For those that still don’t get it...
“Now obviously, I can’t tell you as a US Senator I’m going to get rid of the entire Federal government. That’s not a realistic possibility.”
“That has nothing to do with the authority that I’m asking for. And that’s what it is, you’re asking for a certain authority with the blessing of the voters to say I wanna take on this political position. I wanna take on this power.”
Here’s the source:
These are not the words of a propertarian individualist. The “authority” granted by mob rule elections is illegitimate. It doesn’t matter if he says we will “vote no” to everything. Assuming that this power, to determine which policies will or will not be enacted and enforced upon other non-violent individuals, is legitimate, is not a voluntaryist position.
And sorry to all the well-meaning, if naive voluntaryist supporters, who wanted to see the Federal government “dissolved” in 2020. That’s suspended now. In limbo. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, countless man hours of activism, outreach, and support, now to potentially never take shape. You can’t be a senator and a president at the same time. Whoops. Oh well, there are lots of other ways to grab some power, keep the hype train moving, and continue making a living.
#inb4KokeshDisciplesStartMakingLameExcuses
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DLive and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)