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New Year Message From Chris Mounsey
My friends,
We are broke. Our country — whatever it may once have been — is now laden with debt. And this isn’t “the government’s debt”: it is our debt. The government has no money but what it takes — what it extorts — from us.
We have gone beyond consensus politics: if a man were to come to your door, with a gun, and demand half of everything that you earned — on pain of severe punishment, on pain of the total ruination of your life — would you not protest?
For a moment, lay aside those dutiful thoughts of those starving millions beyond your gate, and think, instead, of those within your own household — within your own family: would you not rather protect them first?
Of course you would: they are your kith and kin and you would expect — would you not? — that everyone, like you, would defend theirs against you were you the one holding the gun.
The government has now utterly removed from you the means of protecting yourself and your family against the man with the gun: indeed, you dare not defend yourself because you fear that it is you, not the mugger, who would end up in the dock.
For the government is the man with the gun, demanding tithes from you: the government is here, at your door. But not randomly.
No.
The government has gone out and bought itself nice things — plasma TVs, second homes, duckhouses, moats. And jobs, and votes. All of those things that you could not afford — because it has been here before: at your door, with a gun.
Five years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up — for the sake of all of those children who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
Four years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up—for the sake of all of those unhealthy who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
Three years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up—for the sake of all of those uneducated who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
Two years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up — for the sake of all of those feckless bankers who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
One year ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up — for the sake of all of those MPs who had no duck-houses or second homes or moats. You paid, because you had no option.
And now the government has spent everything that you had to give, and more, on its pet projects — on buying its second homes, on buying its duckhouses, on buying its votes — and none of it benefited you and yours. Not even by one iota.
The government didn’t care that you couldn’t afford to give any more: it didn’t care that you had no money.
The government didn’t care that you had lost your job: the government didn’t care that all of those thousands of pounds it took in National Insurance payments translated into a few hundred when you were in need.
And now, when you are getting back on your feet — back in a job that is not as good as the one the government destroyed, back struggling to look after your family on the pittance you are paid, back paying off your debts — the government, too, is back: it’s back with the gun.
The government is back — demanding half of what you broke your back to earn — because it has more grand schemes, more votes to buy, more trinkets to deliver to its favoured ones.
Will you so willingly hand over the sweat of your brow? Will you so willingly condemn you and yours to penury? Will you capitulate again?
Or will you fight?
Join us — and help us to stop the extortion.
Join us — and understand that providing for you and yours is not a sin.
Join us — and realise that a society that pulls together is a society that stays together.
Join us — and help us fight for a future in which people help each other voluntarily, because it is right and fitting to do so.
Join us — and help to build a future in which men, women and children take back their work, their birthrights, their dignity and their compassion from a government that cares nothing for you.
Join us.
Because — whether the government is Tory, Labour or Lib Dem — soon you will have nothing left to lose.
Chris Mounsey
Leader, Libertarian Party
My friends,
We are broke. Our country — whatever it may once have been — is now laden with debt. And this isn’t “the government’s debt”: it is our debt. The government has no money but what it takes — what it extorts — from us.
We have gone beyond consensus politics: if a man were to come to your door, with a gun, and demand half of everything that you earned — on pain of severe punishment, on pain of the total ruination of your life — would you not protest?
For a moment, lay aside those dutiful thoughts of those starving millions beyond your gate, and think, instead, of those within your own household — within your own family: would you not rather protect them first?
Of course you would: they are your kith and kin and you would expect — would you not? — that everyone, like you, would defend theirs against you were you the one holding the gun.
The government has now utterly removed from you the means of protecting yourself and your family against the man with the gun: indeed, you dare not defend yourself because you fear that it is you, not the mugger, who would end up in the dock.
For the government is the man with the gun, demanding tithes from you: the government is here, at your door. But not randomly.
No.
The government has gone out and bought itself nice things — plasma TVs, second homes, duckhouses, moats. And jobs, and votes. All of those things that you could not afford — because it has been here before: at your door, with a gun.
