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My name is Larken Rose, and you are most likely here because you have either
heard about my research into the federal income tax, or you have heard about my
political (or anti-political) rantings and/or books. Because the two issues are
really separate, distinct issues, they are dealt with separately. So choose
which path below you want.

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11 Feb Published: 11 February 2022 Category: TMDS Blog
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THE WAY OUT



Most people have been so thoroughly trained to think that obedience is a virtue
and that doing as you’re told makes you a good person, that anything contrary to
that can be very difficult for them to consider. But the truth is, being a moral
person often requires disobeying so-called “authorities” who use their power to
exploit and dominate innocent people. As Martin Luther King, Jr. put it, “One
has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely,
one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” As Henry David Thoreau
put it, “If [the law] is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent
of injustice to another, then I say, break the law.” As Aleksandr Solzhenitsy
put it, “If a regime is immoral, its subjects are free from all obligations to
it.” And as Howard Zinn put it, “The greatest danger [is] civil obedience, the
submission of individual conscience to governmental authority. Such obedience
led to the horrors we saw in totalitarian states. … [T]o establish justice, it
may be necessary to break the law, to commit acts of civil disobedience.”

Indeed, the worst atrocities in history were first made “legal,” and were
carried out in the name of “law enforcement.” This was true in Nazi Germany, in
Soviet Russia, in Communist China, and under dozens of other oppressive regimes,
and even in supposedly free and enlightened countries. For example, the abuse
and murder of the indigenous peoples in what is now Canada and the United States
was done by agents of the state, in the name of “law.” And for many decades the
heinous institution of slavery was also legal—though utterly immoral—and was
enforced by governments all over the world. The list of examples of legalized
injustice and oppression is nearly endless.

And those who resisted such evils were always dubbed “criminals” and
trouble-makers. But that shouldn’t be surprising. Of course tyrants in power
will always demonize any who don’t obey them. But the truth is, every
authoritarian regime in history was funded and empowered by the law-abiding
taxpayers, while every move towards a more free and moral society has been
achieved by those who disobeyed those in power—not by asking nicely, not by
voting or petitioning, but by disobeying and resisting those who claimed the
right to rule. That is how reality works. As Frederick Douglass, a former slave,
put it:

“If there is no struggle there is no progress. … Power concedes nothing without
a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will
quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and
wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are
resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are
prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

And the opposite is also true, in that the power of tyrants, dictators and
oppressors always comes from the compliance and obedience of the masses. Large
scale evil has almost always been enabled and funded by basically decent people
who were just paying their taxes, following the rules and obeying the law. To
show just how true this is, here is an explanation of the point that was written
well over four hundred years ago by a man named Étienne de La Boétie.

“[T]he more tyrants pillage, the more they crave, the more they ruin and
destroy; the more one yields to them, and obeys them, by that much do they
become mightier and more formidable, the readier to annihilate and destroy. But
if not one thing is yielded to them, if, without any violence they are simply
not obeyed, they become naked and undone and as nothing. … All this havoc, this
misfortune, this ruin, descends upon you not from alien foes, but from the one
enemy whom you yourselves render as powerful as he is. … He who thus domineers
over you has only two eyes, only two hands, only one body … he has indeed
nothing more than the power that you confer upon him to destroy you. Where has
he acquired enough eyes to spy upon you, if you do not provide them yourselves?
How can he have so many arms to beat you with, if he does not borrow them from
you? The feet that trample down your cities, where does he get them if they are
not your own? How does he have any power over you except through you? How would
he dare assail you if he had no cooperation from you? What could he do to you if
you yourselves did not connive with the thief who plunders you, if you were not
accomplices of the murderer who kills you, if you were not traitors to
yourselves? … [Y]ou can deliver yourselves if you try, not by taking action, but
merely by willing to be free. Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once
freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but
simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great
Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break
in pieces.”

If any of this has caught your attention and your interest, below are links to
more videos, articles and other resources on the topic. But first allow me to
introduce myself. My name is Larken Rose, and I am the author of several books,
including The Most Dangerous Superstition, and I want to end here by including
an excerpt from that here. (If you want the full version, see below.)

———————( excerpt from “The Most Dangerous Superstition” )———————

How many millions have gazed upon the brutal horrors of history, with its
countless examples of man's inhumanity to man, and wondered aloud how such
things could happen? The truth is, most people wouldn't want to know how it
happens, because they themselves are religiously attached to the very belief
that makes it possible. The vast majority of suffering and injustice in the
world, today and spanning back thousands of years, can be directly attributed to
a single idea. It is not greed or hatred, or any of the other emotions or ideas
that are usually blamed for the evils of society. Instead, most of the violence,
theft, assault and murder in the world is the result of a mere superstition—a
belief which, though almost universally held, runs contrary to all evidence and
reason (though, of course, those who hold the belief do not see it that way).

The “punch line” of this book is easy to express, albeit difficult for most
people to accept, or even to calmly and rationally contemplate: The belief in
"authority," which includes all belief in "government," is irrational and
self-contradictory; it is contrary to civilization and morality, and constitutes
the most dangerous, destructive superstition that has ever existed. Rather than
being a force for order and justice, the belief in "authority" is the arch-enemy
of humanity.

Of course, nearly everyone is raised to believe the exact opposite: that
obedience to "authority" is a virtue (at least in most cases), that respecting
and complying with the "laws" of "government" is what makes us civilized, and
that disrespect for "author- ity" leads only to chaos and violence. In fact,
people have been so thoroughly trained to associate obedience with "being good"
that attacking the concept of "authority" will sound, to most people, like
suggesting that there is no such thing as right and wrong, no need to abide by
any standards of behavior, no need to have any morals at all. That is not what
is being advocated here—quite the opposite.

