The concept of governance did not spring from the plain grasses nor was it delivered to us from on high; it was designed by humans to serve human interests.
If all humans are equal to one another, who then is able to adjudicate disputes? Traditional lines of thinking would implore that someone among us ought to be elevated, that they ought to be ascended to a place high enough to see and consider all matters justly. The single greatest tragedy of human history is that we ever believed this to be true. This singular decision, the decision to elevate some men over others, is the broodmare that bore the butcherous sons Corruption and Tyranny.
The Monster is our creation, ergo, it is ours to define as we see fit, and we ought to define it as something that exists below us and not above us. Power is a curse that must be carried, not a blessing to be wielded.
The first civilizations to keep written records wrote about the Monster.
Think about what that means. People much like you, thousands of years ago, before the world resembled anything you would recognize, knew about and understood the very same Monster you now face.
The problem has never been your government or their government, but the concept of governance. There is nothing new under the sun, and when you realize this, you will have seen past the veil of ignorance.
Ronald Reagan, may his grave forever be a gender neutral bathroom, said exactly one correct thing in his entire miserable existence:
"The most terrifying words any human being can hear are 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'"
Government services are not blessings bestowed upon the people nor charities done for their sake, but calculated acts of hateful aggression and extreme harm. Social Security, Firefighting, Wildlife Management, Food Safety Testing, Law Enforcement, and all other government services come at the expense of the taxpayer, who is irreparably harmed by their implementation.
This is not to say that the services are bad in and of themselves, or that they are undesirable to have in a civil society. You may very well want these services, but you must understand that they are not the government doing things for you, but the Monster eating you and your fellow Constituents, even if a little bit at a time.
Laws are not dictums shouted down at us, they are contracts we force the Government to enter into; they are the collar and leash of the Monster.
As it stands, our governments behave more like overweight pit bulls, yanking us around and attacking other dogs at will. When we attempt to curb their aggression and disobedience, they turn and lash out at us. They do these things because the collars they wear are fitted too loose and their leashes are too long.
What we ought to buy for our pit bull is a prong collar: the sharpest and nastiest one they have in the store.
I'm not a fan of borders, to be honest with you. I crossed the US-Mexico border many times as a kid and it always seemed so… pointless. If the status quo became a North American Schengen, I would be happy with it, and I presume day to day life wouldn't change that much.
That being said, even in Europe territories are defined and jurisdictions are established.
The American government was generated by a group of people pursuant to a framework, the Constitution, which contained within a definition of its jurisdiction. The American instance of the Monster is therefore bound to those who lie within that definition into perpetuity, which is to include any future revisions, and it cannot absolve itself of this binding by its own power.
This, of course, is not limited to liberal democracies, but to any system generated by groups of mutually consenting Persons. A Constituency can take any form, but can only consist of one thing: those who wish to be there.
Do you find it grating at all that us hiding things from the government is criminal, but the government hiding things from us is procedural? The compartmentalization of information in government is the source of infinite anger and perennial outrage, and yet we never consider the question of why a government should have secrets at all.
Ah, hear the miserable cries of the war hawks now. "National Security!" they snivel, "Our enemies will steal our innovations to kill us with them!"
Consider, my dear friend Bloodfeast, that the biggest threat China and Russia could face is an American body politic that votes with full awareness of the military position it benefits from. An American body politic with full and direct control over the machinery that moves battalions and battleships.
The sight of government officials refusing to serve their Constituencies breeds a rage with me that burns like the stellar heat that wrenched every scream of agony in all of Nature's days.
There is nothing more insulting, nothing more immoral, dare I say nothing more demonic.
Your county government employs enough personnel to operate all their offices 24/7/365, guaranteed. There is no excuse, so don't let them give you one.
If your city councilman wouldn't take a bullet for you, how can you trust him with a gun?
Having Power should mean making a sacrifice. A sacrifice of safety, a sacrifice of comfort, a sacrifice of control. Those who we entrust with Power should be the first to lay down their lives in the name of those they represent, to give everything for the greater good they helped build.
Public Servant. What does that phrase mean to you? What image does it evoke in your mind? What feelings does it inspire within your heart?
To serve is to live for another. To lay down all of one's agency at the foot of another, to willingly hand over control to another, to submit to the will of another. To stand under another, at their beck and call, ready to perform all that is commanded.
When was the last time you felt like any public servant behaved in this way?
With apologies to my fellow Libertarians, but I do not believe taxation is theft. Not really, anyway; for you to have committed theft, you must be able to own the thing you are stealing, and the government can own nothing.
We constantly complain about politicians and bureaucrats enriching themselves off the backs of their Constituencies, but never do we stop to consider whether they should be permitted to own anything at all. Forget the Corvette in his garage, why should City Councilman John Doe have a house? Wouldn't it be easier to keep all your government officials in a dormitory downtown, where they can always be accounted for publicly?
What's the point of becoming a part of the government if the People don't treat you like you're a part of the government?
Too often we fall into the trap of giving these psychopaths the benefit of the doubt and pretending "they're just normal people like us" when we all know they're not. Remember at all times that government officials, by accepting the Power they have been entrusted with, have unforgivably violated the natural order in a way you and I have not.
To pretend like they are not fully immersed in and unicompositional with the government is willful ignorance. Those who occupy the seats that comprise Monster are the Monster, and they should be treated interchangeably.