Five years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up — for the sake of all of those children who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
Four years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up—for the sake of all of those unhealthy who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
Three years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up—for the sake of all of those uneducated who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
Two years ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up — for the sake of all of those feckless bankers who were not yours. You paid, because you had no option.
One year ago, it was here — threatening you with prison if you did not pay up — for the sake of all of those MPs who had no duck-houses or second homes or moats. You paid, because you had no option.
And now the government has spent everything that you had to give, and more, on its pet projects — on buying its second homes, on buying its duckhouses, on buying its votes — and none of it benefited you and yours. Not even by one iota.
The government didn’t care that you couldn’t afford to give any more: it didn’t care that you had no money.
The government didn’t care that you had lost your job: the government didn’t care that all of those thousands of pounds it took in National Insurance payments translated into a few hundred when you were in need.
And now, when you are getting back on your feet — back in a job that is not as good as the one the government destroyed, back struggling to look after your family on the pittance you are paid, back paying off your debts — the government, too, is back: it’s back with the gun.
The government is back — demanding half of what you broke your back to earn — because it has more grand schemes, more votes to buy, more trinkets to deliver to its favoured ones.
Will you so willingly hand over the sweat of your brow? Will you so willingly condemn you and yours to penury? Will you capitulate again?
Or will you fight?
Join us — and help us to stop the extortion.
Join us — and understand that providing for you and yours is not a sin.
Join us — and realise that a society that pulls together is a society that stays together.
Join us — and help us fight for a future in which people help each other voluntarily, because it is right and fitting to do so.
Join us — and help to build a future in which men, women and children take back their work, their birthrights, their dignity and their compassion from a government that cares nothing for you.
Join us.
Because — whether the government is Tory, Labour or Lib Dem — soon you will have nothing left to lose.
Chris Mounsey
Leader, Libertarian Party
And just what is wrong with those aims?
Nothing. In fact a breath of fresh air clearing out the punget odour emanating from the cesspit of UK politics and the mainstream parties. Parties who are so tied into the mainstream they daren't let go.
The Libertarian Party UK perceives that the freer individuals are from the State, the stronger they will be, and the stronger we will be as a whole.
This is the alternative answer we need to the prevailing ideology of statism and authoritarianism, both left and right.
The tories are so messed up they ARE going to lose the election and we will have another 5 years of rampant Marxism disguised as social programming. So there is nothing to lose by voting by your conscience.
And I never heard of Hippies invading countries on a lie, or starting wars for that matter.
Nothing. In fact a breath of fresh air clearing out the punget odour emanating from the cesspit of UK politics and the mainstream parties. Parties who are so tied into the mainstream they daren't let go.
The Libertarian Party UK perceives that the freer individuals are from the State, the stronger they will be, and the stronger we will be as a whole.
This is the alternative answer we need to the prevailing ideology of statism and authoritarianism, both left and right.
The tories are so messed up they ARE going to lose the election and we will have another 5 years of rampant Marxism disguised as social programming. So there is nothing to lose by voting by your conscience.
And I never heard of Hippies invading countries on a lie, or starting wars for that matter.
Chris Mounsey writes the Devil's Kitchen blog. It is well worth a read, as a great deal of what he says is repeatedly echoed in posts on PH. He doesn't mince his words either.
i'm with them 100 percent....hopefully the usa will turn to ron paul and we will follow....
as to drugs, mother nature gave us mushrooms to heal us and expand our minds....government wants neither for us....pure untainted mdma induces unconditional love, how is that bad....
this government is not our friend ask david kelly, oh know you cant because they....
as to drugs, mother nature gave us mushrooms to heal us and expand our minds....government wants neither for us....pure untainted mdma induces unconditional love, how is that bad....
this government is not our friend ask david kelly, oh know you cant because they....
