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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Mussolinism In The 21st Century

This talk was delivered at the 2014 Mises Circle in Houston, Texas.

We know about the transformation of the American police, with their paramilitary equipment, their SWAT team raids, and incentive to terrorize people over drug offenses rather than pursue crimes against person and property. We know about the National Security Agency, which can access every American’s e-mails, phone calls, or text messages. And yet too many average Americans have greeted all this with indifference.

This indifference, I suggest, derives from the widespread public acceptance of the myth of the state that Americans are taught from the moment they step into a government classroom. The myth is this: the state is a public-service institution established to provide you with security, both personal and economic. And after years of indoctrination into this myth, it is little wonder that so many Americans are prepared to give the state the benefit of the doubt, and to look upon dissidents as incorrigible troublemakers. The police and the military, the most celebrated public faces of the state, are to be questioned least of all.

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3 comments:

  1. Oh Boy, the b*ll sh*t is getting deep, better put my boots on.

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  2. What in this article is B.S.?
    It is all factual unless you are oblivious to the truth.
    3:03 your naivety is amazing.
    Yeah, you better pull your boots all the way up.

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  3. ALL FACTUAL,talk about being naive

    Take this statement referencing the transformation of the American Police, “terrorize people over drug offenses rather than pursue crimes against person and property”. Duh………..drug offenses are the leading CAUSE for crimes against person and property. This whole article is filled with statements just like this one, misleading half-truths designed to elicit an emotional response to a susceptible individual with erroneous information. Like you 5:18; when you (and people like you) read an article like this you get,"Happier than a tornado in a trailer park"! While the rest of us know, "Time to put our boots on, cause the Sh*t's gettin thick"

    Factual!!...Pa...Lease

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