National Insecurity

While I glance through the news coverage of the recent terrorism attempt I see the expected criticism of the president, and the entire Democrat Party. Much of it is valid, while some of it is partisan bickering. However there is something more that catches my attention-there is an assumption that the State is here to protect us.

The alleged purpose of the State is to protect We The People from external threats-and we hear this from politicians and other statist apologists all the time. But in practice, it is We The People have protected We The People.

The folks on the plane shut down the threat, while the State failed. It's people who work at their jobs at Wal-Mart or Kinko's, it's the regular folks who go down to the border themselves when the Federal State fails to do so; it's We The People, and not the State. We see this evidenced in cities where the private class is disarmed by the ruling class, and then crime goes up. We The People are our own defense.

The fallacy of the State's duty to defend you and me isn't just exposed in the failure of government to do so; the Federal Government itself has stated that it doesn't see itself as duty-bound to protect us. Regardless of what pandering politicians might say, the Supreme Court has stated as far back as 1856 that "there is no Constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen."

This statement has been repeated by ruling after ruling since then. As recently as 2005, the Supreme Court has repeated that there is no Constitutional right to be defended by Government. Knowing that the Government itself believes that it has no Constitutional duty to defend us, why the hell do we keep giving them more power with the assumption that it will protect life?

Time and time again, the entire system has proven itself to be entirely against protection of life. So why do we need them? As we realize that we don't need them, we need to be aware. We in the private class can do anything that the political class can do; and we can do it better, more efficiently, and without resorting to institutionalized theft and violence-unlike the State.

But as Ron Paul often points out, government hates competition. And the politicians hate looking bad. They must know that more and more private citizens are viewing them as increasingly irrelevant, burdensome, and obsolete.

Already the Political Class has gone into damage control mode. President Obama is already stating that the system put in place before him is faulty. (In other words, some of them are still blaming Bush.) The news as of Dec 31 had some interesting headlines, including "TSA subpoenas bloggers, demands names of sources" and "Flight 253 passenger Kurt Haskell: 'I was visited by the FBI'...Fears cover-up."

Of course all the political class is accomplishing in the end is helping us libertarians prove our point. When they fail at covering up their mistakes, they are blaming everyone of their error, even private citizens.

We would do well to recall that the failure of government on 9/11 resulted in no-one getting fired. Some people got promoted, and an entire new layer of government bureaucracy was created. While the Market rewards only success, the State rewards failure.

It's the private class stopping the bad guys. It's the private class scrutinizing the fools government has been lifting up into high positions. It's the private class struggling beneath a tyranny of incompetence. And it is the private class stating aloud, "We don't need the rulers of Versailles DC!"

What we have is largely a tyranny of incompetence; but it is tyranny nonetheless. When We The People faced with tyranny over 200 years ago, step one was to stop funding them. This is being done today, and in increasing numbers this very moment. Step two is to implement a New Great Experiment-also being done at this moment.

Just in the past 24 months, I have personally heard and seen people publicly proclaiming that they are "going Galt" or stating openly "Agora! Anarchy! Action!" I've seen this with my own eyes, for example, in a massive demonstration here in Grand Rapids, Michigan in April of 2009. I expect to see it again and again.

Defunding the tyranny. An end to the Federal State. This is real hope. This is lasting and sincere change. We will have liberty in our lifetime, and true security for future generations.