As someone that self-identifies as extremely left-wing radical, it was always strange to me back in the day that I got along with libertarians so well, as that political platform clearly leans to the right. Turns out, libertarianism is totally separate from left vs right politics. I didn't fully realize that till I saw one of these Nolan charts.
That's when I realized... oh shit... not only am I extremely left-wing, but I'm also extremely libertarian. We are a rare breed, so most libertarians have to congregate more toward the center when it comes to left vs right issues.
Children's Table of Politics
The thing about left vs right issues... is that they actually don't really fucking matter at all and are often times used on purpose to divide the people and get them attacking each other. Weak factions are easily conquered, and both sides have been serving central banks and imperialism (authoritarianism) faithfully for generations. In my opinion, with the advent of crypto and limitless potential, those days are about to come to an end.
The core libertarian argument is quite simple:
If your governance structures were any good you wouldn't have to force people to agree with them. People would follow the rules voluntarily (voluntarism), because the rules made sense and they were beneficial and synergistic in nature for all parties involved. Instead we are born into authoritarian rule by force and punishment. Grandfathered in by force and beaten into submission (be it physical violence, the public school system, and whatever else).
Authoritarianism and imperialism certainly have their place in the world. It's quite obvious that this rule-by-force and negative reinforcement tactic have been the ultimate way to scale up society up until now. It's harder to get millions/billions of people on the same page when they have a lot of options. By limiting those options and forcing people to act a certain way, we have accomplished great and terrible things.
But we are at an impasse.
Negative reinforcement only scales so far before the children rebel. Corporations only get so big before they hit major diminishing returns. Governments can only do so much to control their populations.
Getting to the point:
I saw this today and was very annoyed.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/04/08/us/biden-news-today
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56672892
What is a "red flag" law?
Finally, he asked the DOJ to publish model "red flag" laws for states to use as guides. Red flag laws allow family members or law enforcement agencies to petition state courts to temporarily block people from obtaining firearms if they present a danger to themselves or others. Biden said states with such red flag laws have seen a reduction in the number of suicides.
If I'm being honest, this sounds fine.
It's not like I'm 100% against gun control. As someone who doesn't even own a gun, what do I care (on a personal level)? On the other side of the coin, the second amendment is second for a reason. It's a pretty important one, and citizens find themselves incredibly outgunned by their own governments these days, in far more ways than just conventional weaponry (Big Tech surveillance state).
To quote myself:
No one goes on a shooting spree simply because they have access to a gun. To simplify the problem down a solution of, "Oh, wow! He should have never been able to gain access to a gun in the first place!" is insanely reductive and nonsensical. The concept that we should take away rights from 99.99% of people on the off chance that 0.001% of those people abuse their rights is a clear precursor to totalitarianism.
So many "red flags"
If I'm being honest, none of this comes as a surprise. It was only a matter of time before the authoritarian left came along and started imposing their will on the population for the "greater good". In fact, I'm floored it took this long.
I may not be a gun nut, but my younger brother is. And years ago he talked all about these "ghost guns" you could build. If you install a receiver yourself...
In firearms terminology, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving") components such as ...
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Essentially my limited understanding, from what he told me, is that if you build a gun yourself you can basically own an unregistered AR-15 assault rifle LEGALLY. This blew my mind when I heard it, almost to the point of being unbelievable. These executive actions being thrown out by the president obviously intend to make this loophole illegal.
If guns are outlawed. Only outlaws will have guns.
This is not sentiment that I necessarily agree with, but it has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Irregardless of any of that, it is clearly inappropriate for Biden to be signing executive orders that could clearly be in direct conflict with an AMENDMENT of the CONSTITUTION.
These laws have been around for decades, and only now does the authoritarian-left decide to get up off their ass and do something about it? Sidestepping the entire legal process due to this perceived "emergency"? It sets the worst example ever: one that allows them to overturn whatever law they want because "emergency".
Also, where are the statistics on this?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but unregistered AR-15s that people built in their own garages aren't even the ones mowing people down in the streets. It's not hard to get a weapon if you have a motivation to do so, no matter how illegal something is, there will always be a market. If supply is low, price will simply be higher. These solutions are not solutions at all.
Experts say that these homemade guns are increasingly being used in crimes. Over 40% of guns being seized in Los Angeles are ghost guns, according to federal firearms officials.
And it's really stats like this that bring up more questions. Do I trust this? How much research do I actually have to do before I wade through all the bullshit propaganda and obvious one-sided arguments (from both sides).
The real solution is to figure out why so many people in America are snapping and going full psycho on everyone. This is not a possession of weapons issue, this is a mental health issue. The world is so broken that more and more people are completely breaking down mentally and going on these rampages. How about we try to fix the actual issue rather than band-aid the problem and treat all citizens like toddlers?
Is it because politicians don't actually give a shit? Is it because they have ulterior motives and work for the elite rather than the people that elect them? It is because they WANT people to be subservient, defenseless, rule-following, scared little sheep that will constantly give up their freedoms for "security"? Yes, yes it is. Keep giving them everything, just like you would pay any other mobster protection money, see what happens. Give a mouse a cookie, now they want a glass of milk. The end result is always the same: moar moar moar.
