Episode 114 - Obedience to and support of statism

Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey http://reason.tv/video/show/1050.html People in government don't honor your practice of self-ownership Most people have self-induced blindness regarding the coercion and tyranny of government The Honor of Being Human: Why Do You Support? by Arthur Silber http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/12/honor-of-being-human-why-do-you-support.html There can be no valid reasons for demands of obedience, because such demands violate voluntary, uncoerced agreement http://warisimmoral.com Daniel's site as conscientious objector To choose one's rulers--what irony! The political process (voting) is fundamentally unjust and immoral Authoritarian/obedience-oriented parenting brings about statism Psychologist Haim Ginott's insights: http://www.betweenparentandchild.com/ Even if you must obey for self-preservation reasons, it's still important to convey the injustice and immorality happening to those who are violating your rights "Public property" is a complete denial of self-responsibility in the realm of property rights Governments exist through the sanction of the general populace; they must appear to protect and provide To obey is to ultimately support Denial of self-responsibility invariably leads to immoral actions Self-responsibility and its Effects on Obedience and Aggression http://www.logicallearning.net/obedience.html Voluntaryism vs Objectivism Q&A 1 (of 5) http://www.youtube.com/hotforliberty#p/u/4/vNNQ3C14qGM bumper music "Mental Slavery" by Kreator http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697