the idea of America
1 2018-10-05 by TheBirdmanArises
please correct me if i'm wrong.
stay out of other people's business
don't ever get caught up in a system where a small minority run everything because this will inevitably corrupt. rather, enable local small gov, have a bunch of layers of checks and balances against the growth of gov, and ensure they have the "agreed upon code" to protect themselves against unchecked gov such that it's ok to use deadly force in self-defense and against tyranny.
no income tax
so at what point did this get all bent, and why?
34 comments
1 Enigmatism415 2018-10-05
Which taxes are true blue American?
1 bradok 2018-10-05
Americans have always hated taxes (disclaimer: I support them). Washington lead an army to put down a revolt against a Whiskey tax in the 1780's, for example...
1 Enigmatism415 2018-10-05
It was easy to hate taxes when you saw the funds go towards improvements not only for your WASP brethren, but polacks, guineas, micks, yids, and krauts as well.
1 TheBirdmanArises 2018-10-05
i dunno man, i'm canadian. i still don't get why the tax system is an incomprehensible mess written in a domain specific language that only a select priesthood can understand, and why the general public would ever fucking agree to this since it's tantamount to agreeing to a system that they can't understand. that whole part seems totes fucked up. if you're gonna build a system make sure it's fucking readable or gtfo.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
That's pretty much always been what the Law is. No matter the subject. It's why most politicians are Lawyers, and why Law, along with Theology and Medical practice, was seen as one of the only 3 "real" professions for centuries. Even more crazy when you think about how powerful lawyers were in a society with high rates of illiteracy. Now they continue to counter illiteracy with "legalese".
1 Enigmatism415 2018-10-05
Legalese should be a required school subject.
1 TheBirdmanArises 2018-10-05
exactly. it's a fucking ridiculous concept. wanna know who runs things? simply look at your systems. the BAR is a great place to start. it's not even north american. the whole system is a hodgepodge of old roman bullshit. what are lawyers but a fancy way of doing trial by champion? science doesn't trial by champion. truth-seeking systems don't trial by champion. it's a bullshit binary proxy to reality which is way more complex. and it's so fucking corrupted and corruptible.
there are ways to build more transparent systems that everyone can understand. but we don't do that. and we're prevented from doing that by a specific group of actors.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
A BAR lawyer is completely different than a Common Law lawyer. The US is supposed to be a Common Law country.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
But the Law, as an entity, as well as its purpose, is still the same in principle. Not sure tho if you meant to respond to me or OP's comment to the above comment of mine.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
The only law that matters is Natural Law which is the basis for Common Law. Code, ordinances, etc, are not law.
My comment was multi-purpose. It was for you and all others who read it.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
I agree with you concerning Natural Law (even though it contains its' own issues concerning Authority), but I was speaking to the actual implementation of Law in the US and the wider world.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
The Authority is our Creator - Nature.
The US is not run under Law. It's ran via Commercial codes, statutes, regulations, ordinances, etc. Everything you do as Citizen in the US is considered Commercial.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
But the interpretation of that authority is up for debate- hence the difficulties.
All the Law is, is what is claimed by the Courts and enforced by the Auxiliaries. That's just the unfortunate Reality of power and its dynamics.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
It's not up for debate. In thinking so, is to deny our existence. Remember, just because you don't think something exists, does not mean it doesn't exist.
Incorrect. You're confusing what has been called Law for actual Law. This was done by the priest class that OP is referencing. This is how TPTB have gotten away with all the evil they have. They've tricked us. Laws for thee, but not for me/us.
Break out from their Majick.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
I'm not talking about myself. I'm talking about the millions of others we share political authority in this country with. They help form the hard Reality on the ground that I described.
Nope. I'm just stating the obvious. What I've described is the Law. It just isn't Just.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
Some of the Founding fathers would've been very sad with this answer and what the country has become.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
I don't like it either. But it's just the hard Truth of the matter. Law is an emergent property of what is written (by the courts), what is enforced (by the auxiliaries), and what is supported (by the People). None of this makes it Just, but it does make it Law.
Labantem et prope cadentem rem publicam.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
We haven't been the People in a very long time and may never of been the People they were referencing. No one alive today actually signed the original Compact. We are Citizens - Slaves. This was codified after the Civil War.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
None of that matters. What does matter is that millions of people merrily go along with it- lending their tacit approval to whatever is put before them in this regard.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
It does matter and that's why we need to educate people. I choose to educate and not consent to this. I've never consented to any of it. I choose that over just going with the status quo because "that's just how it is and has always been". You're disappointing me right now, friend.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
You misunderstand. I'm not "going along with the status quo", I'm just recognizing the situation for what it is. We can never change anything if we don't first understand and accept Reality for what it is.
1 invictus_excelsis 2018-10-05
I definitely was based on your clarification here. Thanks and I agree with your last part 120%. Sadly, I'm worried most people will just deny reality until their last breathe.
1 bradok 2018-10-05
My fear as well my friend. In the meantime, we have to stay strong and stick together. Shit is gonna get far worse before it gets better. Many have yet to confront the dark Reality of the system and its deep-rooted evil, and we will have to be there, and ready for them, when they finally do confront it.
1 DEPOT25KAP 2018-10-05
Same Thing with the stock market, I asked this question on a learning to trade forum "why can't I just learn to be my own broker and keep myself safe in the market?" still waiting on a reply. They make it difficult to learn so that more parasites can suck out wealth from those that have earned it through hard work and dedication.
1 jaydwalk 2018-10-05
They put out this idea of America and instantly did the opposite behind our backs...
1 bradok 2018-10-05
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Life has changed dramatically since the birth of this Nation, and how we navigate it has changed just as dramatically. The Constitution and our interpretations of it have followed suit, but the Republic itself remains a fundamentally conservative (resistant to radical change) entity.
But as for a departure point? Some will say the Civil War, others the inception of the Fed, some the New Deal, others Kennedy, and still more say the end of Bretton Woods. I think that what we can say for certain is that the assassinations and chaos of the 60's set a certain group in power that hasn't been close to being unseated until just recently. They dictated the monetary policy of the country starting with Volcker in '77 and everything else has flowed naturally as a result.
1 Quexana 2018-10-05
so at what point did this get all bent, and why?
The Louisiana Purchase because manifest destiny.
1 TheBirdmanArises 2018-10-05
how did buying land from the french change anything? did they spook it somehow? srs question.
1 Quexana 2018-10-05
First major action that was quasi-constitutional. It was accepted. Other things subsequently pushed the boundaries of constitutionality further and further.
1 theinfinitelight 2018-10-05
It's very simple, people like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln actually cared about human beings more than money, but most of the people in politics now, not only in America but in many countries, they care about money and power more than the people, and so they have allowed the richest people to use them to create all of our laws with no input from the people who have to follow them.
1 TheBirdmanArises 2018-10-05
there's a lot of truth to this, imo.
1 T3Baron 2018-10-05
Our founding colonists were running from the tyranny that sunk Europe. The one world order has been a concept in action for thousands of years. We never escaped it. We're sinking. In America, this started in the 17th century.
1 TheBirdmanArises 2018-10-05
there's still hope
1 richtaco91 2018-10-05
Because evil aka Satan and his worshipers invert everything that is Good. Anti human anti christ mega wealthy atheist intellectuals scientist took over the planet.
1 Enigmatism415 2018-10-05
It was easy to hate taxes when you saw the funds go towards improvements not only for your WASP brethren, but polacks, guineas, micks, yids, and krauts as well.