I want to start a Libertarian movement in my country

helmuth_hubener said:
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Originally Posted by osanWhat we need is not a Ron Paul, but fifty million like-minded and driven individuals of equivalent knowledge, capacities, drive, and habit.



Well, that would be nice. But, I have a little bit different view. Call me romantic, but as I study and look at history, most of the advancements made, most of the steps forward for the European Mind have come from single individual geniuses. The story of history, at least all the edifying parts, is not the story of the masses, it is the story of Geniuses.
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You may be ignoring a subtle, yet important point. Firstly, the genius of long past - say from the renaissance time - was HEAVILY managed or "guided" by the tyrant church, as well as the kingly equivalents. Michelangelo is one example of very many. His work on the Sistine Chapel, for one, was heavily interfered with by that douche cardinal whose name escapes me at the moment. Michelangelo was very lucky to have escaped what could easily have been mortal consequences had his depiction of said cardinal descending the steps into eternal damnation been taken in issue.

Another was Gallileo. His astrological models were declared heretical and he damned nearly earned the stake. His genius strayed from the path of ecclesiastic approval and placed a set of crosshairs on his back for the remainder of his life.

Then there was da Vinci who also treaded on thin ice at times. The genius of Mozart damned nearly got him in trouble at the time, not to mention is virtual captive status by the king who decided he owned the composer.

Fast-forward to the age of "enlightenment". THAT is where we see the real advances that came in rapid fire, one upon the other. Why? I will tell you: it was because for the first time in the history of human Empire, genius was respected through the augmented recognition of INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. No longer were men so blatantly regarded as the property of those in power. Such men as Planck, Rieman, Bohr, Hertz, Poisson, Einstein, Tesla, and so on, were actually FREE to engage in the exercise of their genius and make of it what they might. Never before had that been possible. The wicked and corrupt church had been muzzled, and much of the worst of the kings reined in... at least enough to make possible the Industrial Revolution, which would have been wholly impossible in the fifteenth century even had Watt and Carnot been born then and equally educated. Why? Because the product of their genius would have been seen by the rotten Church of Fear and Evil as a threat to their world view, and thus their power. Such men would have been reeled in, any resistance met with the stake or other equally horrid and criminal instrumentality.

And now that we are on our way into a new political dark age, once again the yoke has been reintroduced upon the individual, every day another few grains of weight added to ensure that whatever greatness might reside within the head in question, it will remain tightly controlled by Themme and their agents so as not to bring forth anything that might attenuate their power in accord with the zero-sum world view they hold in such matters.

Were I to discover a truly endless and practical form of energy, scalable from that by which to power a wristwatch, to an entire city of 20 million souls, you had better bet your ass that I would be taken under strict and stern control in a split moment. Theye would not readily allow such liberating ability to fall into the hands of common folk.

Therefore, while what you say is true insofar as it goes, the more complete context must accompany your facts in order to give a more complete perspective.

Theye are raving, maniacally insane filth that have rendered this world into the condition we now find it. The common man has no direct hand in it, for he was instructed what to think, feel, and do. Shame on him for that, perhaps, but perhaps not. The agents of positive fact are Themme and they bear the vast proportion of the burden of guilt for the despair-inspiring condition in which the world now finds itself.

You need not despair at the impossible task of energizing 50 million people. That goal is insurmountable, but it's also not required. All it ever takes is one. Just one Voltaire.
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I don't do despair. I do disgust and near-despair at times, but I have yet to set my feet upon such tainted soil.

All it takes is one is not nearly correct, as I take you meaning. If one manages to light a fire of change under the asses of the 50 millions such that they awaken and come to sense, then yes. But if you mean as I suspect that just one can single-handedly bring such deep and massive change about, you are very much mistaken. It is a virtual impossibility because it is statistically next to zero as a potential.


The one to call to action is yourself.
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I've done that which I am willing on my own. If I am among people unwilling to help themselves, then I will lift no finger to come to their aid when the moment comes they burst into a state of open combustion. Were the nation of a mind to take up arms and straighten the land out, I would be on board. I will not, however, so much as break a finger nail for those who will do naught but stand idly by, shivering as I went forth to do battle against evil. Screw that noise. Shitty people deserve the destruction that other shitty people visit upon them. My only concern is for the small handful who deserve the liberty born to them. That they, too, stand to be consumed in the flames of destruction as America descends the staircase into the dustbin of history, is the only aspect of the destruction of humanity I find disagreeable. The rest deserve their cells in living hell, so far as I am concerned.

I, for example, have built a financial institution that will enable us to use gold as money.
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I applaud the effort and wish you all success. But that is nowhere nearly sufficient to the broader task in question: that of human liberty. Furthermore, if you have not already done so, you will fall under the thumb of the Man, who will regulate your genius - possibly unto extinction.

