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Started by franklinfarmer, February 11, 2010, 12:48:49 PM

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franklinfarmer

February 11, 2010, 12:48:49 PM
Did anyone read (and care to discuss) the column

www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/kolkey3.1.1.html

?
It is certain, I think, that the best government is the one that governs least. But there is a much-neglected corollary: the best citizen is the one who least needs governing. The answer to big government is not private freedom, but private responsibility.

--Wendell Berry, "The Loss of the Future" in The Long-Legged House  (1969)

The problem is not Democrats.  The problem is Republicans who lack the intellectual clarity to become libertarians and libertarians who lack the physical discipline to become riflemen.  ---Kenneth Royce

Appalacious

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February 11, 2010, 01:14:37 PM
I haven't done the research, but lets assume the article is right.

Our main mission, as I understand it, is to "wake people up".  To do that I'm tempted to go around telling people things like:

We should end the drug war.

We should pull out of foreign bases.

We should end the "war on terror".

We should abolish the constitution and fragment our country to individual states.

oh yeah, and the South was right.

etc, etc, etc.

What good does that do?  I can tell you first hand, not alot.  It took me 8-10 years to get to where I am philisophically (and I'm still moving).  Its hard to expect people to get to where you are quicker than you yourself did, I think.

But Appleseed gets people moving.  We get them thinking about history, about gov't, and about firearms.  I think its a great start.  Thankfully, there are websites like LewRockwell.com that can hold their hand (like they hold mine) the rest of the way.

My point is, even if what we're teaching isn't completely philosophically sound, its miles ahead of where the average person is.  And most importantly, its PALATABLE.
J
Condescension is a GOOD thing.

TaosGlock

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February 11, 2010, 02:15:51 PM
Quote from: franklinfarmer on February 11, 2010, 12:48:49 PM
Did anyone read (and care to discuss) the column
www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/kolkey3.1.1.html
?
Yes, over here:
http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=11754.0
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