He's Spartacus
There is no social contract. There is only coercion. I do not consent. Contributor to @Backbencher. Starver of beasts. Thought criminal.
Demand an EU Referendum....
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Smash the state, one blog post at a time.: A Warning to my Countrymen
I beseech you, be ever mindful of how you conduct yourselves! I have learnt recently that Rome has been set ablaze. Know that mine was the generation of bloodshed against a tyrannous government. Though yours has grown fat & bloated, do not be tempted to raise arms against it in the town square, or anywhere you seek to protest!
Only if your homes, and very lives are at stake should you raise anything but your voices!
I admit, I once looked upon the French Revolution favourably.
I was mistaken.
It failed because they lacked direction. It failed because they were too brazen and violent. It failed, most notably, because they had no plan for what to put in it’s place. The people of France were so disillusioned as to think a down-and-out Mr. Bonaparte would be a better option than their King. So they asked not how or what he planned to do for them, but went with him willingly & without question.
They gave themselves an Emperor!
It was hardly the liberty they had expected.
But, as it is, you have the wolf by the ear, and you can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is on one scale, & self-preservation in the other.
Let yourselves fight at the ballot box. Too long have you left your government up to those who do not represent you! You have the tatters of the system my generation has left you. I beg of you, use it! Strip away the fat, & get down to leaner meat.
However, if the state should, unconstitutionally, seize your possessions and remove you from your homes by force you should then, and only then, remember that the tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. Only in such cases, however, should this pruning be employed.
Be ever mindful of how you conduct yourselves. It is this generation that will be remembered as either the last generation of Americans, or the greatest that ever lived.
Some profound Thomas Jefferson shit right here
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In which a scientific poll in New York shows that 55% of Republicans support increasing taxes on those making at least $1 million per year.
Gonna guess that right-wingers and Republicans across the country think that Republicans in New York are stupid and just shut up already.
All this demonstrates is that the overwhelming tonnage of human flesh across America, (or throughout the world for that matter) is as welfare-addicted as any “too big to fail” corporation (General Motors? Citicorp?) and that they still think there is a choice.
Now run along and find out what your taxes really pay for (a clue…. it isn’t welfare, roads, bridges, healthcare, or even America’s disastrous foreign entanglements) then ask yourself why governments are the only entities on the planet that receive more money (borrowed money - damn! I only went and answered my own question about taxes!) the worse they perform, and why the productive sector of the economy, the sector that creates real, sustainable jobs, is the one that always gets squeezed.
Tell the truth and shame the devil, this is about envy, not providing for the poor, isn’t it?
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…in freed markets the power would rest with the 99 percent of us who buy the products, not the 1 percent who sell them. In freed markets the power really would be with the people — ours to grant or withdraw as we see fit. It’s bailouts, subsidies, and monopolies that give the 1 percent power over the rest of us. Asking for government to rectify this situation would be to give even more power to a smaller group, namely the 535 members of Congress.
—Steven Horwitz (via everyoneswrongbutme)
Interestingly enough, the regulations on corporations help the market more than anything. Bailouts and tax deducations for bad business practices are what’s making it bad. The problem is that big corporations are in bed with all of our senators. The one’s that aren’t receive no backing, and can’t get anything done.
(via wrongaudience)
And how would more government regulations help this situation? “Corporations own the government, let’s ask the government for help.”??? I mean, I mostly agree with what you said except for the first sentence. By definition, regulations hurt the free market, whether or not you believe in the free market is another debate.
(via everyoneswrongbutme)
I think you’re being rather charitable there.
What he actually did was make a statement and then spend the rest of the comment contradicting it.
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I try to avoid political things, but this one was particularly good.
I don’t.
And yes.
It was.
(Source: yoofie, via nomosshere)
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I’m sure you’ve all seen this knee-slapping piece of false equivalency by now. SO FUNNY AND TRUE except nobody’s saying there shouldn’t be corporations or products. And the point of the protests is not that we shouldn’t have good hair dye or street signs, but rather that corporations should maybe pay their fair share and/or not move jobs overseas. Also it would be difficult to record these protests on a homemade cigar-box camera. And this picture seems to be a direct rebuttal of that other recent picture, which exposed some clear hypocrisy (citizens demanding zero taxation while being kept safe and sound by the benefits those taxes pay for), while all this one exposes is that people tend to wear clothes when they’re outside. And social networking is not “by corporations” by and large. OTHERWISE RIGHT ON THE MONEY!