Michael Maresco rode a bicycle across the country. AF won northern NH for Ron Paul by buying newspaper ad space. Bill Greene went through the lengthy process of becoming a part of the Electoral College and cast his vote for Ron Paul. Lew Rockwell founded the Mises Institute and has been running it for the past 35 years. Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug) is building us a new, free internet; he's been working on it since 2002. Pericles wrote a book -- that takes a lot of effort.
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Lots of effort, aye. I have written several books worth and have published some of it for all to see - all to little to no effect that I can detect. I have asked for help, just a LITTLE help and got nowhere. Once again, I have no interest in working for the interests of people whose very lives are apparently not worth to themselves the match to light them ablaze. It's a sad statement, but that is how things are. I'd have done most of the heavy lifting, but there are some things I cannot do until I learn how to do them. All I asked was a little guidance and nothing was forthcoming, which gave good indication of the level of interest. I have since decided I have better things to do with my time. In the meanwhile, I still write the occasional essay and post here in the interest of learning, teaching, and improving everyone's understanding of the basics relevant to the ostensive reasons we are all here.

I always try to be helpful, or at least supportive, when anyone has a Project, when anyone's actually trying to do something. So, whatever your ideas are/were, give the thread a bump and if I see it I'll try to help.
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I am done with that. Now I work on my triggers in the hope of making a buck in exchange for an invention worthy of people's needs and wants.

You might enjoy this book:
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I will have to check it out one of these days. Very busy at the moment with prototyping and getting my equipment ready for cutting the hay in June, which is going to be a bear.

Thanks for the words.
 
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Can you explain to me why Marx's premise is a bad idea " From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"?
 
Starting a blog and a youtube channel would be a great start. You might even want to post those videos in any Lebanese Political forum.
 
juleswin said:
Make youtube videos/make appearance in other people's youtube video, start a blog, try and write articles for regional papers etc. You have to put yourself/your ideas out there somehow and if possible, pray that a Ron Paul type politician would come around to carry the idea to the masses.
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Become the Ron Paul of your country.
 
Jamesiv1 said:
Why would any country want to copy America??
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...i do believe that's the most insightful thing i've seen from you!...good on you...we are all works in the making..

Ibn.AL.Muqafaa, thank-you for your insight...what do you know about the issuance/creation of 'the money' you use in lebanon?...who issues it? ...how is it issued/created? ...why is it issued?...etc..
 
Ibn.AL.Muqafaa said:
Can you explain to me why Marx's premise is a bad idea " From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"?
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...as long as any arrangements are voluntary and not government-coerced this is a beautiful philosophy for individuals to consider...
 
H. E. Panqui said:
Ibn.AL.Muqafaa, thank-you for your insight...what do you know about the issuance/creation of 'the money' you use in lebanon?...who issues it? ...how is it issued/created? ...why is it issued?...etc..
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In Lebanon we can't create money from thin air, we have rely on the gold standard.
Our prices of basic products have increased thanks to the Fed & The Rothschilds for creating money out of air.
 
prof. charles murray huebner opines: 'I also would suggest dumbing down any message you want to present. A lot. Really, really a lot. The average IQ of your country is about 80. Average. None of these people can even understand the pronunciation of the word "libertarian," much less why they may want to pronounce it. I don't even know why they would. They probably wouldn't!'

:o

...ummmm helmuth, you may find that ashkenazi jews in israel, turkey, etc., are purported to have the highest 'iq's ' :rolleyes:...aren't they mostly 'socialists,' fascists, racists, etc..?

...a little constructive observation: ..you'd do well to develop an honest understanding of 'money' before you pop-off too much...you're not fooling anyone knowledgeable with your ludwiggery... ;)
 
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H. E. Panqui said:
prof. charles murray huebner opines: 'I also would suggest dumbing down any message you want to present. A lot. Really, really a lot. The average IQ of your country is about 80. Average. None of these people can even understand the pronunciation of the word "libertarian," much less why they may want to pronounce it. I don't even know why they would. They probably wouldn't!'

:o

...ummmm helmuth, you may find that ashkenazi jews in israel, turkey, etc., are purported to have the highest 'iq's ' :rolleyes:...aren't they mostly 'socialists,' fascists, racists, etc..?

...a little constructive observation: ..you'd do well to develop an honest understanding of 'money' before you pop-off too much...you're not fooling anyone knowledgeable with your ludwiggery... ;)
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The problem with Lebanese people they are smart but sheeple.

Most of the time they complain about the standard of living and about the politicians.
And during election time they vote for the same politicians depending on the religious sect the politician is, the politicians exploit the people that "if you vote for me, I will protect your sect".

But when Lebanese people , travel to the US, Canada , Western Europe, Japan , Oceania , and United Arab Emirates they overwhelmingly prosper.
-Like Michel Obeid he discovered a cure for cancer. http://www.care2.com/news/member/930284705/593766

-And the W-motors company founded and run by Lebanese people in Lebanon, they created a super-car known as the Lykan but the Lebanese government does not legally recognize it so they moved their company to the UAE. The politicians do not want us to acheive economic growth, and if W-Motors was recognized by the Lebanese government we would've at least solved our economic crisis. http://www.wmotors.ae/company/history
 
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