War Revisionism | Gary North

The Carl Davis Lecture, presented at the 2012 Mises Institute Supporters Summit: "The Truth About War: A Revisionist Approach". Recorded at Callaway Gardens, Georgia, on 26 October 2012. Includes an introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

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[jeffersonianideal]

"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."

-Thomas Paine

[jeffersonianideal]

I am not arguing that Stalin, Hitler and Mao weren't mass murderers. Nor am I disputing the death toll numbers. But they did not kill as a result of their disbelief in nothingness. They murdered because they were evil criminals. If someone who doesn’t believe in astrology for example, happened to kill someone premeditatedly, their motivation for committing the crime didn't stem from their lack of belief in planetary influence.

[jeffersonianideal]

I see you have returned following an extended hiatus and with a different identity. This is effortlessly recognizable from your unimaginative yet discernible pattern of venomous defamations.

You’ll need to explain how a libertarian, committed to the axiom of non-aggression can simultaneously be a defender of genocide. This cerebral paradox should keep both of your neurons occupied at least briefly.

[jeffersonianideal]

First you call me a Leninist, now I'm a fascist. It's obvious you wouldn't know the difference between a fascist and flatulence. Don't worry, your intellectual inadequacies are safe here in cyber space. No one will notice.

[jeffersonianideal]

Not that there is cause for your concern but you should have at least been able to easily figure out that I am an avid anti-communist and a devoted libertarian and anarcho-capitalist. Furthermore, I started and have owned a small business for over 20 years. I have never been a government employee unless you consider forced taxation a form of servitude to the Leviathan State. Care to print a retraction or would you rather fall back on the shortcomings of your government education?

[O Yakamochi]

The Age of Statist Coercion is slowly but surely coming to an end. People are starting to speak out boldly against the materialist religions, such as Nazism and Marxism, in the name of which so many millions of innocents have been killed. We are entering a peaceful age of political decentralization! This means, among other things, that you will have to admit to having been an enthusiastic supporter of mass murder! But that's okay. Confession is good for the soul.

[O Yakamochi]

Responding to yourself? Makes sense in a way. You can only be understood by other fascists. There aren't enough of them on this site to keep you entertained.

[O Yakamochi]

Blog Squad? You should be getting ready for your annual Lenin's Birthday Bash instead of monitoring this site. Get a job. (Government jobs don't count.)

[jeffersonianideal]

Spammer?

[jeffersonianideal]

I didn't understand a word you have written in your latest, vapid response but I'll defend to the death your inalienable right to confuse me.

[jeffersonianideal]

Theonomy has been defined as “the state of being governed by God.” I do not consider the Leviathan State to be god, nor to I accept the totalitarianism of a celestial dictator. I do not wish to be under the thumb of a despot from heaven or from earth. Laurence Vance, a Christian and a principled libertarian whose views I (by and large) respect wrote a short editorial on lewrockwell dotcom entitled, “We Need an Atheist President.” I won’t begin to quote it out of context.