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Before a government can empire-build in the world, it builds its first empire at home. After all, the money for dominating the world must first come from dominating its own people. Inflation, taxes, forfeiture, etc. are needed to fund the overseas aggression. What is then done onto others comes back home in a karmic circle as militarization of our police, more brutality towards civilians, no-knock-raids that kill innocents, and a general disregard for individual rights. Liberty Memes, The War On Drugs, Individual Rights, Building An Empire, Gift Quotes, Back Home, Overseas, Fund, Knock Knock
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Before a government can empire-build in the world, it builds its first empire at home. After all, the money for dominating the world must first come from dominating its own people. Inflation, taxes, forfeiture, etc. are needed to fund the overseas aggression. What is then done onto others comes back home in a karmic circle as militarization of our police, more brutality towards civilians, no-knock-raids that kill innocents, and a general disregard for individual rights.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
For humankind, political freedom is not a luxury. Liberty determines how wealthy we are and how long we live. Our willingness to let others be free may be a necessary prerequisite to our own personal happiness. Sadly, many Americans are unaware that our government has become the problem and still blindly support it. Consequently, government grows bigger, destroying our freedom further. Patriotism isn't about supporting your government; it's about making sure that government supports freedom. Save My Marriage, Saving Your Marriage, Marriage Advice, Open Relationship, Relationship Problems, Relationships, Polyamorous Relationship, Married Men Who Cheat, Message Text
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For humankind, political freedom is not a luxury. Liberty determines how wealthy we are and how long we live. Our willingness to let others be free may be a necessary prerequisite to our own personal happiness. Sadly, many Americans are unaware that our government has become the problem and still blindly support it. Consequently, government grows bigger, destroying our freedom further. Patriotism isn't about supporting your government; it's about making sure that government supports freedom.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
When the police can’t or won’t help us, we need to be able to defend our­selves. Perhaps that’s why over 90% of police officers want citizens to be able to buy firearms for defense, as well as sport, and as many as a third of our state legislators have concealed carry permits. Liberal Politics, Conservative Politics, Free Learning, Learning Resources, Wisdom Meme, Patriotic Words, Love Gun, Three Percenter
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When the police can’t or won’t help us, we need to be able to defend our­selves. Perhaps that’s why over 90% of police officers want citizens to be able to buy firearms for defense, as well as sport, and as many as a third of our state legislators have concealed carry permits.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
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FDA regulation is a two-edged sword. Delaying approval until we see if side effects occur in other countries can save our lives. However, we also get lifesaving medications years later than other countries, causing many Americans to die needlessly. What is the final outcome? According to a 30-year analysis, for every American saved by the drug lag, another 64-364 Americans were killed by it. Put another way, between 1950 and 1980, the drug lag saved about 33 American lives per year, while 2,100- Weed Facts, Marijuana Funny, Weed Memes, Dankest Memes, Funny Memes, Medical Marijuana, Dibujo, Herbs, Hemp
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FDA regulation is a two-edged sword. Delaying approval until we see if side effects occur in other countries can save our lives. However, we also get lifesaving medications years later than other countries, causing many Americans to die needlessly. What is the final outcome? According to a 30-year analysis, for every American saved by the drug lag, another 64-364 Americans were killed by it. Put another way, between 1950 and 1980, the drug lag saved about 33 American lives per year, while 2,100-
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government by funding the candidate that legislates in their favor. A free-market thwarts lobbying by taking the power that corporations seek away from government! The only sure way to prevent the rich from buying unfair government influence is to stop allowing government to use physical force against peaceful people. Whenever government is allowed to favor one group over another, the rich will always win. Nascar Drivers, Thats The Way, Political Cartoons, Political Satire, Social Issues, Hillarious, Senate, Trending Memes, Patriotic
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As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government by funding the candidate that legislates in their favor. A free-market thwarts lobbying by taking the power that corporations seek away from government! The only sure way to prevent the rich from buying unfair government influence is to stop allowing government to use physical force against peaceful people. Whenever government is allowed to favor one group over another, the rich will always win.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
What's love got to do with liberty? Just about everything! If we love our neighbors, we won't steal from them, defraud them, or assault them. If we secretly hate or even judge them as stupid, foolish, or lesser than ourselves, we've stopped honoring their choices and started belittling them. We have separated ourselves from them instead of dwelling in the sense of equality and oneness. Because they are "other," we can justify a bit of aggression against them "for their own good." Political Education, Politics, William Hazlitt, Belittle, Constitutional Rights, Kill Bill
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What's love got to do with liberty? Just about everything! If we love our neighbors, we won't steal from them, defraud them, or assault them. If we secretly hate or even judge them as stupid, foolish, or lesser than ourselves, we've stopped honoring their choices and started belittling them. We have separated ourselves from them instead of dwelling in the sense of equality and oneness. Because they are "other," we can justify a bit of aggression against them "for their own good."
