In today’s world, where politicians are corrupt (when were they not?), the government oversteps its boundaries, bureaucrats defies economic logic and the military-industrial complex embarks on new foreign ventures every single year, being an enemy of the state could actually be a badge of honor.
Who would ever want to support such a system? Oh, wait. Nevermind. We already know the answer to that question.
How exactly can one become an enemy of the state? Well, as previous documents have shown us, if you’re a Ron Paul supporter, libertarian, Christian, have a Don’t Treat On Me flag and continually espouse the inherent evils of government then you’re already a state enemy.
Of course, individuals can do a lot more than that to really become a true enemy of the state, one that is filled with sound logic, history, facts and an understanding of economics. Let’s face it: the government doesn’t like an informed citizenry – how else do you think it has been able to get away with so much over the past decades?
By uttering these 10 things to a politician, you will immediately be classified as an enemy to the state and you will be viewed as an adversary to the federal government, whether it’s a Republican or Democratic administration. Murray Rothbard had that very same famous moniker, so you’ll be in excellent company.
- Won’t invading foreign lands, intervening into their own domestic affairs and killing thousands of innocent civilians just bring about hostility and even more enemies?
- By substantially printing more money and increasing the money supply, you’re devaluing the nation’s currency and effectively hurting the lower- and middle-class.
- When increasing the minimum wage you’re actually producing “compulsory unemployment” for youth, minorities, immigrants, the unskilled and uneducated. Why does the government hate the people?
- If you criminalize drugs, alcohol, prostitution and other products and services that do not incite coercion then won’t it establish an underground economy that will then lead to more crime and violence?
- Every student is different and not every single child can be taught the same as others. It is time to modernize the education system, get the federal government out of the way and give the teachers’ unions less power.
- There is no real competition during the election cycle because it’s a two-party system. It’s similar to selecting either Coke or Pepsi, they make the same product, and it’s very unhealthy.
- The Federal Reserve cannot determine what an interest rate should because that is a function of the free market. The central bank will distort the marketplace by producing an arbitrary rate and thus contribute to the business cycle.
- The government can’t decide what wages should be as that is the role of the market. Wages are given to individuals based on their human capital and how much value they can provide a company with.
- Economic and financial sanctions are an act of war.
- I would prefer to have a commodity-backed currency, like gold and silver, instead of worthless fiat money that is manipulated by the central bank.
The majority of what is stated in the article is correct. This is the problem. In the early 1970’s there was a research study done at Stanford University with several graduates and several members who had quit Stanford. The results of the study showed that roughly 98% of the general public will follow something as long as there is someone deemed positive and “real” presenting it. 98% of the worlds people are followers. No different than ants, moose, bees or monkeys. No matter how people look at themselves, it is “human nature”. 2% run things, weather that be corporations or drug cartels. They are all part of a supply and demand system and I personally do not look at 1 and say they are bad or good and if I did it would probably be the bankers and corporate leaders who would be “bad”.