Seeds of Liberty Podcast Episode 70: Paul Gordon and Daniel Quillinan

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Danilo

Please enjoy this recent episode of the Seeds of Liberty Podcast. This week we were joined by Paul Gordon and Daniel Quillinan. Herein we discussed Bronies, Clump 2016, militias, sovereign citizens, the Rule of Power, semantic loopholes, the degradation of Frosted Flakes, Paul’s Cypher moment, an Alex Jones Off, milker bills, manufactured rewards, the Save the planet Crap Act, Wilson’s Hive, saying F U to Publix, being afraid to even think that the government is wrong, the hidden inflation in your food, and more!

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Anarchy Is All Around Us

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Danilo

Anarchy is ubiquitous. Anarchy is all around us. All order flows from it. The beautiful and wondrous aspects of our lives that we daily appreciate, emanate from it. Where there is peaceful and voluntary interaction, there is Anarchy. Proclaiming one to be an Anarchist is to recognize this very fundamental truth. It is to say, “I oppose coercion and the initiation of force in all its manifestations. I will do everything in my power to rid the world of it!” Since the State is the supreme manifestation of the initiation of force, one who declares such a statement with logical consistency must be an Anarchist. It is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact it is something to declare with thunderous passion from the mountaintops! Be proud of your allegiance to morality!

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Legality and Morality Are Diametrically Opposed

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Danilo

“In Anarchy, rape is legal, child molestation is legal, sexual slavery is legal, everything is legal because nothing is illegal because there are no laws. How, specifically, will that lead to Liberty?”

Legality is an arbitrary construct fabricated by those in power to supplant one’s understanding of Morality. In reality these two concepts are diametrically opposed. If legality is used as a metric for how to behave it has failed miserably. For time immemorial many more atrocities have been committed in the name of the State than were ever committed by private individuals.

The list of political euphemisms for criminal acts committed by agents of the State is inexhaustible. It is not theft, it is taxation or civil asset forfeiture. It is not kidnapping it is the War on Drugs or getting arrested. They’re not called rape camps, they’re called prisons. They’re not called a violent gang, they’re called law enforcement or the military. It’s not called mass murder, it’s called the War on Terror. It’s not called counterfeiting, it’s called Quantitative Easing, currency creation, or the Mandrake Mechanism. It’s not called an extortion racket it’s called the Internal Revenue Service. It’s not called spying or the surveillance State, it’s called the National Security Agency. It’s not called sexual molestation, it’s called getting a pat down by the TSA. It’s not called getting a death threat, it’s called getting pulled over by the police.

Those who possess an internal moral compass or conscience have no need for laws. Those who do not possess an internal moral compass or conscience do not care for the law. Law is an appeal to authority. Law is an opinion with a gun. The slave asks “Is it legal?”. The free man asks “Is it moral?” Let your conscience be the only law you obey.

I will die a slave of principles, not men.

Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary leader

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Anarchy and Liberty Are Synonymous

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Danilo

“Aren’t the concepts of Liberty and Anarchy diametrically opposed to each other? How do you maintain Liberty in the absolute absence of any laws?”

In the same way that Oligarchy is rule by a few, and Monarchy is rule by one, Anarchy is translated as rule by no one. In this case “ruler” specifically refers to those megalomaniacs who enter into the coercive institution known as the State to vie for the reins of power. The nature of the State is inherently violent and forceful. It is not elegance, it is not brilliance, nor is it sparkling originality. It is an entity that deems it necessary to force its destructive ideas onto a population that becomes proportionately impoverished as a result. If the ideas were so magnificent they would not need to be forced onto anyone, rather the people would willingly embrace them voluntarily. Good ideas do not require force. If your ideas require force, they are worthless.

According to Google the definition of Liberty is “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.” Hence Liberty is entirely consistent with Anarchy. It is the freedom to live one’s life in any manner one so chooses according to the Non-Aggression principle so long as one does not trample on the self-ownership or property rights of another human being. Liberty is the foundation of any truly civilized society. The extent to which it is hindered is the extent to which prosperity and wealth is destroyed. Free men and women do not ask permission.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Mahatma Gandhi

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First Do No Harm

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Danilo

Many can recognize when there is injustice in the world. Many can weep for the wickedness being perpetrated on a lesser developed culture by a more technologically advanced culture. It is often plastered on the lame stream news and incessantly written about in the newspapers. Seeing the problem is not difficult. What confuses most people and reveals their lack of true understanding of the problem is when they propose their solutions.

The Hippocratic medical dictum, “First do no harm” does not only apply to medicine. It applies to every facet of life wherein one intends to improve the lives of those around them. It is not enough to want to help. If one’s “help” worsens the lives of individuals then one’s ignorance has committed a grave injustice by worsening the situation. Take care that your desire to help does not result in the opposite of your intended effect. An unintentional immorality is still an immorality nevertheless. If political sophistry is to be taken seriously, then any grotesque democide can be thoroughly justified with the shocking phrase “Well I was just trying to help.”

Advocating for a coercive institution that uses only threats of violence to solve complex social problems is using a gun to fix an iPhone. It is bringing a knife to defeat one’s opponent in a chess match. It is the use of brute force where subtlety and delicacy is called for. The initiation of force is the enemy of all thinking sentient human beings.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Mao Tse Tung

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