Edited by Mclovin on Wednesday 10th March 18:47
tank slapper said:
Chris Mounsey writes the Devil's Kitchen blog. It is well worth a read, as a great deal of what he says is repeatedly echoed in posts on PH. He doesn't mince his words either.
wow that blog is amazing, what he is saying about government, education etc is so right....Jasandjules said:
But there are always limits to libertarianism in a society such as ours, by necessity.
Are there? Why?I think perhaps you have misunderstood what libertarianism is.
Bella Gerens said:
The truth is that advocates of freedom are found all over the political spectrum, but the only true libertarians are the ones who advocate it at all times in all circumstances, from the bedroom to the wallet—who believe that ‘freedom from’ is the only state of being consistent with the dignity and majesty of humankind.
‘Freedom from’ is the most important part of that ideology. Freedom from coercion. Freedom from interference. Freedom from oppression.
‘Freedom to’ is where the misunderstandings enter. People on the right think libertarians are advocating freedom to burgle, rob, rape, murder—because they read ‘freedom’ to mean ‘freedom to do whatever you please.’
People on the left think libertarians are advocating exploitation, pollution, callousness, and the primacy of making (and keeping) money above all else—because they read ‘freedom’ to mean ‘freedom to do whatever you please.’
And both sides think libertarians consider the laws we have prohibiting these activities to be a restriction on freedom.
When will they realise that they don’t understand?
Libertarians believe you should be free from coercion—and that you must not coerce anyone else. Libertarians believe you should be free from interference—and that you must not interfere with anyone else. Libertarians believe you should be free from oppression—and that you must not oppress anyone else. Because these are to be universal freedoms: what you do not wish done to you, you must not do to anyone else.
For the libertarian, there is no ‘freedom to.’ Freedom represents an absence, the absence of force and fraud. It does not represent a licence to do anything, or a right or entitlement, except the absolute human right not to be forced or defrauded.
‘Freedom from’ is the most important part of that ideology. Freedom from coercion. Freedom from interference. Freedom from oppression.
‘Freedom to’ is where the misunderstandings enter. People on the right think libertarians are advocating freedom to burgle, rob, rape, murder—because they read ‘freedom’ to mean ‘freedom to do whatever you please.’
People on the left think libertarians are advocating exploitation, pollution, callousness, and the primacy of making (and keeping) money above all else—because they read ‘freedom’ to mean ‘freedom to do whatever you please.’
And both sides think libertarians consider the laws we have prohibiting these activities to be a restriction on freedom.
When will they realise that they don’t understand?
Libertarians believe you should be free from coercion—and that you must not coerce anyone else. Libertarians believe you should be free from interference—and that you must not interfere with anyone else. Libertarians believe you should be free from oppression—and that you must not oppress anyone else. Because these are to be universal freedoms: what you do not wish done to you, you must not do to anyone else.
For the libertarian, there is no ‘freedom to.’ Freedom represents an absence, the absence of force and fraud. It does not represent a licence to do anything, or a right or entitlement, except the absolute human right not to be forced or defrauded.
Libertarians said:
Because — whether the government is Tory, Labour or Lib Dem — soon you will have nothing left to lose.
That bit is 110% correct.Whether you agree with anything else they're saying or not, that bit right there sums it all up.
We're f
ked.The level of f
ked-ness depends on who gets the keys to the country. They're all lying thieving snake-like s.Whichever way it goes, we're f
ked.yeah but labour equals lose everything now, tory is the next leg down giving the stupid people time to evolve come to their senses...
small efficient government, low taxes and low debt to stimulate economic prosperity ..what the hell is wrong with that.....
why the hell would anyone vote for big monsterous government, high taxes, high debt and think good can come of it now and in the future......and further what fool believes labours line that cuts in public sector now will damage a recovery when it is the public sector that is keeping us from recovery....you are being lied too...
small efficient government, low taxes and low debt to stimulate economic prosperity ..what the hell is wrong with that.....
why the hell would anyone vote for big monsterous government, high taxes, high debt and think good can come of it now and in the future......and further what fool believes labours line that cuts in public sector now will damage a recovery when it is the public sector that is keeping us from recovery....you are being lied too...
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