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the Only Defense of Liberty Creating Real Freedom By Punkerslut
Our rights to speak and to think as we want, to act and behave according to our own impulses, all of these rights are necessary to the definition of liberty. Freedom is about all of our rights to criticize society, accept or reject a religion, talk with who we want to, and to be the choosers of our own action. Everyone seeks what they think will make them most happy. And, through liberty, they are allowed that chance or opportunity. This is the true meaning of freedom: that people can achieve their personal happiness hurts no one and is restricted by no law. For all the greatness of this liberty -- for all that we value our peace of mind in choosing our own conscience and action -- little discussion is made on how to keep or preserve our liberty. The call to patriotism is always made. "Defend your freedom and liberty!" Schools, government agencies, and the media will all use your love of country to get you to fight or support a war. These representative governments are ready call on your love of freedom when they want to get you to do something for them. Buy war bonds, enlist in the army, support this political candidate or that political candidate, the list goes on. But very rarely do they every approach you with the question, "how do we preserve liberty?" when they have no campaigning motive. They won't ask you to investigate laws, personal security, liberty of the individual, or freedom of conscience normally. They'll just ask you to rise up and defend them, to become their soldiers in one cause against another. Through barracks and recruiting offices, your government tries to dominate the idea of 'liberty.' They try to make themselves appear as its own true defenders. And in reality, they are its greatest enemies.
For what can liberty really mean, besides being outside the control of some external force? It can mean nothing outside of that concept. Liberty does not try to protect itself from the natural laws of physics, whether it is gravity or evolution. It does not defend humanity from restrictions of climate, technology, or culture. Liberty has today, and always before, meant freedom from a violent force organized through a group of people. Freedom is not defined on how nature or our skill limit us; it is defined by how governments are willing to let us do as we decide. In defending our right to self-control, we can only be defending ourselves against one source: authority. What is it that could restrict us, besides the law of some master? What is it that could possibly want to put us in chains, and dominate us, other than ambitious senators and skillful kings? The winds do not destroy crops and agriculture out of intent, nor do plants and trees rot out of desire. They are working according to specific rules. But the rule of government is the rule of an person's ego and use of force. It is the use of threats to put people into artificial barriers and constraints. Except they are known as "taxes," "imprisonment," "profit," "exploitation," and "slavery."
The individual understands themselves and what they need to live. Rule by authority undermines this principle. It tries to teach us that people can only know how to live if they're taught by arrogant people who give themselves a ridiculous title. Anywhere the individual strains and struggles -- anywhere the fire of discontent burns -- it is always born in the form of resistance. It becomes insurrection and revolution. In a state of nature, or in perfect cooperation with each other, humanity is not a tyrant to itself. But this is not the case with states and governments. Anywhere that people struggle for liberty and freedom, it must necessarily be a struggle against the state. It is the barrier of laws, orders, and commands that keep people locked up in cages bound by cops and prisons. And in struggling for freedom, it must be by pushing against the boundaries set by an authority. The fight for liberty must be a fight against those who attempt to limit liberty. It must be a fight against tyrants. There are no others that could possibly attempt to threaten human liberty.
The only real defense of liberty is resistance to authority. Whether it is resistance to an economic authority, like a boss or supervisor, or a political authority, like a congressman or president -- resistance to authority is the only way to protect your rights from this social power. Self-government is the only requirement for an individual to find happiness. And for this idea to be a reality, we must have liberty, and we must be willing to protect this liberty. We must be organized and prepared, ready to offer resistance to those who would take away our liberties. For each of us to really fight against those who would take our rights away, we must be fighting against authority, and against all authority. For there are none who could possibly have either the interest or the power to take away our rights but an authority. In fighting these established governments and states, whether they are parliaments or businesses, we are securing the peace of our personal freedom. There can be no real liberty among the people, unless we are prepared to defend it against an authority that would threaten it. To have a real liberty, then, there must be a real resistance among the people.
Punkerslut,
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