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 THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE Number 651, January 1, 2012 "A century of incompetent, irrational, murderous foreign policy"
Special to L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Americans keep looking for a hero. That's what every Presidential election is about. Americans are bathed in government from the moment of conception until long after death. Government surrounds us like the water in a fish bowl surrounds the goldfish. Government is so much apart of our every living moment that we often scarcely recognize it. But think about the goldfish. After a while of living in this closed ecosystem and shitting in the atmosphere in which it lives, the water becomes toxic. The fish will gradually become sicker and sicker. To save the life of the goldfish, somebody must change the water. Secession changes the water. Here at DumpDC, we incessantly beat the drum for secession. We believe that state secession is the only possible solution and the only hope for personal liberty and property rights here on the North American continent. We hold the opinion that there is presently no stomach among the adult population generally for state secession since the adult population has been mis-educated for 100 years to believe in "one nation, under God, indivisible." Most Americans were taught that the concept of secession was settled by Lincoln's War. We believe that only a nationwide economic collapse will provide the sufficient impetus to move many people to seek an alternative to the failed American experiment. We believe that the hunger, crime, disease, death and destruction that will be the result of the American economic collapse will cause millions of Americans to finally awaken from their stupor and embrace secession. And we also believe that when secession becomes a viable choice, Washington will have dissolved also and will not move to prevent secessions, but will cease to exist like the USSR did in 1989. But at the same time, we acknowledge the reality of the nation in which we presently live. Over 311 million souls call America home. The vast majority of the populace got their education in government schools, where they were programmed to be good little citizens willing enough to pay their taxes and trust their elected leaders to know best. And most of those who got their education in private schools may have gotten higher SAT scores, but the stuff they learned was about the same as the general population. I dare say that home-schooled children likely learned an entirely different curriculum and gained an enhanced sense of individuality. So I expect that most of the American population, suffering under extreme privation after TSHTF, are not equipped mentally to bear the responsibility of personal liberty. They will clamor for a hero to save them from their doom. Perhaps I underestimate the appetite for liberty here in America. If we looked at America as a bell curve of political thought, you'd have 10% on the left tail as pure socialists, then 80% of the populace, spanning from nearly socialist to nearly anarchist, then finally the 10% right tail as libertarian anarchists. 10% of 311 million is 31 million. Are there truly 31 million people living in America today that are committed to individual liberty and property rights? I doubt it, even if some of the right end of the 80% of the bell curve are counted in the number. But perhaps it doesn't matter. I submit to you that 1% (or less) could band together and secede, establishing a new nation on new principles and new forms of governance. The present populations of Alaska, New Hampshire and North Dakota do not exceed 700,000 each. On the other side, my favorite state, Texas, which has the most vibrant independence movement in America, has over 24 million people. I submit that a few thousand individuals committed to secession could lead Texas into nationhood once again. BUT... it WON'T be a hero that brings personal liberty and property rights back to the North American continent. Individual liberty cannot be delegated to another. That's why it's called "individual." And individuals may band together to do amazing things. But the moment it becomes about one person... one hero... one Savior... the end is inevitable. The Founders of the First American Secession in 1776 were not seeking a hero. They thirsted for FREEDOM. The very idea that they would trust their liberties to a far-away despot had already borne bitter fruit. They threw off such government and established thirteen new nations, each with a commitment to protect individual liberty and property rights. Nothing like that exists today in the United States of America. What we see in the daily news is a litany of hero-worship. The Republican candidates are mostly small people who love big government. And I am not singling out the Repubs, as the Democrats already have their candidate or they would be doing the same traveling theater of the absurd. Inherent and hidden in every news story, no matter if the story is a puff piece or an attack piece, is the desire for a new hero. The American presidency was NEVER meant to be such a position as it has become today. Listen to some radio news broadcasts. Most lead with a story about what the American president is doing that day. The US Constitution, as old, worthless and ineffectual as it is, started with Congress choosing the president from among its own members. It was essentially a group of managers choosing a head manager for specifically designated duties and no more. Today, the American presidential candidate is the embodiment of the sought-after Savior. He (or she), replete with various personality flaws, try to be everything to everybody. So, they tend to drift to the lowest common denominator. Every four years, Americans hold their noses and vote for what they usually call "the lesser of evils." Some hero, eh? Most of America is still looking for that superhero in the red cape to fly in and make everything all right once again. And most of America has only the hope of a hero as its plan for the future. Kind of like the guy who never saves a dime but spends $20 a week on lottery tickets. But those who will actually experience individual liberty and property rights in the future will not be wishers... they will be the ones who forsake hero worship and accept the wild ride that true liberty entails. As Thomas Jefferson said, "Most men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty." Secession is the only hope for humanity. Who will be first? DumpDC. Six Letters That Can Change History.
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