{"id":5174,"date":"2017-03-24T16:55:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T16:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=5174"},"modified":"2017-03-24T16:55:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T16:55:52","slug":"straight-talk-shorts-legitimate-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=5174","title":{"rendered":"Straight Talk: Shorts: Legitimate Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legitimate Government<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know. I know. It\u2019s an oxymoron. Especially for people like me, there\u2019s no such thing as legitimate government.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m an idealist\u2026 trying very hard to be more of a realist.<\/p>\n

In the realm of government and politics, I\u2019m an outright anarchist. I do not believe in the ENDURING need for government. But at the same time, realistically, I understand that we can\u2019t have a peaceful anarchy tomorrow.<\/p>\n

My adoption of (peaceful) anarchistic principles stems from the axiom that the only possible form of perfect control is self-control\u2026 or its corollary: control initiated at the behest of external force and motivation is inefficient, incomplete, inherently violent, and doomed to ultimate failure.<\/p>\n

Self-control is a state of spiritual maturity\u2014 and it is exceedingly rare. Why is it so lacking in our modern society? Simply because it is not valued\u2014 or even considered\u2014 when external control issued through the use of violence is continually legitimized and perpetuated.<\/p>\n

So coming back to government\u2026 I look upon the role of government as being loosely analogous to the role of a parent raising a child. Our society is undeniably infantile, and this is a failure of government.<\/p>\n

In the West, our governments have never seriously taken on the goal of being a good parent or shepherd. Good parents raise, protect, and educate their children with the clear intent that the children will mature and grow into independent, self-reliant paragons of competency. In the true biological parent-child relationship this only makes sense because eventually the parents will be gone one day, and the children will necessarily have to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n

With government however, we have a very different dynamic. Government never formulates the intent to genuinely foster self-reliance and competency among the masses because government never intends to step aside. Government never chooses a diminishing role for itself. On the contrary, it rather perpetuates greater and greater co-dependency. And this is a highly dysfunctional relationship, for which we are all reaping our \u2018just\u2019 rewards.<\/p>\n

In order for government to claim any legitimacy, in my opinion, it MUST adopt a strict goal of its own eventual irrelevance and complete dissolution. If government is successful in fostering self-control among all the members of society, obviously it is no longer needed. And perhaps it never was.<\/p>\n

Whenever I speak or write about the perceived need for government\u2014 or rather, the true lack of any need for government\u2014 I am invariably inundated with comments about people liking roads, and running water, and sewage facilities, and such. But then I remind them\u2014 or perhaps inform them for the first time\u2014 that the town where I live, Fairmont Hot Springs, wasn\u2019t built by any government. No, not at all. My town was built by private developers. The water system, the roads, the power supply, the handling of sewage\u2026 was all taken care of by private investors and their subcontractors. Other than the filing of appropriate paperwork, there was no government involved at all. And I strongly suspect that the same holds true for most every other town.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s extremely important to remember that the things which government seemingly provides were once invariably initiated through private entities\u2026 and then governments subsequently took them over. It\u2019s a racket.<\/p>\n

Seems legit.<\/p>\n

Legitimate Government I know. I know. It\u2019s an oxymoron. Especially for people like me, there\u2019s no such thing as legitimate government. I\u2019m an idealist\u2026 trying very hard to be more of a realist. In the realm of government and politics, (…)<\/p>\n

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