Posts in "Anti-state"

By Matt Cockerill at 7:31PM

Jan 28, 2010

Pro-state "Peaceniks": The betrayal of the formerly anti-war left

In addition to the paramount cause of peace, the anti-state, counterculture movement of the 1960s placed a high emphasize on liberty. The movement was successful in removing legal sanctions depriving gays, blacks, women, and other historically oppressed groups of their natural rights. Yet the New Left also promoted moral relativism, bizarre "religious" practices, and dehumanizing cultural hedonism.

Today, the establishment left promotes the sexual revolution, plant-worship, and socialism full-throttle while treating peace and liberty as nothing more than slogans. Many liberals seem to think wearing tie-dye, watching "Ellen," and spewing wishy washy clichés is the only prerequisite to ride aboard "the peace train." These folks believe we must support Obama because he is a political correctite who wants health "reform," "equal pay for equal work," and other "progressive" initiatives. The brown infants he kills and maims are really not that relevant since Obama is a well-intentioned guy. Indeed, putting an end to this murder and mayhem is a distant priority for most of them.

Call me a conspiracist, but I don't think this dumbing down is coincidental. At the very least, it "conveniently" serves the interest of the ruling elite. For they can now manipulate the left to support all sort of pro-state, pro-war, endeavors under the veil of the progressive social causes. Code Pink, for example, has been convinced to rethink withdrawing from Afghanistan on the basis of "women's rights."

Reading between the lines in Scott Brown's MA Win.

I don't expect "MA <3's GOP" t-shirts are going to be flying off the Boston shelves anytime soon. But the GOP should be excited about their electoral prospects for 2010, given the improbable victory of Republican Scott Brown who will be taking over Ted Kennedy's senate seat. (This is not an endorsement of Brown or any candidate from YAL or me, just to be clear.)

Still, I don't think this election is a reflection of some lame pro-Republican sentiment, but rather a taste of the budding energy behind a glorious, anti-incumbent movement. The people are becoming cynical about every awful thing our "public servants" are doing to humanity, including a rapidly growing police state, the sickening "health reform" bill, and Obama's massive military expansionism.

The key is for groups like YAL to remind the populace that real change requires revolution, and that electing country club Republicans to replace country club Democrats is nothing more than rearranging deckchairs on the freakin' Titanic.

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By Matt Cockerill at 11:14AM

Dec 17, 2009

Anti-State and Anti-War

It's obvious that there are some folks who think the anti-war stuff is just "for kicks," or that anti-war bloggers are just being "contrarian for the sake of it."

But for me, it just comes down to a consistent interpretation of classical liberalism, individualism, and natural rights. Individuals are infinitely valuable; our lives mean something and nobody can tell us we don't have a right to them. But the other side of the token is that individuals are responsible for what they do; we don't excuse private crime because of bad circumstances like poor families-- so just because the troops were deceived doesn't excuse them unjustifiably killing people.

Either it's OK to maim Afghani toddlers to pursue the state's interests or it isn't. Feel free to take your stand, but don't sidetrack with the patriotism/nationalism stuff. The state loves to see its subjects "unite" on war and resort to those silly platitudes, but deep down, we all know well how irrational they are.

As for hating the troops? Puhlease. That would imply a hatred of the guy who got most of us into this movement.