[235] in libertarians
Re: Governments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Travis Corcoran)
Fri Sep 23 16:59:47 1994
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 16:54:19 EDT
From: tjic@ICD.teradyne.com (Travis Corcoran)
To: cem@MIT.EDU
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9409231938.AA13932@MIT.EDU> (cem@MIT.EDU)
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 15:34:24 -300
> From: cem@MIT.EDU (CEM)
>
> SENT TO: Libertarians
> He echoed my comments the other day re the frightening trend of our
> government to employ the military as a leftest political tool, and
> with reference to using them against civilians. That along with the
> inertia to disarm America is becoming a real serious threat to our
> populace.
Start reading alt.politics.org.batf. This group should really be
renamed alt.revolution.american.2nd. It contains a lot of horror
stories about curtailment of Constitutional rights, police/military
abuses, etc. It also contains a lot of political ideas on changing the
direction that things are moving in, and preparing for the worst case
(stockpiling ammo, food, etc.).
If you are convinced by these argument, you might be interested in
reading misc.survivalism or joing the survive-list mailing list.
> Want another fright? Think of the descriptions by our government
> of the conditions in Haiti which they used to justify the invasion -
> Government and military abuses of the population. Picture of the bodies
> of civilians and religeous leaders in the streets.
> CONSIDER. What if another strong country (e.g. Russia, China,
> Iraq, etc.) were to use the scenes of Waco, where the government
> unleashed the military to run roughshod over their civil rights, and
> mass-murdered civilians and religeous leaders - shouldn't they by
> similar logic invade the United States to re-establish democracy?
Superpowers invade countries incapable of resisting them when they
decide that it is in their best interest. Any justifications for
invasions are just that: justifications. The USSR, Germany, the UN,
etc. will never invade the US unless (1) it is trivial to do so, (2)
it is in the agressor's best interest to do so. I do not see that the
current trends in the US (infringment of individual rights) will
result in either of these becoming true in the near future.
Consider: as socialist as the US currently is, it is still a more
freedom-loving country than any other large country. Can you actually
see China invading the US because the government kills too many
citizens, or goesn't give them enough economic rights?
I thought not.
--
TJIC (Travis J.I. Corcoran) TJIC@icd.teradyne.com
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