Why Do We Trust These People to Run Our Lives?
Posted in : The Nature of Government on by : Michael Maharrey Tags: government, politician, power
So, what does a person who likes to control other people do? Become a politician.
So, what does a person who likes to control other people do? Become a politician.
The moral authority of the state is death.
Hard truth — all of your protesting and politicking isn’t going to change a thing.
“Politics is applied bad-will.”
The state exposes the moral authority of the demonic with directness and severity. That moral authority is death.
One should never mistake violence for civic virtue. And at its core, politics is violence.
An article by Obery M. Hendricks Jr. published at Sojourners touted the “biblical values” of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s democratic socialism. The problem with the argument lies in its conflation of means and ends.
You’ve almost certainly seen the meme: “Taxation is theft.” But is it? Really? I tackle that question in this episode of the GodArchy Podcast.
The British government murdered a toddler.
Gun-banners and authoritarians of every stripe should at least own their dedication to the church of institutionalized violence.
