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RE: On The Spot Interview with Adam Kokesh
His goal is totally righteous and if it's breaking some principle to use the same club to beat the state with that they've been beating us with for a 100 years, I'd be hard pressed to find an objection.
That’s because you don’t understand principle. Once the foundations are gone, heartache comes next. With no principle, there is no freedom. This is the true “throwing out of the baby with the bath water.”
What principle, kaf? The compromise of using government against itself? ... or something else. What foundations are you referring to that are currently in place that could disappear?
Solidarity against evil, total understanding of mankind are things I strive for. There's common ground here somewhere, send out the scouts, my friend.
The principle of self-ownership. Violence begets violence, and evil nation states don’t end themselves by voting themselves out of power. I really feel this should almost go without saying by now.
Nothing complicated there, I agree completely. "Power concedes nothing without a demand" How does that fit into the conversation? It is a true statement imho.
If I could just add that I believe I do understand principle. I believe the reason for the mess the world is in right now is because of compromising principles that deep down inside us we all know to be true.
Believe me, I'm not one for compromising truth/principle. For me, there will be little satisfaction that I stood firm on principle if it means standing in the way of a solution or of even spreading the idea.
The principle is the solution. If the solution throws out principle, it is not, was not, and never can be a true solution. Logic is the guide here. Logos. Reality. The truth. Individual self-ownership is an immutable reality.
The message of freedom is not spread by compromising on freedom.
The solution does not throw out the principle, it is the principle. The campaign... yep, that's a compromise. Adam admitted that but using a system against itself when the sole intent is to destroy should not give anyone the idea that the system is legitimate. How would that be logical?
The message of freedom is spread by telling the truth, freedom is already compromised.
Evil systems don't vote themselves out of power. And yes, Adam's plan compromises the central foundation of Voluntaryism, namely, ISO.
Exactly, and Kokesh is not doing so.
Now we're getting somewhere...
What lie has Kokesh told?