004: Politics Is Force

A Young Person's Guide to Politics II

Critical Thinking Question:
Explain the difference between government and organized crime...

Topic:
Continued explanation of why I am against political solutions for education or anything else, AKA using the system to change the system by working within the system. Further explanation of the political process in the United States. Shocking comparison between the government and the mafia.

I also talk about Ron Paul's principles compared to other politicians, but let's be clear: a Ron Paul Presidency would solve nothing. (See article by Per Bylund below)

Bumper Music:
MJ "Beat It"
http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/home

Look Closer:
The Politics Of Obedience The Discourse Of Voluntary Servitude By Etienne De La Boetie

"Democracy--the god that failed: the economics and politics of monarchy" By Hans-Hermann Hoppe

"DC is a Mafia"-A Government You Can't Refuse

The Myth of Democratic Peace: Why Democracy Cannot Deliver Peace in the 21st Century by James Ostrowski
http://www.lewrockwell.com/ostrowski/ostrowski72.html

Freedomain Radio-True News 5: The Truth About Voting

DEATH BY GOVERNMENT (Chapter 1: 20th Century Democide
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DBG.CHAP1.HTM

Democracy Is Not Freedom by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul233.html

Obama Single Payer Strategy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_SGGcJu_c

Obama on single payer health insurance (AFL-CIO 2003)

Stephen Ducat: Hypocrisy in Red and Blue: How Republicans and Democrats Betray Their Principles Differently
http://www.noovo.com/posts/4134995/?f=0@0

Universal Health Care: A Near Death Experience for Innovation by Les Lafave
http://www.strike-the-root.com/92/lafave/lafave1.html

The Ron Paul Problem by Per Bylund
http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/bylund/bylund7.html

Freedomain Radio-True News 46: Health Care Part 1

"Complete Liberty:The Demise of the State
and the Rise of Voluntary America" by Wes Bertrand
Chapter 1: WHY POLITICS IS SO CONFUSING
http://completeliberty.com/chapter1

"For A New Liberty" by Murray Rothbard
(Chapter 3: The State)
http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p45
(Chapter 8: Welfare and the Welfare State)
http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p142

For more discussion on this topic (between Wes Bertrand, Dan Lakemacher and myself), check out Complete Liberty Podcast Episodes 78 through 82