Saturday, July 10, 2010

Starve The Beast, Don’t Feed Off It

Mayberry, at Keep It Simple Survival, has a post up titled Where I Left Off…, which is an extension comment to this post, which was inspired by a post titled Revolution Weighs Heavy On My Mind, which is posted at The Elector Retards.

Mayberry’s primary suggestion, to take back the freedom wrested from individuals by the State, in the post Where I Left Off…, is to starve the beast.

“My suggestion, as always, is simply starve the beast. It’s the one thing we all can do that won’t make for a lot of unnecessary martyrdom. For now at least. Maybe concentrate on that aspect, starving the beast. What taxes can you minimize or avoid? What items can you make/grow/trade/barter for to avoid feeding corporate and government coffers? Reduce, reuse, recycle, it ain’t just for hippies anymore.Next, look for ways to circumvent draconian legislation. Think like a moonshiner. Bucking the law is a proud American tradition! Much can be simply ignored, but the most invasive laws require a little “creativity” to get around. Trust me, when enough people start doing this (besides CONgress, that is), the spark will be struck. CONgress hates “scofflaws”. They don’t like competition…. “

I have no argument with Mayberry’s suggestion, above, and I have reduced my feeding of the beast by reducing my income, over the past eight years, from over six figures, to just below 20K, in addition to other acts wherein permissions allegedly required from the State, are ignored.

Further into the post, Mayberry continues in this vein.

Emulate the government, steal all you can from them while you still can. Apply for every “program” under the sun. Cut every corner. Lie. Cheat. What the hell, CONgress does it! Get some of your money back. It will help implode the system faster. Use the collectivists’ Cloward Pivens Plan against them. Suck the beast dry, and use the proceeds to prepare. Bring the Ponzi scheme down by starving it of it’s fuel: your money. Our money.

This suggestion, which is discussed quite indepth in a Claire Wolfe post titled About those Cockapoos…, should be rejected.  I do not think the admonition to “emulate the government”  by “applying for every “program” under the sun,” is principled, regardless of the justifications offered by Mayberry.  In fact, I think that following this suggestion only further burdens and punishes each and every individual who actually desires that liberty, opportunity, and freedom be restored to America, and who may actively be working toward that end.

I know it sounds trite, but two wrongs do not make a right.

Posted by John Venlet on 07/10 at 10:23 AM
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