“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
“I'm not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers. I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them to be "authority", and so do their bidding, and pay for their empires, and carry out their orders. I don't care if there's one looney with a stupid moustache. He's not a threat if the people do not believe in "authority".” GovernmentFreedomLibertyLibertarianDelusionAnarchySuperstitionStatismVoluntaryismAncap 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
“When I argue with devout statists, sometimes other voluntaryists tell me that I'm wasting my time, opining that a particular statist is never going to "get it." I often respond by saying that that's rarely my intention. Most of the time, when I argue with statists, the goal is for ME to learn more about the mentality and psychology of authoritarian indoctrination, and to hopefully help any SPECTATORS--whether statist or anarchist--learn something from the exchange. (Both of those goals can be achieved even if the statist continues to be a lunk-headed dupe.) Earlier today, a funny but possibly profound analogy came to mind about this: When I argue with "true believer" devout statists, I'm not being a doctor trying to heal an ailing patient; I'm being a coroner, doing an AUTOPSY on a patient who is already beyond any hope of saving, in the hopes that I, and anyone observing, may learn more about the "disease" of statism, in order to better understand the nature of it, and possibly prevent others from experiencing a similar fate.” GovernmentReligionFreedomLibertyLibertarianAnarchyCoercionSuperstitionStatismVoluntaryismIrrationalityNon Aggression PrincipleAncapNap Author:Larken Rose
“Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.” GovernmentReligionFreedomLibertyDemocracyViolenceAbuseSlaveryLibertarianVotingAnarchyTaxationCoercionSuperstitionElectionsStatismVoluntaryismAncapAnarcho CapitalismStockholm SyndromeSophism Author:Larken Rose