Egypt: Starvation, Revolution and the Price of Statism

The unreported facts about the riots in Egypt, and a way forward for the Egyptian people. From Freedomain Radio, http://www.freedomainradio.com

Sources: http://www.fdrurl.com/egypt1

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Egypt: The Price of Statism
6,000 years ago, Egypt was the first state. 6,000 years is a long time to try a social experiment out -- how's it going?
Well, after 6,000 years of state rule, more than 40% of Egyptians live on $2 a day.
A tyrant has ruled for over three decades.
Protesters and activists are arrested and imprisoned at will.
70% of the population dependents on food subsidies and handouts from their political masters.
The Egyptian government spends $2.74 billion a year on bread subsidies alone. The government spends more on subsidies -- including gasoline -- than on health and education. This breeds ever-increasing political corruption and favoritism, endless dependence on state handouts, and destroys Egyptian agriculture, because it's impossible to compete with almost free food.
The Egyptian government depends on $1.5 billion of stolen US taxpayer money every year.
Why are the riots happening now?
Well, the food price index has jumped 32% in the second half of 2010, and Egypt is the world's largest wheat importer, reliant on countries like Russia and Pakistan for its food supply. The Russian and Indian governments have both recently banned grain exports, cutting off Egypt, among others.
Egyptian agriculture has tried to make up the difference, increasing its output by over 20% recently, but it's not enough.
Fires in Russia destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of grains; Canada's wheat crop was decimated by heavy rain; arid weather in Argentina devastated the soybean crop, and recent floods in Australia destroyed much of the country's wheat crop.
But it's much more than that.
In America, one third of the US corn crop is forced by government edict into ethanol production, significantly affecting world food prices.
The creation of over $7 trillion worth of debt by the Federal Reserve over the past few years has pumped money into the world's central banks, driving speculation in commodities, also increasing world food prices.
Interestingly enough, my sources tell me that the police have vanished from most neighborhoods, and so people have simply gathered together to peacefully protect their own property from others -- a perfect example of the spontaneous order that always emerges when the state withdraws.
So, to the friends of freedom in Egypt, I say: forget about choosing a new ruler -- look around, at what is working in your own neighborhoods, right now - no taxation, no arrests, no subsidies, no debt - and imagine the possibility of not choosing another master at all!
Where are you going to go politically? American-style democracy? Look at gas canisters that are choking you -- "Made in the USA!" -- look at the bribes of the American government that keep your rulers in power. Don't head that way.
Egyptians -- stop choosing your rulers -- make the only choice that matters -- no rulers!
6,000 years ago, Egypt was the birthplace of the state -- wouldn't it be wonderful if, in 2011, it also turned out to be the grave of statism?

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[jeffiek]

@IronicKismet

1800 Humans know slaves can't be free because there is no history of it working

1900 Humans know machines can't fly because there is no history of it working

2000 Humans know anarcho-capitalism won't work because there is no history of it working.

" there is no history of it working. " is a really lousy predictor of the future.

[rmcdaniel423]

@Sc0ttPrian Furthermore, those privately owned & maintained roads I mentioned tend to be nicer than state maintained roads. And the money for building & maintenance stays in the hands of local workers. Why send $1.00 to the government so they can waste half of it on other crap and make you beg for the rest? The work is done locally. The money and control should stay local, too.

You answered your own question when you wrote "It would be nice if we could choose where our money goes". :-)

[Albukhshi]

@jeffiek

well, heavier than air machines anyhow.

otherwise, agreed.

[fleetcenturion]

Very informative. Also naive wishful thinking. Food shortages may have been a great excuse to light the powder keg, but the events in Egypt, and the rest of the Middle East, were planned and led by its new would-be rulers. The new tyrrany will be even worse than the old one, as usual.

[1GTX1]

@MrTruthUnleashed -.- Did you see a question mark at the end? i was teasing HeyRuka since i know that shes kinda racist. English is not my native language, so maybe thats why you didnt understand... I wonder if anything i write makes sence LOL

[MrTruthUnleashed]

@1GTX1 You wrote "Anarcy, but only for white people, right? :)" 3 weeks ago

[1GTX1]

@MrTruthUnleashed Why are you asking me?

[MrTruthUnleashed]

@1GTX1 Why would ones skin color express which rights one has?

[nasty1182]

POWERFUL

[1GTX1]

@HeyRuka Anarchy, but only for white people, right? :)

[jeffiek]

@nem700 Apparently 6 families have a different opinion about whether it's to their own advantage. But YOU have the morals of a bully and simply chose to force it on them. Not only that, but you want to make them pay for it.

Taxes are a euphemism, they solve the problem of immoral cowards that won't admit what they are actually doing. You don't have the nerve to admit you are forcing your will on people that want nothing other than to be left the fuck alone.