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THE SORES OF CRIME |
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| Statism is the cradle of crime. |
| Let's recall and bring into sharp focus the meaning of statism, a meaning which has been loudly broadcasted throughout this land and hammered into the minds of youngsters (and adults) for the past few decades. Statism's message and doctrine is this: your life is not your own - you do not have the right to live your life as you see fit without seeking the permission of others - your money is not your money, the state may take it by force anytime it wants - your property is not your property, the state may take it or control its use if it decides to do so - it is right for the state, controlled by individuals who are statists, to initiate force against you, the individual. Aren't these the very premises on which an armed robber operates? Yes! Aren't these the premises on which a murderer operates? Yes! Aren't these the premises on which a rapist operates? Yes! The only difference is that these criminals have decided to operate as private individuals and not as some employee of a statist regime. But if America collapses into totalitarianism, these criminals, for the most part, will quit working as private individuals: they will work for the state. And this is why there was very little crime in Russia when the communists were in power: most of the murderers and thieves were working for the state!
Statists do not openly come out and declare your life is not your own, they simply force you to give up almost half of your life each year to produce the money you pay in taxes to support their programs. Statists do not openly come out and say you do not have a right to live your life without seeking their permission, they simply pass laws that forcibly prevent you from living your life as you see fit. Statists do not openly come out and say your money is not your own, they simply champion the right of the "poor", the disadvantaged or some other group of "victims" to take your money through the use of a government gun. Statists do not openly come out and declare your property is not your property, they simply forcibly prevent you from using your property as you see fit. Statists do not openly come out and declare their use of the initiation of force against you, they simply camouflage their use of force by calling it "regulations" and "mandates." But the meaning of these statist acts has sunk into the minds, even if only implicitly, of most youngsters, turning many of them into criminals. They are only emulating the acts of statists who run our government. These children who turn into criminals have learned all too well the lessons implicit in the examples set by these statists. 
Gang members will be greeted with a ZERO TOLERANCE policy
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| Statist or Criminal: what's a difference? |
Statists and criminals are, ultimately, after the same thing: your life, your money, your property, and your freedom. Statists choose the more genteel approach by gaining control of the government. Criminals choose the cruder approach by personally preying on innocent individuals, one at a time. Both - statists and criminals - ultimately join forces when a country falls to tyranny, bringing a savage brutality of force upon you.
Statists are the wholesalers of the initiation of force, criminals are its retailers. With one stroke of a pen, statists enact legislation that initiates force against every individual in the country. Criminals attack one person at a time. Criminals are the guerrilla warriors of statism, working behind the lines, so to speak, creating chaos and fear that fan the flames which will ultimately consume freedom.
The worse crime gets, the more we hear frantic demands that the government "do" something and it leads to the enactment of statist measures which push us closer to the precipice of tyranny. The fear generated by criminals leads to calls for curfews, restricting freedom of action-calls for "three strikes and you're out" laws which result in unjust imprisonment - calls for mandatory death sentences in the case of the murder of a government employee, as if his life is more important than any other person's life - calls for forfeiture laws to crack down on criminals, which leads to the state seizing the property of innocent individuals - calls for police checkpoints on highways to find evidence of some crime, checkpoints which violate individual rights - all setting the precedent for the very tools some future dictator will need.
And if you have ever wondered why statists, particularly and mostly liberal statists, are soft on crime, it is because criminals are actually their partners in crime: criminals are helping the advance of statism. These statists coddle criminals, protect their "rights" and release them from prison so they can continue as the foot soldiers of statism, creating the fear which will support the passage of even more Draconian, statist laws.
If making moral choices is wrong, then it means it is wrong to choose to do something that is right. If a child accepts such nonsense in his mind, morality becomes meaningless and irrelevant. He will conclude that nothing is right or wrong. If that's the case, what's the harm in a little shoplifting? What's the harm in lying? If he becomes a liar, he has taken another step toward becoming a criminal. Not all liars are criminals, but all criminals are liars. An honest person does not become a criminal. Only liars become criminals. |
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