I have in mind two kinds of reader for ZGBlog. The first is
the general reader who may encounter it as above, and who may be
new to the concept that human society would be much better off
without any government at all. After exposure to a series of
examples of how events are ruined under government
management, and how they would be so very much better without it
(if indeed those events took place at all) they will, I hope, be
convinced to look further, into the theory of why, exactly, there
is no rational alternative to a free-market society. Any one such example or Edition will, no doubt, fall well
short of that objective - but cumulatively, their effect should
be overwhelming. The second kind of reader is the one who has already studied
that theory, in The On Line Freedom Academy or an equivalent, and
who is interested to see how his new-found understanding of which
way is up works out in practice, in the cut and thrust of day to
day events. All such graduates are asked to find one friend a
year to join it, and help him too to graduate, and this Blog may
serve as a kind of prélude, to arouse interest in the
invitation to join it. Happily there are several good web sites that share our
world-view, and some of them are promoted here. All of them known
to me fall short in one respect, however; as far as I have seen
none of them proposes a rational plan to make it happen. That
is what makes the ZGBlog, or rather the Academy which it
commends, unique; the perception here is that the age of
government can be brought to an end, and that on a few
simple assumptions and with only quiet, peaceful action it will
be brought to and end, within the lifetimes of most reading this.
The key, as mentioned before, is to cause everyone working for
government to decide to quit his job and get an honest one
instead; when that has happened government will have vanished,
for it consists only of those willing to prostitute
their self-respect by working for it. That in turn requires a large-scale program of re-education,
and that's what the Academy provides - including of course the
only credible method of delivering it to a quarter of a billion
Americans within a single generation. Other academies or freedom
schools will no doubt be offered - but that method, of
person to person introduction or replication, is the only one
that can possibly work. And it will work. So if a friend has
suggested you join this one, go ahead and tell him Yes.
10A099
Our 100th
by Jim Davies, 12/12/2010
This happens to be the hundredth
Edition of The Zero Government Blog, so I'll take the chance to
thank those readers who have commended it to their friends (see
the gray bar at the foot) and those who have given the
encouragement of financial support geared to their measure of
the merits of each edition (see orange link at the foot) and those who have
bought books after visiting the bookstore, which brings a further
few cents in this direction (see the square icon at top-right.)
While the second and third of these are very welcome, the first
is the most important, because as a near-daily "rational,
refreshing reflection on what's happening now" the ZGBlog is
as close to unique as good grammar permits, and a widespread
readership is vital for it to become effective. That job, only
you can do. Do you like what you read here? If so, spread the word among your friends!
Suggest they check TinyURL.com/ZGBlog daily, or use RSS.
