Cup of coffee: check.
Big plate glass window to stare out of and people watch: check.
Shit to talk about: check.
This IS the Monday Steem Desk for Tuesday, October 2nd, 2017, coming at you once again from Tully's Coffee in beautiful Toyanogata, Niigata City, Japan!
(Current Steem price and coincap.io: $1.41 USD)
Brutality in Spain: How should we respond to statist violence?
Folks in Catalonia want to secede. Secessionists occupy polling stations to keep them open for voting. Spain government says "fuck off, you get no vote. We'll beat the shit out of you." This is my understanding of the situation thus far. Any Steemians in Spain want to comment here? Your input would be much appreciated
Spanish police have responded with ‘unjustified and unjustifiable’ brutality, even with rubber bullets, to Catalonia's unauthorized independence referendum, the region's secessionist leader said Sunday.
Carles Puigdemont spoke after riot-gear officers stormed schools and other public buildings designated as polling stations. Catalans had occupied them in the past 72 hours in attempt to keep them open for voting.
Is self-defense against law enforcement justified? Of course it is.
Having a badge and a magic special uniform does not render one a superior being to whom morality is non-applicable. Legality does not equate to morality. What the National Socialist party did to Jews, Poles, and myriad others in Nazi Germany was all "legal." Obviously, the belief that a select group of humans can create morality arbitrarily by scribbling on pieces of paper called "legislation" undercuts the whole point of morality and ethics--namely, to have an immovable mooring upon which to base our philosophies, societies, and laws.
Right now, many people wish to defend themselves, but see the massive power of the state, and the brutal force its agents seem to have almost zero qualms about employing, and say, understandably, Nah. Fuck that. I don't wanna die. As they say, "give a man a hammer and everything around him suddenly starts to look like a nail." This is why our revolution is a philosophical one. Individuals must "wake up" to the truth of individual self-ownership as an immutable, nature-conferred reality and right, and then disobey.
The more people disobeying, the less power the state has. It is, however, first and foremost, a puerile, childish, and violent religion to be grown out of through a philosophical and fundamental paradigm shift in the individual. Unless we are united in principle, disobedience often results in what at times seems to be only a waste of human life. Play your game smart, and decide where your line in the sand is. There's no need to mug yourself by trying to be a martyr by, say, disobedience that will end up with you in a cage and your family in even more trouble and more vulnerable to the statist goons. Every man must choose his own battles. Many do not pay taxes. Others do. Either way, the coercion and violence is being initiated by the state.
That said, the fact remains that it is your nature-conferred (God-given, if you like) right to defend your property and person. Your body. Your self. For a more in-depth explanation see this very controversial and important video by 
What are your favorite "long shot" or still-cheap-yet-super-promising cryptos?
Recently a friend in Panama has turned me on to some new coins that seem promising, and are still quite affordable when it comes to scooping up a handful or five. These coins include:
- VERTCOIN (VTC)
- BAT (Basic Attention Token)
- CIVIC (CVC)
What about you? What still-affordable coins are you excited about. Feel free to start a discussion in the comments! Wouldn't it be nice to be financially set when those "cheapies" you bought five months ago shoot through the roof??? Hell yeah, it would.
Finally, in just a little over a week, I'll be heading to Nagano to visit 
down on the farm!
Fellow steemian
Here is Nick's excellent blog on his path and journey to becoming an independent farmer and self-sufficient permaculturalist:
https://korekaranoka.wordpress.com
He's a busy man, and is often out plodding around in the mud (as any good agriculturalist should be) so be sure to drop him a line and encourage him in his extremely ballsy and awesome Voluntaryist journey. And ask him to write more blog posts! :)
If you would like to see my interview with him on Voluntary Japan LIVE! (VJ LIVE!) you can check that out right here!
Well, folks, this has been a plump little Steem Desk today. Thanks so much for stopping by. If you have a story you want to tell, or something important to say hit me up, and maybe I can feature it here. God bless you all and I wish you a very, very Voluntary week full of freedom and big FUCK YOU's to the state. Love will conquer in the end.
Peace!
~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 Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
