On holidays like Memorial Day, the religious nature of statism becomes starkly apparent. The Consent of the Governed is one of the central myths of statism, a myth that is believed with religious fervor in the face of a complete absence of evidence.
I am the wife of tax heretic / anarchist writer Larken Rose, with whom many of you are familiar.
I was raised religious and conservative, in both England and the U.S. My future anarchism was foreshadowed by my very favorite English pony book, Jago. Unlike so many "free-spirited" horses who ultimately submit to one special child, Jago was a horse who refused to be domesticated, at all, by anyone. In time, Jago became, for me, a metaphor for undomesticated humanity.
In the early '90s, Larken and I talked each other over the edge of libertarianism into full-fledged anarchism. After many discussions about the legitimate role of government in society, we both realized that the non-aggression principle rules out government-as-we-know-it altogether.
Anarchism seems to be growing increasingly popular, and I am hoping that this little blog might help push a few more people over the edge.
On holidays like Memorial Day, the religious nature of statism becomes starkly apparent. The Consent of the Governed is one of the central myths of statism, a myth that is believed with religious fervor in the face of a complete absence of evidence.
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