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Marakesh 𓅦
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Christ Follower • Truth Seeker • Freedom Lover The US #GovtIsTheProblem

I have only heard of it being voluntary, but I guess it depends on which State it is...

Yeah, I did that, but still follow the same low number of people (I used to follow 1000+)

Is this like modern Israel trying to do now what ancient Israel was told to do in biblical times: exterminate the Canaanites?

The Old Covenant is complete, the New has come! The Messiah has come and He commands us to love our neighbors, even if they're enemies.

Replying to Avatar Sourcenode

I've had a couple days to reflect on the Putin interview and watch how others have reacted to it.

This post may trigger some, but I have no control over how people choose to interpret what they read.

First, I will say Putin and Russia's military actions are reprehensible. I will never be an advocate for big government, war, or any sort of violence.

That being said I have not found a major point from the conversation that I disagree with. I am not an expert in European history so I can't comment on the accuracy of the first thirty minutes, but regarding the current global state of affairs, it seems Putin has a grasp on the reality of the situation. He seems to be exclusively focused on Russia's best interest and he resisted several opportunities to trash his opponents.

In comparison, the US has been screaming about Russia interfering in elections and blaming them for our inflation. Neither of these claims have been proven and the latter is completely ridiculous from a monetary policy perspective.

The arguments I have heard against Putin's position have largely been character attacks or appeals to emotion. Both are worth considering, but lack logos. So far I have not heard a logical rebuttal of his claims.

I would like to hear rational arguments against his position if anyone has some points to share.

I have no desire to argue Russia's position or any other nation. My primary interest has always been in fostering peace and a greater understanding of the world we live in.

Yeah, Biden couldn't do an interview like this, and it would be pointless anyway. You'd have to talk to the real puppet-masters behind the scenes, possibly Victoria Nuland or Susan Rice (or even other Deep State denizens buried more deeply in The Swamp) to get the U.S.-NATO rationale.

Perhaps along the national self-determination line of argument, one could argue that #Ukraine has the right to join NATO if it wants to. Russia saying that it can't is like the U.S. trying to dictate what nations can and can't have nukes. But I do understand Russia not wanting missiles pointed at it right on her border, just like the U.S. objected to Soviet missiles stationed in Cuba during the Cold War. Perhaps if the Ukraine were to join NATO they should agree not to do this.

But the real rationale for US-NATO actions in this conflict probably has to do with stirring up trouble for #Russia in order to keep the Military-Industrial-Complex gravy-train alive, as well as hiding the money-laundering and bioweapons development that the Deep State had going on there...

what kind of note is it? looks like a type 1 note to me

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yes, kind 1

I see it on my timeline but I didn't see it on the Global feed, but maybe it was there... nostr:npub1alpha9l6f7kk08jxfdaxrpqqnd7vwcz6e6cvtattgexjhxr2vrcqk86dsn

Testing Satcom... Where does this note show up? On my timeline? In the Global feed?

https://w3.do/5-79aRSn

Actually, we don't need the State.

We can have governance, without Government.

One is voluntary, the other is not.

One relies on cooperation and persuasion, the other on compulsion and violence.

If this sounds utopian, the idea of limited government is utopian, and yet we gave it a go in America for nearly two and a half centuries. Why don't we try to go even farther in our experiments in liberty? One might argue that we shouldn't, for fear of ending up with something worse. After all, that's arguably what happened in America after the Revolution. I'd like to think that we have the benefit of some experience and history now with "representative" government that the Founders didn't have. Is it possible that we have learned anything and can make some advancements in the pursuit of liberty?

Replying to Avatar Marakesh 𓅦

"Well I sometimes call myself a libertarian but that's only because most people don't know what anarchist means. Most people hear you're an anarchist and they think you're getting ready to throw a bomb at a building. They don't understand **the concept of voluntary association, the whole concept of replacing force with voluntary cooperation or contractual arrangements and so on**. So libertarian is a clearer word that doesn't arouse any immediate anxiety upon the listener. And then again, libertarians, if they were totally consistent with their principles would be anarchists. They take the position which they call minarchy, which is the smallest possible government... The reason I don't believe in the smallest possible government is because we started out with that and it only took us 200 years to arrive at the tsarist occupation of government (TSOG) that we have now. **I think any government is dangerous no matter how small you make it.** **Instead of governments we should have contractual associations that you can opt out of if you don't like the way the association is going. Religions fought for hundreds of years over which one should dominate Europe and then they finally gave up and made a truce, and they all agreed to tolerate each other — at least in this part of the world... But I think government should be treated like religion, everyone should be able to pick the kind they like. Only it should be contractual not obligatory.** I wouldn't mind paying tax money to a local association to maintain a police force, as long as we need one. But I hate like hell paying taxes to help the US government build more nuclear missiles to blow up more people I don't even know and don't think I'd hate them if I did know them."

–Robert Anton Wilson

*TSOG: The Thing That Ate The Constitution* (2002)

Just like there eventually was a separation of Church and State we also need a separation of government and State...

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