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July 2012

“Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician’s ear: ‘You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.’” —Wendy McElroy (via thinksquad)

True, but voting is not necessarily a bad thing. If I vote for someone who’s only stated purpose is to downsize the government, then my vote is justified and I am no less an anarchist.

(via maxvoluntarist)

THINKSQUAD: I’m always confronted with;

1. Isn’t it better to vote for the lesser of evils than not vote? If we didn’t vote, wouldn’t we be at (bigger) risk of evil elites’ coming into power?

2. If voting does legitimize the whole process, but then, how could we change the system? Shouldn’t we start a political party that promises to gradually abolish the government? How else could “Minarchy/Anarchy be instituted but through political means?”

Answer: Imagine that it is the Klan that you are trying to change instead of government. Would you join in the lynching’s thinking that would change the Klan?

If the doctor told you that you had Cancer, would you tell the doctor, no don’t get rid of it all, I still want a little Cancer.

Jul 2, 2012555 notes
#maxvoluntarist #Anarchy #anarchism #voting #Government is CANCER
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” —

George Orwell (via erobre)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

…sums up Orwell’s quote in 4 words.

(via lifting-of-the-veil)

Jul 2, 20123,454 notes
Love Is Blindness Jack White

Love is Blindness-Jack White (U2 cover from the 1991 album, ‘Achtung Baby.’)

Jul 2, 201216 notes
#Love is Blindness #Jack White
“No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: “But what would you replace it with?” When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?” —Thomas Sowell
Jul 2, 201247 notes
#Thomas Sowell #anarchy #freedom #anarchism
“National Health Insurance means combining the efficiency of the Postal Service with the compassion of the I.R.S. … and the cost accounting of the Pentagon.” —Louis Sullivan
Jul 2, 201225 notes
#Louis Sullivan #Anarchy #anarchism #healthcare
“There’s never been a good government.” —Emma Goldman
Jul 2, 201265 notes
#Emma Goldman #Anarchy #anarchism
“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” —James Bovard
Jul 2, 201250 notes
#James Bovard #Anarchy #anarchism
“The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates.” —Tacitus
Jul 2, 201247 notes
#Tacitus #anarchy #anarchism
Jun 30, 201212 notes
#Healthcare #Tax #Admiral Ackbar
“Nationalism does nothing but teach you how to hate people you’ve never met.” —Doug Stanhope. (via anarchyagogo)
Jun 30, 2012856 notes
“Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.” —Leo Tolstoy
Jun 30, 201227 notes
#Leo Tolstoy
Jun 30, 201257 notes

June 2012

Jun 29, 20121,896 notes
Jun 29, 201262 notes
#anarchei #choice #ethics #freedom #liberty #morality #philosophy #poster #virtue #without choice there can be no virtue #libertarian

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xcallmejudasx reblogged your post: There are two different types of people… one who uses violence to get what they want and the other person who doesn’t… it essentially boils down to what type of person are you?

I’ve gotten into a few debates about this. While I generally don’t condone violence as the first course of action I am not against it when it’s needed. Reasoning with your oppressors only works if they are logical and willing to listen to reason, which most of the time they aren’t. That leaves you to deal with them in a language they understand and more often than not that is violence. Sure you’re better equipped and better funded but we have the support of the people and the numbers. For everyone of us you take down 3 more join our side.


THINKSQUAD: All fights, verbal or physical, are a break down in communication. When is the initiation of force ever needed? You said most of the time, people, human beings- are not willing to listen to reason? So you beat your kids, or your wife, if you feel they will not listen? Sorry to say this, but most people do listen, it’s the violence that they are reacting to in a bad way.

Jun 29, 20124 notes
#xcallmejudasx
There are two different types of people... one who uses violence to get what they want and the other person who doesn't... it essentially boils down to what type of person are you?
Jun 28, 201225 notes
#violence #anarchy #anarchism #thinksquad
The State: A centralized coercive monopoly, which claims the right to initiate force within a given geographic area.
Jun 28, 201212 notes
#Stefan Molyneux #The State #Freedom
“The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.” —Frédéric Bastiat
Jun 28, 201225 notes
#Frédéric Bastiat #quote
Jun 28, 201291 notes
“A tax that’s not a tax, that’s not intended to collect revenue and is designed to coerce citizens to purchase a private product as a condition of breathing in a free country.” —
Jun 28, 201214 notes
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