“The truth is, one who seeks to achieve freedom by petitioning those in power to give it to him has already failed, regardless of the response. To beg for the blessing of “authority” is to accept that the choice is the master’s alone to make, which means that the person is already, by definition, a slave.” GovernmentEvilPoliticsFreedomLibertyDemocracyMastersTradeLibertarianSocialismCommunismAnarchyIndividualismRulersFreeTheftCoercionNatural LawCollectivismStateStatismVoluntaryismIndividual RightsLaissez FaireIndividual FreedomNatural RightsNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismSubjugationTotalitarianFree MarketsPetitionVoluntaryist Author:Larken Rose
“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Steal a fish from one guy and give it to another--and keep doing that on a daily basis--and you'll make the first guy pissed off, but you'll make the second guy lazy and dependent on you. Then you can tell the second guy that the first guy is greedy for wanting to keep the fish he caught. Then the second guy will cheer for you to steal more fish. Then you can prohibit anyone from fishing without getting permission from you. Then you can expand the racket, stealing fish from more people and buying the loyalty of others. Then you can get the recipients of the stolen fish to act as your hired thugs. Then you can ... well, you know the rest.” GovernmentEvilPoliticsFreedomLibertyViolenceCapitalismSlaveryLibertarianSocialismCommunismAnarchyTaxationFree MarketTheftCoercionSuperstitionCollectivismStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of EconomicsInitiation Of ForceVoluntaryist Author:Larken Rose
“There is nothing virtuous or noble about being "tolerant" of people whose attitudes and behaviors you approve of. If you don't defend the freedom of even those individuals whose attitudes and behaviors you find disgusting, narrow-minded and offensive, then you are not tolerant. To "tolerate" doesn't mean you like it or approve of it; it means only that you ALLOW it to EXIST--i.e., you refrain from violently interfering. The people who look to "government" to FORCE people to be "nice" are not tolerant.” LawEvilPoliticsFreedomLibertyDemocracyViolenceSocietyLibertarianSocialismAnarchyFreeEnforcementCoercionZombiesCollectivismStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapMob RuleIdiocracyVoluntaryistStatists Author:Larken Rose
“Collectivism is the "philosophy" of every cockroach and sewer rat: "If I want it, I must need it, and if I need it, I have a right to it, and if I have a right to it, it doesn't matter what I have to do to get it." The fact that such an inherently animalistic, short-sighted, anti-human viewpoint is now painted by some as compassionate and "progressive" does not make it any more sane, or any less dangerous.” PhilosophyGovernmentEvilPoliticsIndividualFreedomLibertyRightsLibertarianSocialismCommunismAnarchyIndividualismCoercionNatural LawCollectivismStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNatural RightsNon Aggression PrincipleAncapFree MarketsSelf Ownership Author:Larken Rose
“Irony: Taking a 170-year-old envy-based "philosophy," which has led to the murder of several hundred million human beings and the oppression of billions more, and calling it "progressive".” GovernmentEvilPoliticsLibertyLibertarianTyrannySocialismCommunismAnarchyAggressionCoercionCollectivismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapTotalitarianFree MarketsRegime Author:Larken Rose
“But who would build the roads if there were no government? You mean to tell me that 300 million people in this country and 7 billion people on the planet would just sit around in their houses and think “Gee, I’d like to go visit Fred, but I can't because there isn’t a flat thing outside for me to drive on, and I don’t know how to build it and the other 300 million or 7 billion people can’t possibly do it because there aren’t any politicians and tax collectors. If they were here then we could do it. If they were here to boss us around and steal our money and really inefficiently build the flat places, then we would be set. Then I would be comfortable and confident that I could get places. But I can’t go to Fred’s house or the market because we can’t possibly build a flat space from A to B. We can make these really small devices that enable us to contact people from all over the word that fits in our pockets; we can make machines that we drive around in, but no, we can’t possibly build a flat space.” GovernmentFreedomLibertyTechnologySlaveryLibertarianSocialismAnarchyBureaucracyTaxationTheftUtopiaCoercionStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireRoadsAustrian School Of Economics Author:Larken Rose
“When enough people understand reality, tyrants can literally be ignored out of existence. They can't ever be voted out of existence.” GovernmentPoliticalPoliticsFreedomLibertyDemocracyLibertarianTyrannyVotingDelusionAnarchySelf KnowledgeTotalitarianismCoercionAnarchistSuperstitionStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncap Author:Larken Rose
“Dear Anarcho-Communist, If you and I ever find ourselves in a stateless society, have no fear. Just mention that you are a communist, and I promise I will never try to "oppress" and "exploit" you by offering to trade with you, or by offering to pay you to do work. Sincerely, Larken Rose” FreedomLibertySocietyLibertarianSocialismCommunismAnarchyCoercionSuperstitionCollectivismStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismAncomLibertopia Author:Larken Rose
“Property taxes' rank right up there with 'income taxes' in terms of immorality and destructiveness. Where 'income taxes' are simply slavery using different words, 'property taxes' are just a Mafia turf racket using different words. For the former, if you earn a living on the gang's turf, they extort you. For the latter, if you own property in their territory, they extort you. The fact that most people still imagine both to be legitimate and acceptable shows just how powerful authoritarian indoctrination is. Meanwhile, even a brief objective examination of the concepts should make anyone see the lunacy of it. 'Wait, so every time I produce anything or trade with anyone, I have to give a cut to the local crime lord??' 'Wait, so I have to keep paying every year, for the privilege of keeping the property I already finished paying for??' And not only do most people not make such obvious observations, but if they hear someone else pointing out such things, the well-trained Stockholm Syndrome slaves usually make arguments condoning their own victimization. Thus is the power of the mind control that comes from repeated exposure to BS political mythology and propaganda.” GovernmentSchoolEvilPoliticsForcePeaceFreedomLibertyViolenceMediaSlaveryTradeLibertarianSocialismCommunismPropagandaAnarchyFreeTaxationFree MarketTheftMafiaCoercionSchoolingCollectivismIndoctrinationStatismPublic EducationPublicBrainwashingVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapInitiation Of Force Author:Larken Rose
“Think what it implies when you say that a country needs leaders. In your day-to-day life, you interact with all sorts of other individuals. And that's all society is: the collective name for lots of INDIVIDUALS. But for some inexplicable reason, we're taught to believe that one huge, arbitrarily chosen assortment of individuals (the "citizens" of one human livestock farm--I mean, "country") need some control freaks acting as intermediaries in order to interact with a different arbitrarily chosen assortment of individuals (the "citizens" of some other human livestock farm--I mean, "country"). Because gee, how could I and some random person in the middle of China possibly leave each other alone if we didn't each have a gang of narcissistic sociopaths claiming to "represent" us? Oh, wait a minute. That's exactly how and why pretty much ALL wars happen: because different gangs of power-happy psychos pit their pawns against each other in violent conflict, while claiming to "represent" subsets of humanity. One more example of how "government" is a problem posing as its own solution.” WarGovernmentPoliticsPeaceFreedomLibertyLibertarianAnarchyCoercionStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapFree Markets Author:Larken Rose