Turning away from public institutions and public matters is leaving them in the hands of people who thirst for power, the last people you want running the show.

In our circles, there’s a big tendency to “opt out” from the current system and start fresh somewhere else and despite the allure, this will weaken us.

Get that law degree, join your state council, get that engineering degree and become an officier in the army. Make friends from all circles of life, even those you disagree with.

Nothing will be fixed by abandoning things, it will only make it worse.

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Imagine you’re in a car that is being driven recklessly, and somehow you manage to get out in one piece. As impressive as that is, the car is still being driven recklessly, and now you being a passerby, you’re still in danger of being crushed by this car.

The car must be put back on track. The only real solution to this predicament.

Except that if you’re outside, you have absolutely zero chances of doing that. Your only hope is that the reckless car driver leaves you alone.

So you are suggesting hard times create strong men and strong men must create good times?

Groundbreaking stuff. And I suggest we should aim to be strong and go create these goods times.

Sounds like a plan to me ;)

i'm not making friends with delusional brainwashed people.

most of the institutions didn't exist 200 years ago in most people's lives, and they will cease to exist again because they are founded on lies. governments, central banks, monopoly kangaroo government courts, taxation. all of it is lies.

i have another analogy for you:

if you live in a house with no foundations, is there any point repairing the cracks in the walls when it inevitably sinks into the ground?

nope, you knock that building down and start again.

or you can just go outside and build a new house and let the old one rot.

that's what we mean when we say we are opting out. i disagree that institutions even should exist. customs, yes, institutions, no. institutions are imposed top down. what grows up from underneath is born out of our nature. we need adjudication sometimes. we need a registry of land claims. we need the freedom to do whatever we like inside our own property, so long as it doesn't disrupt other people's property next door.

the current system you have almost zero right to do anything for yourself. i don't want institutions to do things for me. i want to do business with other people for specific purposes, not be forced into doing business with them.

we didn't need main roads departments when we were riding around in horses, yet somehow there was roads. you can point out basically the same thing about every institution that exists now.

i'm getting out of the house built on sand. you can stay in there if you want to but it won't have anything to do with me when it falls on you in your sleep.

Opt out!

Just to be clear, freedom of association should be absolute.

And I agree the current system has gone completely mad.

And yes, I agree these institutions are not a product of nature. They are imposed top down, and maybe some were born out of old customs, but most are useless and bloated, even outright evil. We had roads before income tax was a thing and before road departments were a thing and they were better than the roads we have today.

But these institutions are here. So what should I do, I ask myself.

It’s very easy to fix things and remove the bad elements and bring things back to an acceptable level for many people. I say acceptable and not ideal. You just need a handful of guys at the helm. Just a handful.

I understand that if some people want to opt out, they should have every right to do so. And if the house is really crumbling, I wish all the success for those who are building a new house. And I hope it will be sturdier, but for that, it would need a lot of people maintaining it. That’s why I said it’s important to make friends, even those you might not always agree with.

Of course, I’m not talking about shitlibs and communists and NPC retards asking “what about roads”.

Let them become compost.

20 years ago I thought like you and back then there was an actual chance for reform. We arecway past the point where anything productive comes from keeping the structures alive for a little longer.

If that's your souls calling. Go for it. Many here prefer to build new structures from the ground up.

Perhaps the belief that the inscriptions are public and not instrumentalized is the point.

I don’t understand what you’re saying.

I agree! Very nice way to lay it out!

I appreciate it !