I'm not appealing to the status quo. I'm saying, "This is how things are now. What are the options for changing it?" Where do we go from here? What are the solutions proposed by Voluntaryism, Libertarianism, etc...? If the status quo isn't desired, then how did it get that way to begin with? And if society decided nothing (which, if not society, then whom? The church?), how are we where we are now?
Hand-waving away inconvenient elements doesn't get us anywhere...it is what it is, how do we change it?
Does that help? I'm trying to be as clear as possible, but I'm not sure I'm succeeding.
We disobey and live as if we are free. Instead of asking for permission, we assert our liberty. Look at what homeschoolers did in the 1970s and 80s. Hell, look at pot smokers. Most just smoke weed regardless of whether government will grant permission or not, and the best government will concede is "we get to tax and regulate the hell out of it," which means the black market continues. The Underground Railroad was literally a criminal conspiracy to violate state and federal law because the law was in the wrong. That is a far better model than petitioning the government for permission like subjects of the crown.
I'm not appealing to the status quo. I'm saying, "This is how things are now. What are the options for changing it?" Where do we go from here? What are the solutions proposed by Voluntaryism, Libertarianism, etc...? If the status quo isn't desired, then how did it get that way to begin with? And if society decided nothing (which, if not society, then whom? The church?), how are we where we are now?
Hand-waving away inconvenient elements doesn't get us anywhere...it is what it is, how do we change it?
Does that help? I'm trying to be as clear as possible, but I'm not sure I'm succeeding.
We disobey and live as if we are free. Instead of asking for permission, we assert our liberty. Look at what homeschoolers did in the 1970s and 80s. Hell, look at pot smokers. Most just smoke weed regardless of whether government will grant permission or not, and the best government will concede is "we get to tax and regulate the hell out of it," which means the black market continues. The Underground Railroad was literally a criminal conspiracy to violate state and federal law because the law was in the wrong. That is a far better model than petitioning the government for permission like subjects of the crown.