We're Not One of Them. We're One of You.

At the Libertarian Institute, we feature independent intellectuals who strive to understand our world and communicate that understanding to you. We don’t work for Lockheed or K Street or Qatar. We work for you. Support the Libertarian Institute Today!

$4,681 of $60,000 raised

The Most Dangerous Superstition – Book Summary and Analysis

by | Feb 2, 2021

BitChute full audiobook: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/wyyDUTS1T7Lj/

The belief in “authority,” which includes all belief in “government,” is irrational and self-contradictory; it is contrary to civilization and morality, and constitutes the most dangerous, destructive superstition that has ever existed. Rather than being a force for order and justice, the belief in “authority” is the arch-enemy of humanity.   Pg. 3

 

If human beings are so careless, stupid and malicious that they cannot be trusted to do the right thing on their own, how would the situation be improved by taking a subset of those very same careless, stupid and malicious human beings and giving them societal permission to forcibly control all the others? Pg. 26

 

Perhaps most telling is that if you suggest to the average person that maybe God does not exist, he will likely respond with less emotion and hostility than if you bring up the idea of life without “government.” This indicates which religion people are more deeply emotionally attached to, and which religion they actually believe in more firmly. In fact, they believe so deeply in “government” that they do not even recognize it as being a belief at all. Pg. 29

 

If, for example, someone has a “right” to housing, and housing comes only from the knowledge, skills and efforts of other people, it means that one person has the right to force another person to build him a house. Pg. 117

 

All statists believe that the people who make up “government” have an exemption from basic human morality, and not only may do things which others have no right to do, but should and must do such things, for the (supposed) good of society. The type and degree of aggression varies, but all statists advocate aggression. Pg. 121

 

To quickly review, people cannot delegate rights they do not have, which makes it impossible for anyone to acquire the right to rule (”authority”). People cannot alter morality, which makes the “laws” of “government” devoid of any inherent “authority.” Ergo, “authority”-the right to rule-cannot logically exist. Pg. 144

 

BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/aPEsWX6I9EgO/

LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/The-Most-Dangerous-Superstition—Book-Summary-and-Analysis:4

Minds: https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1137111640390201344?referrer=KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone

Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/tmds-book-fin-summary-434-merged-video

Keith Knight

Keith Knight

Keith Knight is Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute, host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast and editor of The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes.

View all posts

Our Books

Shop books published by the Libertarian Institute.

libetarian institute longsleeve shirt

Our Books

15 books

Recent Articles

Recent

The Origins of “Racism”

The Origins of “Racism”

https://youtu.be/u7gkXI-yP_k "How very interesting that the first mention of "racism" in modern history was paired with "classism." As in class struggle." - Karlyn Borysenko, A Brief History of Racism Karlyn Borysenko is a psychologist and independent journalist,...

read more
The Truth About the Pulse Nightclub Massacre

The Truth About the Pulse Nightclub Massacre

https://youtu.be/kAhzQRcJX20 …[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...

read more
Four Lessons From Thomas Sowell w/ Dr. Phil Magness

Four Lessons From Thomas Sowell w/ Dr. Phil Magness

https://youtu.be/Zd-YZU11sVM “Japanese immigrants to the United States also encountered persistent and escalating discrimination, culminating in their mass internment during World War II, but by 1959 they had about equaled the income of whites and by 1969 Japanese...

read more

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This