Anarchyville? Horror!
3 thumbs up for Anarchy!
Close your eyes, open your mind and
imagine the peace, serenity and security of Anarchyville. Think Galt’s Gulch
without the alliteration…
Yes, semantics has given Anarchy a bad
name, turning it into a one word horror story. But unlike The Amityville Horror, the only “demons” in Anarchyville are its natural enemies:
Aggressive Ignorance and Terminal Stupidity – with an occasional guest
appearance by Human Nature.
As some run screaming from this page,
let’s take a moment to Compare and Contrast the much-maligned Anarchy with its
dominant competitors: Democracy, Tyranny, Fascism, Communism, Collectivism,
Statism, all other –isms, –ocracies, -archies and vinyl siding*.
Kings, princes, politicians and petty tyrants
in funny hats have sold the human race on the “great deal” their form of
Government will provide: health, wealth, peace, security and happiness – with
just a soupcon of Force thrown in to keep the “peace and security” part intact.
And to enforce the laws. And promulgate regulations. And attend special
interest. And chaperon personal
agendas.
Despite politicians’ perpetual promises of
reform (see Hercules 5th Labor), with the incremental permanence of
rust, Force remains to resume its ugly work: total subjugation of the
people, despite the politicians’ promises or the peoples’ protestations.
So… why not Anarchy?
Checking with the family etymologist, I learned the root of “anarchy” comes from an old Greek word “without a ruler”.
(And here I thought I missed a Geometry class). Well, who needs a Ruler? When
thinking about your daily life, what areas require a Ruler? Do you need a Ruler
to: sleep? Shower? Shave (men mostly). Apply make-up (women mostly). Eat?
Drive? Work? Buy? Sell? Save? Make/raise babies? Pet the dog? Hang out with buds?
Die? Aren’t these actions we do reasonably well as our own Ruler?
Yes, of course, there are those who
will always take advantage and ruin it for others – just like losing Recess
because of the morons in the back of the classroom. Why should everyone else be
forcibly subjected to losing Freedom when it’s the actions of the spitball Morons
who should be demonized? Of course, Zero Tolerance and “One Size Fits All”
rules work quite well when ignoring reason and breaking the will of the
individual is Job 1, the top priority
of any form of Government. Talk about Horrors!
Like the poor, the Morons will always
be with us, just as there will be muggers, thieves, politicians and Direct
Marketing callers. But Anarchy never promised a rose garden. Anarchy puts it
out there, warts and all. It’s the warts that terrify those allergic to the
exercise of Individual Responsibility, without which Freedom and Liberty cannot
exist. In its absence, Government rushes in to assume the orphaned I R and –
wah-la! The Nanny State of a breed referenced above is born.
Whatever happened to that “…yearning to be Free” thingy?
As Washington (George) noted “Government
is force...” I would add Government in
any form is Force; Force is the antithesis of Freedom and, therefore,
immoral. Full grown, Force is War, war against countries, people, drugs, -isms
and ultimately, the individual. Government fulfills its mission by
perfecting efficient tactics of War with guns and regulations to extirpate Freedom,
to deny every individual their inalienable rights, not “preserve and protect”
them. It looked good on paper but it’s contrary to the nature of Government.
Consider: "life" does not require government imposed healthcare, as proven by millions of years of evolution. Liberty" does not require government imposed mandates to buy things I don't want. "Happiness" is being able to make my own decisions for myself, not dictated by government panels.
At various levels, we
are all Anarchists. Most just haven’t realized it yet. Many
resist because Society has demonized the concept to the point of knee-jerk
revulsion or plain old fear. Sadly, there are also Fans of Force who
think Governments’ Men With Guns are just Santa's elves disguised as Robin Hood's Merry Men.
Anarchy is anathema to their Utopia which is our nightmare. Wittingly or
un-, these are today’s Winston Smiths, accepting the “2+2=5 assertion…obedience
to ideology over rational truth or fact”.
When
referring to what passes for governance, my friend, Walter Williams, is fond of
saying, “[We are] pushing back the boundaries of ignorance with the moral
superiority of Freedom.” To which I would add: the only moral governance is
self-governance and self-governance is Anarchy 101. Everything else is a
manifestation of immoral, aggressive force. Paraphrasing P.J. O’Rourke: There are just two rules of
governance in a free society: You can’t hit people and you can’t take their
stuff. Everything else is negotiable.
Wow!
The moral superiority of freedom, non-aggression, un-coerced exchange! Welcome
to Anarchyville!
We have seen what the
–isms and –ocracies have done to the human race. While politicians co-opted Peace, the Media became the modern Ministry of Truth, re-writing
reality for their party. In our lifetimes – or just over
the past 6 weeks – we have seen the future. Before it’s too late, let's give Anarchy a chance.
*Humor - Ed.
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