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
We should take a valuable lesson from the era of alcohol prohibition. Aggression was ineffective—and expensive, both in terms of dollars and lives. When Prohibition was repealed, people bought their alcohol from professional brewers instead of criminals. As a result, they stopped dying from bathtub gin. The turf fighting subsided, since there was no turf to fight about. The murder and assault rate that had skyrocketed during Prohibition fell steadily after its repeal. Alcohol Prohibition, Brewers, Turf, Murder, Gin, Expensive, Rate
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We should take a valuable lesson from the era of alcohol prohibition. Aggression was ineffective—and expensive, both in terms of dollars and lives. When Prohibition was repealed, people bought their alcohol from professional brewers instead of criminals. As a result, they stopped dying from bathtub gin. The turf fighting subsided, since there was no turf to fight about. The murder and assault rate that had skyrocketed during Prohibition fell steadily after its repeal.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
We shouldn’t be too surprised that both our students and teachers are floundering academically. After all, our schools are examples of fourth-layer aggression, exclusive, subsidized monopolies that we are forced to use. All schools, even the more flexible private and home schools, must meet requirements of the state’s licensing boards, which usually dictate the core curriculum, the hours and years of attendance, the list of acceptable textbooks, and the educational standards for teachers. School Choice, Education Standards, Core Curriculum, School Today, All Schools, Attendance, Licensing, Aggressive
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We shouldn’t be too surprised that both our students and teachers are floundering academically. After all, our schools are examples of fourth-layer aggression, exclusive, subsidized monopolies that we are forced to use. All schools, even the more flexible private and home schools, must meet requirements of the state’s licensing boards, which usually dictate the core curriculum, the hours and years of attendance, the list of acceptable textbooks, and the educational standards for teachers.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
No one who seeks power to take away the liberty of others can legitimately claim to love their neighbors. Liberty, on the other hand, is consistent both with self-love and love of others, since we must be willing to grant liberty to others to have it for ourselves. When people are ready, change will happen. Right now, most people want liberty for themselves, but not for their neighbor. Obviously, that won't work. We must be caring enough to allow others to be free if we want freedom too. Hypocrisy, Theft, Neighbors, Grant, Wake Up
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No one who seeks power to take away the liberty of others can legitimately claim to love their neighbors. Liberty, on the other hand, is consistent both with self-love and love of others, since we must be willing to grant liberty to others to have it for ourselves. When people are ready, change will happen. Right now, most people want liberty for themselves, but not for their neighbor. Obviously, that won't work. We must be caring enough to allow others to be free if we want freedom too.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
Through taxation, pacifists are forced at gunpoint to pay for killing machines; vegetarians are forced at gunpoint to subsidize grazing land for cattle; nonsmokers are forced at gunpoint to support both the production of tobacco and the research to counter its impact on health. These minorities are the victims, not the initiators of aggression. Their only crime is not agreeing with the priorities of the majority. Taxation appears to be more than theft; it is intolerance. Pacifist, Intolerance, Cattle, Priorities, Agree, Counter
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Through taxation, pacifists are forced at gunpoint to pay for killing machines; vegetarians are forced at gunpoint to subsidize grazing land for cattle; nonsmokers are forced at gunpoint to support both the production of tobacco and the research to counter its impact on health. These minorities are the victims, not the initiators of aggression. Their only crime is not agreeing with the priorities of the majority. Taxation appears to be more than theft; it is intolerance.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
What's love got to do with liberty? Just about everything! If we love our neighbors, we won't steal from them, defraud them, or assault them. If we secretly hate or even judge them as stupid, foolish, or lesser than ourselves, we've stopped honoring their choices and started belittling them. We have separated ourselves from them instead of dwelling in the sense of equality and oneness. What Is Love, Our Love, Love Others, Stupid, Judge
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What's love got to do with liberty? Just about everything! If we love our neighbors, we won't steal from them, defraud them, or assault them. If we secretly hate or even judge them as stupid, foolish, or lesser than ourselves, we've stopped honoring their choices and started belittling them. We have separated ourselves from them instead of dwelling in the sense of equality and oneness.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
As long as we continue to make senseless excuses for war, there can be no peace on the earth nor inside ourselves. We must become that which we wish to see. If we want peace in the world, we must BE the peace. War voraciously consumes natural resources and precious lives, destroying the prosperity of nations which engage in it regularly. Consequently, war should always be a last resort, rather than a way of life. We must end the wars before they end us. Fallen Soldier, A Way Of Life, Destroying, World Domination, World Peace, Natural Resources, Our World, Excuses
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As long as we continue to make senseless excuses for war, there can be no peace on the earth nor inside ourselves. We must become that which we wish to see. If we want peace in the world, we must BE the peace. War voraciously consumes natural resources and precious lives, destroying the prosperity of nations which engage in it regularly. Consequently, war should always be a last resort, rather than a way of life. We must end the wars before they end us.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
On Memorial Day, let's remember:   The non-aggression principle is the core concept of libertarianism — the idea that people should be free to live their lives in any peaceful way their choose, as long as they don’t harm others or their property. Protest Posters, Protest Art, Protest Signs, Citations Hippie, Esprit Hippie, Hippie Movement, Hippie Quotes, Emo Quotes, Scorpio Quotes
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On Memorial Day, let's remember: The non-aggression principle is the core concept of libertarianism — the idea that people should be free to live their lives in any peaceful way their choose, as long as they don’t harm others or their property.
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart
Using aggression to stop drug abuse kills more people than the drugs themselves! If we honored our neighbor’s choice, the people now enforcing the minimum wage and licensing laws would be available to go after the real criminals. In 1987, drug offenders made up 36% of the federal prison population. [The number is up to 50% today.] As the War on Drugs escalates, more of our law enforcement dollar will be spent on drug-related crimes and less on rapists, murderers, and thieves. Is this the bes... Federal Prison, Minimum Wage, Drugs Abuse, Bes, Law Enforcement, Crime
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Using aggression to stop drug abuse kills more people than the drugs themselves! If we honored our neighbor’s choice, the people now enforcing the minimum wage and licensing laws would be available to go after the real criminals. In 1987, drug offenders made up 36% of the federal prison population. [The number is up to 50% today.] As the War on Drugs escalates, more of our law enforcement dollar will be spent on drug-related crimes and less on rapists, murderers, and thieves. Is this the bes...
Mary Ruwart
Mary Ruwart