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Confessions of a Monarchist | |
March 15th, 2018 | |
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I don't normally talk about politics, but I'll make one brief | |
exception tonight. You see, I don't vote. I make an active choice | |
in that. Right about now people tend to try to figure out what | |
sort of party alignment I have. I'll save you some time, it's not | |
on the radar. | |
I don't want to participate in democracy. I refuse to participate | |
as an active member in the republic. I'm a monarchist. | |
You, my gopher friends, are not like the seething masses out | |
there. You've shown proclivities for the Antisocial Media | |
Manifesto [0], for living of the grid [1], for searching for | |
freedom from oppressive legislation [2] also known as liberty. You | |
are like me in many ways, and so I feel okay sharing my secret | |
with you. I believe democracy is a guaranteed path to ruin in the | |
form of dictatorship via demagogy. | |
[0] Antisocial Media Manifesto | |
[1] melton's phlog | |
[2] solderpunk - hobby farming | |
My preference is for a world of individual liberty over all other | |
things. Your preference may be different, but if you can | |
understand my point of view you can understand my arguments for | |
monarchy as a superior form of government. I will spare you the | |
details beyond a very simple observation that to enforce equality | |
(not equity, as in the Christian virtue) the state must exercise | |
powerful controls that limit liberty. Democracy must, by its | |
nature, promote equality and thus limit liberty. | |
If you are not thoroughly bored by the topic already, I'll leave | |
it there and suggest a fantastic book that will explain it so much | |
better than I could [3] by a brilliant author. [4] His views were | |
a lot more conservative than mine are, but we agree on the state | |
of democracy. | |
[3] Erik von Kuhnelt-Liddihn | |
[4] Liberty or Equality (1952) | |
A single leader can make decisive choice and remain above the | |
wills of the mob who exercise their preference for envy over | |
utopian brotherhood. That's part of what I believe in, and why | |
I just keep my damned mouth shut about it. | |
Jesus, that turned into a rant. Sorry 'bout that! |