Day REM Times

Imagine a world where you don’t pay any taxes at all. A world where all that matters from the perspective of law, is a person’s life, property and liberty. Nobody could force you to follow their own moral code. Nobody will steal your money in the name of the “Law”. Nobody would care if you started your own business, or worry about you making too much money. You could use your own property however you see fit. You answer to nobody except those who you choose to answer to.

Health care, road development, mail delivery, and many more currently government controlled services would be privatized. This would be a welcome experience, as competition would arise to provide the best services at the best price. Citizens would have the money to afford these services, since they would not be paying it all to the government. Charitable organizations would not vanish, but would thrive due to the excess wealth now in the hands of the people.

Socialized services could still exist. One could CHOOSE to pay a monthly amount into a health insurance plan that allows them to go to a hospital and not worry about the expenses associated with it. A community could CHOOSE to pool their money to provide a publicly accessible road instead of leaving it as a toll road. The price of gas would immediately plummet with the absurd amount of taxes no longer being a factor. This world I’ve described is NOT a democracy.

They are either ignorant or evil

Election time is coming up, and some are campaigning to get people voting. One of the most noticeable attempts has been done by Rick Mercer:

He noted at the very beginning that “Canada is one of the world’s greatest democracies” and at the end, he says to “do what young people all over the world are dying to do, vote”. These two points are very interesting, since, first of all, any reasonable evaluation of democracy will prove that it has, not, does not, and cannot honestly represent the people. Second, the people around the world are not dying for democracy, they are dying for freedom, and democracy does NOT equal freedom (http://mobiustech.com/?p=51).

Politicians have done an excellent job of convincing this country that democracy IS freedom, therefore opposing democracy must mean you oppose freedom, and anything a person opposing democracy says must be considered radical, extremist, and evil. What else would you expect them to say? Like any human being, their primary interest is in protecting themselves and their cushy nonsense jobs, and if democracy falls, so does their entire career, and they would have to start an honest job. Heaven forbid! Democracy is not good or evil simply because someone says it is. The moral state of the political system is absolute, and an individual’s understanding of it, is what varies. Forget what you’ve been told, and honestly analyze the history, statistics, and facts about democracy, and you will see it is not what we’d hope it would be.

Why would we settle?

In many situations, democracy is a better solution than what already exists. In many countries, they don’t even try to disguise dictatorships as democracies. While democracy may provide a nice illusion of the people having control, this doesn’t mean it’s even a good practice. Getting stabbed with a knife is better than getting stabbed with a sword, but it doesn’t mean we should all be excited to get stabbed with a knife!

Many people claim that democracy is the ONLY way for the people to have a say in how their country is run. These people believe exactly what politicians are trying very hard to keep them believing. Unfortunately, it turns out that not only is democracy NOT the only solution, it’s not even a good one. Consider this to easily see the fairness of the democracy:

Proof of democracies failure

There are approximately 33,739,900 people in Canada. In the 2008 federal election, 13,686,146 people voted at all. Out of those people, 5,209,069 people voted for the conservatives. That means that 5 million people decided that Steven Harper would rule over almost 34 million people. 29 million people never consented to the Conservative party rule at all, but are completely convinced that this is fair, and everyone had their say and still has their freedom.

Many people are beginning to notice the foolishness of such a system. The only problem is that there is no solution as obvious and simple as marking off a ballot. This should come as no surprise. If you want to be part of building a new world, you can’t expect it to be easy, but you can expect it to be well worth it. How can we hope to get to this truly free society?

Building a better world

There are probably several methods people could use to change a country. The most obvious one that the rest of the world is very familiar with is the threat, or actual use of force. While this is something people should be willing to do to attain freedom, it should not be considered as anything but an absolute last resort. We want to protect our rights to life without taking it from others. One possible series of effective events could be the following:

1. Stop participating in anything that supports the state
2. Gather in a single province or territory and simply live the life of freedom without political approval
3. Continue to grow in numbers until the government no longer has any financial support and inevitably collapses

An examination of these steps shows exactly what an individual could be doing to contribute to this change.

Stop participating in anything that supports the state

There are many ways that one can cause trouble for the political system without risk. The first, and easiest way is to simply stop voting. Voting, even by rejecting or spoiling your ballot, shows the politicians that you approve of the system. By not voting, you can honestly say you never supported the government, and any action they may pursue against you regarding the violation of any law, would be completely against your will. This would not persuade your captors, but it would be recognized by your fellow citizens.