Concealed carry laws.
There's also quite a bit of evidence to suggest that when people can get a license to carry a concealed weapon crime actually goes down. Not sure if that's propaganda for the right-wing side of the argument but I also don't really care. I'm tired of asking for permission to exist. Nothing makes sense anymore, and the nonsensicalness of this reality is going to increase exponentially over the coming decades.
3-D Printing
Decentralized manufacturing and 3-D printing go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other: this much is certain. The path forward is clear. We have to take the good with the bad. That means a lot of people out there are going to have the ability to beep boop beep open-source code out comes an assault rifle. Wow, crazy. This is the world we live in.
Tech is out of control.
I've heard reports that the CIA can hook a machine up to your brain and read your thoughts. 10 years ago monkeys were already moving mechanical arms. Who knows how much progress they've made with nano tech. This shit isn't science fiction anymore. If we can't defend ourselves, we are the product. We are being mass produced and enslaved, and the imperialists are going to try and keep it that way. That's the entire point of the game. You're either a slavemaster or a slave. Meanwhile they got everyone sitting at the children's table bitching about pronouns, Cardi B, Lil Nas X.
lol...
Who... fucking... cares...
Anarchist's Cookbook 2.0
Crypto is, almost by definition, the ultimate form of rebellion. The FBI purposefully distributed copies of the Anarchist Cookbook that would blow up enthusiasts that tried to create pipe bombs. That can't even happen on blockchain because the information would be verified a thousand times over by trusted sources via unhackable signatures.
Myth Busters canceled an episode after testing a myth about making a homemade bomb. The bomb was so powerful apparently they didn't air the episode or talk about it. Good job guys, Obama is proud.
Although I didn't get to blow anything up...
hmmmmmm.... ! I wonder why he mentioned blowing things up.
This is all a matter of psychology.
Anyone can look up how to make homemade bombs.
It's not hard.
All of a sudden Mythbusters does it and a bunch of morons go out and try it themselves. Authority matters. Trust matters. That's why they canceled the show. I don't agree but I understand perfectly.
Why am I suddenly reminded of Fight Club?
Oh I'm sorry...
Did you need something more real than a fictional movie?
Obviously if you actually wanted to find more destructive tutorials you'd have to do a bit more digging, which I do not... I'm probably on enough red flag watchlists as is.
The point here is that again, this is a psychology issue. If someone wants to kill a lot of people, this isn't a difficult task. They don't need a gun. They can use bombs, poison, or whatever else. Weapons are everywhere. They can't be censored, and taking them away is a huge 2nd-amendment warning.
That being said libertarians are all about voluntarism, so if you want to join a community where all weapons are banned, we have no problem with that... just stop trying to force everyone else to obey rules they didn't agree to. It's not hard. The Federal government doesn't need to be issuing executive orders for stuff like this, and I think it's pretty clear where this is headed. Both Biden and Kamala are known strong-supporters of the police-state.
When we take another look at the Nolan chart, we see that left vs right is often an issue of personal freedom vs economic freedom. In some ways that makes sense and others it doesn't. How is taking away my right to own a gun increasing my personal freedom?
In any case, we might consider universal healthcare a personal freedom. Everyone has the right to healthcare. We might even make an argument for programs that try to close the disparity gap between minorities and such like Affirmative Action. Trying to increase equality between individuals theoretically increases "personal freedom" as a whole. I'm more of a meritocracy guy myself but what are ya gonna do.
On the republican side of the equation we see this "economic freedom" jargon. Meaning less regulation. Less taxes. Trickle-down economics and other failed experiments.
TAXES unnecessary (tax brackets)
For generations this is what it's all come down to. How are we going to pay for that? How are we going to pay for universal healthcare? Free college? Better job placement? Food stamps? Roads? Infrastructure? Etc Etc Etc. The prevailing argument is always: we need to tax the rich more to pay for this stuff.
But none of that makes sense anymore. The FED has already tipped their hand ten times over. We need to pay for shit? Just print the money and pay for it. It's not hard. Why are we bending over backwards with a million tax laws that are all outdated?
When we look at these tax brackets, it looks fair on paper: people with more money get taxed more. That's not how reality works. The richest people pay no taxes. The entire point of taxes is so people can loophole out of them, otherwise we'd just print more money to pay for everything and we'd be fine. We don't need taxes to pay for any of this stuff.
And now we have crypto, where these online borderless permissionless governments are just popping up left and right, and they can make whatever rules they want and they can pay for whatever they want. The days of authoritarianism are done. It's voluntarism from here on out. Forcing people into laws they don't want is a thing of the past. Find a community that suits you and go all in.
Conclusion
"Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it's an international embarrassment," Biden said on Thursday.
He's not wrong... too bad the problem is only going to get worse. These "solutions" are a sham. If we actually want to solve these problems we need to be building healthy environments and strong support networks, not forcing people to obey laws that they don't consent to. In what reality does forcing people to behave a certain way end with rainbows and sunshine? They already think the election was stolen... lol... Wake up.
What's next?
Ya gonna ban soap when the crazies start blowing people up?
Good luck.