Government is worse than a robber

quote by Lysander Spooner (many others have done this, but I decided I'd do one too, since the quote is absolutely awesome!)

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• spooner
• anarchy
• law
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• robber
• libertarian
• capitalist
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[thetruedarkvision]

It's funny that Communist believe the government is the ultimate robber as well, and believe in the abolition of the state, and it's just the differences in reasons for this and what should replace it that separates Libertarianism and Communism.

[Austrolibertarian]

You've vastly over simplified it to make a baseless point. Communists are fine with taxation until the rise of the "New Socialist Man" comes about, wherein taxation will no longer be necessary. Libertarian anarchism doesn't require man's personality to change at all and considers taxation invalid at all times.

[Gettinghitonattheban]

Spooner was a harsh critique of The Constitution or the idea of a social contract in general. Read "No Treason." Clearly he not would vote for the "way of the founding fathers." Spooner was way more intelligent than any Minarchist. A Minarchist is an Anarchist with stockholms syndrome. So my advice is DON'T VOTE.

[thorsmitersaw]

maybe you should stop putting words into our mouths and do some reading on the protection of business by state. Or are you one of these fools who thinks the state is not the PROP for corporate ills, but the savior against it?

I am really tired of the vulgar anti-libertariansim

[themagus187]

Bravo

[capojitsu]

Two people here works for the Government

[ThundermanSze]

Uhmm... I don't know anything about Spooner or his philosophy. But... this guy is awesome!!!

[TardsOfParadise]

THIS MAN IS AN EPIC MACHINE.

[RationalDischarge]

If this were a just and sane world, we'd be naming (voluntarily-funded) roads, parks, libraries, and schools after men of peace and principle like Mr. Spooner, instead of the state-legitimized and popularly-aggrandized bullies to whose memory most of these institutions are dedicated.

Just once I'd like to tool down a Spooner Expressway, or Mencken Avenue.

[collapseofthedollar]

best. quote. ever.

[THAWK3]

@Gettinghitonattheban

He was correct though as nobody could ever produce evidence of this supposed "social contract",thats because it's takes a healthy "State" education to believe that.

But they could always beat that idea into you.

[Thucydides2004]

I'll be out of the loop for a couple of days, but I'll go ahead and favorite that video for later and get back to you when I've viewed it. I'm also beginning to wonder at what genre Spooner falls under, so I'm going to try to look that up to see if that helps elucidate the issue any.

[dannidandannikins]

I'd like to refer you to the video 'Freedom and Selfishness' on my channel. Selfishness is the promotion of one's happiness, not the seizing of other people's values. To be happy one requires three fundamental values: Reason, Purpose and Self Esteem. Reason is the tool of knowledge. Purpose is the choice of one's happiness to which that tool must be directed and Self Esteem is the knowledge that you are capable of using reason and worthy of happiness.

[Thucydides2004]

Just thinking aloud on that last post. Those are two most disparate solutions for a common problem that I can think of.