Interesting thoughts from Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux at Google+, via Tom de Lorenzo. The state's "morality" is an excuse for their monopoly on breaking every rule they enforce.
"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL!" -- Ok, all right, theft is wrong! Thus those in power have to call their theft "taxation."
"THOU SHALT NOT KILL!" -- Ok, all right, murder is wrong! Thus those in power have to call their murders "wars."
"NO KIDNAPPING!" -- Ok, all right, kidnapping is wrong! Thus those in power have to call their kidnappings "incarceration."
"VIOLENCE IS WRONG!" -- Ok, all right, using violence to get what you want is wrong! Thus those in power have to call their violence "spanking" or "laws."
Do you see the pattern? Create a universal moral rule, and then create an exception for yourself, and your friends.
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