http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/ Rational Refreshing Reflections on What's Happening Now en-en Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/recent.gif http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/ http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/index.html http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/index.html 19A049.htm   19A049 A Flock of False Labels by Jim Davies, 12/3/2019       "Liberals" are not liberal, "Progressives" actually regress, and "Socialists" are not social - except maybe ex officio, when in a home or family context. All three labels refer to people who try to impose their ideals by force - as rulers, or "archists", but who disguise that intent by using those softer, more appealing names. Libertarians, in contrast, do believe in freedom; anarchists in zero-rule. So we on this side of the philosophical divide go by honest names, which describe us as we actually are. What of "Conservatives"? I'd say that, too, gives a reasonably accurate idea of what those folk are about. In general they favor making changes only slowly, valuing rather those ideas and practices hallowed by long use. They want to keep - conserve - what they see as good about society. Their problem is not so much that they conceal or disguise what they are about, but that some of those old ideas are not, in fact, good at all and need changing at once or sooner. There are two other frequently used labels: Democrat and Republican. Those are both particularly misleading. "Democrat" strictly means, one who believes that people should rule; that is, the δεμος or public at large, rather than some kind of monarch. Sounds noble, but is in fact complete nonsense. Assuming the "people" constitute a large majority of the population, as was shown in the ZGBlog Minority Rule, it is impossible for any such majority to be in control; it would suck the minority dry before one could say "entitlement." Furthermore, the "people-rule" idea presumes that that The People are united, more or less, in what they want done. This is not the case, now or ever. There are zillions of competing wishes and proposals, frequently contradicting each other. That fairly obvious objection may be countered by proposals to modify it, to become representative democracy, instead of the raw kind. Same difference, because if one delegate represents 10,000 people (or 10, come to that) he or she is inevitably pulled every which way; he may be able in campaign speeches to be "all things to all men" and play every side of the street, but come show time when laws have to be voted up or down, he has to choose. So, Democrats hang their hats on a fairy tale, a logical impossibility. The label is a swindle, designed to catch votes but with no substance whatsoever. "Republicans" also use the D-word, they claim merely to wish to obey the people and pass laws the people want, but qualify it by insisting that there are limits on what the government can properly do; as in, a "Constitutional, Democratic Republic." Hog wash; again, it's just a label. In reality, they rule. One easy way to check that is to notice who uses the phrase. East Germany did; its government ran one of the most repressive r&eac Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/12A012.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/12A012.htm Read more about '12A011: What's To Be Done?, 2/29/2012 Fresh out of arguments, they the opposition ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A049.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A049.htm Read more about ' ' on the Zero Government blog... 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Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A045.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A045.htm Read more about '19A045: Government vs. People, 11/5/2019 It always is, but now it's obvious ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A044.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A044.htm Read more about '19A044: State Worship, 10/29/2019 Shameless, fruitless idolatry ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A043.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A043.htm Read more about '19A043: Given a Will, is there a Way?, 10/22/2019 Not while government persists ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A042.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A042.htm Read more about '19A042: Adam's Apple, 10/15/2019 The Kokesh cure, examined ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A041.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A041.htm Read more about '19A041: College, or Not?, 10/8/2019 Very different in the coming ZGS ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A040.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A040.htm Read more about '19A040: HIHOP, 10/1/2019 A new 9/11 theory - just as good as the others ' on the Zero Government blog... 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Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A036.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A036.htm Read more about '19A036: September 3rd, 1939, 9/3/2019 The day a well-meaning Pol triggered catastrophe ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A035.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A035.htm Read more about '19A035: Thy Brother's Keeper?, 8/27/2019 Rational ethics, applied ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A034.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A034.htm Read more about '19A034: Homicides, 8/20/2019 Facts amp;amp; Figures vs. the gun grabbers ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A033.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A033.htm Read more about '19A033: A Murderer's Mind, 8/13/2019 Just like that of government people ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A032.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A032.htm Read more about '19A032: Strikes in the ZGS, 8/6/2019 Rare, and readily resolvable ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A031.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A031.htm Read more about '19A031: Two Kinds of Chaos, 7/30/2019 Same word, opposite meanings ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A030.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A030.htm Read more about '19A030: Political Action?, 7/23/2019 If it could work, there would be no point ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A029.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A029.htm Read more about '19A029: The Source of the Swindle, 7/16/2019 Much earlier than many suppose ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A028.htm http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/19A028.htm Read more about '19A028: My Former Self, 7/9/2019 We never stop learning ' on the Zero Government blog... 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Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/"http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/arch3q15.htm" http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/"http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/arch3q15.htm" Read more about 'ZGBlogs for July - September 2015 ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/"http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/arch2q15.htm" http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/"http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/arch2q15.htm" Read more about 'ZGBlogs for April - June 2015 ' on the Zero Government blog... Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:19:18 -0600 http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/"http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/arch1q15.htm" http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/"http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/arch1q15.htm" Read more about 'ZGBlogs for January - March 2015 ' on the Zero Government blog... 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