There's so much nonsense on the internet these days that I don't even take the time to investigate it anymore. Folks, before you start believing something that's seems far-fetched, source it with a credible source or two. We are in the misinformation generation.
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
In other words, the Constitution cannot protect you, if you don't protect the Constitution with your votes against anyone who violates it. Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.
It doesn't matter what rights you have under the Constitution, if the government can punish you for exercising those rights. And it doesn't matter what limits the Constitution puts on government officials' power, if they can exceed those limits without any adverse consequences.
We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.
“No justice, no peace” is yet another of the many clever but shallow and irresponsible phrases of our time. No situation in any society of human beings is likely to be regarded as justice by everyone. Does that mean that everlasting violence is justified?
I just want to remind all that when you create an “autonomous zone,” you don’t get to demand a long list of supplies from the orderly capitalist society that you are rebelling against.
Kind of defeats the meaning of “autonomous.”
#SeattleAutonomousZone