If you have control over your money, and when you pay your taxes, simply don’t. Make the CRA do as much work as they can to claim your money. Do not simply hand it over. It takes several years of not paying taxes for the CRA to even notice you haven’t done so. Even more time after that before they would consider any legal action or penalties. The point is, if they want your money, they should be forced to actually steal it, instead of the blackmail methods they currently use (Pay us taxes, or go to jail).

Do not make it easy to collect census information. When threatened with legal action, consider the following before giving your information:

“No person has ever been sentenced to jail for failing to complete the census. In the majority of cases referred to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, the individual completed a census questionnaire. A very small number of individuals were fined.” -http://communities.canada.com/vannet/blogs/commcons/archive/2010/08/04/has-anyone-ever-been-jailed-for-not-filling-out-the-long-form-census.aspx

Anything you can do to demonstrate that you are not OK with being forced into any action at all, is commendable.

Gather in a single province or territory and simply live the life of freedom without political approval

Joining together geographically not only gets the attention of other citizens, but also makes it harder for the government to do anything about it. If our numbers are substantial enough, the would need to imprison all of us to stop any of us. Should they try any action, since we would be pursuing peace and freedom, we would gain even more support from the rest of the public, as well as other countries.

The challenge would be in the gathering itself. If we slowly come together, one at a time, then we can easily be stopped, one at a time. Coordination and planning would be necessary to come together at the same time, in the same area, in great numbers, and we would be unstoppable.

The location for this gathering could be anywhere, however for the greatest political impact, and to “take over” a province or territory, the ideal locations would be Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest Territories, or PEI. Even though having claim to a province would be a useful asset, as long as we form a community, we can be located anywhere in the country.

Continue to grow in numbers until the government no longer has any financial support and inevitably collapses

With all of us together, we can establish our own way of life, with no concern of our liberty being attacked. People will want to join us when they see the freedom we would enjoy. The growth of such a society would be inevitable. With a government relying completely on public verbal and financial support, as time goes on and their revenue is cut off, they will be forced to disband and work as normal people, unable to rob and imprison in the name of their “law”. At this time, we would truly be free.

As I said, this is simply my thoughts on how to actually make a difference. A strategy that is low risk and easy to accept. We only need to start by taking the first and easiest step, by not voting. As we show the world that we will not allow others to take away our ability to make our own choices, we will find support, and we will find that the work was worth it. This is the world I dream of, and I would hope you do too.

The human mind is extremely buggy. For example, 1 in 4 Americans have a mental disorder at some point in their lives. Even the average person will misremember simple events in their past. Consider the extremes of the human mind. You can be anywhere from completely coherent and aware of your surroundings with a very advanced intelligence, to living only in your imagined perception of the world around you, aka a 100% hallucinatory state. With these extremes of the human mind, it’s easy to conclude that we would find ourselves somewhere in between these extremes. The challenge is simple. How close to each end would you find yourself?

Consider a topic you feel like an expert in. You feel confident in what you know, and also in the fact that your knowledge on that subject is superior to the average person. Now lets throw in a hallucinogenic mental illness. With that, how confident are you that you are as intelligent as you believe, and that the level of knowledge of those around you isn’t simply conjured up by your mind? What proof do you have that the interactions you have with others aren’t simply lucid hallucinations created by your mind?

All your senses are connected to your brain. “That’s real because I can feel it/see it/smell it/taste it/hear it” is not a valid statement. The only way that would be accurate would be adding in “to me”, as in “That’s real to me because I can feel it/see it/smell it/taste it/hear it”.

Asking someone else to confirm your observations is still flawed. Who are you asking? Is that person real or fabricated by your mind? If you had a mental illness, would you know the difference between a real person and an imagined one? Therefore, even asking a million people would carry no more weight than asking 1.

The point is that even if you were the human on the most intelligent end of the spectrum, with a flawless brain, you would not be able to confirm that it was flawless because you would not be able to confirm the reality of any of your observations.

So we know nothing. All we have is what is true or real to us, and therefore, that is all we can go on. This means it is essential to realize that what any one of us may hold to be the most truest of truths, may very well be a complete fabrication in our minds. At the same time, the most absurd concepts to us may very well be closer to absolute truth than we realize.