Fear the Political Class
By Scott Wagner
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And the real motives and spirit which lie at the foundation of all legislation---notwithstanding all the pretences and disguises by which they attempt to hide themselves---are the same to-day as they always have been. They whole purpose of legislation is simply to keep one class of men in subordination and servitude to another.
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Lysander Spooner wrote the above quotation in his piece “Natural Law,” published in the year 1882. His words resound today as clearly—if not more clearly—than they did 130 years ago.
The political class regards itself as divided. The Left and Right stand before us, constantly bickering amongst themselves about what would be the best way to rule everyone else.
This is a show. A grand, theatrical lie.
Using surveillance powers invented by the Patriot Act, the right-wing Attorney General Albert Gonzales has begun building up an FBI attachment to investigate the purveyance of “obscene” materials. Forget that the Federal government has no authority to do so.
The left-wing politicians in power have fought long and hard to collect income taxes and redistribute the money in charitable social programs. Forget that the Federal government has no authority to do so.
Forget all of these things.
The Constitution has become a nuisance to the goals of the political class. They provoke wars without declaring them; they suspend trial rights and presume that the innocent are guilty; they pander out to whatever interest groups promise them more and more power. They attack the foundations of liberty and free trade that built this failing nation.
Politics in America is now about divvying up the spoils of the plunder. The political class passes laws every day that make criminals out of innocents and terrorize their own people. Through it all, of course, they smile through their teeth at us; they promise us better government, faster government, friendlier government. They are here for our own good, they say.
But like Spooner said, they are nothing more than thieves. They are liars. They are extortionists. They have no desire to change anything; the system already gives them so much.
Forget what they say, and what they have taught you to believe. They do not have the rights and powers that they so underhandedly usurp. Forget everything they have ever told you, for it is all lies.
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And the real motives and spirit which lie at the foundation of all legislation---notwithstanding all the pretences and disguises by which they attempt to hide themselves---are the same to-day as they always have been. They whole purpose of legislation is simply to keep one class of men in subordination and servitude to another.
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Lysander Spooner wrote the above quotation in his piece “Natural Law,” published in the year 1882. His words resound today as clearly—if not more clearly—than they did 130 years ago.
The political class regards itself as divided. The Left and Right stand before us, constantly bickering amongst themselves about what would be the best way to rule everyone else.
This is a show. A grand, theatrical lie.
Using surveillance powers invented by the Patriot Act, the right-wing Attorney General Albert Gonzales has begun building up an FBI attachment to investigate the purveyance of “obscene” materials. Forget that the Federal government has no authority to do so.
The left-wing politicians in power have fought long and hard to collect income taxes and redistribute the money in charitable social programs. Forget that the Federal government has no authority to do so.
Forget all of these things.
The Constitution has become a nuisance to the goals of the political class. They provoke wars without declaring them; they suspend trial rights and presume that the innocent are guilty; they pander out to whatever interest groups promise them more and more power. They attack the foundations of liberty and free trade that built this failing nation.
Politics in America is now about divvying up the spoils of the plunder. The political class passes laws every day that make criminals out of innocents and terrorize their own people. Through it all, of course, they smile through their teeth at us; they promise us better government, faster government, friendlier government. They are here for our own good, they say.
But like Spooner said, they are nothing more than thieves. They are liars. They are extortionists. They have no desire to change anything; the system already gives them so much.
Forget what they say, and what they have taught you to believe. They do not have the rights and powers that they so underhandedly usurp. Forget everything they have ever told you, for it is all lies.
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