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Who are the criminals in the state?

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eliotn Posted: Thu, Nov 27 2008 2:54 PM

My question is this.  Which workers of the state are criminals?

Schools are labour camps.

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All of them.

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Sphairon replied on Thu, Nov 27 2008 4:13 PM

Knight_of_BAAWA:

All of them.



Well, I would object. While most if not all state employees are net tax beneficiaries and thus engage in state robbery in one way or another, some of them (such as people in the education business) have few alternatives left except for complying. There might still be some market in the US for private school teachers or professors, but it's by far not enough to satisfy overall demand and accordingly, some teachers have to become state employees.

The same is true for state-sponsored industries. What's a worker at GM, Ford or Chrysler supposed to do about the bailout? Work for Toyota?

To answer the original question, those who actively engage in redistribution of tax money (e.g. politicians, lobbyists) and who actively fight peaceful, non-violent behavior are what makes the state nasty in my view.


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Stranger replied on Thu, Nov 27 2008 4:32 PM

You are not a criminal until you commit a crime. The criminals in the state are those who commit crimes.

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Juan replied on Thu, Nov 27 2008 6:59 PM
Which workers of the state are criminals?
Definitely, cops and the military. If it wasn't for these people, who would gladly murder anybody -- including children -- when told to by their masters, the state couldn't exist.

February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church.
Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."

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Nick. B replied on Thu, Nov 27 2008 8:55 PM

eliotn:
Which workers of the state are criminals?

Well in my opinion, while the state is very much evil, the people who enable the Leviathon are much more malicious. They include:

1. The Federal Reserve

2. Lobbyist

3. The pro-statist and apathetic majority

and

4. Career Politicains

And that's basically my two cents. 

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sirmonty replied on Fri, Nov 28 2008 2:06 AM

Nick. B:

eliotn:
Which workers of the state are criminals?

Well in my opinion, while the state is very much evil, the people who enable the Leviathon are much more malicious. They include:

1. The Federal Reserve

2. Lobbyist

3. The pro-statist and apathetic majority

and

4. Career Politicains

And that's basically my two cents. 

I tend to agree with this.

It is very unfortunate that most individuals are often ignorant of the fact that the state is criminal and that they enable it when they work for it.  

 

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Knight_of_BAAWA:

All of them.

All government employees are criminals.

I am a government employee.

Therefore, I am a criminal.

"I cannot prove, but am prepared to affirm, that if you take care of clarity in reasoning, most good causes will take care of themselves, while some bad ones are taken care of as a matter of course." -Anthony de Jasay

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