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| Nation in Distress |
| Introduction to This Website Sam Aurelius Milam III The legitimate boundaries of lawful
government are not geographical. They are contractual.
Whenever any government declares geographical boundaries and
forcibly controls the people within those boundaries, then that
government has violated the doctrine of social contract, the principles of liberty, the rules that govern proper contractual relationships, and the inherent corporate nature of constitutional government.
It has destroyed its legitimacy. It has become a despotism.
It should be abolished. See The Long and Winding Doctrine: Social Contract and The Principles of Liberty. Both essays are available in Pharos. |
The Final Frontier Sam Aurelius Milam III Many years ago, I began my job of trying to establish liberty on this continent. By the middle of the 1980s, about 10 years before I began the Frontiersman,
I'd been studying the deteriorating situation in America for long enough that I'd begun to realize what I faced. One indication of my trepidation was Dominoes.
| Dominoes Sam Aurelius Milam III Monday,
December 2, 1985
The dominoes are in a row. They are falling. I can only watch. What I have started, I cannot stop. (Or will not.) I want to hear good music, And eat
good food, and love good women, And read, and ride, and see, Before the last one falls. But the
dominoes must fall, Or none
of the rest matters. |
Later, while I was beginning the Frontiersman,
I wrote the original version of A Frontiersman on the Final Frontier.
I wrote it to explain the name, Frontiersman. The final frontier is fear. Here's the poem as I eventually finished it, and a couple of other little items about fear that I encountered somewhere along the way.
| A Frontiersman on the Final Frontier Sam Aurelius Milam III
The path to freedom isn't smooth or straight. It's lined with lures, and traps, and tempting bait. To follow it can be a rugged fate, But that's the way that leads to freedom's gate. I contemplate the freedom that I lack. I count
the risk, and chills run down my back. Pursuit
of freedom risks a fierce attack. In fear, I wonder if I should turn back. But freedom lies across the last frontier, Where danger lurks, and hazards linger near. Security's a stranger there, that's clear, But freedom's there, across the fear frontier. |
| The Only Darkness
Student Caine: You cannot see. Master Po: You think I cannot see. Student Caine: Of all things, to live in darkness must be the worst. Master Po: Fear is the only darkness.... — from the movie Kung Fu |
A Good Companion
Fear is
a good companion, warning you of danger, keeping you from
stupidity, but he is a poor master. Keep him with you, but
rule him. —from Wartide, by John Barnes |
Thus, I became a frontiersman on the fear frontier.
The Upside Down Flag Sam Aurelius Milam III As I continued to study, I learned that
a nation and a government are not the same thing. Most commonly, a nation is a group of people who share, and who
are at least to some extent united by, some common identity, customs, heritage, and language. Usually, they occupy a geographically contiguous region. A government is a political institution
that has, or that claims to have, political authority within or
over a nation. The two usually have the same boundaries. America is the name of a place, the
continents in the Western Hemisphere. It's also the name
of the nation that's located south of Canada and north of
Mexico. It isn't the name of the government that claims jurisdiction over that nation. According to the
preamble to its constitution, the name of that government is either the United States or the United States of America. I like
to refer to it simply as the U.S government. Before I even began writing this newsletter, I was affixing U.S. flag stamps to my mail upside down, with the notation "Nation in Distress". In the maritime tradition, flying a ship's flag upside down is recognized as indicating that the ship is in distress. Thus, to display the U.S. flag upside is also an indication of distress. I've usually tried to be careful that my intentions are clear. I intend to indicate that it's the nation, not the government, that's in distress. The nation's distress is being caused by the government. The U. S. government is the most powerful, the most arrogant, and the most brutal terrorist organization on Earth. It has preempted America, enslaved Americans, and obstructed the fundamental principles of liberty for which America should have been a haven. It's a tool of aggression for a gang of nazi-like thugs and cutthroats who are intent upon spreading their vile domination to all of the peoples of the Earth. It's
the enemy of anybody, anywhere who seeks liberty. It's my enemy. Among my various goals are the termination of the U.S. government and the establishment of liberty on this continent.
The Revolution Sam Aurelius Milam III The only legitimate form of revolution is personal sovereignty. You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.... We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. "The revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin." We can't stop here. We must go on. We must take the risks. —from The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin |
Lacking the widespread recognition and acceptance of personal sovereignty, the nation will remain in distress. Given the widespread recognition and acceptance of personal sovereignty, the nation will become irrelevant. See Personal Sovereignty. It's available in Pharos.
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