If I point a gun at you and threaten to shoot you if you don't give me your property, that is wrong.
If I threaten to kidnap and imprison you at gunpoint for not continuing to give me your property at regular intervals, that is also wrong.
If I use the money I steal from anyone in this manner to build a cage, hire guards to protect it, and throw anyone who doesn't surrender their property into the cage, that is also wrong.
If I use my guns and cages to threaten people into only accepting and using my home-made Jerry Money that I print out of thin air, circulate as a loan at interest and exclusively control the interest rates on, that is also wrong.
If I use my guns and cages to threaten people into paying me tribute whenever they acquire my home-made Jerry Money, that is also wrong.
If I use my guns and cages to force parents-to-be to pledge their unborn babies to the bond market so I can continue to sustain my coercively created monopoly on the circulation of currency, that is also wrong.
I don't have the authority to do any of these things. No individual does.
So how do individuals delegate powers they don't have to other individuals?
Maybe there would be a lot less violence in the world if people got as upset over the lack of an answer to the question above as they do over political incorrectness and so-called "hate speech".
The alleged hatefulness of insensitive comments made by anyone about any topic pale in comparison to the fact that statists are literally advocating theft at gunpoint for every single one of their lofty, misguided, utopian goals. There's nothing that can be said that demonstrates as much hate as the initiation of physical force against someone else's body or property without their consent.
About the Author
I'm Jared Howe! I'm a Voluntaryist hip hop artist and professional technical editor/writer with a passion for Austrian economics and universal ethics. You can catch my podcast every Friday on the Seeds of Liberty Podcast Network.
