Self Ownership - www.mogulus.com/peacefreedomprosperity

Philosophy of Liberty, Self Ownership www.mogulus.com/peacefreedomprosperity
This philosophy is based on the principle of self-ownership. You own your life. To deny this is to imply that another person has a higher claim on your life than you have. No other person, or group of persons, owns your life nor do you own the lives of others.
"You exist in time: future, present, and past. This is manifest in life, liberty, and the product of your life and liberty. The exercise of choices over life and liberty is your prosperity. To lose your life is to lose your future. To lose your liberty is to lose your present. And to lose the product of your life and liberty is to lose the portion of your past that produced it.
"A product of your life and liberty is your property. Property is the fruit of your labor, the product of your time, energy, and talents. It is that part of nature that you turn to valuable use. And it is the property of others that is given to you by voluntary exchange and mutual consent. Two people who exchange property voluntarily are both better off or they wouldn't do it. Only they may rightfully make that decision for themselves.
"At times some people use force or fraud to take from others without willful, voluntary consent. Normally, the initiation of force to take life is murder, to take liberty is slavery, and to take property is theft. It is the same whether these actions are done by one person acting alone, by the many acting against a few, or even by officials with fine hats and titles.
"You have the right to protect your own life, liberty, and justly acquired property from the forceful aggression of others. So you may rightfully ask others to help protect you. But you do not have a right to initiate force against the life, liberty, or property of others. Thus, you have no right to designate some person to initiate force against others on your behalf.
"You have a right to seek leaders for yourself, but you have no right to impose rulers on others. No matter how officials are selected, they are only human beings and they have no rights or claims that are higher than those of any other human beings. Regardless of the imaginative labels for their behavior or the numbers of people encouraging them, officials have no right to murder, to enslave, or to steal. You cannot give them any rights that you do not have yourself.
"Since you own your life, you are responsible for your life. You do not rent your life from others who demand your obedience. Nor are you a slave to others who demand your sacrifice. You choose your own goals based on your own values. Success and failure are both the necessary incentives to learn and to grow. Your action on behalf of others, or their action on behalf of you, is only virtuous when it is derived from voluntary, mutual consent. For virtue can only exist when there is free choice.
"This is the basis of a truly free society. It is not only the most practical and humanitarian foundation for human action, it is also the most ethical.
"Problems that arise from the initiation of force by government have a solution. The solution is for people of the world to stop asking officials to initiate force on their behalf. Evil does not arise only from evil people, but also from good people who tolerate the initiation of force as a means to their own ends. In this manner, good people have empowered evil throughout history.
"Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to focus on some imposed vision or goal. Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth and typically results in unintended, perverse consequences. Achieving the free society requires courage to think, to talk, and to act—especially when it is easier to do nothing."

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[poleske]

Self ownership is merely a term invented by those who despise the idea of the vast majority having LIBERTY.... Self ownership is a philosophy directly contrary to that of liberty. All ideals of self-ownership should be held in the idea of liberty... however this new concept makes it ok for one to be coerced ... by means of not wanting to starve.... to rent/buy the majority of their life to another who will effectively own the live that you willingly sold/rented.

humans are not commodities

[evryonesacritic]

@poleske you have it all wrong. Self ownership is FREEDOM!

If you own yourself you belong to you and no one else.

[katlizard21]

Very important video crit...thank you for sharing. And I think you should listen to Blessed333, he is only looking out for your soul man ;)

peace homeboy

-k

[evryonesacritic]

Kat you have only written that because you know that god does NOT exist but you don't have the BALLS to admit it and say that you are an Atheist. Why don't you just admit it you are an Atheist - Just because you don't understand how the world and the universe was created is a LAME excuse. For you to say that you don't believe that god exists, and you don't believe in the bible, then say that you are not an Atheist is a contradiction. Stop being a God Fearing Bastard ADMIT your an Atheist!

[AngelusBarney]

well. if he believes that god and gods don't exist, he is an atheist automatically. but if he just does not believe the bible. He could just be a different religion.

But i do agree that if he is an atheist, he should admit it. But i will admit that i am a christian. But i have my own opinions, that if he gave us life, liberty, and the ability to have possessions, he wants us to protect them dearly. but i do think that many churches try to murder, enslave and steal from people.

[evryonesacritic]

I am an Atheist Yes! - No one or supernatural power has a higher claim on my life. I own my own life, no one else does.

I do not subject myself to collectivism, I am an Individual that can think and act for myself and I am responsible for my own actions.

[Boxmanboxman]

BLESSED I completely respect your right to believe in a godly universe and would never dream of infringing on your right to that. But would you extend me the same courtesy if I believed in a godless universe.

Now this doesn't prevent you from persuading me that God exists- I would probably enjoy everlasting life and happiness (who wouldn't), but PLEASE do not use force to make me believe in God.

And FYI, religion is the #1 cause of death throughout history, its fantacism that kills us

[reel1840]

be the best, beat the worst. come out strong.USWE because we are the best.

[caspringer09]

If you were to sell your car, can you chose to stop "selling" your car once it's been bought? No. That car was sold and is now owned by the buyer. If you are able to quit "selling" yourself at anytime, you haven't sold yourself. It's more like you've sold you're time/labor. The notion of selling involves an owner and an owned object. These are two separate entities. A slave is owned by a slave master. If he could leave whenever he wanted, he's not a slave. Your employer doesn't own you.

[peterpiperl]

@muderousegg teeeheeee

[peterpiperl]

@caspringer09 many of us do sell ourselves on the free market for a fancy car & lots of other crap.we do allow ourselves to be owned. fortunately, we own ourselves every moment of our lives & we can decide to quit selling ourselves at any moment.

[caspringer09]

My question to those who follow this idea of "self-ownership":

If you own yourself, as you can own a car, can't you then go and sell yourself/body as you could a car that you owned? And if you would you then belong to the buyer? Because if you did, you no longer own yourself and have no "self-ownership".

You ARE yourself, you don't OWN yourself.

(I do agree with much of the video though, particularly on acting to create a better world, even when doing nothing is easier. Good music too.)

[OuTofJoY]

"SELF-OWNERSHIP" is an IDIOTIC definition of liberty.

You don't "own" yourself - you ARE yourself. Geez.

This is just weasel nonsense, to confuse discussions of a SOCIAL character (acquisition and maintenance of property) with the entirely private (liberty, personal sovereignty.)

Nice try pseudo "anarchist" capitalists and right-wing "libertarians" - but the color of liberty has always been RED.

[kropotkinbeard1]

This video also reminded me of Scientology @nsrymj. It's funny as well as absurd. There are holes in the logic big enough to drive jumbo jets through. It's pure nonsense and just another attempt by anarcho-capitalist deviants to try and construct a nice sounding theory, I mean, who wouldn't want to "own themselves", in order to perpetuate further pillage and plunder. And, like Scientology, I could pull a better idea out of my butt in about 5 seconds. (See G.A. Cohen)

[addvanced]

@nrsrymj or they bank shills or Scientologists, lol

[ThatDifferentGuy]

not to impose. but. FUCK YOU

[oihhow]

whats the song?