Seven Notes, Play 'em Again, Sam
Sam Aurelius Milam III
Israel
Saenz, a man that I knew many years ago, commented that you have to tell
somebody something at least six times before he actually starts to listen.
Maybe it works the same way with writing as it does with speaking.
So, although I've presented these ideas before, I'll present them again.
I haven't been counting but maybe this will be six times for some of them.
The
Fourteenth Amendment tells us that U.S. citizens are subject to the jurisdiction
of the government. The dictionaries tell us that jurisdiction means
power and control. Therefore, since citizenship is effectively mandatory,
citizenship is a euphemism for slavery.
In
the USA, there are three categories of behavior: required behavior,
prohibited behavior, and regulated behavior. If somebody's caught
failing to engage in required behavior, then the government will punish
him. If somebody's caught engaging in prohibited behavior, then the
government will punish him. If somebody's caught engaging in regulated
behavior contrary to the regulations, then the government will punish him.
If he resists the punishment, then the government will initiate the use
of force against him. If he resists effectively, then the government
will kill him.
Land
ownership hasn't changed, in principle, since medieval times and, probably,
since long before that. What that means is that an individual doesn't
own his land. Instead, he's required to make a yearly rent payment
(euphemism: property tax) to the landlord, or he'll be evicted.
He must get permission from the landlord for any intended use of the land.
He must get permission before he can build anything on the land, or modify
anything that's already built there. He must get subsequent inspections
and approvals of all such changes. The landlord can reclaim the land
at any time. The government is the landlord.
People
aren't permitted to hunt or gather food unless they have a government permit.
Hunting or fishing without a permit is legally the equivalent of poaching
on the king's preserve, the same as in medieval times.
Parents
are required to register all children, and to raise them according to government
regulations. If the children aren't sent to institutions that are
approved by the government, to be "educated" as required, if they aren't
medicated as required, or if they're "abused", then the government will
seize the children. The government owns the children.
People
aren't permitted to travel unless they have government licenses.
The licenses aren't required just for driving. They're required,
at least indirectly, for most of the activities that are associated with
travelling. When drivers become licensed, they agree to government
control and must behave, while driving, exactly as instructed. All
cars must be licensed. The kind of fuel that the cars can use is
regulated. The speeds and designs of cars are regulated. Everybody
in the car must be strapped down. Children must ride where and as
required. All behavior is monitored. Violators can be punished.
People
aren't permitted to work for a living unless they're licensed by the government,
and pay yearly fees (euphemism: income tax) for the privilege.
So
far as I can tell, such compliance with authoritarian government, in human
societies, hasn't changed for thousands of years. It suggests to
me that people might actually prefer to live under the control of authoritarian
governments. That brings to mind my suggestion for a first principle
of human society, from First
Principles, on pages 1 and 2 of the July issue. Maybe things
aren't really that bad, but it is difficult to get people to forgo their
addiction to subservience.
Israel
Saenz didn't say that you have to tell somebody something six times before
he'll start to listen. He said that you have to tell him at least
six times. That being the case, more than six times is okay.
I'd like to believe that people can do better than to meekly submit to
authoritarian government, so I'll keep trying. Maybe I'll have to
present my ideas seven times, or maybe even more than that.
| A Suggested First Principle of Human Society
Providence
always sends a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride,
and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.
—with apologies to Richard
Rumbold
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