red-versus-blue politics—and why the real conflict is the state versus you.
You don’t need the high weeds. The official record is already enough. The Conspiracy Theories collection turns admitted government operations into questions people cannot ignore.
Restrictionist libertarians defend government borders as public property, abandoning individual liberty and embracing collective ownership in the name of realism.
Defund the Police and Back the Blue appear to offer opposing visions. Both sold Americans different paths to the same authoritarian state.
For as long as there have been rulers, there have been people who do not want to be ruled—and people so comfortable in chains they find the unchained indecent, insane, and dangerous.
Force is the opposite of persuasion. When an idea is truly good, it can be explained, defended, and supported voluntarily—without threats, punishment, or coercion against peaceful people.