Way to get libertarianism completely wrong, Dave.
Street signs aren’t paid for by taxes. Taxes pay the interest on money that is borrowed into existence by the (private) Federal Reserve, thereby inflating us into poverty and serfdom.
Hey, #Occupywallstreet, #UKuncut….
So you’re angry with banks and corporations? Nothing wrong with that.
Where did you buy the food you ate yesterday? How did you pay for it? Cash? Credit card?
Did you phone anyone? Send an email? Post on a blog?
Are you demanding that your government “does something” to rein in capitalism (which isn’t capitalism at all, by the way, but that’s another story)?
If the answer to that last question is “yes”, as I suspect in the vast majority of cases it is, then all you are doing as you march, bellow “revolution” through a megaphone or call for higher taxes, is sustaining the very corporate machinery that you want to bring down.
The best thing you can do to hurt global corporatism (which, I repeat, is not capitalism) is….absolutely nothing.
Instead of a day of action, have a day of inaction; a do nothing day.
Or better yet, walk or cycle to where you’re going, grow your own vegetables, keep a few chickens, buy your food direct from a local producer…. the corporations, who are laughing at you right now, will hate you for it.
Are you really serious about stopping the banks and corporations? Do you really want to be free?
You are being led by the nose by the unions and the activists, who are as much part of the unspoken quid pro quo between the banksters and statism as any Wall Street fatcat.
You’ve been misled. You’ve been took. Time to educate yourselves.
Good afternoon to you.
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Hey, #Occupywallstreet, #UKuncut….
So you’re angry with banks and corporations? Nothing wrong with that.
Where did you buy the food you ate yesterday? How did you pay for it? Cash? Credit card?
Did you phone anyone? Send an email? Post on a blog?
Are you demanding that your government “does something” to rein in capitalism (which isn’t capitalism at all, by the way, but that’s another story)?
If the answer to that last question is “yes”, as I suspect in the vast majority of cases it is, then all you are doing as you march, bellow “revolution” through a megaphone or call for higher taxes, is sustaining the very corporate machinery that you want to bring down.
The best thing you can do to hurt global corporatism (which, I repeat, is not capitalism) is….absolutely nothing.
Instead of a day of action, have a day of inaction; a do nothing day.
Or better yet, walk or cycle to where you’re going, grow your own vegetables, keep a few chickens, buy your food direct from a local producer…. the corporations, who are laughing at you right now, will hate you for it.
Are you really serious about stopping the banks and corporations? Do you really want to be free?
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I’m heading up there tonight in my dress blues. So far, 15 of my fellow marine buddies are meeting me there, also in Uniform. I want to send the following message to Wall St and Congress:I didn’t fight for Wall St. I fought for America. Now it’s Congress’ turn.
My true hope, though, is that we Veterans can act as first line of defense between the police and the protester. If they want to get to some protesters so they can mace them, they will have to get through the Fucking Marine Corps first. Let’s see a cop mace a bunch of decorated war vets.I apologize now for typos and errors.
Typing this on iPhone whilst heading to NYC. We can organize once we’re there. That’s what we do best.If you see someone in uniform, gather together.
A formation will be held tonight at 10PM.
We all took an oath to uphold, protect and defend the constitution of this country. That’s what we will be doing.
Hope to see you there!!
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The 21st Century Comrade: The Comedy of Economics
I don’t believe I am the only person who views these pitiful attempts as futile. Increasingly the people of the UK are waking up to the horrible realisation that free market in reality means, servitude to big money and democratically elected governments are nothing more than puppets.
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Of course, clear thinkers know it means nothing of the sort, and since we haven’t seen free market capitalism, anywhere, in several generations, I’m intrigued as to how you know.
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Do we honestly require any further evidence that our entire body politic is corrupt to its bones?
— He’s Spartacus commenting at The Telegraph -
If presidential candidates were elected based on how well they rewarded their political donors, then Texas Governor Rick Perry would lead the pack. Since 2001, more than a fifth of the $83 million in campaign donations received by Perry have come from his past and present political appointees. In 2009, the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washigton cited his administration’s rampant cronyism in naming him to its “Worst Governors” list. A recent analysis of Perry’s 150 largest political donors by the LA Times found that more than half of them received hefty business contracts, tax breaks, or appointments from the governor. Here are ten Perry supporters who’ve been handsomely repaid for their patronage:
—Rick Perry’s 10 Worst Crony Capitalists
