While minarchists say they reject big government, they often condone the police, courts, and prisons – thus saying the collective “good” of those justifies the evil coercive/violent authority of government.

The simple truth is you either have faith in freedom or faith in government.

I invite you to view my latest video sharing some points which helped me evolve from minarchist to anarchist (8 minutes length) :

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I invite you to view my approx. 8 min. YouTube video “No Honor Justified On Veterans Day.”

(After viewing my video, you may read the article with links to the articles/writers I mention at my piece “When Was The Last Just War?”)

Some have expressed much anger because I don’t play the game in politics, but the most interesting phenomena is that of those who consider themselves good persons who espouse the value of honesty and truth, but who will simultaneously advocate deceit in order to get something they want.

I invite you to view my 8-minute video as I’d like to share examples of where people rationalize “playing the game”- and my choice to do just the opposite in all areas of my life and where it’s led me.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY VIDEO, “I Don’t Play Games,” ON YOUTUBE.

Some of it is downright morbid and obscene, like the memorial one of my nearby communities is having complete with a flag pole, yep, you guessed to be made from a steel cylinder from the World Trade Center, complete with a flag flown at the Pentagon, with a bonus added in – soil from near the site of the plane crash in Pennsylvania will be used to plant flowers and trees. I, for one, consider that to be gross – but, hey, whatever gets the emotionalism flowing…because that’s all it is. Emotionalism – identical and as meaningless as the same we witness on every other nationalistic holiday. Another nearby community is having a parade. There will be prayers at places, followed by social gatherings, of course. Any excuse to feel good about being an American, right?

9-11 was a tragedy, but not any more significant than the murders (unjustified killings) the U.S. government is responsible for in its acts of terrorism worldwide. I see no memorials for the tens of thousands of victims of the terrorism this government is responsible for. It is as if people of other nationalities and cultures just aren’t as important as Americans – at least not to the American people. But let a few (and that’s what it is, a mere few, in comparison to all the horrors, tortures, and deaths this government and its people are responsible for) Americans die at the hands of murderers, and people remember its anniversary every year.

There are countless other anniversaries, filled with sorrow, that the American people never bother to give any solemnity to – anniversaries of schools and hospitals destroyed, weddings bombed, innocents gunned down, drones doing their tidy sanitized killing – and the American people don’t blink. There are mothers and father’s grieving loss of their children, husbands and wives suffering the loss of their beloved, children wondering why their siblings are no more. But let people in this nation receive some of the same, and the world as they know it collapses. Welcome to the world – the world where people get hurt because some other group of people are enraged by being hurt. It’s a lesson most of us learn as children, seeing what happens to the bully on the block one day, when he or she persecutes a child who isn’t going to take it. Sometimes in life the indignation however turns to a rage – not directed only against the bully – but against all around that bully whom the victim views as responsible as well. Doesn’t make vindictive actions right or moral, but nonetheless, it’s a common human response – and one Americans got an example of.

Evil does not justify evil, and self-defense is far different from revenge. If we are to believe the story, it is obviously an example of a few taking revenge upon the people of a country who have persecuted their families for decades. As the action was taken against unknown Americans, it is not pure self-defense, but revenge, which I reject…but no more so than I reject every military action the United States government has taken since and prior to 9-11 against innocents and sovereign nations worldwide.

The most powerful terrorist organization operating in the world is the U.S. government, and come this Sunday, on the tenth anniversary of 9-11, in the guise of remembering the nearly 3,000 Americans murdered, millions of Americans will glorify with their flag waving and their prayers for the troops who are “defending our freedoms” and those who are and have died “fighting the war on terror”, all the while glorifying the greatest terrorist organization of all – their own government and simultaneously conveniently forgetting the many thousands murdered by it.

As for me, 9-11, means nothing. It is merely another day. And on that date ten years ago, it meant nothing beyond recognition that many human beings in the country I reside and elsewhere wrongly believe evil justifies evil. It is always sad there are victims of terrorism and their families who must experience such pain, but I do not differentiate between the nationality of said victims, as if some deaths are worse than others, and neither do I praise the terrorists – be it those persons involved in 9-11 or those politicians and the troops who are responsible for terror worldwide. There was no surprise to me on that day, but simply an intellectual understanding that this is the result of mankind’s inhumanity to his fellow man which continues…and continues..and continues with no one challenging their own complicity.

9-11 changed nothing. Americans, for the most part, are still a mindless and conscienceless patriotic mass thinking only of themselves. Get ready for “The Star Spangled Banner,” and prayers not just for the innocent victims of terrorism who lost their lives that day, but prayers for the most effective terrorists in the world – the U.S. troops. And when I hear “God Bless America,” I simply ask, “Why?”

I have received several emails and calls expressing appreciation for it, asking thoughtful questions, and readers sharing with me of their ambivalence on the matter. Thank you.

Also, a number of people have questioned whether people should be forced by the state to pay for life sentences of those convicted as well as questioning my reference(s) to “legitimate role of government” and “limited government.” As a libertarian anarchist I reject all coercive government, thus all legalized theft (taxation)  regardless of the cause/reason it is to be used for in society. I wrote this article about 2 1/2 years ago when I was still a libertarian minarchist; the Future of Freedom Foundation acquired it then, but did not publish it till now (August 16, 2011). Thus, the references to government do not reflect my stance now; but my opposition to the death penalty in today’s society stands.

Topic summary : Becoming a libertarian anarchist – a discussion for libertarian minarchists. I invite you to listen. A great interview which was broadcast live (blogtalkradio) July 13, 2011 with host Joe Cristiano of Liberty Talk Radio (and audience questions).

Listen here.

I invite you to view my video for my perspective: Are libertarians hurting or helping the cause of freedom when trying to reform statist programs?

These questions are being sent in response to my recent video rebuttal to Tom Woods’ blog “Why Even an Anarchist Should Vote for Ron Paul.”

After many years involved in electoral politics, I have now rejected the electoral process entirely and have evolved from being a minarchist to a libertarian anarchist.

My previous minarchism, I came to realize, was inconsistent with my belief in freedom and in the non-aggression principle.

I share about this in my video recorded in March 2011: Voting is Evil.

Also, my previous political activities and subsequent rejection of the electoral process and all political parties are available in a brief bio and article.  (This piece was written as I evolved from minarchist to anarchist but while I was still a minarchist; the video “Voting is Evil” and some of the interviews/recordings in link below after becoming a libertarian anarchist).

Interviews with me about a variety of issues, including recent shows regarding my transition to voluntarism/agorism/libertarian anarchy, and other recordings (audio and video) are available here.

I think most of the answers to questions posed to me can be found in the above links.

This is my video rebuttal to that.

(Note: since that video, I have received a number of questions about my stance on voting, my politics, and my evolution from being a minarchist to libertarian anarchist. I respond to those questions in my subsequent blog post: My Path to libertarian anarchism.)