Indeed, the reason the myth of "authority" needs to be demolished is precisely
because there is such a thing as right and wrong, it does matter how people
treat each other, and people should always strive to live moral lives. Despite
the constant authoritarian propaganda claiming otherwise, having respect for
"authority" and having respect for humanity are mutually exclusive and
diametrically opposed. The reason to have no respect for the myth of "authority"
is so that we can have respect for humanity and justice.

There is a harsh contrast between what we are taught is the purpose of
"authority" (to create a peaceful, civilized society) and the real-world results
of "authority" in action. Flip through any history book and you will see that
most of the injustice and destruction that has occurred throughout the world was
not the result of people "breaking the law," but rather the result of people
obeying and enforcing the "laws" of various "governments." The evils that have
been committed in spite of "authority" are trivial compared to the evils that
have been committed in the name of "authority."

Nevertheless, children are still taught that peace and justice come from
authoritarian control and that, despite the flagrant evils committed by
authoritarian regimes around the world throughout history, they are still
morally obligated to respect and obey the current "government" of their own
country. They are taught that "doing as you're told" is synonymous with being a
good person, and that "playing by the rules" is synonymous with doing the right
thing. On the contrary, being a moral person requires taking on the personal
responsibility of judging right from wrong and following one's own conscience,
the opposite of respecting and obeying "authority."

The reason it is so important that people understand this fact is that the
primary danger posed by the myth of "authority" is to be found not in the minds
of the controllers in "government" but in the minds of those being controlled.
One nasty individual who loves to dominate others is a trivial threat to
humanity unless a lot of other people view such domination as legitimate because
it is achieved via the "laws" of "government." The twisted mind of Adolf Hitler,
by itself, posed little or no threat to humanity. It was the millions of people
who viewed Hitler as "authority," and thus felt obligated to obey his commands
and carry out his orders, who actually caused the damage done by the Third
Reich. In other words, the problem is not that evil people believe in
"authority"; the problem is that basically good people believe in "authority,"
and as a result, end up advocating and even committing acts of aggression,
injustice and oppression, even murder. The average statist (one who believes in
"government"), while lamenting all the ways in which "authority" has been used
as a tool for evil, even in his own country, will still insist that it is
possible for "government" to be a force for good, and will still imagine that
"authority" can and must provide the path to peace and justice.

People falsely assume that many of the useful and legitimate things that benefit
human society require the existence of "government." It is good, for example,
for people to organize for mutual defense, to work together to achieve common
goals, to find ways to cooperate and get along peacefully, to come up with
agreements and plans that better allow human beings to exist and thrive in a
mutually beneficial and nonviolent state of civilization. But that is not what
"government" is. Despite the fact that "governments" always claim to be acting
on behalf of the people and the common good, the truth is that "government," by
its very nature, is always in direct opposition to the interests of mankind.
"Authority" is not a noble idea that sometimes goes wrong, nor is it a basically
valid concept that is sometimes corrupted. From top to bottom, from start to
finish, the very concept of "authority" itself is anti- human and horribly
destructive.

Of course, most people will find such an assertion hard to swallow. Isn't
government an essential part of human society? Isn't it the mechanism by which
civilization is made possible, because it forces us imperfect humans to behave
in an orderly, peaceful manner? Isn't the enacting of common rules and laws what
allows us to get along, to settle disputes in a civilized manner, and to trade
and otherwise interact in a fair, nonviolent way? Haven't we always heard that
if not for the "rule of law" and a common respect for "authority," we would be
no better than a bunch of stupid, violent beasts, living in a state of perpetual
conflict and chaos?

Yes, we have been told that. And no, none of it is true. But trying to
disentangle our minds from age-old lies, trying to distill the truth out of a
jungle of deeply entrenched falsehoods, can be exceedingly difficult, not to
mention uncomfortable.

For the rest of the book, or to check out a bunch of free stuff, see below.

——————————

The vast majority of injustice and oppression is carried out in the name of “the
law,” not in spite of it. And the only way out of the vicious cycle that
humanity has been stuck in for millenia—the only way for people to end
authoritarian injustice permanently—is for the people to stop believing in the
superstition of “authority,” and to stop imagining that they have some
obligation to obey liars and crooks when those liars and crooks wear the label
“government.” See below for more resources on the topic.

——————————

“THE MOST DANGEROUS SUPERSTITION”

As an audiobook:

https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Superstition/dp/B0886DW69H/

In hard copy:

https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Superstition-Larken-Rose/dp/145075063X/

As an e-book:

https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Superstition-Larken-Rose-ebook/dp/B00UV41W2U/

—————( FREE STUFF )—————

“The Philosophy of Liberty” (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IcZQc5zAM4

“If You Were King” (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNIgztvyU2U

“The Jones Plantation” (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb8Rj5xkDPk

“What Anarchy Isn’t” (free PDF)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yd18waixbva1jae/WhatAnarchyIsnt-FREEBIE.pdf?dl=0

“The End of Politics” (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMFqJN5CnQs

“The Tiny Dot” (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6b70TUbdfs

“It Can’t Happen Here!” (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ebudnWlh4

 



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IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE



 

 

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WHEN SHOULD YOU SHOOT A COP?


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AM I DANGEROUS?


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