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Oh, I absolutely blame the game. The fish rots from the head down. But the players here are rotten too. Just because a person legally can do a thing does not

Oh, I absolutely blame the game. The fish rots from the head down. But the players here are rotten too. Just because a person legally can do a thing does not mean that a good honest person should do that thing.

Dracophoenix 5y ago
Then what, in your opinion, is one to do? Not every law, whether in spirit or letter, is written for the best interest of the governed. The crypto wars of the 90s are a testament to that and are now rearing their ugly head yet again. Working one's way around unstated assumptions is one of the rights acknowledged by the Constitution in the form of the 10th amendment. It remains one of the few safeguards against the self-righteousness political bodies tend to exhibit.
- voakbasda 5y ago
  I am waiting for the revolution to start. Seriously. I know this kind of talk borders on sedition and risks a visit from the powers that be, but it's a risk I will take to defend my principles and those of our Constitution. I do not see a way of reforming society. I see our governments continuing to devolve into ineffective squabbling and pandering, until the final straw lands and their backs break. The pandemic came wonderfully close. If it had been a little worse, many governments would have had to institute martial law, as they would be forced to institute policies would that actively choose who gets to live and who dies. You can imagine how things would go from there. The 10th Amendment has been effectively dead since around WW2. The big turning point was Wickard v. Filburn [0], which grossly expanded federal powers over intrastate commerce. Similar efforts have succeeded in castrating the power of the States on many other fronts. That treasonous status quo alone should be cause for revolution; however, all of our fundamental civil liberties have been curtailed in similarly countless ways. For anyone doubting the veracity of this assertion, I recommend the now-dated-but-still-pertinent book by Naomi Wolff, "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot". Read it and start sharpening your pitchfork. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_America:_Letter_of_Warning_to_a_Young_Patriot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_America:_Letter_of_...

Dracophoenix 5y ago

Then what, in your opinion, is one to do? Not every law, whether in spirit or letter, is written for the best interest of the governed. The crypto wars of the 90s are a testament to that and are now rearing their ugly head yet again. Working one's way around unstated assumptions is one of the rights acknowledged by the Constitution in the form of the 10th amendment. It remains one of the few safeguards against the self-righteousness political bodies tend to exhibit.

voakbasda 5y ago
I am waiting for the revolution to start. Seriously. I know this kind of talk borders on sedition and risks a visit from the powers that be, but it's a risk I will take to defend my principles and those of our Constitution. I do not see a way of reforming society. I see our governments continuing to devolve into ineffective squabbling and pandering, until the final straw lands and their backs break. The pandemic came wonderfully close. If it had been a little worse, many governments would have had to institute martial law, as they would be forced to institute policies would that actively choose who gets to live and who dies. You can imagine how things would go from there. The 10th Amendment has been effectively dead since around WW2. The big turning point was Wickard v. Filburn [0], which grossly expanded federal powers over intrastate commerce. Similar efforts have succeeded in castrating the power of the States on many other fronts. That treasonous status quo alone should be cause for revolution; however, all of our fundamental civil liberties have been curtailed in similarly countless ways. For anyone doubting the veracity of this assertion, I recommend the now-dated-but-still-pertinent book by Naomi Wolff, "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot". Read it and start sharpening your pitchfork. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_America:_Letter_of_Warning_to_a_Young_Patriot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_America:_Letter_of_...