Episode 122 - Challenging the voting meme

In this show, I comment on a clip from http://freetalklive.com, which involved the hosts discussing the nature of non-voting with a callerhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/ftl/FTL2010-09-27.mp3 (clip starts at 14:15)STR Non-Voting Archivehttp://www.strike-the-root.com/vote.htmlWhat evidence is there that anyone wants the "services" provided by those in government, since they are coercively imposed?Even if you're an advocate of http://agorism.info, you still can't escape the statist economic matrix, a society in which most people abide by laws, regulations, taxes, and a fiat currency system, not to mention the "public school" systemRespect for individuals, in principle, can never be achieved via the coercive collectivistic organization of government; government violates individual rights by definition"Public goods" arguments, being fallacious, are just excuses for statism and tyrannyhttp://www.vforvoluntary.com/wiki/PublicGoodsA Theory of the Theory of Public Goods by Randall G. Holcombehttp://mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/RAE10_1_1.pdfFallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security by Hans-Hermann Hoppehttp://mises.org/journals/jls/9_1/9_1_2.pdfPareto Optimality, External Benefits and Public Goods: A Subjectivist Approach by Barry P. Brownsteinhttp://mises.org/journals/jls/4_1/4_1_6.pdfPublic Goods And Private Solutions In Maritime History by Larry J. Sechresthttp://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae7_2_1.pdfPublic Spending and Public Goods by Thomas DiLorenzohttp://mises.org/media/1444 (includes mp3 audio)http://www.thefreemanonline.org/departments/book-review-private-means-public-ends-voluntarism-vs-coercion-edited-by-j-wilson-mixon-jr/Competition and Political Entrepreneurship: Austrian Insights into Public-Choice Theory by Thomas J. DiLorenzo http://mises.org/journals/rae/pdf/RAE2_1_3.pdfThe political system won't conform to sound principles; you will have to compromise sound principles to conform to the political systemThe Ethics Of Voting - Part 1 by George H. Smithhttp://voluntaryist.com/articles/001a.phpStatist judges have no understanding of justice and objective law; rather, they violate them on a daily basis; therefore, being a "juror" for a statist judge does not accord with justice and objective lawhttp://marcstevens.netRoot-striking questions...http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/8208221There is no such thing as a "liberty-minded principled candidate"; Ayn Rand grasped the essence of this, even though she forwarded the ethical and political contradiction of governmenthttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.htmlhttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/moral-practical_dichotomy.htmlhttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/theory-practice_dichotomy.htmlTHE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mannhttp://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtmlAdam and Pete (of http://libertyontour.com) striking serious Libertarian roots on Declare Your Independence!http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Liberty/messages/boards/thread/9803960bumper music "Ballot Box" by Destroy Everythinghttp://destroyeverything.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697