{"id":1220,"date":"2013-10-30T13:52:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T17:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2013-10-30T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T17:52:14","slug":"statist-mind-freedom-requires-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/entitlements\/statist-mind-freedom-requires-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Statist Mind: Freedom requires slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Statists and Statism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/heuristic\/statists-and-statism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Statists<\/strong><\/a> think of <strong>freedom<\/strong> in a contradictory way. For instance, they say things like this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em> &#8220;People should be <strong>free from want<\/strong>.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>To the <strong>Statist mind<\/strong> this means that if some are hungry then others must be <em><strong>forced<\/strong><\/em> to feed them.<br \/>\nThe end sought is noble, but look at the means&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Some people must lose their <strong>freedom to choose<\/strong> so that others can be <strong>free from want<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I too want to see everyone fed. I&#8217;m eager to help finance efficient means for achieving this, but I do not consider <a title=\"The State\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/heuristic\/the-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The State<\/strong><\/a> to be efficient. This does not matter to the Statists, who maintain that I must be compelled to comply with their <em><strong>way<\/strong><\/em> of doing things, against my will.<br \/>\n<strong>The Statist insists on dictating&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who shall receive aid<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/selfishness-greed-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-931\" alt=\"Selfishness and Greed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/selfishness-greed-icon-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/selfishness-greed-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/selfishness-greed-icon-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/selfishness-greed-icon.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>How much I personally will contribute<\/li>\n<li>And how the aid will be delivered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In other words&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Statist wants to enslave me for <strong>however long<\/strong> I must work to fund his monopolistic approach to achieving our mutual goal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We both want everyone to be free from serious deprivation, but only the Statist is willing to enslave people to achieve this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/statists-statism-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-916\" alt=\"Statists and Statism\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/statists-statism-icon-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/statists-statism-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/statists-statism-icon-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/statists-statism-icon.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Statists sometimes pursue worthy goals, but the means they choose are vile and contradictory. The Statist destroys the most fundamental kind of freedom in the name of a lesser kind. To the befuddled Statist mind, freedom requires slavery.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/copyright-symbol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-772\" alt=\"Copyright Symbol\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/copyright-symbol-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/copyright-symbol-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/copyright-symbol-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/copyright-symbol-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/copyright-symbol.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Copyright (c) 2013 by Perry Willis. 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