THERE ARE BUT THREE WAYS TO CONTROL A PEOPLE: 1) MORAL ARGUMENT i – Tools: Relig

THERE ARE BUT THREE WAYS TO CONTROL A PEOPLE:

1) MORAL ARGUMENT

i – Tools: Religion. Shaming. Rallying. Deception. Obscurantism.

ii – Threat:Inclusion and Exclusion from the benefit of group membership.

iii – Our defense: Reason, Science, Propertarianism (the logic of cooperation)

2) VIOLENCE

i – Tools: War. Law. Police.

ii – Threat: death, deprivation, takings.

iii – Our defense: The Militia. Rule of law. Common Law. Constitution. Property Rights.

3) REMUNERATION

i – Tools : Fiat money. Fiat Credit. Taxation. (extraction)

ii – Threat : deprivation. poverty.

iii – Our Defense: Precious metals. private money. digital currency.

A PEOPLE MUST POSSESS THESE DEFENSES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE PREDATORY STATE.

a) Reason. Science. Propertarianism.

b) The Militia. Rule of Law. Common Law. Constitution. Property Rights.

c) Natural Money. Private money. Digital Money.

IT IS AFTER THE PEOPLE POSSESS THESE THINGS, AND ONLY AFTER, THAT IT IS SAFE TO USE THE STATE FOR MUTUAL INSURANCE AND CARE-TAKING.

The government is a very dangerous thing. Like all dangerous things, it may have benefits. But only if the dangers are handled with the extreme caution that they deserve. Like all harmful things, the state will harm those who attempt to gain its benefits without paying the high cost of its careful handling.