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A Lawyer Explains “The Myth of the Rule of Law”

by Keith Knight | Feb 4, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/ee4NHbDnd2U I refer to the myth of the rule of law because, to the extent that this phrase suggests a society in which all are governed by neutral rules that are objectively applied by judges, there is no such thing. As a myth, however, the concept of the rule of law is both powerful and dangerous. Its power derives from its great emotive appeal. The rule of law suggests an absence of arbitrariness, an absence of the worst abuses of tyranny. The image presented by the slogan "America is a government of laws and not people" is one of fair and impartial rule rather than...

Reminder: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Almost Started a World War Based on a Lie

by Keith Knight | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

On November 15th, the Associated Press reported that "A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people". Since Poland is a member of the North American Treaty Organization, that would mean that America along with its allies in NATO are effectively at war with Russia. President Zelenskyy parroted this lie by saying "Hitting NATO territory with missiles. … This is a Russian missile attack on collective security! This is a really significant escalation. Action is needed,” according to The Hill. All this turned out to be a hoax which...

Social Cooperation vs. Parasitic Barbarism (feat. Tom Woods)

by Keith Knight | Jan 30, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/4qIhVISK-N4 If all human beings are intrinsically power-hungry and savage, how can we solve our problems by giving ultimate law-making and law-enforcing authority to one particular group of such appalling animals?... The libertarian anarchist contention is not that under anarchy things would be perfect, but that they would be better than they now are. – Gerard Casey, Ph.D., Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State (2012, Continuum International Publishing Group), pp. 74–75. A free pdf of The Voluntaryist Handbook can be found here. BitChute

Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism

by Keith Knight | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the Koran. …[W]e now have the first complete data set of all suicide terrorist attacks around the world from 1980 to 2009,…research on who becomes a suicide terrorist showed that virtually none could be diagnosed as mentally ill, while many were religious and, most striking, nearly all emerged from communities resisting foreign...

War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder

by Keith Knight | Jan 28, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another state — they praise it!... If a man on seeing a little black were to say it is black, but on seeing a lot of black were to say it is white, it would be clear that such a man could not distinguish black and white... So those who recognize a small crime as such, but do not recognize the wickedness of the greatest crime of all......

Genuine Conservatism Opposes War

by Keith Knight | Jan 24, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/-xusygFr6cE [W]ar is simply a euphemism for theft-funded mass murder, a blatant crime that we would never dismiss if non-government actors were to engage in it. What if justice required us not to have double standards? This book seeks to dispel the belief that morality applies differently to government employees. If it is immoral for me to do something — say, conscript people to perform labor against their will — how can I justifiably vote for a representative to do such a thing on my behalf? - The Voluntaryist Handbook BitChute

Reminder: Government Regulations Caused the Baby Formula Shortage

by Keith Knight | Jan 22, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/LDsgZiUVNb4 [T]he FDA's unnecessary and protectionist rules that effectively ban foreign-made baby formula from being imported into the United States. - FDA Finally Admits It Caused the Baby Formula Shortage, Reason.com BitChute

Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing

by Keith Knight | Jan 21, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express yourself". A far better way of representing people's preferences: Decriminalize all capitalist acts between consenting adults! For more, see The Voluntaryist Handbook. Occupational licensing is a phony guardian of public safety that hikes prices, protects existing practitioners from competition, and raises barriers to work and...