Leviathan and Libertarian

The Indian stands free, and unconstrained in nature, is her inhabitant and not her guest,and hence wears her easily,and gracefully. But the 'civilized" man has the habits of the house. His house is his prison. There must be a posting of the guard lest he escape. And so we have the origin of government.

I put forth the premise that "he who is governed least is governed best", and that he who is truly governed best of all is not governed at all except by that celestial fire called conscience, which owes allegiance to no other authority than its own understanding of that which it calls God.I,therefore, move that all government must have its origin, and therefore its authority in and by that understanding.In other words, my right to define what I consider to be "the pursuit of happiness" comes from what I call, and understand to be "God".

The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes called the institution of human government "Leviathan", which by definition is a "monster often representing evil intentions". Thus, every good intention of a truly civilized man must be to throw off any attempt by this "monster" to devour him. So, how does it become a man to behave toward this American government, this modern-day "leviathan", this usurper of the soul?

My answer to that fundamental question which will so heavily determine any future course of action is that he cannot, without disgrace, be associated with it. And as we should be men first, and subjects afterward, it is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. A man in the right constitutes a majority of one.

By definition,a libertarian is quite simply "a person who believes in liberty of thought, and action",in other words, a person who believes that his thoughts are worth putting into action,at least for him. If he is right, which I believe he will be if he allows others to do the same,he will then place himself in the best possible position to achieve the end of any definition he may have constituting the pursuit of whatever he may call happiness.Essentially,he advances the thought,and some of you may find this controversial,that freedom is the natural state of man,pure and unencumbered, without limitations, or boundaries save by that which is placed there by himself.

A prudent man will never leave that which is right to the mercy of chance, nor will he expect it to prevail through the power of any said majority. There is little of anything that can pass for truth in the action of even a democratic mass. The Declaration of Independence put forth the notion that "all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights,that among these are life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness". The Constitution was created to protect these rights. My take on that is that since I have decided to build the prison(house) that I am living in, it would behoove me to be the guard that keeps my gate and lock, and that I need not be subordinate to any man in this regard,and that ultimately, the degree of freedom that remains to me will be in direct proportion to that which I keep to myself.

I think the founding brothers would be smiling. I also think most of them would be Libertarians today for the same reasons that I am.Today's rendition of the Democratic and Republican parties offer only slightly different versions of similar failed,unconstitutional practices. Both of them are promoting more,and bigger government, with an ongoing assault on the remaining civil liberties at home,while pursuing a policy of entangling alliances, and unnecessary military actions abroad.It would seem the present American Left is no longer content with their usurpation of the word "liberal"which previously referred to a person who believed in "free markets and social tolerance",and is now attempting to steal the word "libertarian" to apply to classical liberals to describe themselves.

The Republican Right is no better. They project the image of defending our rights as they are guaranteed by the Constitution, while in reality quietly continuing the advance of the nanny state,conducting illegal pre-emptive military strikes,and enforcing federal mandates that are a violation of personal freedom and the privacy of individual citizens. All in direct opposition to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution which they have sworn under oath to protect. True libertarianism,simply stated,means that a man has the right to be left alone in the life he has chosen,and as such, has only the obligations that he has consented to accept.

While some may find this vague in its application, it is in effect,the ultimate "declaration of independence" from all tyranny in its many forms. To a libertarian,there isn't nearly enough difference between Democrats and Republicans to override the fact that they are both in league with the enemies of freedom, and under those circumstances neither can justify any pretensions of intellectual superiority. This is the reason that anyone who genuinely believes that freedom is a gift from God,and not a grant from man,has to be Libertarian, as there is no other choice.

The Revolution will not be televised.