Because I think he's a great character.

Where yah been, brah ,

I'm getting pummeled here.

Sorry just got your message...

Yes, I am very proud of my avatar haha.

Well said sir.

Being involved in politics and being an anarchist aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. ;-)

I was wondering - are you actually involved in politics, or are you merely a student of history/philosophy/political theory?

It sounds very British. Apparently it's near Birmingham.

Excellent username sir.

Interesting. Love the Bastiat pic.

A society.

I'm not confusing anything.

A society reflects a state, since it is the supreme authority in a society.

I would say by definition, most agree to live in society.

The social contract is thus a fact of life.

I'm saying some libertarians are, since they seem to disregard social bonds. Life isn't all about individualism.

Awesome avatar! I'm reading the Bastiat Collection now!

Not everyone understands the concept.

I removed the following, though I believe it to be true, and good advice. "Your spelling and grammar are atrocious. That's actually bad, but I was able wade through it. Please do work on it."

Thanks, I'm just here to entertain.

It's a good read.

Ah yes, silly me, I knew that. However, Bastiat also provided the answer equally as long ago.

Thats funny, if I had to guess, I would have pegged you as coming from the left, but that's only because your self-identification as an anarchist, and the common conception that comes with it. We can sure be thankful for Ron Paul waking a whole lot of people up, his explanations for things had a lot to do with mine too. I don't remember the slightest mention at intjf on this topic during the prior to the last election, but now there is an increasingly growing base here at the forum. It definitely speaks for the direction that things are headed. I don't see anyone, after coming to identify and realize the mess that we are in, turning around and thinking "Nah, lets just continue on the same dumb direction we are headed"

I hope every day that we are not too late or too weak in numbers to set things right. We are never going to get this by just pressing the appropriate buttons on the electronic voting screens. What we can tell is that people are waking up, they are more than likely to continue to be waking up, and once someone is awake, we don't fall back asleep. The foundations are being set. A lot of people seem inclined to want to get their guns and start shooting thing, but what we really need is a King or a Gandhi to come rising up out of this.

Considering the purposes to where the funds go, I often wonder why I don't just stop paying my taxes, and let events take their course. Ultimately, as long as we continue to fund the system, we give it our consent and the means to function as it is.

Re: Broken Window. Why oh why is this fallacy so common.