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By Elliot Engstrom at 7:19PM

Mar 17, 2010

The Delusion of Modern Liberals

There’s an old saying about the definition of a liberal, as opposed to a radical: a liberal is someone who thinks the system is broken and needs to be fixed, whereas a radical understands it’s working the way it’s supposed to ... A liberal who doesn’t think the system is working, doesn’t understand what it’s supposed to do.

So writes Kevin Carson in his recent piece at the Center for a Stateless Society on why people who play by the rules in American society rarely end up reaping the full benefits of their actions.

While I know that not everyone at YAL agrees with many of the tenants of C4SS, I find great value in this organization as a bridge for the liberty movement to the standard "left" side of the political spectrum. We need to be drawing people to libertarianism from all sides of the political spectrum, and one great way to draw in sincere leftists is to show them that the welfare/warfare state in which they have put their faith is in fact the originator of most of the societal ills that they wish to correct.

Oath Keeper holds his own on Hardball.

I recently saw this video where the founder of the Oath Keepers, a group of men and women in military and law enforcement who will refuse to obey any order that goes against the constitution, was answering Chris Matthews on Hardball.

After countless straightforward answers and reference in history and even information about American history, Chris Matthews still couldn't get his mind around the idea that the government could ever do any harm or violate any rights to the American people. Ignoring the fact that they were simply preparing for the possibility of radical possibilities, Matthews went on a tyrade about how the Oath Keepers are trying to essentially brainwash the American people into a right wing movement.

His biggest fear is the groups presence among armed law enforcement (because policeman/military have never been given orders that are contradictory to the constitution). He even insinuates that the Oath Keeper organization would breed Timothy McVeighs. Of course, this just goes to show, if you are against the government in any way, you're a terrorist.