As you can probably tell, this will be a contentious post and probably controversial. Oh well. :)
I am the enemy of the State.
I am a free thinker trying to do what is in my self-interest. The State is against me in doing this because it chooses what is "right" and "wrong" and what is "best" for its citizens. It chooses these things "for" me eventhough most of its choices are not "for" me. It chooses to make me pay money to it (a tithe) so it can continue to choose things for me. It decides whether what I do is "lawful" or not. It is protecting itself against me. Therefore it is an enemy to me.
And hence, I am an enemy to it.
I choose to follow some of its "rules" because it suits me and is in-line with what I choose. When it does not, then it will try to "prevent" me from doing so.
I choose not to kill. Not because it is "wrong" but because I do not wish it. If circumstances dictate that I must to protect myself, then I will. I choose not to hurt anyone because it is what I choose to do (or in this case, not to do), but if I must, I will. It follows that in these cases I am in-line with the State but not because of it, but because of me.
So, in essence, I am the enemy of the State because the State has decreed that I am to follow their "rules" and "laws" and "rights" and "sacrifice" to them at their discretion against my will.
They chose the fight, and fight I will if I choose, in my OWN way.
FYI here is a link to some interesting reading:
http://www.nonserviam.com/egoistarchive/stirner/
Especially the English translation of "The Ego and His Own".
4 comments:
I figured out that my frustration stemmed from my trying to "live up" to someone else's expectations or "norms".
After that realization I just write what I feel is right and hence am right regardless. :)
I have come to realize that I became frustrated because I was measuring my ideas based on someone else's "norms" or "morality".
Now I write what I think is right and hence I am right regardless. :)
so who is the someone else?
any relation to they?
I think the whole point is that yes, it is very important to take on the State as it stands now (and in the foreseeable future).
The reason that I choose to defy it when I can is reason enough for me to do it. I also know that it has more power than I do by myself. I freely admit that. That is why it is imparative to me to find like-minded folks who understand that their selves are most important to them and are willing to "team-up" and fight for themselves along side myself.
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