I’ve had a pretty slow week at work so I’ve been reading the latest thing to show up in my mailbox from AK Press (review soon), browsing the news and catching up on international and civil conflicts from around the world. When taking only a few minutes to read over ongoing conflicts happening throughout the world it is absolutely maddening what the simple idea of non-aggression could accomplish. I am disgusted by the attrocities delt out in the name of government, religion and finally, personal opinion.
In being human there is no reason anyone should not have the right to live their own lives in the way they see most appealing given they are not harming another person. Why anyone thinks the way they feel about any given issue is the right way for everyone to live is a genuine tragedy. Regardless of vote by majority or full blown tyranny, when you choose to control others you are choosing the path of agression over freedom. I can only hope for the total collapse of the U.S. government and in the aftermath having individuals stand up to choose voluntary interaction with one another over the coerciveness of another government.

You did it. You let your voice be heard, and did you make a difference? Did your team win?

Regardless of what your answers are to any of the above questions the only important one may be, are things going to get better now? Regardless of the fact that Barack Obama will be sitting in the oval office come January doesn’t make a damn bit of difference. Problem is, neither your or my best interests are no where close to the top of his priorities. Even if they were, what about those whose best interests do not reflect our own? This is the problem with democracy or such as you voted for, a representative republic.

Democracy is aggression. Whether you are holding the gun or not, when you vote to put rulers in power, you are aggressing against all those who may oppose that rulers ideals. For if we do not agree and dare dissent, we may be forced with threat of violence, imprisonment or by the barrel of a gun to submit. Fact is fact, and this is the path you have chosen.

As George Washington said, “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence. It is force. And force like fire is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”