A personal message from Jim Babka and Perry Willis, Co-Founders of Downsize DC and Co-Creators of the Zero Aggression Project<\/p>\n
In the previous installment of our story-in-reverse<\/span><\/a> we gave you a tour of a Zero Aggression society. Today…<\/em><\/strong> Beginning at the end…<\/em> The passage of these amendments was not a surprise to you. You had seen it coming for a long time. Congress had been passing bills pointing in that direction for several years. Some of those bills repealed things like…<\/p>\n You also watched with excitement as Congress passed numerous opt-out bills. These bills allowed you, and everyone else, to opt-out of things like…<\/strong><\/p>\n You were especially thrilled on the day Congress passed a law allowing you to deny funding for any government program! This was the legislative prelude to the Voluntary Funding Amendment. As a result…<\/strong><\/p>\n But how did all this come about? What made Congress do it? But you know that those changes had been foreshadowed by changes at a lower level. You remember when citizens in towns across the country passed initiatives that…<\/p>\n You know that those changes were the real beginnings of consumer controlled governance. Even before that…<\/em> This universal visibility was what sparked…<\/p>\n But how was this universal visibility achieved, and why was it so important?<\/strong>
\nYou\u2019ll move backward in time to see how you ended up in that world. \u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe change came in three phases…<\/p>\n\n
\nYou knew the revolution to create a Zero Aggression society was fully victorious on the day two Constitutional amendments were ratified…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\nYou think back to the two trends that preceded these legislative changes…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\nJury nullification took hold!<\/strong>
\nJuries stopped convicting based on any statute that initiated force!<\/em>
\nThis made it obvious to politicians everywhere that it was now pointless to pass any bill that attempted to control peaceful behavior.
\nBut what made juries and local voters take those actions? Here was the key turning point…
\nUniversal Visibility<\/strong>
\nThe day arrived when Zero Aggression ideas were seen and heard by everyone, everywhere, every day. Arguments in favor of Zero Aggression saturated…<\/p>\n\n
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\nIt had a lot to do with small actions taken by YOU on a regular basis. This will be the subject of the next installment of our story in reverse. In the meantime…<\/em><\/strong>
\nIf you\u2019re not already a member of the ZAP Founders Committee<\/a>\u00a0please consider joining before it closes on April 30th.
\nFounders will be listed on the ZAP website forever.<\/strong><\/p>\n